Performing Arts
Music Solo Competition
This week we celebrated the first two finals of our solo music competition.
Nearly 50 entries were whittled down to 12 finalists, 6 in each section.
Our finals were held online with external adjudicator Martin Macaulay, the Head of Music at Our Lady of Sion College, giving feedback to each of our soloists and choosing our winners.
Congratulations to this year's winners.
Learning for under 1 year:
1st — Sienna Diaz (clarinet)
2nd — Safari Rohan (trumpet)
3rd — Mia Nekritin (trumpet)
Learning for under 2 years:
1st — Sally Tran (clarinet)
2nd — Pisey Khun (piano)
3rd — Vivian Nguyen (drum kit)
Next week will see another 2 sections competing, while our vocal section will be held early in Term 4.
Katy Addis
Music Learning Leader
Congratulations to Sharna Trinh (Year 12) on the release of her first single 'Once More'.
Sharna worked hard for 2 months, arranging her backing on GarageBand and recording her vocals at the Dandenong library.
Her song has already been played on triple j Unearthed.
You can hear Sharna's song on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/3cKFBy9YaIM9MCk3LAHuLB?si=07cde25951f64a37
or on YouTube
Well done Sharna, for demonstrating the persistence that it takes to write, record and promote your music. May this be the start of a long career!
Music ensemble rehearsal times
All rehearsals are upstairs in Tullow
Monday after school Concert Band (Directed by Mr Hickey)
Tuesday lunchtime Heartstrings (Directed by Ms Addis)
Year 9 rock band (Directed by Mr Anderson-Vague)
Tuesday after school Soul Collective (Directed by Mr Vague)
Thursday lunch Senior Vocal Group (Directed by Mrs Batterham)
Little Sisters (Directed by Mr Vague)
Year 12 band (Directed by Ms Addis)
Thursday after school HONK (Directed by Ms Addis)
Friday lunch Senior contemporary ensemble (Directed by Mr
Seedsman)
Kildare voices (currently on hold)
Killester goes to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Last week 50 Killester musicians headed to Robert Blackwood Hall to see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in action.
The orchestra was performing Modest Mussorgsky's famous Pictures at an Exhibition, a piece in which each different movement features a painting by Victor Hartmann. From 'The Old Castle' to the 'Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks' the orchestra painted the pictures beautifully, using their fine-tuned musicianship. The Killester Concert Band members particularly enjoyed the performance as they are currently learning Pictures at an Exhibition themselves, ready for our concert on September 12.
After the show conductor Ingrid Martin came out to say a special hello to the Killester students and explained how she prepared for the concert.
Katy Addis
Music Learning Leader
