Teens make music in Canberra
MUSICAL teenagers from across South Gippsland showcased their talents during a performing tour in the nation’s capital, Canberra, recently.
Student musicians, teachers and volunteers from Korumburra, Leongatha, Mirboo North, South Gippsland (Foster) and Wonthaggi secondary colleges left the region in two buses for an epic, week-long music tour.
They arrived in the northern Victorian town of Benalla for their first performance and after dinner, the tour group of 108 settled into accommodation in Albury, in New South Wales.
The group travelled to Canberra the next day, in time for their first performance there.
The show consisted of a large concert band, stage band and choir that all combined at the end of the show with nearly 100 people involved in the final songs.
In Canberra, students also enjoyed: rehearsing and performing with the Army Band at Duntroon, workshops and performance with the Canberra City Band, and an evening of laser tag and video games.
The tour then travelled to Orbost in East Gippsland, where students performed for a combined audience of several primary schools and secondary school students.
“It was a massive week, much like moving a small village around the countryside. There were many memorable moments, with an exciting one being when music teacher, Alasdair Campbell had to fly home to be with his wife, Suzy at their daughter’s birth,” said David Velja, co-ordinator of the South Gippsland Schools Music Program.
Throughout the week-long tour, students from all five schools excelled both musically and by proudly representing their communities.
Military precision: from left, clarinet players Brooke Zuidema of South Gippsland Secondary College, and Kate Hayes and Emily Lawson of Wonthaggi Secondary College join in with the Army Band at Duntroon.
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Posted by Tayla Kershaw on Aug 9 2016. Filed under Arts & Entertainment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
