INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

2024 Battle of the Bands

Congratulations to all the competitors in this year’s epic rock battle. On Friday 19 July, a full house in the PAC Theatre were entertained by 4 awesome bands and a ‘bizarre’ staff item with bonus kazoo’s. 

Allusion (Sigourney Crocker, Keira Kellet, Chloe Stephen, Brock Schubert, Austin Connor and Seth Rivera) performed Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’. 

ABC (Ari Cooper, Ben Seymour and Callum Eade) rocked out with KISS’s‘Rock n Roll All Nite’. 

ROOM2 (Charlie Glenn, Brady Busst and Reed Mollica) wowed the audience with a little country performing Dasha’s ‘Austin’. 

But this year’s winner ENHmaj7 (Max Caulfield, Josh Clark, Emmaline Greaves, Tom Carden, York Newell, Tristan Dent and Kai Raiteri) took out the top prize with Stevie Wonder’s ‘Superstition’. 

Well done to everyone involved and a special thank you to our judges, parents and students who attended on the day.

September Soiree

Thursday September 5 |  6.30 pm

Friends and family are warmly invited to this year's September Soiree, a relaxed acoustic performance of our solo artists and smaller ensembles. 

A selection of brass, woodwind, percussion, guitar, piano and voice pieces will showcase the incredible talent of our musicians across all year levels. 

A light supper will be provided, for a gold coin donation.

LHS The Voice

Term 3 sees the return of LHS The Voice with blind auditions STARTING this week (Tuesday), heats in Week 9 and the FINAL in Week 1 of Term 4. 

Blind Auditions

• 7A - 7I: Tuesday 3 September
• 7J - 7N, 8A - 8N: Wednesday 4 September
• Year 11 and 12: Thursday 5 September

This year has seen a record number of registrations for the blinds so it looks to be a very impressive competition. 

The Voice is for solo singers only, so warm up those vocal chords and start practicing for a chance at winning great prizes. Good luck to all competitors!

Melbourne Recital Centre Accelerando Program

Applications for Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2025 Accelerando program are due by Friday September 20. 

This free year-long music advancement program is for instrumentalists and vocalists of any genre, from Years 10 - 12 in Government Schools. 

National Songwriting Competition

Australian Children's Music Foundation are running their annual songwriting competition which is open to all school-aged children. 

Any LHS students who are keen song-writers and would like the chance to win a share of $30,000 worth of prizes, this could be the competition for you!

More information and registration can be found via the link below:

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 September 

LHS The Voice –  Blind Auditions

Thursday 5 September

September Soiree | 6.30 pm

Week commencing - Monday 9 September

LHS The Voice - Heats 

Wednesday 11 September

Inter-school Battle of the Bands - Boronia P-12

Term 4 - Week 1

LHS The Voice Final

Thursday 10 October

Encore! 2024 -  Farewell to Year 12 Instrumental Music students and End of Year Concert for larger bands and ensembles

Late October

NEVR Rookie Band Workshop | Date and venue TBC

Monday 28 October

2025 Instrumental Music Enrolments OPEN

Wednesday 4 December

Year 12 Valedictory Dinner performances at Crown Palladium

Sunday 8 December

Lilydale Street Fair 'Rock Band' and LHS XMAS band performances 

Jacki Goode

Instrumental Music Coordinator