Let their voices be heard! 

Junior Choir in their first competition

On Wednesday the 16th of August, Northcote High School’s Junior Choir participated in the Victorian School Music Festival. After a morning of rehearsal the group of Year 7 and 8 students departed school and took the tram to Federation square. After having lunch, the choir made their way to Deakin Edge, the facility in which the competition would take place. While they were waiting in registration, the nerves started to build as other schools arrived at the venue. Northcote was second to perform. Before the performance commenced, the choir was escorted to a small room underneath the stage to warm up before taking the stage.

After the performance of ‘Let Your Voice Be Heard’ by Matthew Emery and ‘How Can I Keep from Singing’ arranged by Greg Gilpin, the chief adjudicator, Jodie Spooner-Ryan, gave them feedback and helped the choir to improve their sound. After the performance and workshop, the group enjoyed watching some of the other schools perform and improve. After all the performances the students took the train back to school. The junior choir were given tapes of feedback and also a video to recall the performance. During rehearsals, the choir reviewed their performance and took the given feedback into great consideration while practicing.

Other students had these things to say:

“It was a fun day and a really good experience!”

“I feel like my performing skills have really benefited from this experience.”

“It was a great bonding experience with the other members of the choir.”

The directors are so proud of what the choir has accomplished. They couldn’t be happier with the choir’s first public performance and competition.

 By Hannah Bartley and Kitty Robinson 8J

Parents of the choir can see the video recording on the myNortcoteHigh page for Junior Choir through ClickView.

State Schools Spectacular: sister act

Sisters KJ (Year 12) and Rizzie (Year 9) Rotunno are both featured as singers in this year's State Schools' Spectacular.  The Northcote Leader recently visited the school to take their photo as part of the Spectacular promotion: look out for them in an upcoming edition! Northcote musicians Greta McNab and Layla Maitri and production crew Antonia Coutts and Hamish Larkin are also featured in the show. Congratulations to all students chosen.