Music Matters

Festival on Forbes Music Performances – Ensembles

It is not long to go until SCEGGS musicians will be providing musical entertainment at the Festival on Forbes (Sunday 21 August).  The ensembles that will be performing are:

• Beginners Band
• Primary Jazz Combo
• Bugles
• Secondary Jazz Combo
• Clarion Band
• Holst Wind Band
• Basie Jazz Band
• Contemporary Vocal Ensemble (CVE)
• String Power
• Stringalong
• Sinfonietta
• Chamber Strings
• Amati Strings
• Lux Strings
• Rock Bands – *Please note the revised time and venue change for Maca

Students are advised to meet their ensemble 20 minutes prior to the performances for tuning and set up.  Please refer to the schedule for the times of performances.

For a map of the School click here.

Festival on Forbes Schedule

• Primary and Secondary Strings – to use L7/L8 to tune, unpack cases etc
• Primary, Secondary Bands, CVE and Rock Band – please meet in the secondary school above the cafeteria at the Art Room overlooking the Joan Freeman courtyard

It is important that students take their instruments home before Friday 19 August – as the Diana Bowman Centre cannot be accessed on the day of the Festival.

2023 Year 7 Orientation – Woodwind Ensemble Friday 12 August

Congratulations to the members of Woodwind ensemble who performed for the incoming 2023 Year 7 students.  The girls performed pieces to entertain new students and parents in the Great Hall.  The ensemble was self-directed with students communicating the start and finish of performances. Well done girls!

Year 11 Music 1 and 2 Concert – Thursday 18 August 4pm

Students from Year 11 Music 1 and Music 2 will be presenting a series of solo performances next Thursday 18 August, 4pm in the Great Hall. It will be a wonderful afternoon of music with students from both courses presenting a variety of solo musical items.

This free concert is open to all members of the school community to attend.  We encourage students who are currently undertaking Elective Music in Years 8 to 10 to attend with their parents to see where their musical study can lead.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Change of Date – SCEGGS HSC ENCORE Concert

The date of the SCEGGS HSC ENCORE Concert has been changed to Thursday 25 August, 6pm in the Great Hall.  We look forward to sharing the Year 12 Class of 2022’s music performances with the school community in this free concert. 

All Elective Music students are also encouraged to attend this performance with their parents to experience and support the work of the senior Music students.

Primary Piano Concert – Thursday 1 September Great Hall

Invitation opened to ALL Primary pianists to sign up to perform in the upcoming Primary Piano Concert. 

The concert will take place Week 7 – 1 September 3.30pm – 4.30pm.

Parents and friends are welcome to attend.

To enrol your daughter in the concert please complete this form by Friday 26 August (Week 6)

We look forward to seeing you there!

ASBOF Competition Tickets on Sale – Band and String Ensembles

Tickets for the ASBOF Competition are now on sale.  The tickets for this event (25% discount when purchasing online) can be accessed via the ASBOF website.

The ASBOF Web App is also accessible via the website and gives parents access to the full Festival Draw.

Please see below for the information and ensembles that are involved in this year’s competition:

Sunday 28 August – Sydney Conservatorium of Music

• Sinfonietta – arrival time of 8.30am
• Stringalong – arrival time of 9.35am
• Bugles – arrival time of 11am

Sunday 11 September – Sydney Conservatorium of Music

• Amati – arrival time of 10am
• Holst Wind Band – arrival time of 1pm

Term 3 Calendar of Music Events

Pauline Chow
Head of Music