About our music soirées

The Scotch College geological collection

Mr Scott Loveday Head of Performing Arts

Where would our world be without music? What sorts of organised and structured sounds would accompany the movements of our daily lives?

After a review of co-curricular music performances in 2018, we added a series of concerts to the Scotch Performing Arts calendar. Billed as soirées, these semi-formal concerts are an opportunity for the music staff to extend learning beyond the music tuition room.

Each season, we hold two soirées, one with a senior school focus and one with a junior and middle school focus. Our soirées are ninety-minute concerts which showcase a variety of ensemble and solo performances. These are educative concerts, designed specifically around the notion of providing public performance opportunities to students in order that they fully realise the final creation or production of their musical works. Events like these give our students a reason to practice and refine their craft, whilst also providing an opportunity for direct instruction around the development of concert etiquette.

The inspiration factor cannot be ignored either. At our soirées, you won’t find the children hiding away backstage until their performance slot. They all sit in the audience, watching the other performances, being subliminally or overtly inspired and further encouraged to pursue their musical passions.

If you haven’t been to one of our seasonal soirées, we kindly extend the invitation to attend one of our next events:

Autumn soirée (senior school)

Tuesday 28th May, 5:30pm

Autumn soirée (junior & middle school)

Wednesday 29th May, 5:30pm

Winter soirée (junior & middle school)

Wednesday 14th August, 5:30pm

Winter soirée (senior school)

Wednesday 21st August, 5:30pm

Spring soirée (senior school)

Thursday 7th November, 5:30pm

Spring soirée (junior & middle school)