December 1966 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1966

December, 1966

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

ORCHESTRA NOTES This year, enthusiasm shown by the members, especially the Second Formers, has contributed considerably to the success of the Orchestra and has laid a firm foundation for future years . It is hoped that the wind instrument section will continue to grow. 1966 has been both interesting and gratifying for the rn,em- bers. The School Orchestra was invited to play at the Goethe Society Evening when it performed "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" by Gluck. This piece was also selected as the Orches- tral item for School Day. On this occasion a Sixth form String Quintet delighted an audience with its playing of three Italian works. At the present time the Orchestra is practising Hayden's "Toy Symphony" for Speech Night. Members of the Orchestra are indebted to Miss Cormack for her untiring guidance and encouragement in developing this important part of school life, and thank her. To the Sixth Formers, Inge Budtz-Olsen, Susan Dow, Bar- bara Endacott, Helen Eustace, Nancy Ernst and Daisy Ong we wish success in the Senior examination and happiness in their future career·s. - NANCY ERNST MADRIGAL CHOIR NOTES Our Madrigal Choir was formed three years ago, but it has really gone ahead this year. Its numbers have increased to thirty- five, mainly Second-Formers, although there are a few s,;-.attered Thirds and Fourths. We are called the Madrigal Choir, but this does not limit us to singing only unaccompanied works. Our "repertoire" also includes songs accompanied by the piano. Again this year, we took part in the Musical programme on School Day. Our songs were all accompanied this time and in- cluded settings of William Blake's poems , "Jerusalem" and "The Tiger" . During Second Term, we marched along to Finance House to be auditioned for a broadcast with the A.B.C. We were con- sidered good enough to go back in October to record our songs for broadcast on November 3rd. The Madrigals we chose for the occasion were "Though Philomela Lost Her Love", "The Fal- coners' Song", "Now is the Month of Maying", and a rourid, "Follow Me to the Greenwood Tree". We felt quite honoured to be asked to make the broadcast, and every one of us found it a very interesting and enjoyable experience. Now that this excitement is over, we are settling down to prepare some Christmas Carols and Madrigals for Speech Night. The year 1966 has been a progressive one for the Madrigal 43

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