Recorders played at Opera House

Ettalong Public School joined other NSW schools on June 13 at the Sydney Opera House for the Combined Schools Recorder Ensemble as part of the NSW Public School's Festival of Instrumental Music.

Fourteen Ettalong students were selected for the night to perform in front of hundreds of people "on an instrument accessible to all".

School principal Mr Bob Bourke said the students who represented the school at the concert should be congratulated for their performance.

"I had the pleasure of attending the concert at the Opera House to hear students from our school perform," Mr Bourke said.

"What a venue and what a performance."

The festival also featured the NSW Public School's String Ensemble.

According to Mr Bourke, students had been working hard to prepare for their part in the Ensemble since the beginning of the year.

"To perform in a venue like the Opera House and with other musicians of such high quality will be an experience our students will remember for a long time," Mr Bourke said.

Newsletter, 19 Jun 2007 Bob Bourke, Ettalong Public School