Term 3 Assembly Performance
On Tuesday, the students and staff in the Music Department were honoured to present a number of performances at the Term 3 Assembly. Our Senior Concert Band was in full flight, performing a great rendition of Fanfare and Processional to open the assembly. Our combined Middle School and Senior School choirs, directed by Kerryn Lockhart, were also in full voice for their performance of Follow My Own Dream by Paul Jarman. This is one of the pieces the choir recently performed at the Victorian Schools Music Festival.
One of our VET Music bands, if and when, featuring Jemilla Prideaux, Aoife O'Connell and Eve Oakley, performed a beautiful rendition of Freefall by Rainbow Kitten Surprise, with River Henderson, Bede Prideaux, Finn Campbell-Walker and Dave Prideaux.
The Senior Concert Band closed out the assembly by paying homage to the recent passing of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, with a strong performance of Beach Boys in Concert.
Matthew Goss
Director of Music
Upcoming Events
We hope to see you at our upcoming music events. These events are open to the public, so please invite your friends and family along!
Spring Concert – Monday 8 September, 6pm
On Monday 8 September at 6pm we will be holding our Annual Spring Concert at the Wonthaggi Union Theatre. The evening is a showcase of our superb ensembles and choirs. If you haven't been to a Newhaven College Spring Concert, there are still a few tickets remaining—don’t miss out! Parents and guardians with students involved, please look out for SEQTA messages with all the details for the dress rehearsal during the day on Monday 8 September.
VET Music Night – Thursday 11 September
VSMF Big Band – Friday 12 September
This year our Big Band will return to the Victorian Schools Music Festival, presenting in the Intermediate Big Band section. We know our Big Band will do us proud and enjoy the day together, travelling to Hawthorn to play a few tunes.
VCE Music Soirée – Monday 15 September, 6pm
Our VCE Music students are getting close to their end-of-year performance examinations and will be presenting their programs to the public on Monday 15 September in the Rehearsal Hall. Come along and support Cecily, Archie, Grace, Isaac, Bailie, Indigo and Mackenzie.
Annual Bands Night – Monday 13 October, 6–9pm
Once again, Newhaven College will be taking over The Westernport Hotel for our Annual Bands Night. If quality live music, good food, community and a great night out are your thing, then you don’t want to miss this. The kitchen opens at 5:30pm and performances kick off shortly after 6pm, so contact The Westernport directly to book a table. Over 17 bands are looking forward to performing for you, and this event never fails to deliver. We hope you can join us!
Big Band @ Phillip Island Jazz Club – Sunday 16 November
On Sunday 16 November our College Big Band will be performing at the Phillip Island Jazz Club, held at the Phillip Island Bowls Club. More information will be available closer to the event.
Matthew Goss
Director of Music
Urban Music Camp
On Friday 22 August, 50 students from Year 5 to Year 12 bussed off to Melbourne for our Urban Music Camp, accompanied by 10 music teachers.
This was the first time we have taken the camp to Melbourne, and we were very happy with the facilities at Urban Camp in Parkville.
Aside from the endless supply of hot chocolate from the machine, the highlights included our trip into the city to watch the musical In The Heights, followed by meeting the cast after the show. We loved this year’s edition of the hotly contested Music Captains Trivia, hosted by Cecily and guest presenter Marley Brown. This was followed by the hilariously fun karaoke with Kerryn. Special mentions to Levi, Bede and Finn CW!
Our final session on Monday was a showcase where each group performed a selection of the music they had been working on throughout the camp. I was very impressed with the standard reached by each group and am looking forward to the Spring Concert on Monday 8 September.
Thanks to the students and staff for all their efforts over the four days. We all worked very hard to put together some very challenging music and had a whole lot of fun along the way.
Music Camp is held every year and is open to all students from Years 5–12 who participate in our ensembles and choirs. If you'd like to find out more about how your child can get involved, please contact Mr Goss via SEQTA.
Matthew Goss
Director of Music
Cecily on The Voice!
The whole College community has put its support behind our very own Year 12 singing sensation Cecily de Gooyer, as she shares her incredible talents on The Voice Australia. Cecily was successful in the blind auditions on Tuesday night, achieving two chair turns and being inducted into Team Kate.
Cecily sang 'Think of Me' from Phantom of the Opera. Her operatic high notes had the audience in awe.
We wish Cecily all the best with the rest of the competition as it unfolds over the coming weeks.
Check out Cecily's performance on The Voice Facebook page.
