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A FESTIVAL OF THREE CONCERTS ENTHRALS AUDIENCES
500 MUSICIANS
The Autumn Concert Series is the first main musical event of the year . As preparation , the annual Choir Camp took place at the start of Term 2 , involving nearly 200 boys . The Choir Camp has been an annual event since 1995 , and involves three days of intense training , under the meticulous direction of Andrew Hunter . The Autumn Season is really a festival of three concerts , featuring some 500 performers across 15 ensembles . It is strongly supported by the Music Auxiliary , which started the concert ( then known as the May Concert ) some 50 years ago . There were some notable solos with Jifan Liu giving an outstanding performance of the notoriously difficult concerto for saxophone by Glazounov , ably accompanied by the orchestra , and Benji Scott as soloist in the College Choir ’ s performance of Blue Skies . All concerts were well attended , and our thanks go to Caroline Taylor and the other members of the Music Auxiliary for helping to make the festival such a special event .
Our Show Band , under Megan Philips , and Stage Band , directed by Chris Farrands , went to Mount Gambier and the annual Generations in Jazz festival . Owing to COVID , the festival had been cancelled for three years , and so this was the first experience of this notable festival for a large number of boys . The festival is huge and involves thousands of students from across Australia . Our bands performed convincingly and we also heard some exceptional performances from other students and professional ensembles .
ALEX PROCTOR ( TENOR SAXOPHONE SOLOIST ) WITH THE STAGE BAND , DIRECTED BY CHRIS FARRANDS .
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RYAN ZHANG TAKES A BOW AFTER PERFORMING WEBER ’ S CLARINET CONCERTO NO 2 WITH THE
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY DR FERGUSON