135 YEARS OF EDUCATING YOUNG WOMEN

PLC Sydney’s 135 Year Anniversary Concert at the Sydney Town Hall was a celebration of our students, staff, alumni, families and council. We commemorate the achievements of both those who have been educated and those who have dedicated themselves to educating our girls over the past 135 years.

PLC Sydney girls joined students from schools across Australia and the globe to perform in a moving, joyful and stunning concert that will be remembered for years to come.

Opening with a beautiful Acknowledgement of Country featuring special guest artist William Barton, the concert showcased an incredible number of PLC Sydney ensembles, including PLC Sydney Pipes and Drums, Madrigal and Chamber Choir,

PLC Voices, Hamilton Strings, PLC Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs and our Wind Ensemble. We were also captivated by performances from our partner schools, Meitoku Gijuku Wadaiko; St Paul’s Co-educational College, Hong Kong; PLC Armidale; Stella Matutina Girls High School, Taiwan; and The Hutchins School, Tasmania. Our girls also performed a scene from our 2023 musical Strictly Ballroom.

Our 2023 Composer-In-Residence, Ella Macens, created a stunning final piece - World of Wonder. The words, crafted by our own students about their experiences of being PLC Sydney students, were beautiful. We are grateful that the extraordinarily talented William Barton played alongside our combined choirs and orchestra in this moving and beautiful performance. This concert was a credit to so many of our committed and hard-working staff. We are thankful to everyone who helped make this such a success.

"Although we grow, although we change, Our love, our sisterhood, always remains, always remains."