MUSIC
Colla Voce
Colla Voce is Havelock North High School’s senior
auditioned choir. It is made up of some of the more
senior members of the choir programme at HNHS and
all members are required to have vocal tuition. Colla
Voce sings various SATB pieces sometimes in foreign
languages, ranging from Beethoven and Bach, to
Haydn and Gilbert & Sullivan, as well as more modern
composers and settings of folksongs. Rehearsals are for
two hours after school every Tuesday, with Friday morning sectionals to improve the group’s vocal
abilities further. Occasionally they dabble in a few
Cola Voce
stage movements to add a new flavour to their
Back Row: Whitley Mallory, Nicole Couchman, Jack Roberts, Lucy Bennett, Issie Mills
performances. Led by Mrs Susan Melville, and assisted 2nd Row: Grace Irwin, Teag MacKay, Samuel Frost, Tim Keip, James Rickman, Mrs Susan
by Senior choir leader Chris Clarke, the group performs Melville (Coach) Milne, Aimee Somerville, Christopher Clarke, Sarah-Hope Mil-Curreen, Larissa
Front Row: Anna
at various musical and cultural events for the school,
Kent
including the annual regional Big Sing competition and Absent: Sam McKeever, Anna-Thea Littek
the annual school music fest.
Tim Keip
Concert Band
Back Row: Arran Cargill-Brown, Anna Welch, Hollie Carrington, Georgia Knowles, Sophie
Hooper, Kaiyin Hardy, Bryan Liem
3rd Row: Mr Robbie Cargill (Coach), Larissa Kent, Christopher Clarke, Grace Irwin, Alexandra
Linnell, Jack Roberts, Katelyn van der Gulik, Jessica Richards, Elisha Hartley, Katherine Wicken
2nd Row: Hamish Legarth, Ben Caldwell, Joshua Kent, Teag MacKay, Laurence de Burgh,
Samuel Frost, Tory Carver, Liz Wicken, Tim Keip
Front Row: Meg Kain, Laura Welch, Lucy Bennett, Issie Mills, Emily McPherson, Jessica Ford, Meg
Gallen, Morgan Bowler-Parkin, Alexandra Miller
Concert Band
With an influx of talented junior musicians, in addition
to our more experienced senior players, Concert Band
has thrived this year under the direction of Mr Cargill.
Our repertoire is largely varied, ranging from the vibrant
compilation of tunes in ‘Instant Concert’ to the more traditional ‘River Dance’, to ‘Crystallize’, a dubstep piece by
Lindsay Stirling. Concert Band rehearses every Monday
lunchtime, putting in extra hours when needed, to enable us to reach a high standard. A highlight for the band
was performing at the Fielding Festival of Bands in May,
where our efforts earned us a Gold award, with accomplished Laurence de Burgh taking out
‘Best Soloist’ for his performance of ‘Oblivion’ on the
oboe. With a new selection of music, we welcomed guest
musicians and Colla Voce into the band to
rehearse for the annual Hawkes Bay Festival of Bands.
All members of the band, as well as our guests, put in
a large amount of effort, and this led to us winning ‘Most
Entertaining Band’ for the second year in a row. Once
again, Laurence managed to win ‘Best Soloist’, this time
for his saxophone solo, sharing this feat with the
well-deserving Mr Cargill for his cornet solo. Overall, Concert Band has had a very successful year, and I would
like to thank all members for the effort they have put in,
Mr Cargill for his direction and encouragement, and Mr
Stewart, for his support and leadership.
Jessica Ford