2023 Swainson Memorial Music Competition
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
We had a new format for this year's Swainson Memorial Music Competition with performances during the day and a concert for the prizewinners in the evening. Congratulations to all of our performers, what a wonderful day of music and adjudicator Alanna Jones was very impressed by the level of performance. Thank you to our accompanist Emma Sayers and the various students who assisted on the day. We are also very grateful to the Marsden Old Girls' Association for providing the Nell Clere Music Scholarship and to Mrs Kim New for donating the highly commended awards. 

The winners are as follows:

YEAR 7 & 8
Highly Commended – Giorgia Whyte (voice) Y8
Middle School Prize – Wendy Wang (piano) Y8

YEAR 9 & 10
Adjudicator’s Awards – Abigail Hyde (voice) Y10 and Lilja Leppanen (piano) Y10
Highly Commended – Chloe Shi (piano) Y9
Marian Campbell Cup – Carina Gunchenko (piano) Y10

YEAR 11, 12 & 13
Adjudicator’s Award – Lopa Mistry (piano) Y11
Highly Commended – Freya McKeich (cello) Y13
Betty Swainson Memorial Prize – Sage Pettus  (voice) Y12

NELL CLERE SCHOLARSHIP
Highly Commended – Sai Parekh (piano) Y8
The Nell Clere Music Scholarship – Georgia Burley (voice) Y12


Nell Clere Scholarship Winner and Highly Commended


Year Level Winners


Highly Commended


Adjudicator Awards