Music
Pymble Foundation Gala Ball
Thank you to our wonderful musicians who performed at the Pymble Foundation Gala Ball:
Charlotte Wykes, Claire Lee, Charlise Moodie, Lux Fritz, Annie Luo, Phoebe Cooper, Lizzy Tang, Zarina Nurlanov and Sitian Chen.
The College String Quartet and 5 Chorale singers performed magnificently at the Pymble Foundation Gala Ball on Saturday night. The elegance of the evening was matched by our girls, wearing lovely long black dresses, holding themselves professionally throughout. One guest asked about the College Quartet, wondering if they were Uni students from the Conservatorium. When I explained that the girls were in Year 8, 10 and 12, he was amazed! Many thanks to Mr Rossman for preparing the girls so well.
The Chorale girls sang alongside Mo Lovegrove and performed “Defying Gravity” with the standard expected of professionals. Mo commented on how talented and experienced the girls were, and I also heard many of the attendees comment on how fantastic they sounded.
AMEB Congratulations
Vocal
Lillian Wang – Classical Comprehensive Grade 5 – A
Abigail McKinnon – Musical Theatre Comprehensive Grade 3 – B+
Annabella Bayfield – Musical Theatre Comprehensive Grade 2 – A
Violin
Emily Dao – Preliminary – A
Marisa Nayak – Preliminary – A
Sophie Woo – Preliminary – A
Madeleine Martin – Grade 1 – B+
Maisie Borg – Grade 1 – B+
Arya Shanmugaratnam – Grade 2 – B+
Linh Lan Dinh – Grade 2 – A
Ria Iyer – Grade 2 – B+
Karen Liu – Grade 3 – B
Gloria Yang – Grade 4 – A
Sophie Zhang – Grade 4 – A
Rebecca Mak – Grade 6 – B
Samantha He – Grade 6 – C+
Associate Award (A.Mus.A) This is a diploma awarded to performers achieving at an outstanding level.
Sophie Guo (Year 8) – Violin performance
Licentiate Awards (L.Mus.A) This is a prestigious diploma awarded to outstanding performers from the Australian Music Examinations Board in performance and/or theory.
Ella Liu (Year 10) – Piano performance
Aine Oo (Year 10) – Clarinet performance
TOUR 2024 – Spain and Portugal
If you or your daughter completed the EOI you will soon be receiving some information about deposits. Some girls have been invited to audition – please note that this is so that the conductors have a sense of what instrumentation is available. If your daughter has not received any emails asking her to audition, it is assumed she is confirmed for the tour, and you will receive notice about deposit payments.
Regarding costs, please note that if you were at the information session, we provided you with the amount that was the higher end of the spectrum based on smaller numbers of girls attending. The more girls we have going, the less the cost.
Concerto Competition
An EOI was placed on the portal for this. Please ensure you have read the information and discussed this with your tutor. Entries close 13 November.
Term 4 Events
20 October – Internal Scholarships take place. Information was delivered via the portal and email.
25 October – Junior School Ensemble Concert: 6.30pm in the GMCPA (this is a compulsory event for all Junior School ensemble members)
The Junior School Ensemble Concert will be held on Wednesday 25 October (Week 3) at 6.30pm in the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts. This is a wonderful opportunity to see and hear the culmination of a year’s hard work by your daughter. The ensembles have achieved some outstanding results this year and I know you will be amazed and very proud of what your daughters have achieved.
The concert will be approximately 90 minutes in duration with no interval. Please note that no student will be allowed to leave during the concert. Students in the Band and String Ensembles will be arriving from 5.45 pm as directed by their conductors in order to tune their instruments. Students in Choirs only need to arrive at 6.00pm. Following the concert, parents are to collect their daughter from the holding room they were dropped off at for the start of the concert.
If students are not going home prior to the concert and need supervision from 3pm, please complete the following LINK. We have arranged for a College staff member to supervise students. Sign up for supervision will close on Friday 20 October. In addition, if your daughter has an after-school activity and needs to be collected for supervision, please indicate this on the online survey.
Please note that this is a free event, however all audience members will need to book a ticket by clicking here.
31 October – String Quartet performance for the opening of Barrenjoey House.
1 November – BIG BAND BLOW for Year 3 students. More details will be sent home for this very fun morning
13 November – EOI for the Concerto Competition Close
22 November – Secondary School Ensemble Concert: 6.30pm in the GMCPA (this is a compulsory event for all Secondary School ensemble members)
2 December – Choral Climate Festival – All School Choir (notes will be sent home)
3 December – Community Christmas Carols Service – from 5.00pm on Gloucester Lawn then the Chapel. Bring a picnic, your voices and your joy of Christmas.
6 December – Speech Day Celebrations for Junior and Senior Schools.
New uniform for musicians
Please watch your portal for information about the new uniform, how to purchase, and how to return your red jacket after the performances have finished.
Sarah Turner
Head of Music