MLC School Old Girls perform in Encore Concert at the Sydney Opera House
New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) holds a gala concert in the Sydney Opera House each year to highlight outstanding HSC performers and composers.
It is a tremendous honour to be nominated for the encore concert as only the top performing students from around the state will be awarded a nomination.
A huge congratulations goes to the following students from our 2022 Year 12 HSC cohort.
- Jade Di Girolamo (2022) – Performance, ‘Gothic Carousel’
- Ruby Scott-Wishart (2022) – Composition, ‘Soliloquy for Winter Solstice’
- Jacqueline Flett (2022) – Music Composition
- Jacqueline Flett (2022) – Music Performance
- Emma Mahant (2022) – Music Composition
Of these nominees, two were selected to perform in the Sydney Opera House Encore Concert.
For MLC School to have two students selected to showcase their work in the actual concert is somewhat of a coup.
Ruby Scott-Wishart‘s composition was a piece written for acapella choir based on a poem published by her grandmother from a collection of over 40 years of poetry. This was performed on the evening by the MLC School Chamber Choir.
Jade Di Girolamo was also selected for her performance of Gothic Carousel; a piece composed especially for the MLC School Piano Quartet by MLC School Head of Composition Tristan Coelho. The other members of the Piano Quartet performing with Jade were – Wisteria Hu (2022), Ruby Scott-Wishart (2022) and Coco Huang (2022).
– Trevor Mee
Director of Music
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