Evening of Fine Music

By Mrs Kirsten Knight, Head of Co-Curricular Music

Our Evening of Fine Music was held last Saturday, 7 September, in the T.B. Millar Hall. This event is a showcase of some of our top Year 12 musicians and a chance for them to display their solo instrumental skills in a formal setting before they graduate.

Introduced by the Master of Ceremonies, Mr Dylan Mordike, the evening was opened by Sarah Lin on violin, accompanied by Mrs Emily Leong, giving a polished performance from the advanced violin repertoire. Following that George Birmingham gave a skilful and energetic performance on trombone backed by the Stage Band.

Ellie Archer gave a beautiful operatic vocal performance and was then joined by Sebastian Leigh for a vocal duet. Sohum Shukla performed a mesmerising guitar arrangement of a Joe Hisaishi tune, then was joined by Finn Robinson on bass guitar, and lastly by members of the Wet Fish Quintet for their final jazz number.

The evening concluded with an ensemble made up of all the featured performers appropriately playing “Thank You for the Music” by ABBA, arranged for the group by Finn Robinson.

I would like to acknowledge Margo Lam (Year 12 Visual Artist) for her amazing artwork for the poster and program for the event. My thanks go to everyone involved in the set up and running of the event, especially Mr Tim Minehan and the Media Crew, Mr Dylan Mordike, and of course our featured Year 12 performers.