Music Matters

Secondary School’s Inter-House Music Competition                                           

The excitement is building as all six houses prepare to battle it out this Friday 24 June at the Great Hall.  This year’s theme for the Inter-House Music Competition is Musical Heroines where each house is to present a small and large ensemble item featuring a song or musical item with a strong feminist theme.

We are very fortunate to welcome Dr Jo Lawry and Mr Simon Burke AO as our two adjudicators for this year’s competition. 

Having spent the last two decades in New York, Dr Lawry returns to Australia is the current leader of Equity in Jazz program at Sydney Conservatorium of Music where she is also lecturing.  She has also released a CD in 2008 I Want to be Happy which was named among ‘Best CDs of the decade’.   

Mr Simon Burke AO is a familiar face on both Australian and U.K. television and musical theatre.  He has starred in many major productions including Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music and is currently playing the role of Ziegler in Moulin Rouge. Mr Burke is also best known as one of the well-known and loved presenters of Play School for twenty-five years. 

Best of luck to each of the Houses!

Woodwind and Brass Concert Sign-Up: Term 3 Week 3 Thursday 4 August

Woodwind and Brass students are invited to perform in the Woodwind and Brass Concerts scheduled in Week 3 on Thursday 4 August.

Primary

Secondary

We encourage students who learn at school, and students who learn externally to perform.

These concerts will be held in the Great Hall. Family and friends are welcome to attend.

Week 8 Piano Concerts (Primary and Secondary) – Thursday 16 June

Congratulations to all the performers who played in last Thursday afternoon’s series of Primary and Secondary Piano concerts.  Special thank you to Ms Heidi Jones and Ms Stephanie Holmes for their organisation of this event.  A thank you also to our SCEGGS piano tutors Ms Lisa Adamik, Ms Natalia Deasy

Primary Performers

Secondary Performers

Well done everyone – a wonderful celebration of our Pianists at SCEGGS!

Pauline Chow
Head of Music