BACKMusic Competitions
Auckland Jazz Competition
Our jazz ensembles enjoyed the relaxed vibe of the Pt Chevalier RSA across three weekends for the highly competitive heats and finals of the Auckland Jazz Competition. The results are as follows:
Big Band – Most Outstanding Big Band Award
Big Band – Platinum Award, selected in Top 4 groups for Jazz Band Finals
Jazz Orchestra – Gold Award
Junior Jazz Orchestra – Silver Award
North Sea Combo – Gold Award
Montreux Combo – Gold Award
Stockholm Combo – Gold Award
Copenhagen Combo – Silver Award
Java Combo – Silver Award
Newport Combo – Silver Award
Leverkusen Combo – Silver Award
Manawatu Combo – Bronze Award
KBB Music Festival
A total of nine Rangitoto instrumental ensembles took part in the KBB Music Festival this year—our largest contingent yet—with 12 students selected for the Honours Programme Orchestra and Jazz Band. The results are as follows:
Big Band – Gold Award, and Best Performance of a Swing Chart
Symphony Orchestra – Silver Award
Chamber Orchestra – Silver Award
Jazz Orchestra – Silver Award
Junior Jazz Orchestra – Silver Award
Sinfonia Orchestra – Bronze Award
Concert Band – Bronze Award
Wind Orchestra – Bronze Award
Year 9 Symphonic Band & Chamber Core Music classes – non-competitive
KBB Honours Orchestra
Kimi Chemlev
Elinor Coghlan
Rory Fenwick-Rose
Devon Fenwick-Rose
Samantha Goad
Callum Keer-Keer
Lianne Kim
Allen Li
Angela Ludajic
Daiki Suzuki
Anthony Wang
William Wei
KBB Honours Jazz Band
Frazer Timmis
Big Sing Choral Festival
Four Rangitoto College choirs took part in the Auckland Regional Big Sing on 22 June, with The Fundamentals, Serenata, and The Minuettes gaining Highly Commended awards. Serenata was then selected as one of 12 choirs to take part in the Upper North Island Big Sing Cadenza in August—bringing home a Korimako (Silver) Award and some wonderful memories.
Music Events
Concertos & Cookies
Almost 200 students performed in a packed auditorium at our annual Concertos & Cookies concert on Sunday 25 June. The audience eagerly devoured melt-in-the-mouth cookies (professionally baked, packaged, and labelled by the unbeatable team from Food Technology) and sipped on cups of tea, while enjoying a spectacular smorgasbord of music from our Concert Band, Wind Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Orchestra, and two Chamber Trios. We were delighted to welcome a strong contingent of supporters from Knightsbridge Village, as well as families, friends, and teachers.
A Choral Confection
Our final showcase in the Music Department calendar, A Choral Confection, is always a delightful way to round off our concert series, and this year was no exception. Our audience was issued with confectionery on arrival before being treated to melt-in-the-mouth programmes from our four choral ensembles, interspersed with sweet vocal solos and duos. A highlight of the evening was having a student from each choir conduct their ensemble for one programme item. It seems there are some future choral directors in our midst.
A small selection of photos is included in this publication. To see more photos from events and competitions, please visit the photo albums on our fabulous Facebook page Performing Arts at Rangitoto College. To see videos from many of our events, please visit our YouTube Channel Rangitoto College Music.
