Mulwala Public School students Kayla Jones, Nevaeh Rosmulder, Dious Montrose, Zali Mathieson, Joshua Inella, Katherine Robertson, Isabel Hargreaves, Natalie Linehan and Brodie Read in the Sydney Town Hall.
Something unique was added this year to the traditional NSW Primary Proms Combined Schools Choir which normally features a combined primary choir of 450 voices comprising Years 3 and 4 students.
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For the first time, a sign language choir comprising 59 students, including nine from Mulwala Public School, also appeared on the program, on Monday, September 19.
The nine Mulwala students joined 50 other signers – from Years 4 to 12 - which included deaf and hard-of-hearing students, as well as interpreters and signing conductors, for a full day-time of rehearsals.
Students then performed, in the evening, I was Here with two vocalists and Evening Star with the entire student singing choir to a sell-out concert in Sydney Town Hall.
Pictured are the two choirs - the 450 singers and 59 signers on the Sydney Town Hall stage. Photo courtesy of Anna Warr Photography.
It was a spectacular night of entertainment, with an overall total of 509 performers on the big Sydney Town Hall stage.
Mulwala students were guided through the learning process by teacher Michelle Rosmulder.
Mrs Rosmulder was “blown away” by the commitment shown by her students throughout the term. “Students dedicated many hours of their own lunchtimes and even a weekend via a zoom session to learn the signs for each song,” she said.
“The Monday rehearsal was long and tiring with many changes, and our students were accommodating and enthusiastic for the whole day.”
A huge thank was expressed by Mrs Rosmulder to the families of the students who drove, flew and caught the train to Sydney to ensure their children were able to perform.
