Music Matters

Music Matters

Musicale 2                          

Congratulations to the following ensembles for their performance in Musicale 2 on Wednesday 28 April. 

  • String Power
  • Training Band
  • Stringalong
  • Brass Ensemble
  • Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
  • Bugles
  • Amati Strings
  • Holst
  • Choir
  • Madrigal
  • Primary Cello Ensemble

 

Thank you to the following conductors for their preparation and direction of the ensembles; Ms Allison Harrigan, Mr Michael Tierney, Mrs Anne Sweeney, Ms Alex Siegers and Ms Rachel Valentine. Thank you also to the Music Department staff who assisted throughout the event.

You may view last night’s performance via this link: https://vimeo.com/519718469/3b976b6d1b

 

Week 2 Assembly Performance

Congratulations to Astrid Girdis (Year 12) who performed her winning solo item in this week’s assembly.  Astrid is the winner of the Wran Prize for “Up and Coming” Vocalist and she performed “Some World Far from Ours” by Sydney based composer Sally Whitwell.  The text of the song is based on the poem “To Jane” by Percy Bysshe Shelley and was dedicated to Jane Williams, a woman who was the object of Shelley’s infatuation.

Congratulations to Bondi Barlow (Year 8) who played the introduction and recession pieces in assembly on the Piano.  Bondi played excerpts from Joseph Haydn’s “Fantasia”.  Well done Bondi!

 

Upcoming Events:

  • New Parents Dinner – LUX5 performing in the Great Hall on 5 May

The Primary School present the Years 5 &6 Musical: Our Home

This play has been created with a mix of old and new Australian songs. Inspiration came initially from Dorothy Mackellar’s “My County”, linked with some contemporary indigenous poems. This is the story of Holly and Laura, two sisters from the Northern Territory who move to the city of Sydney with their family, finding home and belonging in both places. Given the nature of the past year, we are invited to appreciate the land we live in, and the beauty, freedom and possibilities it holds for us all.

 

Two evening performances in The Great Hall during Week 7 (Performance dates to be released soon).

Pauline Chow
Head of Music