Music

Musician of the Year

The 2020 Musician of the Year once again took place albeit via Zoom. A fabulous night showcasing the very talented music students of Castlemaine Secondary College. The 7 competitors were:

Anais Kerr - Violin 

Bridie Edgar - Flute Beatrix Dimsey - ViolinLloyd Meadows – Electric Bass GuitarMaisie Mellick-Cooper - Voice

Daniel Hall - Violin

Jeremy Duff – Saxophone 

The students were playing in hope of winning one of the three prizes-1st Prize $150, 2nd and 3rd prizes of $100 each plus certificates and medals.

The adjudicator for the evening was 

Adam Yee is a composer, teacher and immediate past President of the Association of Directors of Music in Independent Schools (ADMIS). He is a graduate of the VCA, Melbourne University and the RMIT Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory where he completed a Masters in Industrial Design. He has been a contributor to Victorian curriculum development since 2005, and is a frequent presenter at music education conferences. Adam’s fifth opera, Carmilla, was premiered at La Mama Theatre in 2016 and received a full season in 2018. He is currently Head of Music at The King David School in Malvern and is a PhD candidate in the Education Faculty of Monash University where he is researching the impact of technology and cultural devaluation on secondary music. 

MOTY: Bridie Edgar- Flute

1st runner up: Lloyd Meadows– Electric Bass Guitar

2nd runner up: Maisie Mellick-Cooper- Voice 

Below is the clip of Bridie's Flute item

Music Roundup and Farewell

2020 saw no Recital Nights, Music Camp or 'Matilda', the chosen musical. I would like to congratulate all of the students who kept attending their online lessons for classroom and instrumental music lessons. This will help keep our vibrant music department moving well into the future-post Covid! The start of Term 4 saw the VCE students present their full performance programs in a series of lunchtime concerts. These concerts were well attended by staff and students (no parents unfortunately) and the students did themselves very proud. We capped off the Year 12's year with a celebratory dinner where we laughed, remembering all of the fun times that we've had together over the past 6 years at CSC including the famous Year 9 'Dance Off' to the bemused Chewton Primary School students. 

As I am finishing up at CSC after 13 wonderful years, I'd like to say a heartfelt thank you to the students and families of all of my students. I have so many happy memories of camps and concerts that I will treasure forever. I wish all of my past students a bright and happy future and hope that we will have a chat from time to time when our paths cross.

All the best everyone.

Love Kirsten