Bandquest Winners

Being selected for a Representative Group in the Christchurch Schools’ Music Festival is the musical equivalent to being selected for a Canterbury sports team.

Christchurch Schools’ Music Festival

Medbury showcased their incredible musicianship and talents at the Christchurch Schools’ Music Festival auditions. We asked one of the boys who was selected to sing in the Senior Choir to tell us about his experience so far:

It was truly a joy practising every Saturday with our conductor, Mr Josh McGirr who also judged our 2022 Medbury Music Extravaganza. It was magnificent meeting talented individuals from different schools all over Christchurch, and it was great making lots of new friends. I would love to thank Miss Holland for her effort in training the Choristers and Chorus to sound great in the massed choirs. I would also love to thank our very own talented Medbury singers and instrumentalists. It is truly impressive seeing how diverse medbury is in music. I am excited to perform with my two good friends in the representatives, Samuel and Eli. I look forward to representing Medbury School at the Christchurch Town Hall. Christopher Ko, 8S Congratulations to the boys who were selected for these Representative Groups: Junior Choir: Bruno Ash, Eli Coles, Timmy Shen and Joseph Manenge. Senior Choir: Chris Ko. Orchestra: Zilong Chen (Oboe), Alexander Dy (Violin), Siyun Kim (Cello), Andy Li (Violin), Justin Liu (Violin), Samuel Tao (Violin), Richie Tu (Cello), Sichong Wang (Cello) and Siyuan Wang (Violin). Concert Band: Charlie Chung (Flute).

Bandquest Winners!

The Year 7 and Year 8 Rock Bands competed in the 2022 Rockshop Bandquest. The Year 8 band, ‘The People’, came away with the first place prize and Matthew BurtonLyall won the ‘Killer Guitarist Award’. Cole Moffatt then went on to jointly receive the best vocalist award at the National Bandquest finals. We asked Matthew about his experience in the Regionals:

Bandquest in all was a great and enjoyable experience that the band members and I had the pleasure of attending. The Year 8 Rock Band is made up of Matthew Burton-Lyall, Kourosh Langley, Cole Moffatt, Matthew Rawstron, and Tom Eyre-Walker. The whole vibe of the experience of fun and very nerve racking and the adrenaline of playing on stage is something to remember for the rest of your life.

From the moment we went on stage, to the moment we won, the whole night was a great time. The prize giving was one of the more nerve racking parts as we knew that there was great competition and that getting any form of prize would be tough, but we managed to pull through and secure first place giving us a pathway to compete in the nationals.

Matthew Burton-Lyall, 8S