GPS

Music

Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, 16 Russell Street, Southbank

7pm - 8.30pm

Thursday 14 May 2009

10th Anniversary Gala Performance

Host School Welcome Headmaster, Brisbane Boys’ College - Graeme McDonald

Concert Band Conductor - Paul Kopetz (ACGS) Manager - Malcolm Liddell (ACGS) El Camino Real - A Latin Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alfred Reed Cloudburst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Whitacre

History of GPS Music Day Former Head of Music, St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace - Yvonne Carr

Choir Conductor - Stuart Quill (BBC) Manager - Emma Carey (BBC) Accompanist - David Murree-Allen (BBC) How Can I Keep From Singing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional, arr Bradley Ellingboe Harry Redford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music and Lyrics by Stephen Leek You Raise Me Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music and Lyrics by Graham and Lovland, arr Roger Emerson You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music and Lyrics by Mann, Weil and Spector, arr Kirby Shaw

Symphony Orchestra Conductor - Bradley Voltz (NC) Manager - Adam Manning (NC) Highlights from West Side Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Bernstein, arr Frederick Muller The Sound of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, arr Robert Russell Bennett

Vote of Thanks Captain of Music, Brisbane Boys’ College - Jackson Scott

Closing Comments

Headmaster, Nudgee College and Chairman GPS 2009 - Daryl Hanly

Symphony Orchestra Finale Pirates of the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music by Klaus Badelt, arr Ted Ricketts

2009 10th Anniversary Gala Performance

GPS Music Day

GPS Choir

Tenor 1 Oliver Chen BBC Ben Gibson BBC Patrick Grant BBC Douglas Kelly BBC Nicholas Thomas BBC Stephen Tilbury BBC Chris Barker BGS Andrew Justo BGS Sam Nelson NC Ben Byron TGS Jack Devine TGS Brendan Gay TGS Elliott Meelen TGS Tom Steel TGS Max Grant TSS Chris Withers TSS Tenor 2 Connor D'Netto ACGS Samuel Grey ACGS Oliver Harvey BBC Cameron Lee BBC Jackson Lorrigan BBC Kristian Roche BBC

Toby Thomas BBC Samuel Cherian BGS Conall Batch BSHS William Ming GT Daniel Wharton GT Reuben Strydom IGS Scott Byron TGS Harrison Greig TGS David Pietsch TGS Raymond Stewart TGS Oliver McDonald TSS

Bass 1 David Cheel BBC David Conrad BBC Shay Debney BBC William Lai BBC Michael Williams BBC Peter Connolly BGS Michael Jeon BGS Liam Maguire GT Alex Clark IGS Thomas Massey IGS Sorogo Mills NC Guy Stacey NC

Scott Haddon TGS Michael Gullota TSS Kaisei Iwano TSS Michael Schachtel TSS Ory Walker TSS Bass 2 Charles Cunningham BBC Tim Noreiks BBC John Pitty BBC Jack Spicer BBC Jason Wang BBC Anthony Kang BGS Daniel Lowe BGS Nicolas Consiglio GT Lachlan Airey GT Liam Klemenc GT Michael Longland GT Hamish Nicholson GT Ben Norman GT Conor Ensor IGS Richard Tank IGS Gottlieb Janse Van Rensburg TGS Jacob Rix TSS

Stuart Quill is the current Head of Music at Brisbane Boys’ College. He trained at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music completing a Bachelor of Music (Vocal) in 1995. In 1996 Stuart completed a Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Queensland and since then has taught in schools in both the public and private sectors.

Stuart has also sung with Opera Queensland (OQ) since 1994 as both a chorus member and principal artist. He covered the role of Zuniga from Bizet’s “Carmen” and played the role of Customs Sergeant in the 2007 OQ production of “La Boheme”.

Stuart has conducted a range of school and community choirs and in 2001 the Bremer Chamber Singers, under his direction, won the Choral Fanfare, a competition for state schools from around Queensland. He enjoys working with his church choir which regularly performs at retirement villages and for the church’s community. GPS Choir Staff and Tutors Stuart Quill - Conductor (BBC), Emma Carey - Manager (BBC), David Murree-Allen - Accompanist (BBC), Peter Ingram (BGS), Sally Lockett (TSS), Neil Roche-Kelly (TGS), Brett Holland (BBC)

GPS Concert Band

Piccolo / Flute Sophie Hartley BSHS Flute Michael Gallegos TSS

Bella Nguyen BSHS Max Ward ACGS Alfred Li TSS George Kennedy ACGS Antoine Muller BBC William Davey IGS

Oboe Oliver Cook ACGS

Carrie Zhang BSHS

Bassoon Wesley Ho BSHS Tae Hoon Kim TSS

Clarinet Steven Lee ACGS

Steven Thornely TGS Justinius Luhur BGS Naomi Paxton BSHS David Lewis GT Ben Campbell BGS Donny Ha ACGS Anita Rai BSHS Ben Van Haeringen BGS Richard Shaw TSS Josh Perring TSS Jay Davis BBC

