Instrumental Music

Congratulations and thank you to our talented musicians and teachers for our annual Ensemble Concert on Monday, 24th June. Our Choir and Combined Rock Bands opened the evening with “Make Your Own Kind of Music”. Our String Ensemble, led by Les Gyori and Lore Burns performed “Hiyoko Dances” by Yamada and “Rustic Dance” by Borgo. Our Choir, led by Ellyce Calder performed “Beautiful” by Christina Aguleria, accompanied by Senior String students, Adelaide Ahearn and Irene Tetaz. Our Senior String Quartet performed “Divertimento in F” Mozart (KV 138). Thank you to Andy Clarke for all of our Rock Band performances: Junior Rock Band-“White Unicorn” by Wolfmother & “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus. 

Middle School Rock Band-“Weather With You” by Crowded House and Senior School Rock Band-“Sir Duke” by Stevie Wonder.Our A’Capella Choir, led by Susan de Jong performed“Royals” by Lord and “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish. 

Jazz Band, led by Tony Hicks opened Act 2 with“Scenes from a Turkish Market Place”, featuring solo improvisations from students. They then combined  with  A’capella for a performance of “Perfidia”. Our MGC Orchestra then performed selections from The Sound of Music, featuring our Maria’s, Violet Peake and Meg Chapman, and our Mother Abbess’; Audrey Ahmed and Mimi Kirsner-Reuten. “Who Can It Be Now”by  Men at Work featured our Year 12 students before our Finale where everybody, including our audience, got to sing-a-long to“The Sound of Music” to celebrate 30 years of music making at MGC. 

Thank you to our 2024 Ensembles: 

Choir, led by Ellyce Calder. 

Dilru AMARANAYAKE, Emily CHARD, Jade DANG, Sally DONG, Maia GUEST, Arikqa IL,YAS THAI, Esther KIRSNER-REUTEN, Bella LEIGH, Yolanda LIU, Sethumi LIYANAGE, Ada LODE, Lucy LYNCH, Sylvia NGUYEN, Zaina SAAD, Chloe VALTON, Misha VIJAYWARGIYA, Keara WARAKAULLE, Isabel WU LIU & Murphy YANG. 

A’Capella Choir, led by Susan de Jong 

Audrey AHMED, Grace APPLEBY, Sasha BELLSMITH, Pip CASTALDO, Isla CAVIN, Olive CHASTON, Mimi DE BONO, Elsie FALKINER, Amelia Kelly GAAL, Abigail GRIGG, Izzy HALL, Wendy HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Anna ISSAC, Mimi KIRSNER-REUTEN, Colbi ORTSTADT, Irene PHAM, Lissa RAO, Gem ROBINS-PITTOCK & Jinx TAYLOR-MOORE. 

String Ensemble, led by Les Gyori, supported by Lore Burns. 

Milly BAINBRIDGE, Janae CHOW, Gaia HUI, Yolanda LIU, Char MARTIN, Cecilia NAHM, Wulfsbaine RAVEN, Vida SCALMER & Stella SETIAWAN. 

Senior String Quartet 

Adelaide Ahearn, Emily Pilepich, Irene Tetaz and Anya Paine. 

Junior Rock Band led by Andy Clarke 

Cobie Ahmed, Xanthe Bowden, Bronte Cranshaw, Violet Furness, Mia Haslem, Trev Higgins, Sophie Nisiforou, Maddy Parker, Ariella Pike-Meyer, Zoe Tucker & Sophie Watson. 

Mid Rock Band led by Andy Clarke 

Ananya Baskin, Chloe Dupeux, Elsie Falkiner, Rosie Gerner, Archer Hulls, Mimi Kirsner-Reuten, Domi Spataro & Addy Webber. 

Senior Rock Band led by Andy Clarke 

Audrey Ahmed, Genevieve Chia, Emily Cormack, Cherry Goa, Eva Harasymiw, Juliette Haslem, Wendy Haythornthwaite, Leanne Leong, Indi Lewis and Nandini Vyas. 

Jazz Band led by Tony Hicks 

Hannah AYOUBI, Brittany BRAMBERGER, Jasmine BUCKLE, Lucinda BUCKLE, Rania COURTNEY, Saskia CRUMPLER-WHAN, Abby ENGLAND, Alia FRITSCHY-O'CONNOR, Olivia HALL, Eva HARASYMIW, Trinity HARRIS, Elita HEMLEY, Tilly HIGGINS, Niamh KEOGH, Indi LEWIS, Lily MATSUMOTO, Aarna MEHTA, Alina RUDD HANSEN, Audrey TAYLOR, Jinx TAYLOR-MOORE, Iriye THEINSCHNACK, Amelie TYLER, Sammy WEBBER, & Kinu WRIGHT. 

Orchestra led by Tony Hicks 

Leia ADRIAN, Adelaide AHEARN, Milly BAINBRIDGE, Jasmine BUCKLE, Lucinda BUCKLE, Olive CHASTON, Charlotte COCHRANE, Nikita COSESKI, Rania COURTNEY, Leo CREANEY, Vivien DANG, Iris EDWARDS, Abby ENGLAND, Alia FRITSCHY-O'CONNOR, Olivia HALL, Eva HARASYMIW, Trinity HARRIS, Elita HEMLEY, Eve HOWIE, Gaia HUI, Esther KAHANS, Vianna LAW, Leanne LEONG, Elyza LEONG, Olivia LI, Yolanda LIU, Harper MACKELLAR, Lily MATSUMOTO, Aarna MEHTA, Cecilia NAHM, Anja PAINE, Madeleine PARKER, Emily PILEPICH, Alina RUDD HANSEN, Imogen SILVER, Audrey TAYLOR, Jinx TAYLOR-MOORE, Irene TETAZ, Iriye THEINSCHNACK, Amelie TYLER, Vanessa ULIASZ, Sienna VIRTUOSO, Chiara VIRTUOSO, Alessia VIRTUOSO, Isabella WARD, Sammy WEBBER & Kinu WRIGHT. 

Anne Corry 

Manager of Performing Arts. 

Upcoming Concerts Dates 

Thank you to all our teacher and students for their wonderful performances at the Semester One music concerts. We look forward to seeing you back for Semester Two. Here are the dates for the upcoming concerts in term 4 to add to your calendar: