Arts

CEA Music Ensembles

• Whole College Ensembles

  Our whole college ensembles meet 2 – 4 times per term to prepare for combined events such as: ‘Music Cabaret’, ‘Champagnat Arts Night’, ‘Catholic Schools Music Festival’ and many more.

  7 – 12 Choir is open to all students who have a desire to sing collectively in a choir setting. Students will learn ensemble skills by singing as a group, reading music, collaborating with others, performing skills, and following a conductor. The choir will perform a wide range of repertoire for various events throughout the year.

  7 – 12 Concert Band is open to all students who play a brass, woodwind, keyboard, bass and percussion instruments. Students will learn ensemble skills, reading music, collaborating with others, performance skills and following a conductor. They will perform a variety of repertoire, catering for all student levels, throughout the year.

  7 – 12 Drumline (Core) is a core ensemble catering to all drummers. If a student wishes to be involved in a specialist ensemble as a drummer, they are required to be a part of the Drumline as a priority. Students will learn a variety of rudiments. They will learn to collaborate with others, synchronisation, and rhythmic variety. There will be a variety of repertoire performed, catering for all student levels, throughout the year.

• Champagnat Ensembles

  Vocal Harmony is a contemporary choir for students who enjoy singing. They rehearse once a week and explore singing in harmony, basic singing techniques, developing solo singing and performance skills.

  Concert Band is an inclusive band that caters to a variety of instruments including woodwind, brass, percussion and  keyboard. Students develop their notation reading skills alongside their instrumental skills as they work together to rehearse and perform a range of musical styles. This band is a great choice for students who are continuing to learn their instrument following the Year 7 music performance program.

  Super Band (Auditioned) is for students who would like to extend their musical potential at Champagnat. It is an auditioned band that explores pop, rock and funk and relies on students’ ability to use their aural, sight reading and instrumental skills to learn pieces and improvise parts. This band caters for drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, vocals and horns.

  Rock Band is for students who play drums, guitar, bass, keyboard or sing. Each year we have multiple rock bands of varying abilities who focus on learning pop and rock music and putting their own spin on these songs.

  Guitar Ensemble is for students who play guitar or bass guitar. This band focuses on contemporary music with a guitar focus. Students learn different guitar techniques and learn about the different roles that the guitar/bass can play in music.

  Liturgy Band focuses on traditional and contemporary liturgical music. Their role is vital to the spiritual life of the college, playing at masses and liturgies. This band is for vocalists and instrumentalists.

• Marcellin Core Ensembles

  Marcellin students are to be in a Core Ensemble in order to audition and join a specialist ensemble.

  Concert Ensemble is an ensemble for students who play any wind instrument (woodwind or brass), string instrument (violin, viola, cello or guitar) and percussion instrument (xylophone, glockenspiel, drums, triangle, shakers etc). If a student wishes to be involved in a specialist ensemble, playing one of the instruments above, they are required to be a part of the Concert Ensemble. Students will play a variety of repertoire specific to the ensemble and will perform at various college events.

  Guitar Ensemble is an ensemble for students who play the guitar and bass guitar. If a student wishes to be involved in a specialist ensemble as a guitarist, they are required to be a part of the Guitar Ensemble. Students will learn to play lead, harmonic and chordal style of playing, performing a variety of repertoire at various college events.

  Senior Vocal Ensemble is an ensemble for any student who has an interest in singing. If a student wishes to be involved, as a singer, in a specialist ensemble, they are required to be a part of the Senior Vocal Ensemble. Students will learn the art of singing, breathing together and harmonising. They will learn to sing in a variety of styles and perform at various college events.

   

• Marcellin Specialist Ensembles (Auditioned)

  Jazz Combo is an ensemble catering for a rhythm section, guitar, piano, and wind instruments (Saxophone and Flute). Students will learn the art of improvisation and collaborating with other band members. They will play a variety of Jazz standard charts featuring soloists from each band member. The ensemble will perform at various college events. 

  Liturgy Band is an ensemble for students who sing, play the guitar, piano and percussion. In this ensemble students will be willing to learn and play worship style music for our regular house and college Masses and Liturgies.

  Motown Band is an ensemble catering for a rhythm section, guitar, piano, wind instruments (Saxophone, Flute and Trumpet) and vocals. Students will learn to collaborate with other band members and adapt to the Motown style. They will play a variety of Motown classic charts and perform at various college events.

  Rock Band is an ensemble catering for a rhythm section, guitar and vocalists. Students will learn to collaborate with other band members and play a variety of rock music throughout the ages. They will perform at various college events.

  Stage Band is an ensemble catering for percussionists, guitarists, wind players (Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone and Flute) and at times vocalists. Students will learn to perform and adapt to a variety of styles including Big Band, Jazz, Funk and Latin. They will perform a variety of repertoire at various college events.