Blissful Tunes

Musician of the Year Competition

This year, we had 11 competitors for the Musician of the Year Competition. They were Palmira DeMaria O’Sullivan, Gracie Carroll, Scarlet Boyak, Karli Showell, Isabel Lynzaat, Abigail Meadows, Eva DeMaria O’Sullivan, Cohen Saunders, Ezra Demchy, Dani Rodier and Alex Marney. Our adjudicator for the night was Dr David Chisholm who is a Bendigo based composer and festival director and our accompanist was Pauline Walden.

All students performed with confidence and showcased their talent and professionalism to the appreciative and supportive audience. It was a very difficult decision for David to choose the three winners but he did an amazing job in awarding the following prizes.

• 2nd runner up Alex Marney-violin
• 1st runner up Eva DeMaria O’Sullivan-violin
• Winner Cohen Saunders-percussion

The Music Support Group awards the prizes of $100 each for the runners up and $150 to the winner. This will be given to the students at Awards Night.

Congratulations to the students and their instrumental teachers for all of their hard work.

Kirsten Boerema

Music Coordinator

Bagus Kan!

We had Arron from Bagus Kan come to our school to share his knowledge of the Gamelan. The Gamelan are instruments from Indonesia that make up a percussion orchestra. There are various pieces including drums (kendang), gongs (kempul), bells (talempong)and metal keys (gambang) that complete the orchestra.