GPS Music Showcase 2013

Wednesday 8th May 2013 at 7:00 pm presented at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University hosted by

BRISBANE STATE HIGH SCHOOL proud host of the 2013 GPS Music Showcase

It gives BSHS great pleasure to host this activity this year. Thank you to all audience members, parents, headmasters, teachers, conductors and students who recognise and Brisbane State High School celebrate the gifted musicians performing this evening. Thank you for valuing the contribution 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

HOST SCHOOL WELCOME The success of the GPS Music Showcase relies on the teamwork of many people. We gratefully Mr Wade Haynes, Executive Principal, Brisbane State High School 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 CHOIR Members of the GPS Music Sub-Committee: Introduction James Makiol, Captain of Music (ACGS) Conductor Kate Thompson (ACGS) ACGS Yvonne Carr Manager Yvonne Carr (ACGS) BBC Stuart Quill Accompanist Brendan Murtagh BGS Peter Ingram BSHS Karin A. Kuno Festival Yubilate by Annie Kwok GT Barry Bobart Ave Maria by Franz Biebl IGS Gary Neaves Come Travel With Me by Scott Farthing NC Brett Foster Easter Island Head by Stefan Farrenkopf TSS Robert Cooke TGS Neil Roche-Kelly SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Introduction Ella Buys, Music leader (BSHS) GPS Executive Officer Nicole L’Efevre Conductor Meg Robson (BSHS) Music Sub-Committee Chair Neil Wharton (GT) Manager Karin A. Kuno (BSHS) and to the Headmasters and School Leaders for their ongoing support of this activity. Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns, edited by D. Miller and C. McAlister Rhosymedre, Prelude on a Welsh Hymn Tune by Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged by A. Foster Russian Sailors’ Dance from The Red Poppy by Reinhold Glière, arranged by M. J. Isaac TUTORS: CONCERT BAND Choir: Introduction Rudi Scarpa, Vice-Captain of Music (GT) J. Goopy (BBC), P. Ingram (BGS), B. French (IG), A. French (IG), Conductor Guest Conductor, Ralph Hultgren L. James (NC), H. Mead (TGS), R. Fennell (TSS) Manager Barry Bobart (GT) Concert Prelude by Ralph Hultgren Symphony Orchestra: A. Moran (ACGS), D. Cox (ACGS), T. Kotzas (BBC), A. Jamieson (BBC), L. Gordon (BGS), Jessie’s Well by Ralph Hultgren J. McKechie (BBC), S. Chin (BGS), K. Sharpe (BSHS), D. Kelly (GT), B. Foster (NC), Legend by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arranged by R. Hultgren M. Buckley (TSS) An Australian Rhapsody by Ralph Hultgren Concert Band: VOTE OF THANKS and CLOSING COMMENTS P. Kreisch (ACGS), E. Carey (BBC), J. Noble (BGS), B. Ruben (BSHS), Oliver Paxton, School Vice-Captain (BSHS) and Charly McIntyre, Music leader (BSHS) M. Cocking (GT), B. Esbensen (GT), C. Dabbelstein (GT), R. Cooke (TSS) Mr Robert Henderson, Headmaster, Ipswich Grammar School (GPS Chairman) Audio Visual, Photography: R. Carmody (NC) and Student Crew (NC)

