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from the senior school possible by Dr Yves Jaffrès, a world authority on Corrette from Lyon in France, with whom I have had a continuous, happy collaboration since the mid 1990s. (We are currently working upon an edition of Corrette’s organ book of 1787, the last organ works published in France prior to the French Revolution.) The choice of a Corrette concerto for the inaugural Anthony Wallington concert had several layers of significance, all of which I outlined to Martin in one of our many communications. Corrette held two prestigious posts as organist in Paris: one of these was at the Jesuit church of St Louis in Paris until 1764 when the Order was expelled from France by Louis XV. Corrette was a pedagogue par excellence: with no fewer than seventeen published music teaching methods to his credit, spanning a wide range of musical instruments from the violin to the hurdy-gurdy. These concertos would have certainly involved his students during the weekly music-making soirées at his residence. Why not have Old Boys of the College and current students, perform such a concerto at the Anthony Wallington concert? Moreover, there was a third, valid element: the chapel is a Jesuit one. Martin was totally convinced of the rationale of all this and the result was a successful performance of the sixth concerto in D Minor which was scored for three violins, viola, cello, flute and organ. Towards the end of 2005, I had a phone call from the Director of Music at the College, Michael Hissey, which resulted in a hand-picked group of musicians: James Zwar (Violin I), Alex Smith (Violin II), Jonathan Chan (Violin III), Cameron Hissey (Viola – SAC 2005), Angus Ryan (Cello – SAC 2005) and Findley Hipkin (Flute). Cameron Hissey would be the recording engineer and editor, and James Goldrick (SAC 2005), former organ scholar, gladly accepted the invitation to be my assistant at the console in addition to being a very valuable second set of ears. James Dixon (SAC 2004), another former organ scholar, became the convenor of musicians and had arranged the first meeting in the January holidays. The synergy of this group exceeded my expectations. I must confess that I have rarely experienced the joy of performing with such a dynamic group of young players. I sincerely feel that a prayer was answered and I am convinced that this project was being divinely guided. On the evening of Sunday 5 February, we had successfully recorded Concertos no. 2, 3 and 6 all within two hours. Ever conscious that the students had just started a new school year and with the time-consuming commitments of Jesus Chris Superstar looming, I judiciously decided to record the remaining three concertos as organ solos, an option which Corrette specified in his preface. As ‘filler items’ on this CD, I have chosen a small selection of works from Corrette’s 1756 organ book, none of which has ever been recorded. The Létourneau op 22 organ in the College Chapel is truly a ‘Rolls Royce instrument’ and speaks with the requisite French accent! These musical gems are as enjoyable to play as they are to St Aloysius’ College A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 listen to. For those who are unfamiliar with the organ and its vast repertoire, let these works speak for themselves and transport the listener to a bygone era. Mr Pastór de Lasala (SAC 1975) Copies of the CD are available from the College Development Office (tel: 02 9922 1177) for $25 per copy including postage. All funds raised from the sale of the CD will be directed to the Dr Anthony Wallington (SAC 1959) Memorial Music Scholarship. The College is indebted to Pastor and the other Old Boys associated with the production of this fine CD, for their generosity in support of the ongoing promotion of Music at the College and the extraordinary support they have given to the establishment of this Music Scholarship dedicated to the memory of the late Dr Anthony Wallington (SAC 1959). From the Languages Department We have had a very successful year again in the Languages Department with our boys performing exceptionally well in external exams and competitions and having a great deal of fun in their annual Drama Workshop where they participated in drama games and activities using their French to communicate. In Latin our boys did exceptionally well in both exams and competitions. For many of the CLTA Competitions it is our first year of performing or competing and so our boys are showing much potential. A quick summary of our results in Latin are: Latin Reading Competition our Year 9 Team were placed third in the Chorus Section. The Year 9 Team won the Orpheus Award For Encouragement American Classical League Exams. An International Competition Daniel F (Year 8) received full marks in the Introduction to Latin Exam Kieran Kishore (Year 9) won a Gold Medal in the Latin I Section. Joe McKenzie and Ignatius Wilson (both Year 9) were awarded Silver Medals. In the Latin II Section, Peter Robinson and Daniel Lynch (both Year 10) were awarded Gold Medals. In the Prose III Section, Jeremy Marel (Year 11) won a Gold Medal. In Japanese our boys sat for their ACER Examinations which are similar to the NSW University Exams however ACER exams are Australasian exams sat by Japanese students in Australia and New Zealand. Years 9 and 10 sat for the Beginners levels with eighty percent of the boys achieving Distinctions and the remainder being awarded High Distinctions. Year 11 sat for the Intermediate Level with all students being awarded Distinctions. a l o y s i a d / p a g e 1 6
Ms Carmel Amasi and the Year 8 winners In the Haiku Competition, James Yee Joy (Year 10) won a place at the World Children’s Haiku Competition in Matsuyama Shikoku, Japan. We entered a large number of essays in the 24th Australia – Japan Relations Essay Contest. The results will be posted in January 2007 and the winners will be announced in the next edition of The Aloysiad. In French our boys entered various Alliance Française Competitions throughout the year and on November 10 the winners were invited to the Alliance Française in the city to accept their prizes at the official prizegiving ceremony. These competitions are open to all member schools in NSW so the competition is very tough. Ben Weissel at Alliance competition The winners were as follows: In the Year 7 Cézanne Poster Competition, Joelan Wong (Year 7) won third prize and Rory Macken (Year 7) won the Prize for Originality. Luke Jones (Year 8) won second prize and was asked to perform his rendition of Le Dormeur du Val by Jean-Arthur Rimbaud in the Year 8 Poetry Recital Competition. James May (Year 8) and William Craft (Year 8) came equal third in the same competition. Joseph Gaudioso (Year 9) wrote and performed his own poem in the Gueuloir Poétique and took out first prize with Ben Weissel (Year 9) being awarded second prize. In the Le Mans Poster Competition we won first and second prize with Ben Weissel (Year 9) winning first prize and Felix Buddee (Year 9) winning second prize. Felix was then asked to explain to the assembled guests how he had produced his poster Xavier Rahmé (Year 10) won first prize in the Royaume de l’Atlantide Competition where he had to create thirty rules for the country of Atlantis in French as well as do some research on where Atlantis was and what life was like to live in it. Struan Todd (Year 11) won the same Competition in the Senior Division. Felix Buddee at Alliance comp In Year 11 Declan Byrne was invited to sit for the prestigious Laperouse Competition where nineteen Year 11 students are invited to compete after the regular Alliance Française Examinations. These students are the best candidates in the State and whilst Declan did not win the competition he came a brilliant sixth place. Year 9 French winners The regular Alliance Française Examinations were held this year and our winners for each Year Group were as follows: Year 9: Sean Ronzani Year 10: Stephen D’Souza Year 11: Declan Byrne Year 12: Jack O’Donoghue St Aloysius’ College A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 a l o y s i a d / p a g e 1 7
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