Music News

Illuminate

Thank you to the following students and Music Co-Curricular Ensembles who performed at the Senior Production ‘Illuminate’ last week, across four performances:

• Year 12 students Aimee Drummond, Zara Wigan and Ellie Shortis for their solo vocal performances.
• Members of the Hand Bell Ensemble: Charlotte Evans (Year 9), Nisha Rehn (Year 8), Eliza Huang (Year 8), Ruby Roberts (Year 8), Zara Nicholas (Year 8) and Eliza Umbers (Year 8) who performed preliminary music prior to every performance.
• The Chamber Ensemble: Maeve Magner (Year 11), Emily Colbran (Year 11), Eric Downes (Year 9), Elizabeth Isbister (Year 8), Alex Stewart (Year 8), Hugo Lewczak (Year 7), Iluka Horn (Year 8) and Noah Yin (Year 7) who performed a rousing rendition of Handel’s La Rejouissance.
• The Senior School Orchestra: Emily Colbran (Year 11), Maeve Magner (Year 11), Samuel Gander (Year 10), Amelie Hugo (Year 10), Frankie McNair (Year 9), Eve Pritchard (Year 9), Eric Downes (Year 9), James Reynolds (Year 9), Charlotte Evans (Year 9), Elizabeth Isbister (Year 8), Iluka Horn (Year 8), Alex Stewart (Year 8), Charlie Coghill (Year 7), Orlando Holmes (Year 7), Hugo Lewczak (Year 7) and Hester Kinnear (Year 7) for their performance of L’Amour Malade by Lully.
• The Rock Band: Jonathan McHugh (Year 10), William Louis (Year 10), Finn Brinkman (Year 8) and Hunter Costigan (Year 7) who reworked their interpretation of Level by The Saboteurs to perform without their vocalist, who was unfortunately ill during the production.
• The Senior School Choir: Aimee Drummond (Year 12), Zara Wigan (Year 12), Reagan Lloyd (Year 11), Claudia Ivery (Year 11),  Maeve Magner (Year 11), Zoe Gee (Year 10), Ivy Downes (Year 10), Matthew Clyne (Year 10), Sidney Edwards (Year 10), Ben Delaney (Year 10),  Jessica Nutt (Year 7), Lizzie Nealon-Cook (Year 7) and Aroha Cooper (Year 7),  for their uplifting performance of ‘Stand Up!’, accompanied by Will Louis (Year 10), Mr Cameron Smith and Mrs Cooney.

At the start of each performance, Music Captain, Aimee, highlighted the importance of the senior production and thanked the drama teachers, Mrs Pecovnik and Ms Evans, and the production team of Mr Burke, Mrs Yukie Evans, Miss Cranna, Mrs Cooney, Mrs Smith and Mrs Airth for doing everything they could to let us have the best production possible; I would like to reiterate that thank you now. 

The goal of Illuminate was to bring light and joy into the world, I can certainly say it has achieved that for me!      

Ellie Shortis, Year 12

Drama Captain

Indigenous Music Presentation

On Tuesday afternoon, as part of our study of Australian Music, Mr Paul Glass conducted a smoking ceremony and played the yidaki (didgeridoo) for our Year 7 Music classes. Paul, a proud Kamilaroi man, demonstrated the didgeridoo and didgeribone as well as sharing his extensive knowledge of culture and local song lines with the students.

Student Accomplishments

Congratulations to Emily Colbran (Year 11), viola, who has been selected to participate in the Western Sydney Philharmonic youth string program. She will attend a 4-day intensive program in June.

Diary Dates

Winter Ball:  Saturday, 11th June 

Soiree Winterreise:  Thursday,  23 June

Vita Musicale (Whole School Concert):  Friday, 19th August

Mrs Debbie Smith

Head of Music