Music and Concert Band

Victorian School Music Festival

The 34 students of the Year 7 Concert Band represented VUSC at the Victorian Schools Music Festival in mid-November. This is the first time that VUSC has had a Year 7 Band perform at this event. Not only did they give an outstanding performance, they were also very respectful of the other schools performing, the organisers and adjudicators. The Year 7 Band was acknowledged as being a successful addition to the ever improving and growing VUSC Concert Band program. Both adjudicators ranked the students as giving an Excellent Performance!

Instrumental Music Exams

Congratulations to the many students who completed a Music Exam over the past few weeks. The Music exam is a competency test, meaning that students need to receive 65% or above to gain a pass grade. The students had to perform solo works, studies, scales as well as sightreading and various theoretical knowledge tests. Congratulations to all who passed, as follows:

Aashka P, Flute Grade 3

Maichail M, Flute Grade 2

Marius C-N, Flute Grade1

Teresa T, Euphonium Grade 3

Jacob O, Tuba Grade 4

Van C, Tuba Grade 2

Jessica D, Trombone Grade 4

Matilda L, Tuba Grade 2

VUSC Honours Band

The top 50 students from Year 7 to 11 will meet on the Tuesday and Thursday of the last week of this term to rehearse as part of the 2025 VUSC Honours Band. Rehearsals will take place during the normal school day, with the students working on 4 major compositions in preparation for their performances next year. 

Overall it has been an amazing year for the music and concert band faculty. Congratulations to all the students on their fantastic efforts and hard work, and thank you to our wonderful staff for an outstanding year!

Robert Breen

Music Leader