Music News

Year 7 Class Band Project.

Well done to all year 7 students who were involved in the Class Band Project performance on Friday October 23rd where weeks of practice culminated in impressive performances for the entire year 7 cohort to witness in the PAC, as well as many families & staff.

7A selected the song Dark Red (by Steve Lacey), with Amelia, Clem & Kayla on vocals, Mia C, Adrian, Abe, Jeremy & Ryan on percussion, Stefani, Ella R, Darcy, Lun Lun, Aimee, Kensi, Kane, Charles, Mikayla, Tom & Raymond on guitar, & Kobi & Jaehee on keyboard.

This was followed by Anika, Sahara, Sasha, Bella & Eleena from 7E performing the classic guitar riff of Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes. Eva, Sofia, Eve, Charlie, Ollie & Jed maintained the rhythm on percussion, whilst Liam, Leander, Lucas, Jonathan & Emma were on Keyboard, Ethan & Zane on Saxophone, & Luna & Eleena (who was also on guitar!) on vocals.

Next up were 7B, who went with Carly Rae Jepsen’s 2012 hit Call Me Maybe. Kayla, Taylor & Sion were on vocals, Esther was on Flute, Harliv, Lianna, Shalini, Linkhon, Eva & Lynette were on Keyboard, Makaela, Meredith, Ella C, Will T & Nika were on guitar, whilst Xavier, Nathan, Stu, Brandon, Ben, Blake & Cale were on percussion.

They were followed by 7D who performed the unofficial Australian anthem Down Under (Men At Work), where Mr. Brodie (filling in for Josie) was on vocals, Mia Z & Zoe on Tamborine, Harvey, Sehra, Zander, Dael & Winnie were on keyboard, Katie, Senna, Nicole, Toby, Mero, Callum, Jai & Sam were on percussion, & Archie B & Mahad were on guitar.

7C voted for Bruno Mars’ I Just Might, where Isla, Indi, Kiele & Gemma were on vocals, Brandon, Mr. Brodie, Gemma & Kiele were on keyboard, Liv, Eleanor, Ali, Phoenix, Anderson, Kayaan, Archie M, James A, Archer, Arlann & Aric were on percussion, & Allison, San San, Junhao & Lily were on guitar.

7F rounded things out with Hozier’s Too Sweet, where Alice, Lindsay, Lulu, Issie, Willow, Lida & Alicia were on vocals, Evie was on Flute, Daniel, Rinjiu & Maddy were on guitar, Hogan, Rosie & Eren were on keyboard, Sam & Ethan were on percussion, Jyah on Clarinet, Levi & Charlie on Saxophone, Dinuo on Tuba & Oscar on Trumpet.

It was amazing to see so many students stepping out of their comfort zones to perform in front of a live audience!