Primary & Secondary Music

Special Project Orchestra

Our Special Project Orchestra was formed earlier in the year to allow more performance opportunities for a greater number of musicians. We were very pleased to include three talented Primary school students in this project, Aisling Blackburn (Year 5) and Alexandra Millin and Anara Murugesan (Year 6 ) as well as students from the Secondary School. The Special Project Orchestra’s first performance for the year was at the Final Assembly of Term 3. They performed Endless Summer by Kara Williams, conducted by Mrs Anne Sweeney. Thank you to all involved. The second performance for the Special Project Orchestra will be Musicale 4, where Mr Tierney will conduct Saint-Saens’ Bachannale.

Watch the video of the performance here.

AMEB Achievements

Congratulations to the following students who completed AMEB exams recently.

Band Program Overview

View the program for Term 4 here.

AUSTA Spring String Festival

The Australian String Teachers’ Association (AUSTA) NSW String Festival is an event designed to give young string players from Kindergarten to Year 12 the opportunity to perform in friendly, non-competitive and supportive environment. Participants are invited to play one piece either solo or with an accompanist to the best of their ability. Participants will play one by one in a small group with other players of a similar age and ability.

Unlike an eisteddfod there are no section winners and no first or second places. All participants will leave with a Certificate of Participation, a trophy and an adjudicators report. Please enrol using this link before Sunday 20 October.

Musicale 4

Musicale 4 will be held on Wednesday 6 November in the SCEGGS Great Hall.

The Primary Concert will run from 5.00 pm – 5.45 pm (approximately) and the Secondary Concert from 6.30pm – 7.30pm (approximately).

Primary Ensembles performing at the 5.00pm Concert

Training Band, Bugles’ Band, Primary Rock Band, Primary Percussion Ensemble, Cantare, Sinfonietta, Chamber Strings and Primary String Octet.

Secondary Ensembles performing at the 6.30pm Concert

Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Clarion Concert Band, Year 9 Rock Band (Electric Fuse), Secondary Jazz Combo, Van Reyk Percussion Ensemble, Contemporary Strings, Lux Strings and Special Project Orchestra (Project 2).

Rehearsals

All rehearsal information can be viewed on Clipboard. Please check rehearsal venues in the lead-up to the concert as we try to schedule at least one Great Hall rehearsal for each group.

National Choral School

Congratulations to Josie Grayden and Eva Ancher in Year 9 who have both been chosen to participate in the prestigious Gondwana National Choral School in January 2025.  After successfully completing a rigorous audition process that takes applications from young choral singers across all over Australia, Josie writes

“As someone who has been singing as long as they can remember, this is a tremendous opportunity, and one that I am very excited for. Gondwana Choirs perform both nationally and internationally, and Gondwana Voices are Australia’s leading choir for young people aged 10-17. I would highly recommend applying in future years as this promises to be a great experience for those who love singing, or just enjoy being in choir.”

Beyond the Green Gate

We love hearing about ways our musicians are involved in music-making outside of school. Please send details to Heidi Jones.

Clipboard

All co-curricular music ensemble schedules are now available on Clipboard. If you haven’t set this up yet, please follow the provided instructions. For any issues with Clipboard set-up, contact our Music Administration Assistant Miss Alice Kotowicz.

Upcoming Events:

Term 4

Heidi Jones
Head of Music (Co-curricular)