Music News

NHS String Orchestra 

On Wednesday 5 July, the Nossal String Orchestra performed in the Hawthorn Arts Centre for the Victorian School Music Festival. We performed ‘This is me’ from The Greatest Showman, ‘In the Steppes of Central Asia’ by Borodin and ‘Waltz’ from Coppelia. 

Mr Lim, Mr Patterson and everyone in the string orchestra worked strenuously to prepare the orchestra for the event. After many months of practice, the string orchestra achieved a silver medal in the Victorian School Music Festival. There were several other schools performing, (Bendigo South East College, Blackburn High School and Waverley Christian College) which were engaging and enjoyable to listen to.

After the performance the adjudicator, (Mr Soo Han) came onstage and conducted the orchestra and gave us tips on how to improve our playing. Both performing and listening to what the other schools have prepared was a wonderful experience.

Jeremy Qi

Orchestra Leader

The adjudicator was Mr Soo Han from the USA.  Mr Han is the Director of Orchestral Activities at The Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, a member of the Board of Directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, a contributing editor for Hal Leonard’s Essential Elements for Strings, a D’Addario Orchestral Strings Artist, a Conn-Selmer Educational Clinician, and the former Director of Orchestras & Department Chair of the William H. Duke Center for the Performing Arts at Carmel High in Carmel, IN.

Enjoy the Nossal High School String Orchestra's performance at the 2019 VSMF by clicking the image below.