Every year, the Lion  Foundation runs an NZ-wide contest (‘Play It Strange’) inviting high school students to submit their original songs to the competition. The finalists have their songs professionally recorded and produced at a local recording studio. This year, we are delighted to share that two of our Year 13 contemporary musicians made the list of finalists. “Let’s Be Magic” (written by Amelia Stace) and “Paint Me More” (written by Matilda Faamausili) have been recorded and are currently in the process of being mixed and mastered before getting released on Spotify to the public. 

Both of these students have shown exceptional growth in their lyrical writing this year, developing their ability to use creative imagery and metaphorical lyrics to weave the narrative of their songs together.

We are immensely proud of these students achieving so highly in their songwriting journeys. We will eagerly await the final mixes of their tracks.