Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Sydney
Story filed: Music camp, again
Hi folks. For the last week of the school holidays I attended the Sydney Youth Orchestra winter music camp in Sydney. It was a lot like school - you had to be there by 8.30am and it was held at a school called Santa Sabina College in Strathfield, so yeah like school. I stayed at my aunt's place in Kings Cross. This trip was pretty big for me as I travelled to Sydney on my own. Nothing too special about that, but it's just that normally I'm traveling around the city with my mum but this time I had to make my own way around Sydney. It was a lot easier than I thought. I was in the Red Concert for the camp, which was a mixture of experienced and beginner players. I made it into the SYO winter music camp on trombone but even better I got to play in the SYO orchestra as well. We had to audition to get into that orchestra and as there were only two trombone's that auditioned (me and another guy who I became good friends with during the camp) we both got in. I'm still pretty happy that I got to play in the orchestra as it was the highlight of the week for me. Throughout the week I got to know some other people too but I mainly hung out with the other trombones and one of the trumpeters. For the music sessions, we worked on pieces that we would perform at the final concerts at UTS on Saturday. My favorite piece was the one for the orchestra called Die Fledermaus. The week went really well and so did the concerts and I can't wait to do another SYO music camp.
Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter
