Performing Arts

Students from Foundation to Year 6 enjoy a holistic Performing Arts program encompassing music, drama, dance and media. All students have a 50 minute lesson each week with a Performing Arts Specialist.

Our classroom is exceptionally well resourced, allowing children access to a variety of instruments and m

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terials to support their exploration and engagement with the Performing Arts. Great emphasis is placed on growing the children's confidence and interpersonal skills through an interactive and supportive learning environment. 

RECORDER PROGRAM
All students in Years 1 - 6 learn the recorder. Learning the recorder assists children enormously in developing the ability to read music. Learning an instrument is also beneficial to a child’s academic progress.

The following is a list of equipment needed to run this program purchased by our students through the school to bring to their Performing Arts lessons each week.

• Recorder – the one available through the school is the Yamaha Descant Recorder.
• Recorder Cleaner
• Recorder Book – the book that we use is called ‘Black Belt Recorder’ – Book 1.
• Music bag to keep recorder, sheet music and recorder book together.
• An A4 display folder – this will be used to keep additional photocopied music. 

Every second year, all students at Great Ryrie Primary School are involved in staging a full scale, musical production. During Performing Arts lessons, children learn the lyrics, melody and choreography to a class song. Senior students are given the opportunity to audition, rehearse and perform lead roles in our production. The community come together to source and construct costumes, props and set for the students to use. Production offers all students a chance to perform on stage for their family and friends and it is a highlight of our Performing Arts program.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC at GRPS

Great Ryrie Primary School encourages students to learn musical instruments and develop new skills through the school music program. The school provides students an opportunity to learn a musical instrument through private tuition during school hours. This is a self-funding program.

Great Ryrie Primary School has qualified instrumental teachers, who are able to teach a variety of instruments including:

• Guitar (all styles – electric/acoustic)
• Bass Guitar
• Drums/Percussion
• Trumpet
• Trombone
• Saxophone
• Clarinet
• Flute
• Violin/Viola
• Piano
• Contemporary Keyboard
• Voice/Singing

Instrumental Music Staff 

Dr Ian Nisbet is one of Australia's leading Broadway musical theatre vocal coaches, the director of Ian Nisbet Talent Management, and a qualified Vocal Health First Aider. His award-winning students can be heard in professional and amateur productions across the country and around the world and have been accepted into all of Australia's top training institutions. He holds a PhD in musical theatre; a bachelor's degree in drama; an AMusA in flute performance; and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, and sang countertenor in the internationally-acclaimed a cappella group Suade from 2003-2011.

Email Address:  ian.nisbet2@education.vic.gov.au

Julian Sammut is one of the piano teachers at Great Ryrie Primary School. He also has two children, Jack and Layla, attending the school. From age 10, he began learning the pipe organ then moved to playing piano and synths in his late teens before studying Jazz and Classical piano at the Box Hill College of Music. He is a founding member of the two times CMAA

 ‘Golden Guitar Award’ winning band ‘Jetty Road’  who has released six studio albums and toured extensively throughout Australia, Europe and Canada. 

Contact: 0401 452 814

Email Address: julian.sammut@iinet.net.au

Harrison is an experienced drum teacher with a degree in Music Performance. He enjoys working with young people and finding creative ways to ensure learning is fun, engaging and accessible for each individual student. Outside of sharing his passion for drums with students, Harrison plays in local bands and stays connected with the Melbourne music scene by playing at shows and for community events. He is formally trained in marching and jazz styles, and has drawn from his personal and professional training to inform his teaching method. Harrison hopes to instil a love of learning and playing percussion to everyone he has the pleasure to work with.

Contact: 0433 366 369

Email Address: h.kolevich@live.com

Samuel is an enthusiastic and passionate violin and viola teacher with many years of performing and teaching experience. He is a recent Bachelor of Music (Honours) graduate from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and studied whilst being supported by the Corinna D’Hage Mayer String Scholarship. During his time there he took part in many performance opportunities and ensembles, including the University of Melbourne String Ensemble, the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, as well as various other chamber groups. He has been invited as a guest musician with groups such as the Australian National Academy of Music Orchestra, Melbourne String Ensemble, and the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic. Samuel has a great amount of teaching experience in both group and individual settings and is currently teaching privately and at a few schools. Being a lifelong learner himself, he very much enjoys teaching and being a part of a student's process of learning. He believes that every student has the potential to do well, and it is his responsibility to find the right environment and encouragement in order to allow them to achieve their best and have fun along the way!

Contact: 0412 031 576

Email address: samuel_ke@outlook.com

Lesson cancelation policy and notification of illness

Lessons will only be made up if a student is away ill and the INSTRUMENTAL TEACHER has been notified prior to 9am on the day of the lesson, or if the instrumental teacher is unable to teach.

No catch up lesson will be offered for lessons missed due to holidays (unless previously arranged with the instrumental teacher at the beginning of a term), or activities outside of the school curriculum.

Please notify the instrumental teacher directly via email, or phone of any absences. Contact information can be found above, or on the payment invoices.