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.

James Russo, Markos Danoudis, Eamon McGuire Seated: Jack Murray, Rhys Jones

Back Row: Tristan Williams, Ben Hausler, Markos Danoudis, Chris Windley, Woody Eke Middle Row: Owen Luby, Chris Stubenrauch, Paul Culliver, Eamon McGuire, Jack Murray, Luke McShane, John Cooper, Saady Meyers Front Row: Rhys Jones, Nick Bolt, Darcey O’Kane, Alex Holden, Simon Lam, Nathan Stubenrauch, Jarrod Tuma

String Ensemble

Back Row: Jack Murray, Kristiaan Griffin, Alastair Moroney, Chris Kaul, Antonio Cafasso Middle Row: Cindy Frost (teacher), Harry Irvine, Luke McShane, David Windley, Simon Windley, Micheal Bohan Front Row: Hayden McKertish, Paul Pritchard, Xavier Pritchard, Marcus Topp

Jazz Band

Back Row: Paul Culliver, Janes Russo, Alastair Moroney, Woody Eke Middle Row: Tristan Williams, Markos Danoudis, Eamon McGuire, Will Luby Front Row: Declan Freeman, Darcey O’Kane, Simon Lam, Jack Murray, Luke McShane