This last fortnight has been extremely busy in the Music Department. As we head towards the end of the year, I’d like to congratulate the following students for passing their AMEB examinations in Session 5. It’s no small feat preparing for an AMEB exam, there are many hours of practise and preparation behind every one of these exams: 

• Adele Wu: Alto Saxophone Comprehensive Grade 3 

• Ruihua Zhai: Violin Repertoire Grade 1 

• Aaliya Grover: Violin Comprehensive Grade 1 

• Siara Grover: Violin Comprehensive Grade 1 

• Alicia Goerlitz: Viola Comprehensive Preliminary  

• Anna Zheng: Viola Comprehensive Preliminary 

• Chloe Wong: Clarinet Repertoire Preliminary 

• Madeline Goh: Clarinet Repertoire Grade 1 

• Lichi Sun: Clarinet Repertoire Grade 3 

• Sunny Xu: Bassoon Repertoire Grade 6 

• Phoebe Butterfield: Musical Theatre Repertoire Grade 1 

• Olivia Grasso: Musical Theatre Repertoire Grade 5 

• Mia Upton: Musical Theatre Repertoire Grade 6 

• Lucy Lim: Musical Theatre Repertoire Grade 6 

• Soraya Leos: Singing For Leisure Repertoire Grade 2 

• Saya Stokes: Singing For Leisure Repertoire Grade 3 

• Tin Ching Mak: Violin Repertoire Preliminary 

• Abby Wu: Violin Repertoire Preliminary 

• Sophie Wang: Violin Repertoire Grade 7 

• Anja Russ: Viola Repertoire Preliminary 

• Aria Nguyen: Piano Comprehensive Grade 2 

• Limi Sun: Clarinet Repertoire Grade 3 

• Tiffany Shen: Violin Repertoire Grade 8 

• Olivia Liu: Clarinet Comprehensive Grade 8 

• Liona Wu: Violin Comprehensive Grade 8 

Recently we had the pleasure of hosting Jenny Khafagi to run a String Masterclass for some of our students. Jenny is a full-time violinist of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as Concertmaster with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, and the Auckland Philharmonia. We were very fortunate to have her pass on her experience to our budding string musicians. I’d also like to thank Sunny Xu, Kathrina Ang, Tiffany Shen, Cindy Chen and Opal Scheele for performing in the masterclass. 

We also had Flute Ensemble, Epstein Singers, Soul Band and Jazz Ensemble perform at the recent Christmas Fair. It was such a treat to perform to such an appreciative audience. Thank you to all the students and staff that were involved for the afternoon.

To finish off the term, our budding Years 7 and 8 musicians performed the ensemble pieces they have worked on this term. The performances were full of energy and enthusiasm and a guest panel of judges voted on their favourite group, for a highly coveted café voucher. 

Congratulations to our Year 7 and 8 musicians for their wonderful performances.