Stand Up Stand Out (SUSO) is an annual celebration of music sponsored by Auckland Council, encouraging young secondary school students to showcase their talents on the stage.
SUSO was founded over 30 years ago and originating from the Ōtara community, the competition provides a platform for young entertainers to develop their careers and has showcased numerous artists who have gone on to achieve significant success in the music industry. This year 1,500+ students from 46 schools battled through fierce heats and semis of SUSO. The following Sancta Maria College students entered into the competition this year:
VOCAL HEATS
| NAME | SONG | COMPOSER |
| Devon Mah-Kwan | Go Tell It | Forrest Frank |
| Sweeny Cahilig | Changing Seasons | Sweeny Cahilig |
| Jessa Calacsan | Breathe | In the Heights |
| Eden Vakapuna | Pepeha | Six60 |
| Ariane Cordeiro | Tuyo (from Narcos) | Rodrigo Amarante |
| Gianna Cordeiro | Tough Luck | Laufey |
BANDS/ENSEMBLES HEATS
| GUITAR ENSEMBLE | JAZZ DUCKS | CHOPSTIX | CHICKEN BURRITO |
| Santoso, Aaron | Orange, Joshua | Gray, Tristan | Basilio, Audrey |
| Quiding, Ebony | Santoso, Aaron | Hernandez, Alejandro | Chiaatchara, Christina |
| Peters, Arianna | Chan, Aaron | Wong, Kaizer | Cordiero, Ariane |
| Orange, Joshua | Liu, Rocky | Yang, Jakob | Tay-Morrison, Max |
| Nuamaan, Andrew | Butcher, Daniel | Ybanez, Cedric | |
| Liu, Rocky | Heruela, Gabriel | ||
| Isaia, Madison | Siu, Lucas | ||
| Araza, Andrea | Tay-Morrison, Maia | ||
| Tunglut, Kim | Zheng, Tomaz | ||
| TING SAHUR | KLOVER | CHAMBER GROUP | |
| Ybanez, Cedric | Pallewatte, Amelia | Ma, Joanna | |
| Ting, Chloe | Bhandari, Shaun | Xing, Ya Chen | |
| Tan, Grace | Razon, Enrico | Yao, Melody | |
| Tay-Morrison, Max | Araos, Angellica | Yang, Emily | |
| Gray, Tristan | Socorin, Ellen | Taruc, Giuliana | |
| Phung, Lucia |
Congratulations Chopstix on being the Overall Runner Up within the ‘Best Original Composition’ category at #SUSOAKL this year – a superb effort from Kaizer Wong, Tristan Gray, Alejandro Hernandez, and Jakob Yang.
