6 May 2019

Seventeen of Melbourne’s Catholic secondary schools travelled to Mount Gambier, South Australia, to make music at Generations in Jazz 2019.

The annual jazz event includes music competitions, with 1400 students from schools around Australia competing in vocal and band divisions. Individual students are also selected to be part of a series of ‘superbands’. Congratulations to all of our students for representing their schools so well.

• Walter Saluni, St Bede’s College, Mentone

Vocal ensemble awards

• Aquinas College, Ringwood (Division 1 small: third place)
• St Bede’s College, Mentone (Division 4: equal third place)

• Genazzano FCJ College, Kew (Division 3.1: first place)
• Siena College, Camberwell (Division 3.2: first place)
• Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill (Division 4.3: first place)
• Killester College, Springvale (Division 4.3: third place)

Division 2 Superband

• Max Kelly, Xavier College, Kew (alto saxophone)
• Tarquin Bishop, Xavier College, Kew (trumpet)
• Jack O’Brien, St Kevin’s College, Toorak (trombone)

Division 3 Superband

• Genevieve Kuner, Genazzano FCJ College, Kew (alto saxophone)
• Celina Maderski, Siena College, Camberwell (baritone saxophone)
• Elena Murphy, Genazzano FCJ College, Kew (trombone)

Division 4 Superband

• Simon Vitelli, St Bernard’s College, Essendon (trumpet)
• Mel Veprek, Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill (trumpet)
• Emma O’Brien, Genazzano FCJ College, Kew (trumpet)
• Nicola Gaudion, Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill (trombone)
• Megan Debolfo, Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill (trombone)
• Max Villella, St Monica’s College, Epping (guitar)
• Bianca Gaudion, Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill (percussion)