From the Music Department
Congratulations to…
James McCowan, Liam O’Neill, Noah Kordek, Henry Roxburgh, Sam Lim, Owen Chambers, Jordan Gao, Fred Stewart, Justin Chow, Ryan Leckie, Jasper Liew, Conrad Lo, Justin Lee, Rory Wenden and Joe Stephens for their wonderful performances at Junior House Music Awards and thank you to the comperes and stage hands Leon Li, Eric Yoo, Russell Jiang, Charlie Corbett-Jones, Chris Mathur, Nathanael Robertson.
Chapel Choir for their beautiful singing of Bawo Thizo Somandla, a South African song in the Xhosa language, at Chapel celebrating Harmony Week.
ForeShore Choir for their performance of Kaval Sviri, a Bulgarian folk song, at the Headmaster’s Assembly last Thursday.
Toby Cochrane, Noah Kordek, Nathan Liu, Conrad Lo, Oscar Miller, Liam O’Neill, Hugh Riley, Jeddy Sam, Joe Stephens, and Rory Wenden for their wonderful performances at the Year 9 Elective concert held last Wednesday. The theme of Australian Music provided a wide variety of music.
Symphonic Winds and Orchestra students for their performance to Years 4, 5 and 7 last Thursday. It was a very informative incursion with wonderful playing displayed.
Music Awards
A reminder to all selected Senior Music Award performers that these will occur next week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during Tutor Period in the Smith Auditorium in Week 4. You will have been contacted regarding a rehearsal for either Period 1 or Period 2 on the performance day.
| Monday 15 May | PE, RN, SL, SS, TY, WT |
| Tuesday 16 May | AN, BL, BS, BY, CK, DN |
| Wednesday 17 May | EW, EY, GE, GR, HS, MS |
Scholars’ Recital
On Tuesday 16 May, Shore Music Scholars will be performing a variety of repertoire. The recital will begin at 7pm in the Shore Chapel with our organ scholar, Jedidiah Sam, and will continue in the Orchestra Recital Room. Refreshments will be served after the recital. We hope you can join us for an evening of high-quality performances of some very challenging repertoire.
Please contact Ms Wentzel if you have any questions.
| Upcoming dates | |
|---|---|
| Monday 15 May | P1 Staff Collaboration morning |
| Mon 15 – Wed 17 May | Senior Music Awards (Tutor Period) |
| Tuesday 16 May | Scholars’ Recital 7.00pm, Chapel, then Orchestral Recital Room. All Welcome. |
| Friday 19 May | Battle of the Bands Heats |
| Tuesday 6 June | Instrumental/Choral Concert rehearsal |
| Thursday 8 June | Instrumental/Choral Concert, 7.00pm Smith Auditorium. All welcome. |
| Friday 9 June | Band Concert rehearsal |
| Monday 12 June | King’s birthday holiday |
| Thursday 15 June | Band Concert, 7.00pm Smith Auditorium. All welcome. |
| Tuesday 20 June | Battle of the Bands final |
| Thursday 22 June | 1.00pm Term ends |
Mrs K Barber
Head of Music