Session 2 - SEVR Music Matters

SEVR Music InfoXchange

Lyndale Secondary College

Wednesday 9 February 2022

Session No. 2 “SEVR Music Matters”

Megan Waugh:

•  Welcome

•  Introduction to SEVR Music Website; tour of the site

• Regional Showcase; “Covid Performances” from 2021

• Events recap from 2021; Stringfest; all events information including music and registration to be found on SEVR Music Website

• IMT Guidelines: updated; information can be located on Website regarding funding, responsibilities, roles, employment

Dmitry Serebrianik:

• School Visits to School Music Co-ordinators and where possible, Principals to commence soon

• Aim to visit all schools during 1st semester; discuss how things are going, share information across the region, offer suggestions and support, networking connections

• 50 SEVR schools with music programs and three new schools recently opened

• Schools’ SEVR Music Coordinators list also on Website

MW

• “Snapshot” of current music data across SEVR 

• Instrumental student numbers slightly lower

• Level 3 students pointed out; AMEB Gr 5+ or senior students years 10, 11, 12 students

• Teacher numbers; classifications; note more ES and Sessional employment actoss the region

• Upcoming events:

• Singfest last week of Term 1 at Patterson River Secondary College with Clinician Adam Prewlocki

• Stringfest to be held 19 May 2022 at MacRob, Term 2, Week 4

• Current Covid guidelines allow all school music activities including singing, woodwind and brass, band rehearsals, camps and tours, but some individual schools are being more conservative, limiting or altering some activities

Questions

• Sibelius licence expired 2019; Future Music currently negotiating upgrade; current Sibelius iteration is 21/22; a personal upgrade of older version of Sibelius can be obtained with annual subscription $90 US; company seem to be moving toward annual subscription model

• Generation in Jazz 2022 looks to be held as a ‘hybrid’ event; online event rather than a third cancellation