From the Music Department

From the Music Department

Congratulations to…

…Chapel Choir and ForeShore who performed at the Festival of Lessons and Carols on Monday evening. It was a beautiful service and a wonderful way to begin the festivities of Christmas. Thank you to Director of Choirs Mr Massey, Mr Chambers and Mr Cody-Osborne, and organist Mr Fox for their support and direction of the music.

…Andrew Gilchrist and Russell Jiang who performed on Clarinet at the North Sydney Council Australian Citizenship Ceremony where Federal member for Warringah Ms Zali Steggal OAM and Mayor of North Sydney Ms Zoë Baker held proceedings. Their performances held the audience captive and you could hear a pin drop. Thank you to Ms McGlynn who accompanied them on keyboard, to their classroom teacher Ms Sandy Robertson and to the maintenance team who helped move much needed equipment.

…Choir, Concert Band, Guitar Ensemble, Intermediate String Ensemble, Symphonic Winds, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble, ForeShore, Jazz Ensemble, Rock Bands, Stage Band, Senior String Ensemble, String Quartet and Trumpet Ensemble who all performed at the Summer Twilight Concerts this week at recess, lunch and at twilight. Thank you to the directors of the ensembles Mr Blunt, Dr Banks, Ms Fuller, Dr Gilmour, Ms Jones, Mr Ho, Mr Massey, Ms Mitrovic, Mr Payne, Ms Robertson, Ms Wentzel, Assistant to Bands Ms Bai, Music Mentors, Music Staff, Mr Grimshaw and his team whom without their leadership and support this event could not happen.

…Thank you to the parents who donated during the Twilight Concerts directly to Engaruka School fundraiser in Tanzania, a School that was built in honour and memory of Shore student Mr Marcus Morris (’20) who was an organ scholar in 2017. In addition to those donations, we also raised over $1000 from direct donations as well as the barbeques that the Music staff held.

The Rite of Spring

On Wednesday evening, a group of students attended the SSO’s performance of The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky. Conducted by the Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko.

Thank You

On behalf of the Music Department, I would like to thank everyone for their contribution to Music over the past year. Your support is greatly appreciated. We wish everyone a safe and merry Christmas.

Mrs Kim Barber
Head of Music