Music
Music News
Spring Concert
Congratulations to all students, staff and parents who performed at our Spring Concert on Monday night. It was a fabulous celebration of our school’s music students and showcased the community spirit that is the beating heart of Belmont High School.
Many thanks to our 2026 Band Captains Keith, Jeren, Lily and Jacinta, who hosted the event so professionally, and to our Music support group led by Joel Gladman. They catered, ticketed, decorated, supplied vital trailer parking management, and I hope they also managed to enjoy their children’s performances in between their hard work! Our music program is so enriched by this wonderful group of volunteers, thank you!
At this event, we farewelled our 2026 Year 12 cohort, Charlie Phelps, Charli German, Jacinta Carswell, Keith Busbridge, Jeren Basangan and Jayden Mu, who have been part of our music program for six years, and wish them every success in their chosen directions in 2027.
We also acknowledged the following students for their outstanding contribution to the ensembles they were part of in 2026.
These students’ musical and interpersonal contributions to their ensemble, through excellent playing, kind deeds and positive examples, helped to create the inclusive and fun environment for all our music students that we value so much in our music program.
Congratulations to the four students selected as Geelong Summer Music Camp 2027 scholarship recipients.
William Gladman, Eliza Breen, Alyssa Noble and Ava Kriss were the lucky recipients, selected from an outstanding field of applicants. They were chosen for their obvious passion for music, their constant support of and loyalty to the music program, and their excitement at sharing what they learn at the camp with their friends back in the BHS music program. We wish them a fabulous time at the camp in January and can’t wait to see them up on stage. Thanks to Music Support for their sponsorship of these scholarships.
Geelong Show Bands Performance
On Thursday and Friday of this week the Beginning Band, Woodwind Ensemble, Intermediate Band and Chopped band entertained the crowds at the Geelong Show. Every group sounded amazing! We even had time for an impromptu performance from some of the years 7 and 8 rock band students. A special thanks to our parent volunteers: Aubrey Anderson and Emma McDonald. Thanks also to Ms Moffatt, Mrs Linton and Mr Smith for attending.
VET News
Congratulations to Willow Ganley and Kale Walkedon who participated in the Songmaker Academy program over the holidays.
Check out just one of the songs they wrote during the program:
Lucy Tuck – VCE VET 2023 – new single dropping on Friday – have a listen on Spotify!
She’s launching her single at Bergy Bandroom on November 11th:
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/6d6ecd56-2606-4ca9-adf7-25b05327eaee
Congratulations to Riley Walsh, Year 2 VET 2026, whose band ‘The Splicers’ is supporting Spiderbait at the Barwon Heads hotel on the 24th October.
Make a day of it and come and support Year 2 VET band ‘The Routine’, Grace Britnell, Jack Williams, Lola McNee and Hibiki Tan at Outback Festival on the same day!
Year 6 Music Program
The Year 6 music program kicks off in a few weeks’ time, with students from our feeder schools attending lessons at BHS for six weeks and preparing for a Concert at the end of the program.
Many thanks to Emma Moffatt for all her organisation of this exciting program!