Choir
Music
Music Leaders
Music 2008
Back Row: M. Goy, J. Cooper Middle Row: N. Ng, S. Windley, M. Bohan, E.Twomey, Ms C. Frost Seated: A. Nikoloudis, D. Bruce, L. McShane, J. Craig, J. Glover Absent: P. Cross, R. Jones, D. O’Kane
String Ensemble
Each year the De La Salle music department takes on new challenges. This year one of the major events involved around 50 music students in the combined ACC schools concert ‘ACCent on Music’. This extraordinary performance opportunity allowed our students to play in an ensemble of 150 students and a choir of 250. Under the guidance of Richard Gill of Opera Australia, also MC for the evening, our students performed to a very high standard. Earlier in the year, the Music department ventured to the foothills of the snow-capped mountains to perform in the Mansfield area. Using the great facilities at Camp Howqua as our base, we performed at local primary schools. The ensembles included the Concert and Stage Bands, Guitar Ensemble, Choir and String Ensemble. Performing at schools with less than 50 students was certainly an eye opener for our boys and the very chilly conditions of the outdoor stage at one of our venues toughened us up! Back Row: A. Grant, L. De Stefanis, S. Howard, P. Arceri Middle Row: J. Mathison, B. Stott, A. Stott, R. Ellis, W. Chung, Mr M. DeMarte Seated: D. McCraig, N. Cheung, N. Mairorana, L. Ryan, M. Karam 88
Owen Luby, Simon Lam and Josh Di Paola
In the wider community our Stage Band entertained the masses as guests of Northcote High School at their big Band Boogie and our Guitar Ensemble performed at the annual event Sounds of Stonnington. This year has seen the formation of a new ensemble — the Orchestra. Thanks to a keen and talented group of Year 7 students from the Year 7 Band Program, each Wednesday afternoon has been busy with orchestral sounds. Conducted by Martin De Marte, these students have formed a strong group which continues to grow in numbers. We look forward to this ensemble expanding and becoming a regular feature of performances within our community. Each year our music students embrace these extra curricular opportunities, performing at school and community functions wearing the blue and gold with pride. Ms Cindy Frost
