Music Matters

IPSHA Performing Arts Festival

Last Tuesday night primary musicians and choristers from Year 5 and 6 represented SCEGGS at the 2022 IPSHA Performing Arts Festival at the Sydney Town Hall. Ms Lanneke Jones and Ms Allison Harrigan worked tirelessly to prepare the repertoire for this exciting performance opportunity. Our girls collaborated with musicians and choristers from five other Independent Schools to form a Combined Schools Choir and Symphony Orchestra. Each school also performed an individual item, showcasing the talents of their primary students. SCEGGS Year 6 Choir performed “Eye of the Sound Storm”, an Australian composition by Alice Chance inspired by the Foreshore at Barangaroo. The Year 6 Choir was accompanied by a String Octet and percussion. Congratulations to:

These girls have rehearsed every Friday lunchtime since Term 1 to be ready for the performance. Special thanks to Mrs Bronwyn Cleworth and Ms Jayne Groves who assisted greatly in the preparation of this piece.  

Mrs Anne Sweeney
Director of Strings

Australian School Band and Orchestral Festival (ASBOF) – Congratulations Amati Strings and Holst Wind Band

Congratulations to the members of Amati Strings and Holst Wind Band who competed in the Secondary divisions of ASBOF on Sunday 11 September at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. 

Holst Wind Band gained a Gold Award in the Grahame Lloyd Event and Amati Strings also gained a Gold Award in the Ernest Llewellyn Premier Event of the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival.

Only 18 of the 27 girls in Amati were able to perform on the day due to illnesses and clashing commitments. The girls who performed are to be congratulated for their resilience and determination to “soldier on” – despite having key soloists in Amati absent on the day.

This has been a wonderful performance opportunity for our senior musicians in both ensembles and to be publicly acknowledged for their level of musical performance.

Special thank you to Mrs Anne Sweeney for her direction of Amati and Mr Michael Tierney for his direction of Holst Wind Band.  Thank you to the parents of students in the ensembles for your support.  Well done to all performers for your preparation and commitment to this event.

Invitation for Music Captain and Committee Members Application

Inviting all Music Elective or Co-Curricular Music students in Years 10 and 11 to apply for positions of Music Committee member or 2023 Music Captain.  The application can be accessed here.

Applications are due Week 10 – Wednesday 21 September 3.30pm

Term 3 Calendar of Music Events

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Pauline Chow
Head of Music