With a shaken up roster of events for the 2021 Eisteddfod due to COVID restrictions, our String and Concert Bands shelved their performances until 2022, so Solos, Duets, Trios & Quartets took to the stage.
Varsity College was very fortunate to have many of our Instrumental Music students performing, with some students being very successful in receiving placings. Well done to all students that performed this year, we hope you enjoyed the experience on stage at Eisteddfod!
We would like to congratulate the following students for the efforts this year at the Gold Coast Eisteddfod:
- Lucia Hwang – 1st Place Woodwind and Brass Solo/2nd Place Woodwind and Brass Solo CHAMPERSHIP Section – Also awarded Most Outstanding Musician in Woodwind and Brass Solos 13 – 15 years Section
- Max Humphrey – 1st Place Non Classical Piano Solo 16 – 20 Years/1st Place 8th Grade Piano Solo/2nd Place 20th Century Composer Piano Solo 15 – 20 years. Max results also qualify him to apply for the ‘Fields of the Arts Foundation’ Artistic Development Grant
- Toby Humphrey – 1st Place Non Classical Solo 12 – 15 years/ 2nd Place 20th Century Piano Solo 14 – 15 years/Highly Commended 5th Grade Piano Solo
- Bernadette Khoo – 1st Place Non Classical Solo 11 years and under/ Highly Commended Piano Solo 11 years/Participated in Grade 6 Solo 20 years and Under
- Isaac & Holly Shelton – Gold Coast Eisteddfod – Trio/ Quartet Open Section – 1st Place
- Susan Ahn, Saskia Knevitt, Ashelynn Song & Jun Park – 1st Place in the Primary School Trio, Quartet, Quintet section
- Jihoo Hwang, Ian Kim, Jason Mao & Jenson Bridge – 2nd Place in the Primary School Trio, Quartet, Quintet section
- Susan Ahn – 1st Place 11 and 12 Years Violin Solo
- Clare Chung – 2nd Place 10 years and under Violin Solo
- Kaito Tanaka – 1st Place Piano Solo Grade 2 20 years and under/3rd Place Piano Solo 9 Years and Under
- Ren Tanaka – 2nd Place Piano Solo 7 years and under
- Chris Park – 3rd Place Piano Solo 16 – 20 years
- Jun Park – 3rd Place Cello/Double Bass Solo 11 to 13 Years
- Ashelynn Song – 3rd Place String Solo 10 years and Under – Highly Recommended in the CHAMPERSHIP Section
- Romeo S-Matsumoto, Holly Shelton, Lucia Hwang, Hanjun Kim – Very Highly Commended in the Trio, Quartet and Quintet 20 years and under
- Callum Byrnes, Chris Park, Aunima Chowdhury, Isaac Shelton – Participated in the Trio, Quartet and Quintet 20 years and under
- Lina McCoy, Daaine Hwang, Sophie Ahn, Lily Clarens – Participated in the Trio, Quartet and Quintet 20 years and under
- Irene Fan – Highly Commended Piano Solo 20 Years and Under
- Isaac Shelton – Piano Solo AmusA/ LmusA section – Highly Commended
- Hank Su – Highly Recommended Grade 3 Piano Solo
- Amali Humphrey – Highly Commended Non Classical piano Solo 11 years and under/ Highly Commended 2nd Grade Piano Solo
- Saffi Ng – Participated in Cello Solo 10 years and Under
- Mia Huang – Highly Commended Piano Solo 9 years and under
- Feifei Huang – Participated in the 8 years and under Piano solo
- Sara Knevitt – Participated in Country Solo (vocal) 16 years and under
- Jenson Bridge – Participated in 10 years and under Cello Solo
- Kaito and Ren Tanaka – Participated in the Piano Duet 12 years and under
Also we have the following students who have participated in another musical events:
- Isabella Rigby – Virtual Performance for the Somerset Festival Young Performance
- Isaac Shelton – 3rd Place QMTA Composers Competition – piano ensemble composition titled Visionary.
- Isaac Shelton and Holly Shelton – Musica Viva National Chamber Competition – Bronze Award/ Chamber Workshop with Marguerite Sopinski and Christa Powell
