Music
Congratulations to the following students on their excellent achievements.
City of Sydney Eisteddfod
Haylee Lam (Year 9) received aHighly Commended in the section Flute Solo 15 or under.
AMEB RESULTS: Congratulations to the following students on their excellent AMEB results
Double Bass
- Ling Qi (Year 4) – grade 1 A+
Violin
- Ivy Dao (Year 2) – Prelim A+
- Isabel Gao (Year 3) – Prelim A+
- Flora Wu (Year 3) – Prelim B+
- Kaymi Madugalle Wijeratne (Year 4) – 1st grade A
- Muse Tang (Year 5) – 2nd grade B
- Sophie Woo (Year 4) – 3rd grade B
- Nadya Faheem (Year 5) – 3rd grade B+
- Stephanie Port (Year 7) – 4th grade B
- Rachel Shi (Year 5) – 4th grade B
- Sophie Zhang (Year 11) – 6th grade B
- Lily Still (Year 11) – Certificate of Performance C+
- Charli Conn (Year 9) – Certificate of Performance A+
Theory
- Karen Liu (Year 7) – 1st grade theory exam – High Distinction
- Rachel Shi (Year 5) – 1st grade theory exam – Credit
Excursion to the Opera House for Stage 5 Elective Music:
On Friday 13 June, Year 9 and 10 Elective Music students had the opportunity to watch an open rehearsal of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Opera House. It was a wonderful day away from the busyness of school and a great opportunity to immerse ourselves in music.
Students travelled to Martin Place station via train and metro and walked through the stunning Sydney Botanical Gardens. All enjoyed looking at the view of the Sydney Harbour and being surrounded by the budding roses. After our walk, the group arrived at the Opera House and sat down for the rehearsal. We were lucky enough to hear the orchestra perform Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture, and Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel Suite, which was a class favourite. I could really feel the emotion, sense of danger and resolution throughout the music. The conductor, Donald Runnicles, and the instrumentalists were highly expressive, and all students gained valuable insight from observing the orchestra’s collaboration.
Once the rehearsal had concluded, students had the opportunity to eat lunch around Circular Quay, and then made our way to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. We were all very lucky to be taken on a guided tour of the Conservatorium. My favourite part was looking at the library, which has the largest collection of historic sheet music in the Southern Hemisphere. It was so cool seeing a whole library dedicated solely to music. As well as the library, we also got to see the practice and lesson rooms, recording studios and equipment, and the performance spaces available to students studying at the Conservatorium. It was a valuable opportunity to get an insight into what studying music might look like for our future.
Thank you to Ms Zeltzer and Ms Bain as well as the Music Staff for organising such a fun and insightful excursion. It is one of the highlights of the Elective Music Students’ year.
– Zoe Manning (Year 10 Elective Music) 2025/2026 Captain of Bands
ENSEMBLE CONCERT
I would like to extend my gratitude to the Music Staff, along with Ms Attley, Ms Lee, Mrs Lindsay, Mrs Richter and Ms Jian for their assistance at the recent Ensemble Concert. Our Pymble musicians work extremely hard in their preparations, but behind the scenes, the music staff are beavering away to choose music. This involves selecting music, photocopying parts, listening to recordings, marking-up scores, providing guidance on intonation and rhythms, bowing and blowing, pronunciation and breathing. Moreover, we need to take into consideration the girls and their wants and desires. It is a great honour that I have such a wonderful team to work with and I would like to show my respect to these people:
- Charlotte Aquaro
- Sarah Ashton
- Luczia Bain
- Karen Bruce
- Narelle Colbey
- Claire Race
- Kurt Schweinberger
- Marcus Stafford
- Gladys Uy
- Julia Zeltzer
Farewell to Year 12
Year 11 students were invited to lunch with our Year 12 leavers on Wednesday 25 June. There was much merriment and happiness among the girls. To our Year 12 students: “Thank you for the Music”.
