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SCS debuts inspiring podcast with Australia’s biggest names
Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) has launched a brand-new podcast ‘So You Want To Be…’, to inspire listeners by hearing from some of Australia’s most influential and successful people. Each episode explores the lives of household names who are leading their respective fields, providing a rare insight into their unique journeys while sharing incredible advice. In Episode One, Channel Nine’s Georgie Gardner gets season one underway as she reveals what it takes to make it as a journalist, and the scoop on pursuing a career in media. We then explore the remarkable and diverse careers of Colin Fassnidge, Shelley Craft,...
Meet the Maestros: Monique O’Dea
‘Meet the Maestros’ is a series of articles that celebrates the diverse professional talent and musical expertise of Sydney Catholic Schools’ Amadeus Music Education Program tutors. Here the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s principal violist, Monique O’Dea, shares her journey to the Amadeus classroom. While growing up in Adelaide, Monique O’Dea was scouted at a piano concert by a violin teacher who thought she’d do well with the instrument. “I’ll never forget my first violin lesson,” she said. “I walked into my lesson with Mum – we had matching dresses on – and it was so exciting. I never looked...
Meet the maestros: Mark Brown
Meet the Maestros: Mark Brown ‘Meet the Maestros’ is a series of articles that celebrates the diverse professional talent and musical expertise of Sydney Catholic Schools’ Amadeus Music Education Program tutors. Here trombonist Mark Brown shares his journey from The Metropolitan Orchestra and cruise ships to the Amadeus classroom. Former band master at St Patrick's College Sutherland, Mark Brown, remembers going cap in hand to the principal in the early 2000’s hoping it was in the budget to buy a new clarinet. Last year Mr Brown returned to the college – where he was also once a student...
