Combined Talent Quest

Term 4 saw the Awesome Combined Talent Quest. Congratulation to all acts involved.
1st Place Open Arms!!!! Bringing the Jesseallen/Isaac Kim Raukura Trophy back to RBHS.
The place was rocking thanks to the band and the crowd. Highly Commended were Arapeta and Jacob and Bryan and Stefen. Well done!

Pacifica Beats National Final (Auckland)

The National final in Auckland was an Amazing experience for all involved. We stayed in Auckland University Marae and had workshops with well known NZ Musicians such as Ria Hall and Nesian Mystic songwriter. The boys were exceptional and performed with a real passion and enthusiasm. 2ND PLACE IN THE NATION!!!!! Awesome. Such a cool weekend meeting new people and listening to lots of great Music. Well done boys! And the food was Primo!!

Term 3 - Aida Production.

Aida was an absolutely amazing experience for everyone involved. Congratulations to all involved. The final product was absolutely outstanding and quite possibly the best production ever at Rotorua Boys' High School. A huge shout out to the Band who were again ... AMAZING. Awesome stuff guys. A privilege to be part of this great journey.

Pacifica Beats Regional Finals

The start of Term 2 saw an Awesome day out at the Pacifica Beats Regional Finals.
Open Arms (named after the awesome legendary Raukura band back in the day) took out first place with a highly energetic performance. It was so cool for a band from RBHS to finally win this regional event. The band featured: Tawhirimatea Witoko, Wirihana Te Rangi, Lacey Betham, AJ Moke, Terence Apiata, Tuariki Brown, Te Hakaraia Wilson, Te Tauhu Kingi and Arapeta Paea. These guys are the creme of the crop at our school and really performed an outstanding set.
Another band of year 9s named the Kirikino Clan performed really well. The band featured: AJ Kirikino, Jacob Walker, Lenix, Tony Taitua and Leevi Polyblank-Hicks. Well done all boys who performed on the day.

Cliff Curtis Visit

We were lucky to have a famous face visit us in our Year 10 Option Class. Cliff Curtis was at school for the Mike King presentation and decided to pop in. Awesome to be in the company of such a talented and respected actor!

Super 8 Cultural Festival 2014

Also at the start of Term 2 we had a great trip to Napier for the Super 8 Cultural Festival. Both the Music Group and Solists performed very well but unfortunately we could not make the top three in either catergory. It was our Drama boys who were an absolute hit coming in first place along with the Junior Theatresports and Kapa Haka. It was a great trip and all the boys had a wonderful time.

Big Sing Competition 2014

Start of Term Two 2014 saw the Big Sing Competition held at Bethlehem College in Tauranga. Our Choir was placed in the Highly Commended Category and were also awarded the Top Performance of a NZ Song and Best Male Choir. An awesome day out.

Term One Quad Performance

We had a keen group of Level One Music students perform in the Quad recently. It was a great chance for the boys to have a jam and for the rest of the school to experience what our music department is all about.  The music created a great vibe throughout the school and built up nicely to the welcoming of our Te Wero boys back from there adventure. Thanks to the boys who performed and help set up.

Rotorua Boys' High Idol Competition

Well done to all boys who competed in the Idol Competition. 2nd place went to Arapeta Paea, and 1st place went to a talented young man... Madison Makiri. Congratulations Madison!

Itinerant Lessons

Itinerant Lessons have started for the year with full timetables for Mr Breakwell and Mrs Huston. The boys are really enjoying lessons so far and are developing their practical knowledge on their chosen instrument.

School Choir

Our first rehearsal of the Choir with Vocal Tutor Elisha Fai was very impressive and Week 2 was even better. Over 40 boys have shown interest and attended the two practices so far. The goal is to work hard and compete in the National Big Sing Choir Competition.

Classes 2014

We have some great classes in 2014 so far. A great bunch of students in Senior Classes and two Year 10 classes for the first time in 7 or 8 years. The Music Department is growing and I am really proud of all our students who are doing great things already this year.

Our Level 2 and 3 class have started the year by working on a Music Research Assignment. Level 3s choose any Music topic they like and Level 2 have to investigate a NZ Music topic. So far we have a range of topics chosen from Pop Music influence on Kapa Haka to the rise of Lordes and her worldwide success.

Level 1 class are working on the great Joaquin Rodrigo composition Concerto de Aranjuez, focussing primarily on the 2nd Movement Adagio which explores some of the tragedy Rodrigo suffered in his life.

Year 10 are looking at Reggae Music and the history of Jamaican Pop Music and Year 9s are exploring the Music Elements and about to start getting into their Piano and guitar assessments.

An exciting start to the year.

Junior Prizegiving

                         Junior Music students ripping it up at Junior prizegiving 2013... Awesome

                                                  Keegan and Lionel - Sultans of Swing

Aron and Witari... Jazz Trio with Piri