Stage Management: A. Gust (BSHS) and Student Crew (BSHS) CONCERT BAND 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 Piccolo Danica Edgar BSHS Trumpet 1 Max Beech BBC a Masters in Music Studies from the University of Queensland and in 2004 the Jennifer Yu BSHS University of Queensland awarded her the Hugh Brandon Prize for Conducting. Flute 1 Sophie Thompson BSHS Trumpet 2 Michael Thompson GT Kate is the Head of Preparatory Music (P-6) and the Head Choral Music at Ying Tseng BSHS Nicholas Linnane TSS Anglican Church Grammar School and directs choirs from Prep to Senior and also Daniel Dao ACGS Trumpet 3 Ruby Mineur BSHS the Churchie Community Chorale. Flute 2 Gregory Xu ACGS Jonathan Buttsworth TGS Ivan Ling BSHS Karin Hou BSHS Euphonium Llewelyn Varnfield BBC Sanlin Fisher BSHS Akaash Swaris BGS Dougie Newham BSHS Oboe Michael Coyne BGS Tuba Eugene Fu BGS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR Bassoon 1 Alexander Whittle ACGS Matthew White IGS Meg Robson holds a degree from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and a Bassoon 2 Callum Bryson GT Anthony Furney TSS postgraduate and a Masters degree from the University of Queensland. She is an instrumental music teacher with the Queensland Department of Clarinet 1 Michael Jeon BGS Trombone 1 Steven Kim BGS Education, Training & Employment, teaching string instruments in three high Lily Lee BSHS Timothy Cousins TSS schools and one primary school. In two of her high schools, Meg works as a lower Damon Reardon GT Trombone 2 Jack Biddle BBC string specialist. Maxwell Tait TGS Oliver Paxton BSHS Clarinet 2 Stuart Caulton BBC Trombone 3 William Derrington GT Meg is an experienced conductor of school string orchestras and symphony Zachary Cassard BBC Nathan Renner TSS orchestras. Her students regularly perform in school concerts, competitions and various combined schools’ Michael Ooi BGS events. Meg has worked as a string orchestra conductor at the Young Conservatorium, and rehearses a Katy Hou BSHS Percussion Anthony Jacobsen BBC wide range of musical genres as conductor of the Creative Generation Symphony Orchestra. Meg has been Clarinet 3 Timothy Salisbury ACGS Murray Peacock BBC involved with the GPS Music Day as cello tutor since its early years. Nicholas Tomkins ACGS Wallace Jin BGS Shirley Zhang BSHS Benjamin Du BSHS Michael Cai BSHS Liam Bond GT Dario Scalabrini BSHS Antonio Libretto TSS

Bass Clarinet 1 Fergus Harte BGS Double Bass Stephen Sandeman TSS Bass Clarinet 2 Harrison Lee BBC GUEST CONDUCTOR - CONCERT BAND Dr Hultgren began his professional music career as a trumpet player in 1970. He Alto Saxophone 1 Rudi Scarpa GT has performed with the Central Band of the Royal Australian Air Force, Angus Pegler TGS the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Brass Choir and as a freelance Andrew Park TGS musician for the theatre, opera, cabaret and recording studio. Dr Hultgren is Alto Saxophone 2 Eddie Zhou BBC currently Head of Open Conservatorium at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith Reuben Madden BBC University. Tenor Saxophone 1 Benjamin Boehm IGS Dr Hultgren’s conducting credits include the direction of musicals, operettas, studio Tenor Saxophone 2 William Kowalski GT 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 Baritone Saxophone Marcus Pirrone BBC 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. French Horn 1 Joseph Colbrook BBC Leadership in the development of conductors has been at the forefront of Dr Hultgren’s professional French Horn 2 Christian Fisalli TSS pursuits for almost twenty years. He is a founding member of the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors’ French Horn 3 Genevieve Forshaw BSHS Association and is a member of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. In 1998 he French Horn 4 Ben Dissanayake BBC 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 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

