Music
A musical round-up
This year has been an extremely successful year for the Instrumental Music Department, and I hope it has been rewarding for students and parents. From a Music Department perspective, the high level of engagement and artistic growth throughout the year has been most pleasing.
For Senior School, highlights include the Twilight Concert, Aria Night, Haileybury Top Class, the VCAA Top Class series, SpongeBob the Musical, Concerto Night, Jazz Nights at MEMO Hall, Haileybury in Concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Chamber in the Chapel and Senior School Speech Night.
At Middle School, the standout performance of the year was undoubtedly the Combined Spring Concerts. With Aikman Hall at near capacity for two concerts in one afternoon, a combined audience of more than 1,500 guests enjoyed performances by our One-Haileybury concert band, string orchestra, choir, guitar orchestra and percussion ensemble. In addition to campus-based events held at the end of Term Two, all large ensembles have also featured at speech night ceremonies.
At the Junior School, the recent String Concert series demonstrated what can be achieved when an outstanding department combines with an abundance of Junior School enthusiasm.
There were countless other performances across 2023. Hundreds of students participated in soirees, completed AMEB exams, performed in lunchtime concerts and performed in assemblies.
The Department’s final performance event for 2023 will be Haileybury Carols this Friday, 8 December at Scots’ Church in Melbourne. It would be wonderful to see as many families as possible celebrate Christmas in a sharing, culturally diverse way to end the school year. The event will run from 7.00 pm – 8.15 pm. I strongly encourage families to arrive by 6.30 pm to avoid traffic and parking congestion.
Well done to everyone and thanks for a most enjoyable year!