THE music program at Shepparton ACE Secondary College is well underway. ACE is providing music lessons for all students from years 7-9 with instrument hire free of any charge. Lessons include bass guitar, drums, violin, acoustic guitar, singing and electric guitar techniques.
ACE is also running Certificate II in music which will provide students with industry-standard qualifications in performance and production. “Learning how to play and perform together in a band are great skills to learn, particularly in this age of the deskilling of musical abilities by the use of non-human AI systems. The arts give you purpose, teamwork and communication skills all of which are important in the development of students,” said ACE College’s Joel Hoffman.
The Arts program at ACE also includes drama as taught by a highly experienced theatre director Meg Roberts who has directed productions in China and Australia and ukulele and Violin taught by a renowned local musician Sile Coleman who has played music in bands across Europe and Australia.
ACE also provide restringing and basic instrument maintenance workshops.
