Junior School
Performing Arts
Mrs Katie Sinclair, Junior School Music Coordinator
Dates for your diary
Week | Date / Location
| Ensemble/Group | Event |
2 | Thursday August 1 | String players | AMEB String Exams
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3 | Monday August 5 | Year 5-6 | Tickets for The Grunch on sale through Orange Civic Theatre |
| Monday August 5 | Brass Students | AMEB Brass Exams
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| Wednesday August 7 | Piano Students | AMEB Piano Exams
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| Thursday August 8 | Jitterbugs / UpBeats | Orange Eisteddfod – School Dance Groups
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| Friday August 9 | Year 1-4 | Orange Eisteddfod - Verse Speaking
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4 | Monday August 12 | Woodwind Students | AMEB Wind Exams
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6 | August 30 | Stage 1 & 2 Choirs | Orange Eisteddfod – School Choirs
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7 | Wednesday September 4 | Junior Concert Band + Junior String Orchestra | Orange Eisteddfod – Bands & Strings Day |
8 | Friday September 13
| All string ensembles | KWS Strings Concert (DPA) |
9 | Wednesday Sept 18 Thursday Sept 19 | Years 5-6 | Stage 3 Musical – The Grunch
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Stage 3 Musical Dates
2 | Glasshouse | Wed 31 Aug LUNCH | Critic Leads – choreography | How Can a Critic Train to Whoover |
| Wed 31 Aug PERIOD 5 | Critics / Commuters / Paparazzi Drama Club & Junior Stars | How Can A Critic Train to Whoover Gonna Write A Musical | ||
| Thurs 1 Aug 7.45am | Critic Leads – acting | Scene 7 Scene 4 | ||
Fri 2 Aug LUNCH | Junior Stars + Chorus Mrs Woods / Isadora | Three Feet Tall | ||
3 | Wed 7 Aug LUNCH | Leads – acting | Scene 1 | |
| Wed 7 Aug | Drama Club Leads / Chorus, Junior Stars etc. | Scene 3 – Gonna Write A Musical | ||
| Thurs 8 Aug 7.45am | Javier, Leslie, Rachel, Allen, Jamie + Reporters (Andie, Oscar, Henry, Lachie C) | Scene 8 | ||
| Thursday LUNCH | If You Love Something - choreography | |||
| FRIDAY LUNCH | As above (just Year 5) – Junior Stars Chorus |
AMEB
Best of luck of all our students across strings, brass, woodwind and piano who are sitting music exams over the next few weeks. Mrs Martin has communicated times to parents and students, please ensure you arrive at the Music Centre 20 minutes BEFORE your exam.
Another String To Their Bow
In Term 2 Mrs Moxey ran a practice competition for her string students. The parents of her students tallied up the number of days that the students practiced over a six-week period. We acknowledge all those who participated in the competition.
The winners, Joshua Leung and Georgiana Saran practiced EVERY day of the six weeks for a total of 42 days and, more importantly, achieved massive improvement in their playing and excellent exam preparation. We also will acknowledge Sophia Martin who was runner-up with 41 practices in the 6 weeks. Congratulations on this outstanding effort.
Scales Day
On Saturday July 27, Mrs Moxey’s Comprehensive Examination students participated in Scales Day. This is where they get the opportunity to test the memory and accuracy of their Technical Work programme by performing it to each other. All the students had prepared their programme thoroughly and should feel confident at their AMEB examination this week. We wish them well.
Contacts
Should you have any queries regarding co-curricular music ensembles or instrumental tuition please do not hesitate to contact us:
Junior School Performing Arts Coordinator, Mrs Katie Sinclair at ksinclair@kws.nsw.edu.au
Performing Arts Administrator, Mrs Sharon Martin at performingarts@kws.nsw.edu.au