Co-curricular Music including Drama & Communication

The Co-curricular Music program at Ambrose Treacy College offers a vast array of outstanding musical opportunities for students throughout the College. The program is a thriving component of the College’s culture, led by an experienced team of passionate and dedicated music educators.

Our Co-curricular Bands, Ensembles and Choirs cater for a diverse range of abilities and interests. Rehearsals are conducted outside class time and provide numerous group performance opportunities in a variety of contexts, on and off campus either recorded or in front of live audiences.

Students are encouraged to enrol in specialised individual or small group music lessons on an instrument or voice. These lessons offer specialisation in Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, Voice, Piano and Guitar and include instrument specific technical work, repertoire study and performance practices.

Music production lessons give students the opportunity to learn to create, perform, record and produce music using the College’s professional recording studio equipment.

The Drama and Communication program develops drama, speaking and presentation skills for students.

All students who receive tuition on Instruments, Voice or in Drama and Communication have the opportunity to undertake AMEB or other external examinations. Lessons are delivered weekly by specialist music staff during class time on a rotating timetable, to ensure that students do not miss the same period of class time each week.

Performance Opportunities

Students have a range of performance opportunities as ensemble members or as soloists throughout the year including but not limited to: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer Concerts, Formal Music Evening, Jazz by the River, Night of Excellence, , Liturgies, Masses and other formal gatherings, ANZAC Day Ceremonies, regular school assemblies and soloists concerts. Every year ensembles participate in the Queensland Catholic Schools and Colleges Music Festival (QCMF) held at Villanova College.

ATC Co-curricular Music Program

The Co-curricular Music program at Ambrose Treacy College offers a vast array of outstanding musical opportunities for students throughout the College. The program is a thriving component of the College’s culture, led by an experienced team of passionate and dedicated music educators.

Tuition is offered in Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, Voice, Piano, Guitar, Music Production and Drama and Communication. There are numerous bands, choirs and ensembles available for students at all levels to participate in and to be challenged, and each have a variety of performance opportunities throughout the year.

Involvement in the Co-curricular program through music tuition and instrumental ensembles incurs an annual Co-curricular music fee (Choral Ensembles do not incur a fee).

All students joining the college will be invited to see and hear all of the instruments on offer, and parent information evenings are held leading up to the commencement of the Junior Band program. Enquires are welcomed at any time for all students throughout the year.