GPS Music Showcase 2013Wednesday 8th May 2013 at 7:00 pm
presented atQueensland Conservatorium Griffith University
hosted by
Brisbane State High School
BRISBANE STATE HIGH SCHOOLproud host of the 2013 GPS Music Showcase
It gives BSHS great pleasure to host this activity this year. Thank you to all audiencemembers, parents, headmasters, teachers, conductors and students who recognise and
celebrate the gifted musicians performing this evening. Thank you for valuing thecontribution that music makes to our schools and lives and for acknowledging the high
standard which can be achieved in the collaborative and non-competitive GPS Music Showcase event.
GPS MUSIC SHOWCASE 2013 PROGRAM
HOST SCHOOL WELCOME
Mr Wade Haynes, Executive Principal, Brisbane State High School
CHOIR
Introduction James Makiol, Captain of Music (ACGS)Conductor Kate Thompson (ACGS)Manager Yvonne Carr (ACGS)Accompanist Brendan Murtagh
Festival Yubilate by Annie KwokAve Maria by Franz BieblCome Travel With Me by Scott FarthingEaster Island Head by Stefan Farrenkopf
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Introduction Ella Buys, Music leader (BSHS)Conductor Meg Robson (BSHS)Manager Karin A. Kuno (BSHS)
Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns, edited by D. Miller and C. McAlisterRhosymedre, Prelude on a Welsh Hymn Tune by Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged by A. FosterRussian Sailors’ Dance from The Red Poppy by Reinhold Glière, arranged by M. J. Isaac
CONCERT BAND
Introduction Rudi Scarpa, Vice-Captain of Music (GT)Conductor Guest Conductor, Ralph HultgrenManager Barry Bobart (GT)Concert Prelude by Ralph Hultgren
Jessie’s Well by Ralph HultgrenLegend by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arranged by R. HultgrenAn Australian Rhapsody by Ralph Hultgren
VOTE OF THANKS and CLOSING COMMENTS
Oliver Paxton, School Vice-Captain (BSHS) and Charly McIntyre, Music leader (BSHS)Mr Robert Henderson, Headmaster, Ipswich Grammar School (GPS Chairman)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The success of the GPS Music Showcase relies on the teamwork of many people. We gratefully acknowledge the efforts and contributions of the many music staff, tutors, administrative staff and key
personnel who have helped make the event so special, with a special mention to
Members of the GPS Music Sub-Committee:
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GPS Executive OfficerMusic Sub-Committee Chair
and to the Headmasters and School Leaders for their ongoing support of this activity.
TUTORS:
Choir:
J. Goopy (BBC), P. Ingram (BGS), B. French (IG), A. French (IG),L. James (NC), H. Mead (TGS), R. Fennell (TSS)
Symphony Orchestra:
A. Moran (ACGS), D. Cox (ACGS), T. Kotzas (BBC), A. Jamieson (BBC), L. Gordon (BGS), J. McKechie (BBC), S. Chin (BGS), K. Sharpe (BSHS), D. Kelly (GT), B. Foster (NC), M. Buckley (TSS)
Concert Band:
P. Kreisch (ACGS), E. Carey (BBC), J. Noble (BGS), B. Ruben (BSHS),M. Cocking (GT), B. Esbensen (GT), C. Dabbelstein (GT), R. Cooke (TSS)
Audio Visual, Photography: R. Carmody (NC) and Student Crew (NC)
Stage Management: A. Gust (BSHS) and Student Crew (BSHS)
Yvonne CarrStuart QuillPeter IngramKarin A. KunoBarry BobartGary NeavesBrett FosterRobert CookeNeil Roche-Kelly
Nicole L’EfevreNeil Wharton (GT)
CONCERT BAND
Piccolo
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe
Bassoon 1Bassoon 2
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Clarinet 3
Bass Clarinet 1Bass Clarinet 2
Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2
Tenor Saxophone 1Tenor Saxophone 2
Baritone Saxophone
French Horn 1French Horn 2French Horn 3French Horn 4
Danica Edgar
Sophie ThompsonYing TsengDaniel DaoGregory XuIvan LingKarin HouSanlin Fisher
Michael Coyne
Alexander WhittleCallum Bryson
Michael JeonLily LeeDamon ReardonMaxwell TaitStuart CaultonZachary CassardMichael OoiKaty HouTimothy SalisburyNicholas TomkinsShirley Zhang Michael CaiDario Scalabrini
Fergus HarteHarrison Lee
Rudi ScarpaAngus PeglerAndrew ParkEddie Zhou Reuben Madden
Benjamin BoehmWilliam Kowalski
Marcus Pirrone
Joseph ColbrookChristian FisalliGenevieve ForshawBen Dissanayake
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Euphonium
Tuba
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Percussion
Double Bass
Max BeechJennifer YuMichael ThompsonNicholas LinnaneRuby MineurJonathan Buttsworth
Llewelyn VarnfieldAkaash SwarisDougie Newham
Eugene FuMatthew WhiteAnthony Furney
Steven KimTimothy CousinsJack BiddleOliver PaxtonWilliam DerringtonNathan Renner
Anthony JacobsenMurray PeacockWallace JinBenjamin DuLiam BondAntonio Libretto
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CHOIR CONDUCTOR
Kate Thompson has sung with and conducted numerous choirs both in Australia and Canada and is currently a conductor for the Australian Youth Choir. She holds a Masters in Music Studies from the University of Queensland and in 2004 the University of Queensland awarded her the Hugh Brandon Prize for Conducting. Kate is the Head of Preparatory Music (P-6) and the Head Choral Music at Anglican Church Grammar School and directs choirs from Prep to Senior and also the Churchie Community Chorale.
