Symphonic Winds are the flagship ensemble at Sheldon College and are called upon to perform at every major school event including Senior Induction, Anzac Day Ceremony, Middle and Senior College Celebration of Excellence and regularly at our weekly assemblies. Their feature performance every year is at our Night at the Movies event.
Wind Ensemble continue to develop their performance skills every year with performances on assembly. Their major performances for the year are at the Sheldon College Arts Festival and Junior College Celebration of Excellence.
Concert Band feature every year on assembly and at our Sheldon College Arts Festival.
Symphony Orchestra brings together our woodwind, brass, percussion and string students together and they perform on assembly, Night at the Movies and the Sheldon College Arts Festival.
Big Band are one of the busiest ensembles at Sheldon College performing regularly at our weekly assemblies and at our annual Jazz Night. They are regularly invited to perform at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Launch Day, Essentially Ellington Festival, Fiesta Latina in Roma Street Parklands, the Manly Jazz Festival and feature at our annual Night at the Movies event.
Soul Band are one of the most popular ensembles at Sheldon College performing regularly on assembly as well as at major events such as our Contemporary Music Night, Arts Academy Awards Dinner, Sports Awards Dinner, Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Launch Day, Bond University Open Day and Night at the Movies.
Tension perform regularly on assembly as well at major events such as our Contemporary Music Night and Night at the Movies.
Rock Band are very popular at Sheldon College performing regularly on assembly as well as at our Contemporary Music Night, Night at the Movies and Sheldon College Arts Festival.
Sheldon Strings perform regularly on assembly as well as at special occasions such as Anzac Day Assembly and Night at the Movies. They also feature at the Sheldon College Arts Festival.
Percussion Ensemble I and II are both extremely successful and busy ensembles with regular assembly performances as well as performances at major events such as Night at the Movies and Middle and Senior College Celebration of Excellence. Both ensembles travel interstate every year to compete at the Australian Percussion Eisteddfod where they have both taken out several National Titles.
Percussion Ensemble III performs regularly on assembly and compete regularly at the QLD Percussive Arts Eisteddfod where they have taken out first place on several occasions. This ensemble also features at the Junior College Celebration of Excellence and Sheldon College Arts Festival.
Drumline I feature every year at the Cleveland Anzac Day Parade. They also perform yearly at the Royal National Agricultural Show (RNA) and travel interstate to compete at the National Drumline Competition where they have won the National title on a couple of occasions.
Drumline II perform regularly on assembly as well as at the annual Sheldon College Sports Awards. They also feature at the Sheldon College Arts Festival every year.
Clarinet Quintet, Flute Choir and Sax Quartet perform regularly on assembly and feature at our annual Night at the Movies event.
Senior College Choral is often called upon to perform at most major school events including Senior Induction, ANZAC Day, Middle and Senior College Celebration of Excellence as well as performing regularly at our weekly College assemblies. They also feature each year at our Night at the Movies.
Eve is one of our most popular choirs and is made up of our most talented Senior College female vocal students and is audition based. This choir often perform at major school events including Senior Induction, ANZAC Day, Middle and Senior College Celebration of Excellence, Night at the Movies and our yearly Jazz Night and perform regularly at our weekly College assemblies. They have also over the years performed at many high profile external events which has provided the students with some real life experiences in a professional setting.
Top Gun is our all male senior choir and they perform each year at Night at the Movies as well as regular weekly College assemblies. They often will also perform at some of the College’s major events including Middle and SeniorCollege Celebration of Excellence.
Middle College Choral is made up of our Middle College male students (also known as Cap Guns) and Middle College female students (also known as Voiceworx). Performances for these groups will sometimes be on an individual basis i.e. Voiceworx or Cap Guns but they will also perform at many College events as a combined choir (Middle College Choral). The group will perform at our Night at the Movies and Junior College Celebration of Excellence and at regular weekly Assemblies. They also feature at the Sheldon College Arts Festival.
Dawn is an all female Middle College Choir and is made up of our most proficient female singers from Middle College and is audition based. They perform at our regular weekly assemblies and also feature at the Sheldon College Arts Festival.
Junior Choirs are open to all Junior College students from Years 1 – 4 as an extension of their classroom music and they feature at our regular weekly College assemblies. At various other major College events some of the groups will perform an these include Grandparents and Special Friends Day, Junior College Celebration of Excellence and Year 1 Spring Spectacular. They also feature at the Sheldon College Arts Festival.