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

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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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Double Bass

Max BeechJennifer YuMichael ThompsonNicholas LinnaneRuby MineurJonathan Buttsworth

Llewelyn VarnfieldAkaash SwarisDougie Newham

Eugene FuMatthew WhiteAnthony Furney

Steven KimTimothy CousinsJack BiddleOliver PaxtonWilliam DerringtonNathan Renner

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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

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TENOR 2

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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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French Horn

Trumpet

Trombone

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Percussion

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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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