Music Matters
Royal School of Church Music – Cantare Performance
On the evening of Tuesday 18 October our primary co-curricular choir, Cantare, performed in St Andrews Cathedral. The Royal School of Church Music’s Junior School Choral Festival featured the combined forces of primary choirs from The King’s School, Arden, Trinity and SCEGGS performing five sacred works accompanied by pipe organ. This opportunity to rehearse and perform challenging music under the guidance of young, emerging conductor Lachlan Massey was a valuable musical experience for our Cantare choristers. They enjoyed the experience of singing in such a grand venue with more than one hundred and fifty other like-minded young singers.
Thank you to the many Cantare parents who supported their young singers by attending this festival.
Miss Allison Harrigan
Director of Choirs
Musicale 4
Our final Musicale for 2022 will take place on Thursday 17 November at 6pm in the Great Hall (Week 6). The ensembles featured in this concert are:
- String Power
- Primary String Octet
- Bugles
- Training Band
- Glennie Percussion
- Van Reyk Percussion
- Contemporary Strings
- Clarion Band
Students will receive further information from their Ensemble conductors about this performance. The concert is free and we invite all parents to come and enjoy the music.
Year 7 Strings Lunchtime Concert
All string players in Year 7 have been invited to perform a short solo on Wednesday 2 November at 1pm in the Great Hall. If students haven’t already contacted Ms Heidi Jones to organise a rehearsal, please do so by the end of this week. Girls are invited to bring a non-string playing friend to the concert for this informal get together to share music and eat lunch.
Term 4 Music Calendar
Week 3 |
String Studio Concerts, 3:30pm, Primary Music Room – 3 dates: Monday 24 October, Wednesday 26 October and Friday 28 October |
Week 4 |
Elective Music Pianists Concert, Tuesday 1 November, 1pm, Great Hall Year 7 Strings Lunchtime Concert, Wednesday 2 November, 1pm, Great Hall Vocal Soiree, Thursday 3 November, 3.30pm and 4.45pm (2 sessions), Great Hall Primary Percussion Concert, Friday 4 November, 1pm, Primary Music Room |
Week 5 |
Rock Bands’ Performance “Women in the Workforce”, Thursday 10 November, 1 pm lunchtime concert, near the School Cafeteria (supporting Year 10 Social Justice Week) CVE and LUX Strings Performance at Positive Schools Conference, leave school at 7:50am return to school at approx. 9.15am, Sydney Masonic Centre, 66 Goulburn St – 2 dates: CVE: Thursday 10 November, Lux Strings: Friday 11 November |
Week 6 |
Ms Alex Silver Studio and Secondary Jazz Combo Concert, Wednesday 16 November, 1pm, DB1 Musicale 4, Thursday 17 November, 6pm, Great Hall |
Week 7 |
Festival of Lessons and Carols, Thursday 24 November, 7:30pm, Great Hall (Amati Strings and Year 7 Choir) |
Week 8 |
Years K-11 Christmas Service Great Hall, Monday 28 November (Year 7 Choir) |
Pauline Chow
Head of Music