Eb Alto Clarinet Patrick Griffin ACGS Bass Clarinet Rebecca Bland BSHS

Matthew Rodgers GT

Alto Saxophone Vanessa Mylrea BSHS Samuel O’Brien GT Ray Watanabe TSS Roisin Batch BSHS

Tenor Saxophone Jeremy Peacock TGS Isaac Vincent BBC Alex Cocco TSS

Baritone Saxophone Christopher Munro TSS French Horn Emma Gregan BSHS

Emily Newham BSHS Kate Smith BSHS Felix Yu BGS

Trumpet Andrew McDougall BBC

Stephen Rydon TSS Jonathan Ringrose ACGS Will Kuhnemann ACGS Gareth Jones GT Nicholas Anderson ACGS

Trombone Chris Hart BGS

Jonathan Ho GT Henry Cunningham BBC Michael Todman ACGS

Bass Trombone Tom Shaw TSS Tuba Luke Cocco TSS

Mr Bill Barker

Double Bass Jake Platen TGS Piano Damon Li TGS Percussion Joni Levine BGS Viva Paxton BSHS Samuel Eames BSHS Lachlan Hawkins BSHS

Sam Williams TSS Oliver Burgess ACGS Luke Donaldson BSHS

Off-Stage Christopher Dyer ACGS Percussion James Deng IGS George Wilson ACGS Oliver Burgess ACGS Luke Donaldson BSHS Toby Jukes ACGS Harry Journeaux ACGS George Tutt ACGS

Paul Kopetz has been involved in music since the age of 6. He has completed studies in clarinet/bass clarinet and composition at the University of Melbourne (Bachelor of Music), the Victorian College of the Arts (Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance) and the Rotterdam Conservatorium, gaining his Uitvoerend Musicus on bass clarinet with honours.

Since 1995 Paul has developed a reputation as an active instrumentalist, arranger, conductor, adjudicator and educator. In recent years his engagements have included appearances as the Principal Bass Clarinettist with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, performances with the Astra Chamber Music Society, The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, as well as recording sessions for radio and film such as “Babe”, “In a Savage Land”, “My Brother Jack” and “Tempted”. He has also recorded for IMAX and the Naxos label. In 2004, 2007 and 2008 Paul participated in the Symphony Australia Conductor Development Program where he worked with Graham Abbott, Christopher Seaman and Brett Kelly.

Over the last 3 years Paul has been involved in music theatre productions, in arranging and composing for various ensembles and has focused on his work as Head of Instrumental Studies and the Band Program at Churchie. Paul feels greatly honoured to be leading the GPS Concert Band in this 10th year of GPS Music.

GPS Concert Band Staff and Tutors Paul Kopetz - Conductor (ACGS), Malcolm Liddell - Manager (ACGS), Jason Goopy (BBC), Angela McLaren (pre-service teacher BBC), Oscar Garrido (Courtesy of Qld Orchestra), Bryony MacGillivray (ACGS), Jonathan Farquhar, Andrew Eunson (TGS), Ysolt Clarke (QCM), Brad Esbenson (GT), Stuart Bent (ACGS), Bill Barker (BSHS), Brad Ruben (BSHS), Lucas Gordon (BGS), Nadia Steynberg (IGS), Dale Richardson (IGS)

GPS Symphony Orchestra

Violin I Concertmaster Paul Shaw BGS

Yu Wei Wang BSHS James Gibney ACGS Harrison Gray BGS Kentaro Koido TSS Alex Chin BGS Adam McMillan BBC Andrew Hathway BBC Robert van Gend TGS Chris Murray BGS Minnie Hong BSHS David Je BGS Kathy Chen BSHS John Yeh BGS Brian Kim ACGS Matthew Lo BGS

Violin II Principal Leo Wong ACGS

Harrison Thiele BGS Thomas Riethmuller ACGS Julius Moller BGS Andrew Lee GT Tom Alcorn BGS Hamish Irvine BBC Frederick Au BGS Fraser Irvine BBC Matthew Backstrom BGS William Nicol BBC Jonathan Hickey ACGS Arda Yilmaz BBC Darcy Kay BSHS Nicholas Lee BBC Angus Gibson BBC

Viola Principal David Yap BGS

Ben Kefford BGS Eli Vincent BBC Edwin Walker TSS Harley Gresham BGS Conor Claffey GT Michael Li BGS Alexander Prior BGS Thomas Sprenger GT Travis Irons TSS Lyndal Morrison BSHS Henry Justo BGS James Barton BBC Julius Kebby ACGS

Cello Principal Oliver Scott BSHS

Cassandra Hansen BSHS James Alcorn BGS Allister Lee BGS Olivia Thurecht BSHS Andrew Shen BGS Gilbert Chen ACGS Tom Arnold BGS Toby Schmidt ACGS Jacob Olander BGS Hamish McSorley GT Chris Clur BBC Matthew Evans BBC David Park BBC

