Recorder information

The Haberfield PS Recorder Ensemble is an extension musical group for students who have been learning recorder for at least one year.

Students from years 2 to 6 rehearse weekly on Friday 8.10 am – 8.50 am in the annex area upstairs above the school hall. A group of approximately 20 students each year perform in the Festival of Instrumental Music usuually at the Sydney Opera House each year.

To join the Recorder Ensemble students need to attend rehearsals regularly. There are no auditions however students need to have been learning the recorder for at least one year in class music. For more information ask Mr Collins-White during rehearsal time Friday mornings.

All Recorder resources for the 2025 concert click here to download music and mp3s

Harmony Day song parts

All Class Recorder resources available below

1. Christmas Carols music and practice resources below
   
2. Christmas Music for all instruments
3. Christmas Mp3 audio files for practice
4. Christmas Music practice videos here
5. Harmony Day Song Parts

Recorder scales and resources for Class Music 

• Recorder fingering chart and scales click here to download
• Recorder Books and Mp3s available here.
• Assessments for 2024 below
• Year 1 Count the Beat 
• Year 1 Ants in your Pants Semester 1 Assessment 
• Year 1 Hot Cros Buns 
• Year 1 Heard it Before Semester 2 Assessment 
• Year 1 Snail
• Year 2 Softly falls the Rain Semester 1 Assessment 
• Year 2 BMX Riding and On Track - 
• Year 2 Fishing 
• Year 2 Round About
• Year 2 The Blues Semester 2 Assessment 
• Year 2 The Blues Performance backing track
• Year 3 Groove E Semester 1 Assessment 
• Year 3 Eight Enormous Elephants
• Year 3 Ride the Riff Semester 1 Assessment 
• Year 3 Old Macdonald Played a Riff Semester 2 Assessment
• Year 4 Amazing Grace 
• Year 4 Okki Tokki Semester 2 Assessment
• Year 4 Squashed Banana Calypso 
• Year 4 Good King Wenceslas Teaching Video
• Tear 4 Good King Wenceslas Performance Video Term 1 assessment
• Year 4 Au Clair de la lune  
• Year 4 Au Clair de la lune teaching video 
• Year 4 Frosty Morning
• Year 4 Join Together 
• Year 4 Apusski Dusky
• Year 4 Auld Lang Syne 
• Year 5 Hey Ho Semester 1 Assessment
• Year 5 Hey Ho class arrangement
• Year 5 Ev'rybody loves Saturday Night teaching video
• Year 5 Ev'rybody loves Saturday night performance video
• Year 5 Marianne - 
• Year 5 This Train - 
• Year 5 This Train performance practice video - Sesmeter 2 Assessment
• Year 6 Loch Lomond Semester 1 Assessment 
• Year 6 Scarbourgh Fair practice video
• Year 6 Scarborough Fair performance video
• Year 6 Joy to the World Teaching video - Semester 2 Assessment 
• Year 6 Joy to the world Performance video Semester 2 assessment
• Year 6 Shortin' Bread Teaching Video 
• Year 6 Shortin' Bread Performance video
• Year 6 Water Music Slow and Water Music Fast 
• Year 6 Waltzing Matilda slow and Waltzing Matilda Fast Term 4 Assessment

Year 2 

Length - 2:53

Year 3

Video length - 1:03

Year 4 scales

Video length 2:19 minutes

Year 5 scales

Video length 4:05 minutes

Year 6 scales

Video length 6:19 minutes

Treble and Bass Recorder Scales

Duration - 4:34

Recorder animated score videos for the Festival of Instrumental Music (FoIM) 2025

Heavry Metal Recorder Tango by David Collins-White