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Ash Wednesday Service \u2013 SCEGGS Madrigal Ensemble\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It has been a long time since choristers and congregation could freely sing without masks.\u00a0 Last week’s Ash Wednesday Service in the Great Hall\u00a0 certainly marked the occasion with beautiful congregational singing led by members of the Madrigal Ensemble.\u00a0 Members of the Ensemble also performed two beautiful items;\u00a0 Ave Maria<\/em> by Arcadelt for the anthem and the blessing The Lord is My Shepherd<\/em> by Grant arr. Geehl.\u00a0 Thank you to Miss Allison Harrigan for her direction of the performance and Mr Kurt Ison for his accompaniment from the organ.<\/p>\n

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Assembly Performance – Holst Wind Band <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Congratulations to members of Holst Wind Band for this week\u2019s musical item in assembly. The band performed the popular title song\u00a0 No Time to Die.<\/em>\u00a0 The song was written by Billie and Finneas Elish and was featured in the 2021 James Bond film of the same title. The version that was performed by Holst has been arranged for wind ensemble by Michael Brown. Thank you to Mr Michael Tierney for his direction of the performance.\u00a0 Well done Holst!<\/p>\n

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You can hear the performance here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mozart\u2019s \u201cMagic Flute\u201d for Stage 2, 3 and Year 9 Elective Music Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Primary Music started the week with a musical journey to the magical world of Mozart\u2019s The Magic Flute<\/em>. Brad Cooper, a Tenor with opera Australia visited Years 3-6 on Monday, presenting each year group with an interactive workshop experience, explaining the story of the Opera, and the music and composition style of Mozart. The students also took part in reading and acting scenes, becoming princesses, princes, and bird-catchers! We learnt how the productions have been staged in the past from 1791 until today, the most amazing one being directed by Julie Taymour (Director of The Lion King), for the Met Opera in NY. There were puppets, HUGE serpents and bears, and incredible costumes! The students created sound effects as Brad related the story to us and we loved singing along to the famous Queen of the Night<\/em> Aria. We watched the incredible Diana Damrau using her coloratura register and incredible physical effort to sing the difficult arpeggio passages. The use of the voice in Opera uses special techniques that we practised with Brad \u2013 breathing and supporting our voice using our torso and intercostal muscles. A wonderful morning of singing and learning together about this magical Opera.<\/p>\n

Lanneke Jones\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n