Spectemur | Term 3 2017
News Around the School In August, I had the enormous privilege to perform on the organ at St Paul’s Cathedral. I performed Bach’s ‘Toccata in D Minor’ for the recessional at the Anglican Schools’ Service. I shared this role with Matthew Deayton (Year 9) who performed Purcell’s ‘Trumpet Tune’. Arman Cakmakcioglu Year 9
Pemulwuy Festival Brisbane Pemulwuy is a National Male Voice Festival held every three years in Brisbane. The Kelly Gang, the young adult Choir of the Australian Boys’ Choir, of which I am a member, went along this year from the 29 June to 2 July to join more than 500 singers from all over Australia and overseas. We were part of an intense series of choral workshops culminating in a magnificent evening, Pemulmuy! Final Concert at QPAC. The Kelly Gang also performed at the opening concert at Brisbane Girls’ Grammar School and in a showcase at Brisbane Boys’ Grammar. We helped facilitate a Conducting Workshop as part of the Australian National Choir of Australia’s Choralfest. It was a thrill to work with new conductors and to meet musicians from Choirs from all over the world.
Chinese Cultural Day On Wednesday 9 August, the Chinese department organised a Chinese Cultural Day and over 300 students participated in four workshops. They enjoyed Chinese paper cutting, panda making, playing Chinese harp and Chinese martial arts. At lunchtime, students enjoyed dumplings and buns.
We had a very busy schedule of performance and preparation for the finale concert. We stayed in a central Brisbane Youth Hostel where we shopped and prepared lunch and dinner and ironed our shirts. At the conclusion of the trip, the check-in staff at Brisbane Airport were serenaded with an impromptu concert and I felt extremely proud to be a part of the group. Arman Cakmakcioglu Year 9
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