MAGS’ musicians did the school proud at the KBB Music Festival, with the Jazz Band winning silver and best performance of a New Zealand work, the Symphony Orchestra winning bronze, and Chamber Orchestra also scoring a bronze. Pictured (L-R) are Symphony Orchestra leaders Anton Aish and Anvilly Huang, who both play cello, and Jazz Band leader Billy McColl, who plays piano/keyboard and timpani.
The Jazz Band won silver and best performance of a New Zealand work written and performed by Salote Fiuloi, Lavinia Fiuloi and Tuiaki Fiuloi, who are current students at MAGS.
The MAGS Symphony Orchestra, which was built in February 2017, grew to 48 students within 6 months and won a bronze award at their first time competing at KBB last week.
The MAGS Chamber Orchestra won a bronze award for their performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings”, Emma Moon’s NZ composition “Serbian Dance”, Saint Saens’ “Danse Bacchanale” and Mozart’s Piano Concerto K414, with Gary He, in Year 12, the piano soloist.
Symphony orchestra conductor Loata Mahe said, “All the students made our school proud and all the magic moments we shared together on stage were priceless.”
Since 1983, the KBB Music Festival has been showcasing the best in secondary school orchestras, concert bands and stage bands in Auckland. The KBB Music Festival sees over 135 groups taking part from more than 50 schools across the greater Auckland region.
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