The VCAA has announced the 2026 Top Class performers in Music and Sound — the annual showcase of Victoria’s highest-achieving VCE students, formerly known as Top Acts. The following students have been selected to perform at this year’s event.
Source: VCAA Top Class 2026. Full details at vcaa.vic.edu.au.
Top Class Music and Sound 2026
Music Inquiry
Student
School
Instrument / Focus
Ella Honey
Bendigo Senior Secondary College
Voice
Alec McMichael
Melbourne High School
Voice
Music Contemporary (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Grace Annan
Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Voice
Andre Beyer
Haileybury College
Piano
Judah Braunstein
Mount Scopus Memorial College
Electric guitar
Raenav Datt
Haileybury College
Drums
Cecily De Gooyer
Newhaven College
Voice
Felix Rankin
Christian College Geelong
Drums
Noah Sheehan
Foster Secondary College
Drumkit
Jake Symes
Padua College
Guitar
Ascah Thankachen
Glen Waverley Secondary College
Voice
Cassius Xavier
Lakeview Senior College
Guitar
Amelia Wilkinson
Padua College
Voice
Music Repertoire (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Eric An
Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Piano
Zachary Cox
Northcote High School
Tenor trombone
William Evans
St Leonard’s College
Voice
Daniel Feng
John Monash Science School
Violin
Ananya Hariharan
Mount Waverley Secondary College
Voice
Alan Huynh
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Pianoforte
Ahra Kim
Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Flute
Ryan Lee
Brentwood Secondary College
Violoncello
Erika Lee
Yarra Valley Grammar School
Viola
Ava Loke
Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Double bass
Isabella Madden
Fintona Girls’ School
Flute
Matthew McEniery
Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Viola
Ziao (Leo) Qi
Camberwell Grammar School
Violin
Mat Rigby
Trinity Grammar School
Voice
Emma Sevdalis-Fallaw
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School
Double bass
Grace Shen
Presbyterian Ladies’ College
Clarinet
Rupert Sternson
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Drumkit
Luke Wang
Trinity Grammar School
Alto saxophone
Sophia Wang
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Piano
Evan Widjaja
Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Violoncello
Oscar Woods
Girton Grammar School
Electric guitar
Tristan Wood
Eltham College
Classical (Acoustic) Guitar
Owen Wu
Camberwell Grammar School
Oboe
Cecilia Xu
Melbourne Girls Grammar
French horn
VCE VET Music (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Phoebe Buerckner
Viewbank College
Voice and Guitar
Nina Dunn
Ballarat Grammar
Voice and Piano
Ava Findley
Billanook College
Bass guitar
Henry Gay
Billanook College
Drums
Bonnie Jackson
Northern College of the Arts and Technology
Voice, Guitar and Drums
Emily McGough
Padua College
Bass guitar
Finn Mees
Billanook College
Guitar
Maeve O’Mara Galati
Northern College of the Arts and Technology
Piano and Voice
Isabella Reynolds
Lorne P-12 College
Voice
Lauren Rose
Billanook College
Electric bass
Nethumlee Thota Hewage
Geelong College
Electric bass
Timothy Truong
Caroline Chisholm Catholic College
Electric guitar
VCE VET Music (Sound Production)
Student
School
Focus
Luca Macrides
Northern College of the Arts and Technology
Composer
Music Composition
Student
School
Focus
Declan Chandler
Belmont High School
Composer and Saxophone
Mark Hartland Van Driel
Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Composer and Piano
Michelle Mah
Melbourne Girls Grammar
Composer and Piano
Top Class Regional: Music Performers
Traralgon
Music Contemporary (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Cassius Xavier
Lakeview Senior College
Guitar
Music Repertoire (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Alan Huynh
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Pianoforte
Sophia Wang
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Piano
Bendigo
Music Contemporary (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Noah Sheehan
Foster Secondary College
Drumkit
Music Repertoire (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Oscar Woods
Girton Grammar School
Electric guitar
William Evans
St Leonard’s College
Voice
Geelong
VCE VET Music (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Emily McGough
Padua College
Bass guitar
Music Contemporary (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Jake Symes
Padua College
Guitar
Music Repertoire (Performance)
Student
School
Instrument
Ryan Lee
Brentwood Secondary College
Violoncello
Ananya Hariharan
Mount Waverley Secondary College
Voice
Source: VCAA Top Class 2026. Full details at vcaa.vic.edu.au.
