Sensational performances

Lithgow Show 2013 highligts

Two Mitchell Conservatorium students performed at the recent Lithgow Show on Saturday 16 March to very appreciative audiences.

Silas Burbank , electric guitar, played a number of well known pop tunes as well as improvisations of classical standards such as Bach’s Toccata & Fugue. One audience member stated “ He was so good that I thought it was a recording until I looked into the stage area and saw this young boy playing. Absolutely amazing!” Silas used his effects pedal to add extra variations to his music and demonstrate his skills of improvisation.

Mitchell Conservatorium student Callum Woodrow

Callum Woodrow also entertained a large and appreciative audience with his skills on the xylophone. Playing pieces such as Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Flight of the Bumble Bee and 1st movement of a Mozart violin concerto, Callum demonstrated his ability to play pieces with vastly different tempos and which used the entire keyboard of his instrument. He mesmerised the audience with the speed of his mallets which at times appeared to be no more than a blur.

Well done to both musicians, your performances were fantastic!