TENOR 1 TENOR 2 Violin 1 Johnny van Gend TGS ‘Cello (con’d) Ryan Joe BSHS Ned Cook ACGS Jack Robinson ACGS (concertmaster) Steven Lau BBC Andrew Paltridge ACGS Josh Liu BBC Brian Fan IGS Lockie Britten BBC Dugald Graham ACGS Suyang Hu BBC Lachlan Wray TSS Benjamin Jarousek BGS Aaron Friedman ACGS Julius Moller BGS Joey Vidakovic BGS James Martoo ACGS Walter Soodjaithum BGS Double Bass Samuel Nock BBC Nick Comino BGS Dylan Ganepola ACGS Teddy Kao BGS John Atherton BBC Tom Mathews BGS Jesse Leotta ACGS Terence Lin BGS Nicholas Free BSHS Yohan Leong BGS Will Hansen TGS Christopher Barker BGS Christopher Neilsen ACGS Tiffany Chang BSHS Geordie McGrath GT Simon Gunn ACGS Kaitlyn Bowen BSHS Flute Ella Buys BSHS Keegan Coomer NC Lian D’Netto ACGS Jaewon Chang BSHS Kenny Han TGS Silverio Pangonilo II NC Fraser Ward ACGS Benedict Gattas GT Piccolo/Flute Hugo Cook ACGS Joshua Kieser NC Ben Crooks BBC Dominic Hiew GT Percival Wiid TGS Evan Kuo BBC Oboe Billy Richardson ACGS Anthony Patsalou TGS Tristan Underhill BBC Violin 2 Alex Wan BBC Emily Dodd BSHS Austin Kelly TGS Phill Allen BGS Aidan Tay BBC Rupert Bevan TGS Benjamin Cunningham GT Xiangyun Zhu BBC Bassoon Charly McIntyre BSHS Sebastian Hand TGS Christopher Paton TGS Joon Won BBC Alexander Murray- GT Jonathan Joshi TGS Sean Gay TGS Julius Lynch BBC Douglass Mason Watts TGS Riley Meara TGS Matthew Rose BBC Clarinet Julia Pendrith BSHS James Woodhouse TSS Geoffrey Lyhne TSS Matthew Wong BBC Paul Gatenby ACGS Trent Sinclair TSS Benjamin Oxley TSS Sabrina Hsu BSHS Christian Behn-Katz TSS Toby Redler TSS Hannah Su BSHS French Horn Emily Newham BSHS Michiatsu Masuda TSS Samuel Morrow TSS Jaehyuk Chang BSHS Stephen Wimberger BBC Matthew Lane TSS William Olsen GT Sung-A Lee BSHS Andrew Lumsden TGS Tom Jones TSS Harry Egerton TGS Trumpet Tetsuya Lawson BSHS Bass 1 Bass 2 Viola Henry Justo BGS Josh Rowe BBC Justin Ramsay BBC Reilly Mallon ACGS Mitchell Haringcaspel ACGS Daniel Sawyer BBC Trombone Ming Liu BSHS Nicholas Allison ACGS Angus Trusler ACGS Edward Watson BGS James Edward-Davis ACGS Dylan Frederiks ACGS Matthew Butler ACGS Aaron Teo BGS Charles Halliday TGS Oliver Lacey ACGS Johnathan Psaltis ACGS Lexi Free BSHS Harry Biggs ACGS Lachlan Firth BBC Olivia Rea BSHS Tuba Elliot Brown BBC Joshua Bell ACGS Joseph Orange BBC Jeremy Egerton TGS James Makiol ACGS Paul Wang BBC Kent Scott TSS Timpani Greg Turner BGS Tian Qin ACGS Joseph Tan BBC Hamish Lister ACGS Evans Robert BBC ‘Cello Guillaume Wang BSHS Percussion Nathan Gatenby BGS Joshua Prado BBC Alex Fielding BGS Thomas Nankivell ACGS James Vincent TSS Christopher Coates BBC Patrick Moroney IGS Hamish Jamieson ACGS Blair Condon TSS Lachlan Matthews BBC Seamus O’Sullivan NC Ji Soo Mok ACGS Elliott Acworth BBC Ian Ridgway NC Philip Henderson BBC Matthew Nagel BBC Samuel Tully NC Michael Nock BBC Robert Barringham BBC Angus Woods BGS Mitchell Tonino NC Samuel Rasmussen BBC Nicholas McCray BGS Brendan Vlok TGS Yonas Hathway BBC Thomas Chapple IGS Hugh Hansen TGS Benjamin Maynard IGS Jesse Jones TGS Daryan Butler IGS Daniel Oates TSS Hamish McIlveen NC Cameron Simpson TSS Joseph Hardy NC Lachlan Cross TSS Joules Auna NC Jack Croaker NC Pierce Leahy TGS