Taking part in the 41st Otago Secondary Schools Music
Festival at the Dunedin Town Hall last night is the
combined African drum group led by David Grace (stage,
front left). Photo by Jane Dawber.
Zadok the Priest was there.
So were The Simpsons, The Pink Panther and Family Guy.
The Dunedin Town Hall was the place to be last night, to hear
Otago secondary school musicians perform works by composers
ranging from Dvorak and Handel to Danny Elfman and Henry
Mancini.
More than 700 choral and orchestral musicians from 17
secondary schools around Otago crowded on to the stage and
stall area for the 41st Otago Secondary Schools' Music
Festival.
The concert was directed by 10 conductors, including Kaikorai
Valley College head of music Kathy Thompson.
While the sound of the massive orchestra and choir performing
was thrilling, she said the enthusiasm of the musicians
engaging with the music, and each other, was just as
exciting.
"It's very rewarding to draw expression from the musicians
with the stick."
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