The music department hosted it's annual music competition week with the most entries from students ever. 34 students took part in the heats over the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday competing in the three categories: Beginner (Grade 1-2), Intermediate (Grade 3-5) and Advanced (Grade 6-8).

The standard of entries was fantastic and it was very difficult to decide who progressed from the Heats to the Final. Congratulations to our students who did progress to the Final:

Beginner Category: Max L - Y8 (Piano), Liz H - Y10 (Flute), Martin Z - Y7 (Classical Guitar), Rose N - Y9 (Voice and Guitar), Grace K - Y9 (Clarinet)

Intermediate Category: Reuben R - Y10 (Piano), Iris O - Y10 (Voice), Shaun R - Y9 (Violin), Chloe A - Y10 (Voice), Hazel K - Y8 (Flute), Adelaide B - Y9 (Voice)

Advanced Category: Isabella R - Y10 (Voice), Jack B - Y11 (Piano), Julien H - Y10 (Saxophone), Ben M - Y10 (Voice), Hazel K - Y8 (Piano)

The final was judged by Mr Barton, Mrs Fox, Mr Kellett, Mrs Pickwick and Mr Sheldon. They were delighted to award the following results:

Awards for Musical Connection:

• Most Accurate Performance: Hazel K (Y8)

• Most Energetic Performance: Max L (Y8)

• Most Emotional Performance: Isabella R (Y10)

Category Winners:

• Ensembles Category Winners: Noah P (Y9) and Isaac B (Y9) performing their rendition of Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'

• Beginner Category Winner: Grace K (Y9) performing the 'Theme from Wallace and Gromit' on Clarinet

• Intermediate Category Winner: Shaun R (Y9) performing 'Via Dolorosa' on Violin

• Advanced Category Winner: Jack B (Y11) performing 'New Kid' on Piano 

Congratulations to everyone involved and we look forward to seeing you all compete again next academic year!