The Big Bad Big Band Reversing Truck Memorial Jam Schack members (from left) Paxton Hall, Jayden Jesudhass, Isaac Randel, Timothy Hulbe-Pulver, Mathew Schack and Alexander Cameron perform Oliver Nelson’s Stolen Moments, at the Otago District Chamber Music Contest in Dunedin on Saturday. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONWith names like Destenay’s Child, Syringe Toaster, Yeehaw, and The Big Bad Big Band Reversing Truck Memorial Jam Schack, the audience could have been forgiven for thinking they were at a rock concert. They were at the Otago District Round of the Chamber Music Contest at the University of Otago’s Marama Hall on Saturday. The ensembles were among about a dozen from Logan Park High School, Columba College, Otago Boys’ High School, Otago Girls’ High School, Bayfield High School, Kavanagh College and Taieri College, performing music ranging from Handel, Haydn and Mozart, to Shostakovich, Farr and Gershwin. The adjudicator award went to The Real McCoy, and the KBB award went to The Big Bad Big Band Reversing Truck Memorial Jam Schack.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 13, 2021 16:41 UTC