Instrumental Lessons
Information
Instrumental lessons will usually begin by Week 3 of Term 1. Instrumental lesson times can be found on students' Daymap. Students should monitor Daymap and familiarise themselves with the day and the room in which the lessons will be held so that the lessons run smoothly with full attendance.
- Instruments are to be stored in the instrumental store rooms (opposite the Music Staff office). They cannot be kept in student bags, lockers, or carried with the student throughout the day.
- Instruments must have a name tag attached to the outside of the case (see music secretary for a blank tag if required).
- If a student cannot attend an instrumental lesson, the Music Centre or instrumental teacher should be notified with as much notice as possible.
- Closed-in black leather school shoes should be worn at all times in the Music areas for safety reasons, i.e., no sandals.
Tuition Fees
Instrument Hire
Students who do not own a suitable instrument may hire one from Brighton Secondary School's Music Centre at approximately AUD$200 per year. Additional accessories such as reeds, strings, valve/slide oils, etc., are also at the student's expense.
Lesson Fees
Students studying a band, strings or percussion instrument with one of our Department for Education Instrumental Music teachers (listed below) will not incur tuition fees. Students who study instruments with one of our Private Instrumental Music teachers (listed below) will be privately invoiced accordingly by the instrumental teacher. Oboe, bassoon, euphonium, and tuba lessons are funded by Brighton Secondary School's Music Centre.
Special Interest Music students can apply for reimbursement of tuition fees of up to AUD$450.00 per year for study of one instrument with a private teacher (conditions apply).
Instrumental Music Staff
Department for Education Instrumental Music staff
Sarah Barrett (horn)
Cheryl Bentley (clarinet/saxophone)
Rob Chenoweth (trumpet)
Alevia Evci (saxophone)
Kirsty Friebe (double bass)
Mike Gillard (percussion)
Sandy Hosking (cello)
Amelia Monaghan (recorder)
Bianca Raponi (voice)
Madeleine Stewart (flute)
Jenny Symonds (violin/viola)
Dave Winnall (trombone)
Private Instrumental Music staff
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- Rosanne Hammer (piano)
- Naomi Hede (voice)
- Jenny Hu (flute)
- Cassie Lee (piano)
- Leticia Lee (voice)
- Jackson Mack (drums)
- Sam Morris (guitar)
- Sam Penny (bassoon )
- Emma Perkins (violin)
- Renae Stavely (oboe )
- Tasha Stevens (bass)
- Luke Thompson (voice)
- Angeline Thoo Yee Ven (piano)
- Cathy Travaglione (violin/viola)
- Cameron Waters (cello)
- Sian Watt (euphonium, tuba)
- Shannon Whitehead (piano)
Bassoon, euphonium, oboe, and tuba lessons are funded by Brighton Secondary School's Music Centre.
Timetables
All instrumental lessons are integrated into the Daymap timetable. To view your lessons, open Daymap and navigate to your day plan using either the timetable view or the feed view.
Timetable View
Each instrumental music lesson will be shown by a calendar icon along with the name of the instrument, the surname of your instrumental music teacher and a class number.
- Look for this icon on your timetable:
- Next to it will be the instrument, the surname of your teacher and a class number: Instrument - Surname xx
- Click on the lesson to see the time and room number. Try clicking on the instrumental music lessons on the timetable below.
Feed View
Instrumental music lessons and co-curricular ensembles will be shown by a green border to the left of the text indicating the times, instrument and teacher's surname.