Medbury School
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Senior Music Competition First-time experience for many boys All the boys were looking forward to the Annual Music
Personally, I feel that the Senior Music Competition
Extravaganza this year, but sadly it was cancelled due
has given me a lot of courage. I have had to get over
to COVID-19 Alert Level restrictions.
my stage fright and perform in front of many people.
The House singing competition that features in the
I feel like the boys did exceptionally well. So I would
Extravaganza would have been enjoyed by all the
like to encourage other boys to enter the Senior Music
boys as they would have been able to sing their
Competition.
House songs.
Thank you to the adjudicators Kirsty Currie and
Instead, we live streamed the Senior Music
Greg Pearce and to the accompanists, conductors,
Competition for all the parents and friends who were
compères and everyone else involved in coordinating
unable to attend in person. The competition was
the competition.
very exciting. There were many boys participating and all of them enjoyed it. It was really fun seeing the
Richard Yeoh, 8E
finalists getting to perform their pieces. Some of the boys have never entered the competition before, so it would have been a good first-time experience for
Results
them. There were performances by instrumental groups;
Vocal Solo: Oscar Stove
Arrows (Otis Wheeler, James Hunter, Tate Aikawa, Patrick
Vocal Group: Charlie Wood and Felix Thomas
Aitken and Sam Moffatt); Creyke Road Crew (Matthew Geddes, James Saunders, Harry Flatman, Thomas Gough
Piano Solo: Bill Li
and Kennedy Xiao); and Sticks and Strings (Henry Murfitt,
Strings: Richard Yeoh
Arthur Meares, Liam Singer, Josh Brown and Angus
Brass/Woodwind: Oscar Stove
Davidson).
Instrumental Group: The Creyke Road Crew of James
Piano soloists included Ericsson Ye, Bill Li and Harry
Saunders, Harry Flatman, Matthew Geddes, Kennedy
Flatman and there were three vocal groups; Charlie
Xiao and Thomas Gough.
Wood and Felix Thomas; Ollie Young and Lochie Horne; and Oscar Stove and Charlie de Costobadie. Other soloists included brass and woodwind (Oscar
RJM Buchanan Trophy: Oscar Stove
Stove and Jake Elvidge); vocal (James Saunders, Oscar
Mrs FE Norman Cup:
Stove and Richard Yeoh); and strings soloists (James
Richard Yeoh
Saunders, Ryan Zhang and Richard Yeoh).
Piano Solo Trophy:
The Orchestra also played a Medley of Songs from this
Bill Li
term’s repertoire.
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