Music

Welcome back! Rehearsals are now underway with our new ensembles. You should receive a notification email from your conductors with the location and time. Our premier ensembles will be involved in significant events, including Speech Night and the Tri-Service Cadet Parade in week 2, before the Year 12s depart for their final exams. This term is a great opportunity to focus and prepare the music for the year ahead. Your conductors have done an excellent job preparing the repertoire so you can enjoy the sounds and meaningful connections to the music. Best wishes for a wonderful Term 4!

Assembly performance

In the celebratory spirit of the final week of term, Caspar West (Year 11) led a band comprised of Year 11 and Year 12 students, with Clancy Wardle (Year 12), Matt Lee (Year 11) and Zac Patane (Year 11) performing Alive by Pearl Jam. The song has become an anthem of perseverance and survival, a fitting way to close out one of the larger terms of the school year.

Please follow the link to the recording of the Headmaster’s Assembly performance:

SHEP and AHEP

Congratulations to all students who participated in the State Honours Ensemble Programme and the Australian Honours Ensemble Programme. These programmes offer students an excellent opportunity to perform at the Queensland Conservatorium with some of the best conductors from Australia and overseas. Congratulations to the following participants:

AHEP

Daniel Huo (viola)
Ching Hei (Kurtis) Sham (violin)
Jacob Staggs (vocal baritone)

QLD

Hugh Allen (baritone saxophone)
Ethan Bailey (vocal baritone)
Jebediah Barden (vocal tenor)
Qixuan Cao (clarinet)
Alex Carson (clarinet)
Ethan Chen (violin)
Sacha Fleming (vocal tenor)
Lufti Furtado (tuba)
Benjamin Johnston (percussion)
Marcus Lee (violin)
Robbie Meehan (trumpet)
Ryan Mullins (flute)
William Shooter (vocal baritone)
Roy Xu (percussion)
Deric Zou (clarinet)

Eric Kim – Tyalgum Chamber Music Festival

After their success at ‘Strike A Chord’, the national chamber music competition, The Incredibows (featuring Music Captain Eric Kim) received a prestigious invitation to participate in the Tyalgum Chamber Music Festival, held in the school holidays from 26 to 28 Sep 2025. The audiences in these rural communities are particularly supportive and it was no surprise that The Incredibows were a hit as they again showed their virtuosity and poise, performing repertoire well beyond their years.

Music Camp – 24 to 26 October 2025, QCCC Brookfield

With only three weeks before the annual Music Camp at Brookfield, we are pleased to announce the guest conductor for Senior Voices for 2025.

Joshua Clifford is a conductor, singing teacher, performer and lyricist based in Meanjin/Brisbane. He holds a Bachelor of Music (First Class Honours) in classical voice from the University of Queensland and a Master of Music Studies (with Distinction) in vocal pedagogy from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, where he received an award for academic excellence.

Passionate about community music-making, Joshua is the director of the Hillbrook Chorale, who present their own concert series each year and collaborate with a range of local performers and ensembles. For several years, he worked with Voices of Birralee as a senior musical assistant and has toured as a chorister to Canada, Austria, France, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia.

Joshua regularly adjudicates vocal and choral competitions for both schools and community organisations. His work with the Australian National Choral Association (ANCA) includes serving as the Immediate Past President of the QLD/NT Chapter and as editor for ANCA’s national choral magazine Sing Out.

If you haven’t completed your consent form and payment, please attend to this at your earliest convenience.

Return music

All ensemble members in Years 7 to 12: please return any sheet music with a barcode to the Centenary Library Textbook Room. There will be a sheet music return box outside for you. You will be notified by the library if you have not returned this music. Morris Wind Symphony members, please hold on to Gladiator and Australian Rhapsody for the final Tri-Service Cadet Parade. Churchie Symphony Orchestra, please keep your Speech Night music.

Music badges

If you have played in two ensembles for two years or more, please see Mr Davison in the Music Department to collect your music badge. These are a wonderful representation of your commitment to music and may be worn in line with the uniform policy.

Upcoming Events Term 4

As we look ahead to Term 4, please note the following dates:

Speech Night: Friday 17 October (Churchie Symphony Orchestra, Senior Voices )
Tri-Service Cadet Parade: Saturday 18 October (Morris Wind Symphony)
ManUp: Saturday 18 October (Big Band 1)
Music Camp: Friday 21 to Sunday 23 October (Morris Wind Symphony, Big Band 1, Senior Voices, Viking Vocal 1, Chamber Strings 1, Churchie Symphony Orchestra)

Bohdan Davison
Director of Music