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
Meg Robson holds a degree from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and a postgraduate and a Masters degree from the University of Queensland.She is an instrumental music teacher with the Queensland Department of Education, Training & Employment, teaching string instruments in three high schools and one primary school. In two of her high schools, Meg works as a lower string specialist.
Meg is an experienced conductor of school string orchestras and symphony orchestras. Her students regularly perform in school concerts, competitions and various combined schools’ events. Meg has worked as a string orchestra conductor at the Young Conservatorium, and rehearses a wide range of musical genres as conductor of the Creative Generation Symphony Orchestra. Meg has been involved with the GPS Music Day as cello tutor since its early years.
GUEST CONDUCTOR - CONCERT BAND
Dr Hultgren began his professional music career as a trumpet player in 1970. He has performed with the Central Band of the Royal Australian Air Force, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Brass Choir and as a freelance musician for the theatre, opera, cabaret and recording studio. Dr Hultgren is currently Head of Open Conservatorium at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.
Dr Hultgren’s conducting credits include the direction of musicals, operettas, studio recordings for radio, television and disc, and the concert stage. In his present position he conducts the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra, Queensland Conservatorium’s premiere wind group as well as lecturing in conducting and instrumental music education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
He is in constant demand as a guest conductor and clinician throughout the Asian Pacific region.Leadership in the development of conductors has been at the forefront of Dr Hultgren’s professional pursuits for almost twenty years. He is a founding member of the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors’ Association and is a member of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. In 1998 he became the recipient of the Citation of Excellence, the Australian Band & Orchestra Directors’ Association’s highest honour. He is also the recipient of the 2005 Midwest Clinic International Award, in recognition of his international contributions to music education, which was presented by the Board of Directors of the Midwest Clinic.
CHOIR
TENOR 1
Bass 1
TENOR 2
Bass 2
Ned CookSteven LauLockie BrittenBenjamin JarousekJoey VidakovicNick CominoTom MathewsChristopher BarkerGeordie McGrathKeegan CoomerSilverio Pangonilo IIJoshua KieserPercival WiidAnthony PatsalouAustin KellyRupert BevanSebastian HandJonathan JoshiMason WattsJames WoodhouseTrent SinclairChristian Behn-KatzMichiatsu MasudaMatthew Lane
Reilly MallonNicholas AllisonDylan FrederiksOliver LaceyHarry BiggsJoshua BellJames MakiolTian QinHamish ListerJoshua PradoChristopher CoatesLachlan MatthewsElliott AcworthMatthew NagelAngus WoodsNicholas McCrayThomas ChappleBenjamin MaynardDaryan ButlerHamish McIlveenJoseph HardyJoules AunaJack CroakerPierce Leahy
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Jack RobinsonAndrew PaltridgeDugald GrahamAaron FriedmanJames MartooDylan GanepolaJesse LeottaChristopher NeilsenSimon GunnLian D’NettoFraser WardBen CrooksEvan KuoTristan UnderhillPhill AllenBenjamin CunninghamChristopher PatonSean GayRiley MearaGeoffrey Lyhne Benjamin OxleyToby RedlerSamuel Morrow
Mitchell HaringcaspelAngus TruslerMatthew ButlerJohnathan PsaltisLachlan FirthJoseph OrangePaul WangJoseph TanEvans RobertAlex FieldingPatrick MoroneySeamus O’SullivanIan RidgwaySamuel TullyMitchell ToninoBrendan VlokHugh HansenJesse JonesDaniel OatesCameron SimpsonLachlan Cross
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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Johnny van Gend(concertmaster)Josh LiuSuyang HuJulius MollerWalter SoodjaithumTeddy KaoTerence LinYohan LeongTiffany ChangKaitlyn BowenJaewon ChangBenedict GattasDominic Hiew
Alex Wan Aidan TayXiangyun ZhuJoon WonJulius LynchMatthew RoseMatthew WongSabrina HsuHannah SuJaehyuk ChangWilliam OlsenAndrew LumsdenHarry Egerton
Henry Justo Justin RamsayDaniel SawyerEdward WatsonAaron TeoLexi FreeOlivia ReaJeremy EgertonKent Scott
Guillaume Wang Thomas NankivellHamish JamiesonJi Soo MokPhilip HendersonMichael NockRobert BarringhamSamuel RasmussenYonas Hathway
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‘Cello (con’d)
Double Bass
Flute
Piccolo/Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Clarinet
French Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion
Ryan Joe
Brian FanLachlan Wray
Samuel Nock John AthertonNicholas FreeWill Hansen
Ella Buys Kenny HanHugo Cook
Billy Richardson Emily Dodd
Charly McIntyre Alexander Murray-DouglassJulia Pendrith Paul Gatenby
Emily Newham Stephen WimbergerSung-A LeeTom Jones
Tetsuya Lawson Josh Rowe
Ming Liu James Edward-DavisCharles Halliday
Elliot Brown
Greg Turner
Nathan GatenbyJames VincentBlair Condon
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Violin 1
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