SHEP Darling Downs

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Darling Downs 2021 Grand Finalé Concert Sunday 23 May Centenary Heights State High School

WELCOME Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and Centenary Heights State High School welcomes you to the fifth annual State Honours Ensemble Program Darling Downs. SHEP Darling Downs gives young musicians the opportunity to work with a team of eminent Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University conductors. Participants have travelled from throughout the region for this innovative and intensive weekend program.

Through Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Open Conservatorium seeks to make quality music performance and educational activities accessible throughout Queensland by providing a range of initiatives in partnership with regional schools, instrumental and classroom music teachers.

Thanks to our valued partnership with Centenary Heights State High School, Executive Principal Maryanne Walsh and Staff, SHEP Darling Downs will continue to develop further opportunities for young musicians in the coming years.

Queensland Conservatorium thanks State Honours Ensemble Program Darling Downs 2021 participants, their parents/caregivers and families, conductors, teachers, secondary educational institutions throughout Queensland, Education Queensland and Griffith University staff for their continuing support of the State Honours Ensemble Program in Brisbane, the Darling Downs, Far North Queensland and North Queensland, Central Queensland and Wide Bay.

SHEP - DARLING DOWNS GRAND FINALÉ CONCERT

Repertoire will be selected from the following

VOCAL ENSEMBLE CONDUCTOR JOANNE WRIGHT ACCOMPANIST MELISSA BUCHHOLZ Halleluja, Amen from Judas Maccabaeus, Part 3 Music George Frideric Handel Text Thomas Morrell arr. Russell Robinson Time Enough To Give Paul Jarman Riversong Andy Beck Every Night When The Sun Goes In Appalachian Folk Song arr. David Waggoner Sisi Kushangilia (We Will be Glad) Victor C. Johnson Fly Me to the Moon Bart Howard arr. Kirby Shaw A Distant Shore Mary Donnelly arr. George L. O. Strid Dear Theodosia Lin-Manuel Miranda arr. Andy Beck That's When the Music Takes Me

Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield arr. Mac Huff

STRING ENSEMBLE CONDUCTOR LISA STEVENSON Themes From The Moldau Bedrich Smetana arr. Robert S.Frost Windward Waltz Timo Jarvela A Maid in Bedlam English Folk Song arr. Shirl Jae Arwell The Ides of March Sean O'Loughlin Lullaby to the Moon Brian Balmages Adra's Dance Brendan McBrien Collage Romantique Keith Sharp

WIND ENSEMBLE CONDUCTOR JEANETTE DOUGLAS Beyond the Ridge Chris Ozley Marche Diabolique Brian Balmages Sweet Like That Christopher Theofanidis Synergies Robert Sheldon River of Hope Michael Sweeney Epic Venture Tyler S. Grant Solstice Dance Jack Wilds Toccata Rhapsodic Richard L. Saucedo The Rowan Tree Randall D. Standridge

VOCAL ENSEMBLE SOPRANO

Mia Best - Toowoomba Anglican School Heidi Broughton - Downlands College Thea Comerford - Toowoomba Anglican School Briella Craig - Goondiwindi State High School Lucy Farquhar - Fairholme College Mehar Fegan - Toowoomba Anglican School Charlotte Lacey - Toowoomba Anglican School Hayley Lutvey - Centenary Heights State High School Grace Murphy - Toowoomba Anglican School Trinity Rouhead - Downlands College Jemma Seymour - Centenary Heights State High School Zoe Sieders - Centenary Heights State High School Georgina Simpson - Downlands College Madeleine Tooley - Downlands College Ella Trenham - Downlands College

TENOR

ALTO

Charlotte Artavilla-Bennett - Downlands College Sophia Bartlett - Downlands College Luca Blyth - Concordia Lutheran College Victoria Brown - Downlands College Sarah Coster - Downlands College Charlotte Johnson - Downlands College Grace Kruger - Downlands College Lily McGinn - The Glennie School Emily Murry - St Ursula's College (Toowoomba) Madeline Reeves - St Ursula's College (Toowoomba) Evelyn Smith - Centenary Heights State High School Gemma Smith - Downlands College Erin Southee - St Ursula's College (Toowoomba) Heidi Spence - Highlands Christian College

Thomas Beirne - Downlands College Tom Gleeson - Downlands College William Lydement - Downlands College Thomas McNicol - Downlands College Darcy Meagher - Toowoomba Anglican School James Rillie - Downlands College Logan Sanders - Downlands College Thomas Sinclair - Downlands College William Zhou - Toowoomba Anglican School

BASS

Thomas Butler - Downlands College Harrison Costigan - Downlands College Xavier Craggs - St Brendan's College (Yeppoon) Jarred Facer - Centenary Heights State High School Christian Lanzafame - St Joseph's College (Toowoomba) Patrick McCarthy-Cole - Downlands College Thomas Pikramenos - Downlands College

STRING ENSEMBLE VIOLIN

Yuan Cabahug - Concordia Lutheran College Mali Dawson - Centenary Heights State High School Brianna Martin - Centenary Heights State High School Bianca Philp - Mary MacKillop Catholic College (Highfields) Jenny Qiu - Downlands College Soph Smith - Downlands College Isabelle Tay - Centenary Heights State High School Annabelle Thomson - Lourdes Hill College Ruane Van Eck - Fairholme College Micah Walmsley - Centenary Heights State High School

