Artistic Director
Major Music Performances for Terms 3 and 4
Please mark the following dates in your diaries. All parents and friends are welcome to the following free events:
Chamber Music Recital
Date: Wednesday 14 September
Venue: Santa Sabina Chapel
Recital Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
The following Chamber Music Groups will be performing:
Chamber Orchestra
Chamber Choir
Brass Ensemble
Percussion Ensemble
Flute Ensemble
Senior String Quartet
Junior String Quartet
String Trio
Piano Trio
Violin Duets
Primary Chamber String Ensemble
A Celebration of Music Concert
Date: Saturday 5 November
Venue: Sydney Conservatorium of Music – Verbruggen Hall, Macquarie St.
Concert Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Rehearsals at venue: 9:00am – 5:00pm
The following Music Groups will be performing:
Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra
Sinfonietta Primary Years
Chamber Strings
Primary Years Siena Singers
College Choir
Chamber Choir
Wind Ensemble
Stage Band
Band Ensemble
Senior and Junior Taiko
Senior Percussion Ensemble
Select Chamber Music
Advent Festival of Readings and Carols
Date: Wednesday 30 November
Venue: Santa Sabina Chapel
Performance Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Rehearsals: 2:30pm-5:30pm
The following Chamber Music Groups will be performing:
College Choir
Chamber Choir
Chamber Orchestra
Siena Singers
Brass Ensemble
Eisteddfod Success
Congratulations to four of Ms Angela Kim’s (Piano Tutor/Accompanist, Class of 2019) piano students from Del Monte who competed in their first piano competition at the City of Penrith Eisteddfod last weekend. In addition, Ms Kim has been invited to perform in Carnegie Hall in New York for the Winners Recital at the end of this year, as she received first prize in the “Golden Classical Music Awards International Competiton 2022”.
This will be her second time performing at an international competition since 2018.
Dominique Portelli Year 3 – 1st and 3rd prize in two sections
Soopia Chang Year 2 – 1st Prize in two sections
Aria Leung Year 2 – 2nd prize and Highly Commended
Esther Chiew Year 3 – Highly Commended
Independent Girls’ Schools Association (IGSA) – Inaugural Choral Festival
Congratulations to our five vocalists and instrumentalists who performed gracefully and confidently at last weekend’s festival hosted by Queenwood. Directing the Festival and conducting the performances will be Warren Trevelyn-Jones – Head of Music St James’ Church, Sydney and Chorus Master of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Soprano 1 – Grace Benedict Year 9
Soprano 2 – Angelina Filipovski Year 7
Alto 1 – Amedea Khoury Year 10; Maia Khoury Year 7
Alto 2 – Isabel Marturia Year 10
Violin – Jina Lee (8) ; Celine Choi Year 7 ; Eloise Dahm Year 10
Viola – Estelle Gilmovich Year 5
Bassoon – Rose Hart Year 10
There wil be a 2nd performance (free event) on Sunday 4 September 3:30pm – 4:30pm at St James’ Church, King St, Sydney. The repertoire will include: Vivaldi – Magnificat in G minor RV.611 and Michael Leighton Jones – Five Irish Folk Songs.
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A few weekends ago, we attended the IGSA Choral Festival. Half sang in the choir, while the other half played in the chamber orchestra. During our rehearsals for the IGSA Choral Festival, we made new friends from different schools in Sydney while improving our sight reading skills and learning helpful singing techniques. The concert at the end of three full days of rehearsing felt very rewarding and was an amazing experience. We also listened to the Choir of St James’ King Street perform, which was extremely enjoyable. We are excited to perform again in a few weeks! In the orchestra, we met members of the Muffat Collective, chamber musicians specialising in historically informed performances. We learnt about the techniques and style of baroque music. The strings were able to experiment with playing with baroque bows that are accurate to the baroque time period. We are glad we could participate in this event and value this experience greatly. We are so grateful and privileged to have worked with these amazing experts, as it has allowed us to look into baroque music more deeply. It was fun and exciting, and we are all looking forward to the performance of these pieces in early September. Eloise Dahm Year 10 (Violin)
On 12-14 of August, Santa Sabina College was represented in the IGSA Choral Festival. 10 girls from the College participated in the concert and 15 other independent girl schools. It was an amazing experience as it required all the girls to join together and sing harmoniously for the concert after 2 days of rehearsals. It was directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones, and the concert’s atmosphere was pleasant and melodic. It was a great honour and privilege to represent our College, Santa Sabina, among the other schools. We sang various pieces, strengthening our sight reading skills and increasing our musical knowledge. It is one of the most memorable experiences I’ve been through, and I thank Mr Chung for this great opportunity. Grace Benedict Year 9 (Soprano)
Last weekend, 10 girls from Santa Sabina combined with other schools for a weekend of rehearsals, tutorials and performances at Queenwood School. We played a great repertoire alongside professional musicians from the Muffat Collective. Even though I play the viola, I sat right next to the harpsichord, and I was fascinated by the harpsichord! We were even given real baroque bows to play on. They’re rare, and I never used one before – I’m gonna get one for Christmas. I like playing with professional musicians, it shows you what your future can be if you practice hard and never quit. At lunchtime, the Santa Sabina girls would sneak out and relax at Balmoral Beach. I made friends from Years 7, 8, 9 and 10. Music lets you meet people with something in common, and you all need to work together fast to perform a concert. We have another performance at St James church on Father’s Day – I’m sure we’ll play well! Estelle Jacono Year 5 (Viola)
Year 12 HSC Music Recital
Congratulations to our Music 1 and Music 2 HSC musicians who performed magnificently to an enthusiastic audience of staff, family and friends last Friday in Holyrood. We wish them well for the performance exams in the coming weeks and thank them for their outstanding contribution to our ensembles over their time at the College. Many of our Yr 12 students are multi-skilled in singing or playing two or more instruments so we will miss them immensely. We wish them all the best in their future endeavours.
Tim Chung
Artistic Director P -12