{"id":25515,"date":"2026-05-14T11:12:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=25515"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:12:48","slug":"music-matters-160","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/music-matters-160\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Music Matters this week, read about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Musicale\">Musicale 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#K-2\">K-2 Piano Concert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Open\">Open Mic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Flash\">Flash Mob<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Emma\">Emma Pask in JF Foyer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#OpenP\">Open percussion rehearsals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Beyond\">Beyond the Green Gate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a id=\"Musicale\"><\/a>Musicale 2<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Thank you to all our performers and guests who joined us for Musicale 2 &#8211; an evening of joyous music and celebration!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25515 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-20260507_0085-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-20260507_0085-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-20260507_0262-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" 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src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0050-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0089-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0089-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0099-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0099-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0113-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0113-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0119-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0119-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0120-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/SCEGGS-Musicale-2-Selection-20260507_0120-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a id=\"K-2\"><\/a>K-2 Piano Concert<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Last Friday at lunchtime, 17 keen piano students performed for parents and grandparents in the Primary Music Room. Many of the performers learn at school from one of our wonderful tutors \u2013 Catherine, Chloe, Lisa or Natalia \u2013 and a few have tutors outside of school. All were happy to sit atop the piano stool and share their music with the attentive audience. Congratulations to all performers \u2013 we look forward to hearing you play again soon!<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a id=\"Open\"><\/a>Open Mic<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As part of Music Week, the opportunity to perform for lunch-goers in the Cafeteria was offered last Wednesday and Thursday. A lovely woodwind quartet opened proceedings on Wednesday and, after a little bit of encouragement, more brave souls came forward to strut their stuff! Zoe Coudounaris sang a favourite from <em>Moana<\/em>, while Camille Asher warned us that <em>The Winner Takes It All. <\/em>A classic by Billy Joel called <em>Vienna <\/em>impressed the lively crowd of onlookers, as did that old favourite, <em>Stand By Me. <\/em>On Thursday, Miss Harrigan and Ms Holmes had to stir the hesitant few into action by smashing out some old-time numbers such as <em>I Feel Pretty<\/em> and <em>I Guess That\u2019s Why They Call It the Blues. <\/em>Some enthusiastic Year 11 Elective Music students couldn\u2019t resist the opportunity to revisit <em>Wade in the Water<\/em> and <em>Since You\u2019ve Been Gone.<\/em> Ying Huang was inspired to entertain on the keyboard, as was Dasha Jolley. All in all, it was fun to try something new and bring some musical talent to the place of feasting. Perhaps we should do it again soon!<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25516\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Woodwind-at-Open-mic-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Woodwind-at-Open-mic-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Woodwind-at-Open-mic-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Woodwind-at-Open-mic-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Woodwind-at-Open-mic-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Woodwind-at-Open-mic-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Woodwind-at-Open-mic-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Woodwind-at-Open-mic-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Woodwind-at-Open-mic.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a id=\"Flash\"><\/a>Flash Mob<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Monday at lunchtime in the cafeteria was the designated place for a rendition of <em>Opening Up<\/em> from <em>Waitress the Musical <\/em>by members of the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble.<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25517\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob-145x109.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob-290x218.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Flashmob.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a id=\"Emma\"><\/a>Emma Pask in JF Foyer<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Last Friday morning, the Emma Pask Jazz Band set up in the foyer of the JF building to serenade students as they arrived at school.<\/p>\n<table 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https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Pask-in-foyer-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Pask-in-foyer-145x109.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Pask-in-foyer-290x218.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Pask-in-foyer-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Pask-in-foyer-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/05\/Pask-in-foyer.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a id=\"OpenP\"><\/a>Open Percussion Rehearsals<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Both Edwardes and Van Reyk Percussion Ensembles opened the doors to interested parties for their regular rehearsals last Thursday and Friday mornings before school. The observers who attended were suitably impressed by the rhythmic warmups and masterful mallet manipulations of the students involved, all under the watchful eyes of either Matt Moore or Jayne Groves. We look forward to their next appearances at Festival on Forbes and Musicale!<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a id=\"Beyond\"><\/a>Beyond the Green Gate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Olivia Yan, Year 3,<\/strong> <strong>piano,<\/strong> has been selected as a finalist in the 33rd <a href=\"https:\/\/szafarnia.art.pl\/piano-competition-2026\/\">Chopin International Piano Competition<\/a> for Children and Youth in Szafarnia, Poland.<\/p>\n<p>She is one of only two children representing Australia in this prestigious competition. The competition brings together young pianists from around the world aged 10 to 16, so we were especially surprised and proud that Olivia was able to reach the final at just 8 years old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cheryl Zhang, Year 8, piano,<\/strong> has been selected to compete in this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lev-vlassenko.com\/lev-and-young-lev-2026\/\">Young Lev Competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Only 12 students from Australia and New Zealand were selected. Early next month, she will compete in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>We love hearing about ways our musicians are involved in music-making outside of school. Please send details to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:HeidiJones@sceggs.nsw.edu.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heidi Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Clipboard<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>All co-curricular music ensemble schedules are now available on Clipboard. For any issues with Clipboard set-up, contact our\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:MusicAdmin@sceggs.nsw.edu.au\">Music Administrator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heidi Jones<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head of Music (Co-curricular)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Music Matters this week, read about: Musicale 2 K-2 Piano Concert Open Mic Flash Mob Emma Pask in JF Foyer Open percussion rehearsals Beyond the Green Gate \u00a0 Musicale 2 Thank you to all our performers and guests who joined us for Musicale 2 &#8211; an evening of joyous music and celebration! &nbsp; &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[25],"class_list":["post-25515","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/25515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=25515"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=25515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}