Secondary Music

Thank you to the Woodwind Ensemble, under the direction of Ms Nicole Barrett, who played a selection of music ahead of the Open Day last Friday. Thank you to Mr Tierney for his support of this ensemble.

SCEGGS Eisteddfod

The Secondary Highlights Concert will be held on Wednesday 20 March at 6.00pm in the Great Hall. A selection of performances, representing a cross-section of year groups, instruments and voices will be chosen by the adjudicators to perform in this concert.

Performers will be contacted in the late afternoon of Friday 15 March if they are invited to participate in the Secondary Highlights Concert.

If you have any further queries, please contact Alice Kotowicz in the Music Department.

HSC Encore

On Monday evening elective music students from Years 8-12 attended HSC Encore at the Sydney Opera House. Encore is a program of outstanding HSC performances and compositions from 2023, by students from across NSW. Instruments included Voice, Marimba, Piano Accordian, Guzheng, Guitar, and more than a few drummers. The concert highlighted Music 1, Music 2, and Extension students, with a wide variety of styles and genres presented. We hope that all our students were inspired by the outstanding performances on the night.   

David Gresham
Head of Music Curriculum

New Parent Dinner – Lux Strings

Lux Strings, under the direction of Ms Eliza Sdraulig, will play a selection of music as guests arrive for the New Parent Dinner on Thursday 21 March. Before the performance, this ensemble will rehearse from 5.15pm – 6.00pm. They will perform from 6.50pm – 7.25pm and can be collected from the DB Centre around 7.30pm.

Musicale 1 

Please be aware that the date in the school diary is incorrect.

The following secondary ensembles will be performing at Musicale 1;

• Contemporary Strings
• Clarion Concert Band
• Van Reyk Percussion Ensemble
• Glennie Percussion Ensemble
• Years 7-10 Choir
• Years 7-10 Madrigal Ensemble

Further details can be found in this note.

SCEGGS’ Alumni in Concert

On Monday March 4 some of SCEGGS’ keenest singing students and choristers from the choral program attended Long Lost Loves (And Grey Suede Gloves). This evening concert at City Recital Hall featured internationally renowned mezzo soprano and proud SCEGGS’ alumni Anna Dowsley accompanied by pianist Michael Curtain. The students enjoyed an evening of story-telling through the songs of American composer William Bolcom. Many of our choristers sang with Anna Dowsley in 2022 at a SCEGGS SPAN event and enjoyed her reminiscing about her journey through the SCEGGS choral program to international success. To revisit her talents again in this one woman show and witness her extraordinary versatility as a singer and actor was very inspiring for our students.

Allison Harrigan
Musical Director of Choirs    

Clipboard

All co-curricular music ensemble schedules are now available on Clipboard. If you haven’t set this up yet, please follow these instructions.

If you are having any issues with Clipboard set-up, please contact our Music Administration Assistant, Miss Alice Kotowicz.

Important Dates

Term 1

Heidi Jones
Head of Music Co-curricular