{"id":15336,"date":"2024-06-20T11:53:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T00:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&p=15336"},"modified":"2024-06-20T12:34:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T01:34:36","slug":"secondary-music-16","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/secondary-music-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you to the Primary and Secondary Pianists who performed for family and friends last week. A special thanks to Ms Holmes for organising this performance opportunity for over 40 pianists.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Glennie Percussion Ensemble and their conductor Ms Jayne Groves who performed at Assembly this week. Their set-up filled the whole Great Hall stage, and their sound filled the whole Hall.<\/p>\n

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Week 9 rehearsals<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Most secondary school ensembles are cancelled in Week 9 due to House Music rehearsals. The following rehearsals are going ahead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Year 11 & 12 Rock Bands<\/td>\nPerforming at House Music<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basie Jazz Band<\/td>\nPerforming at the Term 2 Final Assembly on Friday 28 June<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Clipboard has been updated to reflect these changes.<\/p>\n

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Songwriting continues –<\/strong><\/em> for all budding songwriters who were inspired by Katie Noonan and our very own singer-songwriters at Musicale 2, a reminder that Benny Davis is at SCEGGS on Thursday afternoons from 3.30pm in DB1.<\/p>\n

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Introducing the House Music adjudicators for 2024:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

House Music will be held on the last day of Term 2, Friday 28 June and each house is busy preparing their songs. The Music Department has invited two very talented and experienced women to adjudicate the event.<\/p>\n

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Bev Kennedy<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Bev is regarded as one of Australia\u2019s leading Musical Directors & accompanists, having worked on over 50 professional music theatre productions.<\/p>\n

Shows she has worked on include Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia!, The Producers, We Will Rock You, The Lion King, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Chicago, & Muriel\u2019s Wedding.<\/p>\n

She was assistant Musical Director for Simon Gallaher\u2019s Pirates of Penzance, which is the highest selling recording of a musical in Australian history & a recipient of an Aria award for best soundtrack.<\/p>\n

Most recently Bev has been working on the shows Tina, Heathers, Jersey Boys, and was Musical Director on Ave Q. She was also nominated for a Green Room award for her work as Musical Director on the Australian Premiere of Gutenberg the Musical. Bev is currently playing piano in the on-stage band for the musical Chicago at the Capitol Theatre.<\/p>\n

Bev has accompanied international artists such as Joan Rivers, Grammy award winners Thelma Houston, Liz Callaway, and Sir Brynn Terfel and continues to play for local artists Trevor Ashley, Marina Prior & Anthony Warlow. She is currently a consultant for the City of Sydney Eisteddfod & the Talent Development Project.<\/p>\n

Bev also works as a regular performer on the Bravo Cruise of the performing arts, and in 2017 had the great honour of performing with Jose Carreras \u2013 one of the most successful recording artists of all time.<\/p>\n

Recently Bev had the honour of working with Tina Arena on the sellout show Evita and most recently played on the hit show Tina. In April 2019 Bev toured Australia with Grammy award-winning English dance duo Basement Jaxx.<\/p>\n

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Vanessa Scammell <\/strong><\/h5>\n

Vanessa enjoys a diverse portfolio of work as a conductor of ballet, musical theatre, concert repertoire and opera.<\/p>\n

Her most recent engagements include five performances of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with the Sydney Symphony, a double bill (The Dream\/Marguerite and Armand) for The Australian Ballet, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 for the Melbourne Symphony and a concert version of Singin\u2019 in the Rain. She has conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmanian, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras in programmes such as Vera Blue, The Bamboos, Kate Ceberano \u2018My Life is A Symphony\u2019, Birds of Tokyo, An Evening with Anthony Warlow, Love Actually, Casino Royale, The Man from Snowy River, To Barbra With Love and Opera in the Outback (for Opera Queensland).<\/p>\n

In 2024, she conducts all the major symphony orchestras in a variety of works.<\/p>\n

Vanessa\u2019s postgraduate study included a Masters in Conducting; she has been the recipient of the Brian Stacey Award and the Robert and Elizabeth Albert Conducting Fellowship for The Australian Ballet.<\/p>\n

Conducting credits include:<\/p>\n