Performing Arts

Monash Youth Music Festival

The Swing Sisters/ Year 7 Choir are competing at the Monash Youth Music Festival - middle choir section on Monday 19th August. The girls took home first place in this competition last year and are preparing keenly to perform as well as they can in 2019. The performance is scheduled after 4.00pm at Huntingtower School, 77 Waimarie Drive, Mt Waverley. Parents are most welcome to join us. There is an entrance fee to see the competition. The girls will travel by school bus to and from Killester. If anyone has not replied via Edsmart can they do so quickly please.

Essentially Ellington Music Festival

The Killester Stage Band is once again performing at the Essentially Ellington Festival on Sunday 18th August. The girls are scheduled to play at 4.00pm at Xavier College, 135 Barkers Road, Kew. This non-competitive festival was set up by Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra over 30 years ago in New York. It has now expanded to all parts of the globe and the girls will be lucky enough to have a half hour tutorial with Vincent Gardner - lead trombone player with the LCJO and/or Jerome Jennings - drummer for Bassist Christian Macbride. The girls have to perform at least one original Duke Ellington piece in their performance. This is challenging for the girls as this music comes from almost one century before them so they really have to change the way they listen and play as an ensemble to try and capture the style. They are quickly finding that it is great fun to play!

AMEB Piano

Congratulations to Lyn Thao Nguyen who recently completed her Grade 6 piano exam at the AMEB (Australian Music Examinations Board). Lyn received an 'A', which is an excellent result. Lyn is taught by Anita Marcou here at Killester. Students are very welcome to attempt exams at the AMEB or we also have an internal exam that they can complete here at Killester. Any girl can ask their instrumental teacher about doing one. The level of playing is steadily improving across the whole music department and exams can be a great way to focus on practice routines and developing great technique. See Mr Hickey if you have any further queries.