Music
The Music Camp
Phillip Island Adventure Resort hosted 65 of De La Salle’s finest musicians for a three day music camp in July. Students were invited to attend based on their commitment to ‘before school’ ensemble rehearsals throughout the year. Jazz Band, Concert Band, String Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble and Flute Ensemble made productive use of the opportunity to consolidate skills. The focus of this year’s camp was to perform as a unit rather than many musicians playing at the same time! It was a pleasure to watch this evolve over the short period away. All staff worked extremely hard to tutor students individually outside scheduled sessions in order to refine the overall sound. Students also enjoyed the Songwriting Workshop facilitated by Cindy Frost. We have many
budding songwriters keen to develop this within the curriculum offered in Year 9 and 10. Many parents in attendance at the Annual Music Evening in August commented on the sense of unity each ensemble displayed while performing. I would like to thank the following staff for leading the students and achieving this goal: Mr Simon Chiodo — Band Director, Miss Penny Karahalios — Sax/Clarinet, Miss Kelly Williams — Flute, Mr Val Railey — Strings, Mr Nic Lam — Guitar, Mr Mark Skillington — Brass and Miss Cindy Frost — Vocals. Another highlight was the inclusion of students involved in our co-production with Sacre Coeur — “Anything Goes”. Students used their time on camp to perfect scripts and solo singing. Ms Adrienne Moran Director Of Music.
Saxophone Ensemble
James Russo, Markos Danoudis, Eamon McGuire Seated: Jack Murray, Rhys Jones
