From the Music Department

Music Awards

Exciting news! Music Awards are coming up, so start practising! The Heats will begin on Monday 25 August and will run for two weeks until Friday 5 September. There will be QR codes to sign up shortly around the Music Department, so you can play as a soloist or in an ensemble for points for your House. We are fortunate to have Mr Timothy Chung adjudicate for us this year. He is a conductor, music educator, and performer based in Sydney, with over three decades of experience. He has worked extensively with various ensembles and educational institutions throughout his career, serving as Musical Director of the Sydney University Musical Society, Principal Conductor of the Macquarie University Singers, and Foundation Director of VOX. He has also been a Guest Conductor with the Gondwana Matthew Doyle Choir (young men’s voices).

Currently, Tim focuses on conducting and performing as a countertenor. He has performed as a soloist and chorister with renowned groups, including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Choir, Cantillation, Pinchgut Opera, ACO Voices, the Sydney University Graduate Choir, St Andrew’s Cathedral Choir and St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, where he serves as an Alto Lay Clerk. He is also the countertenor in Consort 8, a Sydney-based early music ensemble that performs sacred and secular repertoire. Consort 8 regularly presents concerts at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Burwood, and Santa Sabina Chapel, Strathfield.

Since 2009, Tim has conducted annual performances of Handel’s Messiah at the Sydney Town Hall, an endeavour he holds close to his heart.

Ms Alex Wentzel
Head of Strings (ELC-12)

Private Music Lessons

Please note the following if you would like private music lessons to cease at the end of Term 3, 2025. Notification should be emailed to privatemusiclessons@shore.nsw.edu.au and the private music tutor no later than 9am on Thursday 28 August. A reason for ceasing would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Ms Judy Hicks
Coordinator of Private Music Lessons

Date		Event	Students required	Venue	Time
Term 3     22 July – 25 September
Aug	Mon 25 – Fri 5 Sep	Music Awards Heats	Any student who learns an instrument may audition	Strings Room	Various
Sept	Thurs 4	Confirmation Service Music Rehearsals	Chapel Choir	Choir Room	8.20am
	Sun 7	Confirmation Service	Chapel Choir	Chapel	9.00am
	Thurs 11	Year 12 Family Service Music Rehearsal	ForeShore Choir	Choir Room	8.20am
	Mon 8 – Fri 19	HSC Music Practical Exams	Year 12 Elective Music Students	Choir Room	TBC
	Fri 12	American Tea performances	Stage Band, ForeShore,	Various	All Day
	Sun 14	Year 12 Family Service	ForeShore Choir	Chapel	9.00am
	Tues 16	Instrumental and Choral Concert Rehearsals	Choir, Orchestra, Intermediate String Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble	Smith Auditorium	All Day
	Tues 16	Instrumental and Choral Concert	Choir, Orchestra, Intermediate String Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble	Smith Auditorium	7.00pm
	Thurs 18	Music Function	Co-curricular Music students	Hawkins Foyer	5.30pm
	Tues 23	Year 7 Exhibition Night	All of Year 7	War Memorial Hall	4.40pm
	Thurs 25	Concert Group Excursion to see SSO: The Music of Joe Hisaishi	Students who selected to attend this concert.	Sydney Opera House	7.00pm

Mrs Kim Barber
Head of Music