Senior Music Competition

from 2020 Spring 'Play the Game'

From the Medbury Parent’s Association

First-time experience for many boys

All the boys were looking forward to the Annual Music Extravaganza this year, but sadly it was cancelled due to COVID-19 Alert Level restrictions.

The House singing competition that features in the Extravaganza would have been enjoyed by all the boys as they would have been able to sing their House songs. Instead, we live streamed the Senior Music Competition for all the parents and friends who were unable to attend in person. The competition was very exciting. There were many boys participating and all of them enjoyed it. It was really fun seeing the 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 them.

There were performances by instrumental groups; Arrows (Otis Wheeler, James Hunter, Tate Aikawa, Patrick Aitken and Sam Moffatt); Creyke Road Crew (Matthew Geddes, James Saunders, Harry Flatman, Thomas Gough and Kennedy Xiao); and Sticks and Strings (Henry Murfitt, Arthur Meares, Liam Singer, Josh Brown and Angus Davidson). Piano soloists included Ericsson Ye, Bill Li and Harry Flatman and there were three vocal groups; Charlie Wood and Felix Thomas; Ollie Young and Lochie Horne; and Oscar Stove and Charlie de Costobadie.

Other soloists included brass and woodwind (Oscar Stove and Jake Elvidge); vocal (James Saunders, Oscar Stove and Richard Yeoh); and strings soloists (James Saunders, Ryan Zhang and Richard Yeoh). The Orchestra also played a Medley of Songs from this term’s repertoire. Personally, I feel that the Senior Music Competition has given me a lot of courage. I have had to get over my stage fright and perform in front of many people. I feel like the boys did exceptionally well. So I would like to encourage other boys to enter the Senior Music Competition. Thank you to the adjudicators Kirsty Currie and Greg Pearce and to the accompanists, conductors, compères and everyone else involved in coordinating the competition.

Richard Yeoh, 8E