VIOLA

Sean Bain - Toowoomba Grammar School Vivien Forbes - Downlands College

CELLO

Grace de la Croix - Downlands College Yueying Deng - Fairholme College Hudson Oliver - Downlands College Ella Simpson - St Ursula's College (Toowoomba)

DOUBLE BASS

Oliver Murphy - Centenary Heights State High School Harrison Young - Centenary Heights State High School

WIND ENSEMBLE FLUTE

Madeleine Anderson - St Joseph's College (Toowoomba) Sarah Briese - Dalby State High School Melissa Burton - Dalby State High School Lily Day - Downlands College Matylda Dow - Monto State High School Sophie Evans - Home School Jennifer Mollenhauer - Kingaroy State High School Kenric Nugteren - Centenary Heights State High School Xanthe Schrag - Dalby State High School Serena Shackleton - Centenary Heights State High School

OBOE

Kira Dawson - Centenary Heights State High School

CLARINET

Nicholas Apalais - Centenary Heights State High School Kate Healy - The Glennie School Skyla Llewellyn - Chinchilla State High School Jacob Rankin - St Joseph's College (Toowoomba) Amelia Rawson - St Joseph's College (Toowoomba) Matthew Routley - Dalby State High School Gabrielle Thompson - Centenary Heights State High School Jessica Yang - Centenary Heights State High School

BASS CLARINET

Belita Welsh - Downlands College

BASSOON

Joseph Routley - Dalby State High School

FRENCH HORN

Ella-Jewel Findlay - Toowoomba Anglican School Seaton Robinson - Downlands College

TROMBONE

Finn Donald - Toowoomba Anglican School

Nikolai Bradley - St Mary's College (Toowoomba) Sally Byrne - The Glennie School Hamish Hordern - Dalby State High School Joe McNamara - St Joseph's College (Toowoomba) Clayton Sternes - Dalby State High School Lucas Ward - Mary MacKillop Catholic College (Highfields)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

EUPHONIUM

TRUMPET

TUBA

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Jessika Bliesner - Dalby State High School Jack Boyd - St Mary's College (Toowoomba)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Sarah Harth – Highfield State Secondary College Ryan Mollenhauer - Kingaroy State High School Amelia Butters - St Ursula's College (Toowoomba) Prue Dow - Monto State High School Edward Hordern - Dalby State High School Joshua Howman - Highlands Christian College Will Landherr - St John's Lutheran School (Kingaroy) Camillo Lanzafame - St Joseph's College (Toowoomba) Mitchell Sternes - Dalby State High School William Thomas - St Mary's College (Toowoomba) Piper Wiemers - St Joseph's College (Toowoomba)

Eloise Hauser - St Joseph's College (Toowoomba) Thomas St Clair-Holmes - Downlands College Harriet Dummett - The Glennie School Cooper Mollenhauer - Murgon State High School Alexander Tini - St Joseph's College (Toowoomba)

PERCUSSION

Isaak Bliesner - Dalby State High School Grant Dolbel - Chinchilla State High School Luciana Flowers - Downlands College Matthew Morgan - Centenary Heights State High School Myles Robinson - Downlands College Tiana Skinner - Centenary Heights State High School

YOUNG CONSERVATORIUM Young Conservatorium recognises talent and we delight in nurturing it, engaging young musicians through to adulthood. All our ensembles, classes and individual tuition are held at the Queensland Conservatorium.

EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC The Early Childhood Music program creates a fun and engaging musical learning environment for infants and children, with their parents or caregivers involved. Suitable for children between 2 – 5 years of age.

YOUNG BEGINNER An introduction to practical instrumental music, the Young Beginner program is the natural offshoot of the Young Conservatorium’s Early Childhood Music activities. Suitable for children between 5 – 7 years of age.

INDIVIDUAL TUITION Young Conservatorium provides Individual Tuition to students of all levels, from absolute beginner to those preparing for tertiary entry, in both classical and contemporary styles.

LARGE/ SMALL ENSEMBLES Ensembles are not just about performance but also about learning. Young Conservatorium prides itself on the pedagogy that underpins the performance program, especially in the ensemble environment.

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CREDITS Acting Director, Head of Ensembles & Orchestral Conducting Associate Professor Peter Morris Clinician & Conductor - Wind Ensemble Jeanette Douglas Clinician & Conductor - String Ensemble Lisa Stevenson Clinician & Conductor - Vocal Ensemble Joanne Wright Accompanist - Vocal Ensemble Melissa Buchholz Manager - Open Conservatorium Jason Budge SHEP Project Support Jessica Johnson Heidi Law Yvonne Moore Russell Sullivan Administration Officer - Open Conservatorium Lisa Dart Administration Officer - Young Conservatorium Kevin Edwards Administration Officer - SHEP Michelle Stewart Music Librarian - Open Conservatorium Bianca Murphy Marketing Officer - Open Conservatorium Zehra Rabbani

SHEP DARLING DOWNS SCHOOLS REPRESENTED Centenary Heights State High School Chinchilla State High School Concordia Lutheran College Dalby State High School Downlands College Fairholme College Highfields State Secondary College Highlands Christian College Kingaroy State High School Lourdes Hill College Mary MacKillop Catholic College (Highfields) Monto State High School Murgon State High School St Brendan's College (Yeppoon) St John's Lutheran School (Kingaroy) St Joseph's College (Toowoomba) St Mary's College (Toowoomba) St Ursula's College (Toowoomba) The Glennie School Toowoomba Anglican School Toowoomba Grammar School

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