English Choir
The Founders’ Day Service this year heard the school chapel resonate to the sounds of ‘The Beauty of the Earth’ and many more haunting and beautiful hymns.
This year, the schools under the C.M.S Governing Body celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the arrival of the C.M.S Missionaries in Sri Lanka with a concert. The schools that participated in this event were Hillwood College, Chundikuli Girls’ School, Mowbray College, St. John’s College Jaffna and Ladies’ College.
English Solo Singing Competition
At the annual English Solo Singing Competition, the Junior Competition ended with Danelle Toussaint in the first place, Malinthie de Silva in second place and Hiranya Fernando in third place. In the senior competition, Seneli Premeratne was placed first while Yeshaya Perera and Anagi Gunasekara were placed second and third respectively.
The senior choir was also invited to participate in a program organized by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation radio network for the Maundy Thursday broadcast. This program comprised of 3 songs performed by the Choir along with 2 bible reading by the SCM President and Vice President and a sermon by Rev. Melvin de Silva.
The Senior Choir also performed ‘church without walls’ for the Confirmation Service and ‘I Will Follow Him’ for the Valedictory Service.
The Senior Choir was also invited to take part in a choir festival called ‘Eclectic’ which was hosted by Methodist College and, as always, Festival of Choirs, hosted by Royal College. We were also fortunate with a visit from the Indonesian and Indian choirs conducted by Rohan and Ishan de Lanerolle, who displayed breathtaking performances of gospel and contemporary music.
As the year started coming to a close the Senior choir started rehearsing for the last two events of the year- the Prize Giving and the Carol Service.
Sinhala Choir
We started off the year by performing at the Founders’ Day celebrations.
The Annual Inter-House Solo Singing Competition
The Annual Inter-House Solo Singing Competition provided amateur singers the opportunity to reach new heights. The theme for this year was ‘Lama Geetha’ for the junior category and ‘Clarence Wijewardena’ for the senior category. Tanushri Kaluarachchi, Hiranya Fernando and Malinthi de Silva were placed first, second and third respectively in the junior category, while Safa Suby, Michelle Senevirante and Mithahasini Ratnayaka were placed first, second and third in the senior category.
Inter House Sinhala Choral Singing Competition
At the Inter House, Sinhala Choral Singing Competition Whitney House emerged as the champion, followed by Dale House and Loos House in second and third place respectively.
The choristers entertained an enthusiastic and appreciative audience with yet another medley of Clarence Wijewardena songs at “Dynamic”, an interschool music day organized by the school Music Circle.
2023
There are 45 students in the Sinhala Choir and 17 students joined this year.
Participate Events
- 10th January 2023 - Founder's Day - "Oba Piya" was sung
- 30th March 2023 - Sinhala Solo Singing Competition
- 03rd May 2023 - Sinhala Solo Singing Assembly
- 14th June 2023 - Inter-House Choral Singing Competition
- 31st July 2023 - Band Show “Ridma Gathika ’23”
Upcoming Events to Participate
- 10th October 2023 - Sinhala Day
- YMCA Carol Service
Sinhala Choral Singing Competition
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
Loos
Nixon
Whitney
Dale
Sinhala Solo Singing Competition
3 Tamil students were placed for the first time in the history.
1st Place (Junior)
2nd Place (Senior)
3rd Place (Senior)
Minvili Sivanesarajah
Hyshika Sarawanabavanandan
Minvili Sivanesarajah
The students who got placed are as follows
Junior Category
1st Place
Minvili Sivanesarajah
2nd Place
Teshaya Wijesingha
3rd Place
Serusha Wijesigha
Senior Category
1st Place
Sathini Kulasingha
2nd Place
Hyshika Sarawanabavanandan
3rd Place
Nilaavili Sivanesarajah
Tamil Choir
The year started off with the inter house Tamil Solo Singing Competition.
Kithuja Kiritharan, Vasavi Uthayasooriyan and Akshaya James were placed first, second and third respectively in the junior category. In the senior category Madhuvy Vaithialingam, Vaishnavi Maheswaran and Akshara Balaratnaraja were placed first, second and third respectively.
inter house Tamil Choral Singing Competition,
At the inter-house Tamil Choral Singing Competition, Whitney House emerged as champion followed by Dale House and Loos House in second and third place respectively.
Our choir participated in the All Island Ceylon Tamil day competition and emerged runners up at the Zonal level.
Karnatic Music Competition held by the Royal College, D.S Senanayake College & Hindu College
Our girls also participated in the Karnatic Music Competition held by the Royal College Karnatic Music Society of D.S Senanayake College and Hindu College Colombo and emerged overall winners.
The much-awaited Tamil Day was held during the third term where the Junior and Senior Tamil Choirs participated.
The final event of the year was ‘Dynamic’ organized by the Music Circle Society which included the participation of the Tamil, Sinhala and English choirs.