Congratulations to Year 13 student Rachel Kim of 13WD who competed in the Stand up Stand out Vocal Heats on the 4^th of August at OMAC. She performed an aria from The Barber of Seville, “Una voce poco fa” by Gioacchino Rossini and out of 180 entries she has received news that she has progressed through to the Semi Finals to be held at the Auckland Town Hall on the 3^rd of September.

She is hoping to get into Music School next year to study Classical Voice. She is such a hard working vocalist and is very deserving of this.

Well done Rachel!

In the weekend the NZCBA Festival took place at the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts at the University of Waikato, Hamilton.

The West City Youth Concert Band received a Silver award. Students involved in the West City Youth Concert Band are  Nina Lyon, Sophie Yorke, Theo RobbMarkham, Natalia Noone-Jones, Charlotte Marriot, William Mackrell, Finn Boyack, Saskia Boyack, Ezra Lamdin, Daniel Fa’avae, Ben McIntyre, Riley Ankcorn, Luca Boyack, Elan van Dolleweerd, Benjamin Marriot and Joshua Siaki.

The West City Concert Band received a Gold award and the Royal NZ Navy Band Trophy for an Outstanding Performance by a band. The students involved are Charlotte Marriot and Joshua Siaki. A few of our ex-students are also members of these ensembles – Alex Larking, Jennifer Cox, Jay Huggins, James Marriott, Sang Hyun Kim and Aiden Whyte. 

Congratulations to all involved!

We Are Rutherford!