Bass Principal Tolly Woodham BBC

Tahj Rosmarin BGS David Cowley BBC Matthew van de Poll BBC Declan O'Hagan ACGS Nicholas Biggs ACGS

Flute Shelly Lee BSHS Alan Wan BGS Christine Chang BSHS

Oboe Stephanie Dixon BSHS Michael Coyne BGS

Clarinet Courtney Sharp-Jones BBC Jackson Scott BBC

Bassoon Grace Branjerdporn BSHS Jiaoying Wang BSHS

French Horn Alex Miller TGS Ben Messenger BBC Louis Peake BBC

Trumpet Ryan Isaacs IGS Ben Morris BGS William Yaxley BGS

Trombone Matthew Simpson BSHS Robert Cumming BBC Aiden Morris BBC

Tuba Kieran Eames BBC

Percussion Harry Miller ACGS Long Dinh BGS Lachlan Neate BBC Alexander James BBC

Bradley Voltz has conducted the Third Queensland Youth Orchestra since 1998. He holds a Masters degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Other post-graduate studies include a Graduate Diploma of Music (Performance) (QCM), Graduate Diploma in Further Education and Training (USQ) and a Graduate Certificate in Music Technology (GU). In 1988 he was awarded the prestigious Hugh Neville Smith Scholarship for overseas study. The following year Bradley attended conducting master classes under Sergio Celibedache in Germany and studied with Ezra Rachlin in London. Bradley has performed as a freelance pianist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Youth Choir, and for the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in productions of “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying”, “The Pirates of Penzance” and “The Sound of Music". He has appeared as both conductor and soloist for the University of Queensland Musical Society and the St Lucia Orchestra. Bradley was Instrumental Coordinator at St Laurence’s College from 1991 to 1997. In 1998 he was appointed Director of Music at Cannon Hill Anglican College, a position he held for six years. Bradley is currently Head of Music at St Joseph’s Nudgee College. Bradley is a seasonal lecturer for the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music and a member of the Board of Examiners of the Australian Music Examinations Board. GPS Orchestra Staff and Tutors Bradley Voltz - Conductor (NC), Adam Manning - Manager (NC), Theo Kotzas (BBC), Bevan Messenger (BBC), Stephen Chin (BGS), Domenica Kelly (GT), Bruce Davidson (TSS), Alex Moran (ACGS), Meg Robson (BSHS), Claire Petherick (TSS), Rob Cooke (TSS)

History of GPS Music Concerts Since its inception in 1999, each of the schools in the Association has been privileged to host this key event in the GPS calendar. The Gold Coast Arts Centre, the Old Museum, the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba, the Ipswich Civic Centre and the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (Southbank) have all been splendid venues for this magnificent celebration of music in our schools.

The objectives of the GPS Music Day are to: · celebrate and promote the musical talent of our students and staff · develop a sense of community amongst all the music staff and students in our GPS schools · provide a challenging musical experience in a workshop-style day · create an opportunity for students and staff to work with a noted guest conductor · allow students to showcase their musical talents in a Grand Concert forum

We have been fortunate to have enjoyed the involvement of many dedicated staff, tutors and professional musicians who have contributed enormously to the musical development of our students since the inaugural event. Many former students would attest to the fact that their participation in this day was a rewarding and memorable experience. Tonight, in our 10th Anniversary year, we come together once again to celebrate the achievements of the many talented staff and students in our schools who have made this event such an outstanding highlight in the GPS calendar. May the tradition of excellence continue for many years to come.

Acknowledgements The success of GPS Music Day relies on the dedication of many people. We gratefully acknowledge the efforts and contributions of the many music staff, tutors, administrative staff and other personnel who have helped make the event a success, with a special mention to the GPS Music Sub-Committee members:

Chair Peter Todd (NC) ACGS Stephen Stanfield BBC Stuart Quill BGS Peter Ingram BSHS Karin Kuno GT Barry Bobart IGS Nadia Steynberg NC Bradley Voltz TSS Robert Cooke TGS Neil Roche-Kelly

Venues: Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium, Old Museum Building and Brisbane Boys’ College

Pre-Show Entertainers Manager - Karin Kuno (BSHS)

Andrew Fraser BBC Lyndon Buchanan BSHS Dan Stephen GT Sam Gordon BBC Lyle Frazer BSHS Alex Barnett IGS Matt Schulz BBC Nick Allen-Ducat GT Conor Hill IGS Jack Spicer BBC Laurence Barber GT Adam Shaw IGS Asja Taylor BSHS James Barrett GT Yannick Grams TGS Davina Flynn BSHS Tim Crouch GT Jacob Gundry TGS Bridgette Hungerford BSHS Tom Hutchins GT Daniel Goodman TGS