Hi Everyone,

We have had a super busy start to the year.

Eisteddfod Update
Marianna competited in her first Eisteddfod and came 3rd place in the Pop section at Five Dock with Make it Shine, which she did.

Ashton Received a Highly commended for I See Fire and Tyler performed a beautiful rendition of Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile from Annie.

Good luck to everyone performing in the Northern Beaches Eisteddfod in May. Entry forms for the Ryde Eisteddfod are due by the end of this week.

Recording Day

We had a fantastic day in the holidays recording at the Everland Studios in Five Dock. Here are some songs from the incredibly fun day, I will post more in the next update.

Megan – Tomorrow

Anika – Part of your world

Louise – Touch the Sky

Angelina – If I Die Young

Ashton – I See Fire

And lastly a Musical Update

Georgia is busy practising for the lead role of Tracey in her school’s production of Hairspray which starts in 3 weeks.
Ben won the lead role of Horton in his school’s production of Sussical the Musical.
Louise is practicing for 42nd Street with Sydney Youth Musical Theatre and Tyler is practicing for Alice in Wonderland with City Kids Theatre.

I can’t wait to see you all perform, Auditions for the next round of musicals will be starting soon, so keep an eye out for emails regarding dates.

Happy Singing Everyone!

What an amazing end to the year we had!

Ryde Community Carols
First of all I just want to say a Big Congratulations to everyone who performed in the Carols, it was a fantastic day and the kids were amazing, I couldn’t be prouder! We had a lot of positive feedback from audience memebers and my students are already excited for the next performance.

Clare was spectacular as Ariel in The Little Mermaid Jnr.  Clare has achieved so much and works so hard, she will definitely have a big future ahead of her.  For photos and information on the show check out the City Kids Theatre Facebook page. Clare will be performing in Packemins next production Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at The Concourse in Chatswood premiering on the 9th of January. For tickets and information click here

 Photo from City Kids Theatre Facebook Page

HSC Results
Congratulations Zach for receiving an unbelievable 99 for your HSC Music assessment and making the Honour Roll. What an incredible achievement! Zach has been a student of mine for 2 years now and spends almost all his free time playing guitar, listening to music and singing. He is a gifted Song writer and performs regularly with his band Hunting Eden. He will be studying music next year at UTS and is really looking forward to it.
Congratulations Grace for topping your class in the HSC Music Assessment and getting a High Band 5! You worked so hard this year and I am just elated for you.  Grace will be studying Music Next year at the Wesley Institute and will hopefully be travelling to Europe to Perform later this year!

Lessons and Performances this year
The first competition of the year will be the Five Dock Singing Eisteddfod in March! Entry forms will be sent out over the week. As it is school holidays I won’t be teaching my regular hours but will be teaching a few days through out January before term 1 starts.  If you have any questions about up coming performances, lessons or even my study please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Happy Singing,
Emma

Hi Everyone,

It has been a wonderful year for all of my students with Musicals, Eisteddfods, Charity Performances and School Talent Quests we have kept busy, I can’t wait to see what my talented students achieve next.

Some particular Highlights I think were
– Grace being accepted into a Bachelor of Music degree at Wesley.
– Georgia winning the Northern Beaches Championship and being cast as Tracey in her school musical Hairspray.
– Clare travelling to China to perform and being cast as Ariel in The Little Mermaid
– Lynda getting a job in Disney World as a character performer
– Anika, Sofia, Louise, Xiomara, Ashton, Clare, Grace, Georgia all receiving first places in Eisteddfods.
– ALL THE MUSICALS! Cinderella, Throughly Modern Millie, The Little Mermaid and Joseph and the Technicolour Dream Coat

And of course the Christmas Carols are less than 2 weeks away! It is going to be a wonderful day so make sure you come along and enjoy the Performances, Sausage Sizzle and Water Rides! For more information please look here

Finally something I am very excited about my student Alexandra Lynne who has just completed her first year of a Bachelor of Music, is opening her own Singing teaching school!!!

Alex has been a student of mine for 5 years and has not only a beautiful voice but is very good with children and will be a wonderful singing teacher. If you are interested in having lesson with her please click here for information.  As I am running out of available places, I will begin to recommend to Alexandra. All of Alexandra’s students will have the same performance opportunities as my own students and I will be offering Alexandra my support particularly over the next 6 months, though I am sure she will not need it.

Now we still have a bit of work to do before the end of the year but it is going to be a fun December.
Good luck to all my students performing in the Carols and to Clare,  The Little Mermaid begins production in a few weeks for ticket information click here.

Happy Singing,
Emma

Hi Everyone,

This is probably the busiest term we’ve ever had! With Eisteddfods now wrapped up for the year the focus has shifted to Musicals and Christmas Carols!

We will be performing a set of Christmas carols at the annual Community Christmas Celebration at Ryde Park on the 7th of December. http://www.sydney.com/events/ryde-community-christmas-celebration

We also have 3 Musicals before Christmas!

Amelia is in Throughly Modern Millie which is preparing for it’s opening night on the 24th of October for tickets click here

Georgia and Louise are both practicing for Cinderella which debuts on the 20th of November. For ticket info click here

And last but definitely not least Clare is preparing for Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jnr which comes out on the 19th of December. Clare is playing the title role of Aerial and if you’d like to see her swim and sing across stage you can purchase your tickets here

We also have a lot students preparing for school talents quests as well as auditions of university music degrees. I just want to wish all my students good luck and I hope you all enjoy preparing for your individual and group performances.

Happy Singing,

Emma

Hi Everyone,

Lynda is having a wonderful time working hard in Disney World and making lots of dreams come true. If you’d like to read more about Lynda check out her facebook page https://www.facebook.com/strangerslikemelyndasdisneyadventure/timeline

Fantastic results from the Show us your Talent Eisteddfod last weekend.

Anika received first place in the Pop section – this was Anika’s first competition!

Sofia received 2nd in Country and 3rd in Pop

Ashton also received 1st in Jazz and 3rd in Musical Theatre. Congratulations to everyone who performed. It was a very positive weekend.   We also have four Musicals coming up over the following months, I will post ticket information soon.

Make sure you keep Sunday the 7th of December free! We will be performing at the Ryde Christmas Carols in Ryde Park!   I will also be attending a young voices workshop next weekend. If you’d like more details you can read about it here

Happy Singing!
Emma