ELECTIVE MUSIC NIGHT
On Thursday night, the 27th of July, the JT Music department hosted a music night of performances from students across all year groups in the school hall. It was an opportunity for students to showcase their talents on the big stage in front of family and friends. There were 13 performances on the night including solo instrumental, vocal and group performances.
In the weeks leading up to the event, students were busy rehearsing, auditioning and refining their acts. The music rooms were buzzing during lunch times with students eager to polish their performances in preparation for the big night.
The day before the show was spent setting up equipment in the hall, doing sound check and final rehearsals. It was a big day for all involved, with Mr. Chapman, Mr. Mathison and Ms. Abela handling the sound and lighting with patience, poise and pure professionalism. The stage crew was made up of VET Entertainment students who were outstanding in their willingness to help. Special mention to Madison Turner of year 12 for her eye grabbing lighting. These students all showed great initiative and gave great encouragement to all of the performers, some of whom were performing on a big stage for the first time!
Show time! The night kicked off with Tiana Giampaolo from year 12 setting the bar high with an energetic performance of Christina Aguilera’s “Something’s got a hold on me”. Tiana then switched roles to become our MC for the night, which she is an absolute natural at. Freya Lamaro from year 12 then serenaded the audience with a beautiful solo piano piece called “To let a good thing die” by Bruno Major. Spencer Turner from year 9 then wowed the crowd with her vocal and keyboard performance “Clean” by Taylor Swift. The night was off to a great start.
Year 10 duo Matilda Giles and Breanna Nichols were next up with their vocal performance of “Air” by Shawn Mendes. Great work girls! They were followed by Kalen Kerswell of year 12 who showed the crowd a blistering version of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Lenny”. Then up next was the talented Damien Desveaux of year 7! Damien was impressive on keyboards playing his version of Queen’s mega hit “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Amazing!!!
Speaking of amazing, Alek Khon Chol of year 12 delivered one of the performances of the night with her vocal performance of “If I ain't got you” by Alicia Keys. Well done Alek. Next up we had another fantastic vocal performance, this time by year 11 duo, Makerita & Gese. The girls were on point with their harmonies and impressive take on Whitney Houston’s “Saving all my love for you”.
Next it was time for year 9 to take over, first with Lilly Avalos on guitar and vocals, playing the melancholic “Oklahoma” by Jack Stuber, then the first group performance of the night being performed by year 9’s Madi Albrow, Kyra Crews and the return to the stage of Spencer Turner. With all 3 girls singing and Madi providing guitar accompaniment, the audience was mesmerised by an acoustic version of Billie Eilish’s “My boy”.
To bring it on home we had Maximo from year 10 performing the Chili Peppers classic “California” on guitar. Max’s solo was one of the highlights of the night! Olivia Resiegh from year 9 showed talent and maturity well beyond her years with her rendition of the stirring “All I want” by Emma Bale”. Last ,but definitely not least was the debut performance from our Junior Band. Made up of students from years 7, 8 & 9, this group, lead by Mr. Estrada, meet each Tuesday afternoon during sport to rehearse and learn songs. The band consists of vocalists Skye McVerry (9), Ignatious Przbylo (7) and Aaliegh Griffin (7), with Cooper Gellel (8) on drums, Mikayla Todoroski (7) on bass and Lilly Avalos (9) on guitar. The band capped off a brilliant night with a show stopping performance of Vance Joy’s “Riptide”.
Thank you especially to our talented Music teachers; Mr. Macdonald, Mr. Chapman and Mr, Estrada, to all the performers and everyone involved in putting this night together. Thank you to all the teachers, parents, friends and family who attended on the night and showed great support to our talented musicians.
Mr. Stephen Peters
CAPA Leader of Learning
