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The Arts

Music

The MGHS Music faculty offers students a wide variety of experiences through classroom and extra-curricular activities from years 8 to 12, with a strong focus on performance and the development of well rounded musicians.

Recording Studio

Our Music suite includes an Industry Standard recording studio. Students studying music from year 9 onwards are provided with the knowledge and skills to be able to successfully record, mix and produce their own music product.

Instrumental Tuition

Selected students are offered free small group instrumental tuition through the IMS (DECS Instrumental Music Service) and through qualified instrumental instructors provided by the school. Tuition is offered in Woodwind, Brass, String and Rhythm Section instruments.

The school has a selection of instruments available for hire at a subsidised rate for students receiving tuition through the school.

MGHS Concert Band

The MGHS Concert Band (with strings!) formed in 2007 and has a current membership of around 20 students. The Concert Band rehearses after school on Wednesdays from 3:30 until 5pm. All instrumentalists (including string players) welcome.

MGHS Vocal Ensemble

The MGHS Vocal Ensemble rehearses two lunchtimes a week. In 2007 a small selection of students from the Vocal Ensemble performed with the MGHS Concert Band as part of the national Music! Count Us In! promotion. Entry is by audition.

Performance Opportunities

Music students participate in regular performances with audiences including their class peers, the whole school community at assemblies as well as wider community performances for organizations like Rotary and Probus. Biannually students are also able to audition to be part of the MGHS Theatre Production Band which accompanies the school musical. A highlight of the school performing year is Presentation and Performance Evening held at the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre in Term 4.

The newly constructed Amphitheatre (complete with 3 phase power!) provides an ideal performance arena for lunch time performances by current and past students as well as visiting guest artists.

Senior School Music

At Year 12 level students are able to undertake studies in the following SSABSA courses:

  • Composing and Arranging
  • Musicianship
  • Music In Context
  • Solo Performance
  • Ensemble Performance
  • Performance Special Study

Music Staff

Sheree Whitmore

A past student of MGHS, Sheree began fulltime classroom teaching at MGHS in 2006 after completing a Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Teaching at the University of New England in NSW. Sheree is a member of the International Golden Key Society.

Focus Areas: Music Director and Conductor for Concert Band, Vocal Ensemble and Theatre Production

Areas of specialty: Piano, Voice, Flute, Composing and Arranging