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HSC ENCORE NOMINATIONS

An astounding 14 students have been nominated at NHSPA for exemplary HSC Music works to be considered for Encore 2023 at the Sydney Opera House 2024. This represents not only an exceptional standard of performance and composition but also collaboration, practice, ensemble and musicality.

12 nominations are for Performance programs, representing up to 62 works of exemplary standard. Congratulations to Ben Clarke, Charles Codsi, Luca Crome, Mackenzie Cullen, Jude Cusbert, Frankie Foster, Emily Harris, Emma Lang, Sienna Langenheim, Freya McGrath, Finn Moore, Hugo Schmidt. Congratulations also to ensemble and accompanists of these students.

An astounding 2 nominations have been received for Music 2 Composition, which is difficult to attain and indicative of highly sophisticated work. Congratulations to Finn Moore and Bella Wong.

year 12 graduation

womp and grad band

Thank you to the Music performers at Year 12 Graduation who added a sense of occasion and an uplifting celebratory atmosphere for finishing Year 12 students. Jeff Reiss, Charlie Love and WOMP provided an energetic percussive procession, and Grad Band performed three songs about the theme of the future full of promise.

Thank you to Jeff Reiss and student leader Charlie Love for a year of fun, inclusive and high energy musicianship for WOMP.

SPRING PROM 2023

Our annual Spring Prom was held on 19 September in Term 3, and was a convivial picnic affair with rugs and cushions, a festive mood and wonderful music. Our HSC student programs were especially featured, and it was a fitting farewell to a strong and collaborative cohort.

Congratulations to Year 12 solo performers: Ben Clarke, Maya Crisafulli, Finn Moore, Fergus Harley-Macdonald, Emma Lang, Freya McGrath, Amani Sabri, Hugo Schmidt.

Congratulations to our performing ensembles: Symphony Orchestra, Senior Strings, all Choirs, Senior Littlefield Guitars, Zangari Guitars, Junior Jazz Ensemble and Tango Ensemble.

Animato and con brio

music showcase concerts - term 4 2023

Our major performing events of Term 4 are our twin concerts of Animato and Con Brio. These concerts represent the culmination of a year's learning, pedagogy and ensemble. Absolutely standout repertoire and conduct were a feature of these professional performances, and the quality of musicianship was outstanding and difficult to equal.

junior jazz ensemble Stanmore music festival

Louise Horwood and the Junior Jazz Ensemble were invited to perform a set at the Stanmore Music Festival's Corner Gallery on Saturday 18 November. Congratulations to Junior Jazz on a professional and entertaining gig!

"The audiences were very supportive at Stanmore Music Festival. We saw some people dancing at the side and some locals came to the students after their performance and talked to them. My child met a local player and he gave a big encouragement to keep up with his practice. An elderly lady also spoke to me after the performance. She was very grateful for the jazz music brought to her neighbourhood."

Gala Showcase performance

december 2023

The Combined Choirs (Years 7-12) and the Symphony Orchestra presented excerpts from the choral masterwork, Requiem in D minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Tarimi Nulay (Long Time Living Here, Gadigal), by Yorta Yorta woman, soprano and educator Deborah Cheetham-Fraillon and Matthew Doyle, at NHSPA's Gala Showcase Concert on Friday 1 December 2023.

Congratulations to our outstanding First Nations musicians Freya Mossman, Aurielle Smith and Mila Smith, who took solo vocal roles in Gadigal language in Tarimi Nulay and also delivered an inspiring and meaningful Acknowledgement of Country that spoke to truth telling and the meaning of Country today.

Aurielle Smith, Mila Smith, Freya Mossman; Combined Choirs and Symphony Orchestra

THANK YOU

We acknowledge and value the dedicated and generous work of

Benjamin Turner and NHSPA Technical Company
Mitch Rudman Year 10, event photography
Christina Argyri and the SASS team
The P&C and Marina Pieri
Year 9 Hospitality, Ms Milos, Ms Saravanos, Ms Smith
Prefects of 2023 and 2024 and MC Prefects Jaide Almeida, Josephine Bradfield, Ben Clarke, Luca Crome, Jacob Drew, Bailey Matthews, Lara Ueki
Students who gave Acknowledgement to Country from a valued and personal perspective: Freya Mossman, Aurielle Smith, Mila Smith
We particularly thank ensemble directors for their leadership through music and education in 2023. It has been a stellar year. Ben Burton, Louise Horwood, Jason Isaac, Emlyn Lewis-Jones, Joseph Littlefield, Amber Johnson, Ynping Mak, Deborah McGowan, Angelina Nguyen, Jeff Reiss, Alex Siegers, Alistair Wallis, Giuseppe Zangari
Thank you to students and parents/carers for your valued support of the Music Co-Curricular Ensembles. We value the time, energy and effort it has taken from each of you to make engaging experiences for our musicians.

Co-CUrricular auditions for 2024

Please be aware that in 2024 Co-Curricular Auditions for Music Ensembles will begin very early, in Week 2 2024.

All students must reaudition for positions in all ensembles regardless of prior experience or knowledge.

Students who have entered NHSPA via the Music Audition stream are required to audition.

All students are welcome to audition regardless of entry pattern or prior experience.

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