Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School: When All Is Still and Quiet

Students from the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School return for a program of excellence in performance.

Opening with the title work When All Is Still and Quiet, a world premiere commission by Nat Bartsch, presented alongside two recent works from VCASS Alumna Emily Sheppard, Light Bathing and Maatsuyker Keep.

The program includes selections from Jean-Philippe Rameau’s French Baroque opera Les Indes galantes and the entirety of the Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No.5, performed by the VCASS Chorus, Orchestras and Improvisors, under the direction of Mark Shiell, Rachael Beesley, Monica Naselow, Dermot Tutty and Ian Whitehurst.

Students of the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Mark Shiell Conductor
Dermot Tutty Conductor
Rachael Beesley Ensemble Director
Monica Naselow Ensemble Director
Rosanne Hunt Ensemble Director
Ian Whitehurst Ensemble Director

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO Tarimi Nulay: Long Time Living Here (2017)

Nat Bartsch When All is Still and Quiet (2025 World Premiere Commission)

Ludwig van Beethoven  Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 (1808)

Emily Sheppard, Yyan Ng & Robert Manley Light Bathing for String Orchestra (2019)

Emily Sheppard & Yyan Ng Maatsuyker Keep (2025 Orchestral Premiere Commission)

Jean-Philippe Rameau Excerpts from Les Indes galantes (1735)