PAE
Term 1 Events
10 March KSP Strings Workshop
21 March PAE Music Intensive - KSWE and CB1
22 March PAE Music Intensive - Stage Band 1 & 2, Strings
05 April North Shore School Spectacular - KSWE, CB1, SB1, SB2, Strings, Wind
For all PAE events, parents will receive an email via Compass with corresponding details - time, location, cost etc. Please ensure that you provide consent in a timely manner as students are UNABLE to attend without parental consent.
Latest News
Dance Ensembles
- Congratulations to all students who successfully auditioned for the KHS Dance Groups. A list of students and their respective ensembles has been posted on the PAE noticeboard (on the stairs between canteen and CCS). Dance rehearsals start on Monday 24th Feb as follows :
Senior Dance Ensemble : Mondays 7.30am, Hall
Dance 1 and Dance 2 : Tuesdays 7.30am, Hall
Percussion
- Percussion ensemble will commence on Monday 24th in CCS at lunchtime. Please register your interest by emailing Sinead.Hatton@det.nsw.edu.au
PAE Rehearsal Timetable
Please refer to the PAE page on the Killara website for details on rehearsals days/times. New students are always welcome. Please come along to the next rehearsal and register your name or email Sinead.Hatton@det.nsw.edu.au.
Term 1 Events
Date | Ensemble | Event |
Tuesday 10 March | Strings | KSP Strings Workshop |
Saturday 21 March | KSWE and CB1 | PAE Music Intensive |
Sunday 22 March | Stage Band 1 & 2, Strings | PAE Music Intensive |
Sunday 5 April | KSWE, CB1, SB1, SB2, Strings, Wind | North Shore School Spectacular |
For all PAE events, parents will receive an email via Compass with corresponding details - time, location, cost etc. Please ensure that you provide consent in a timely manner as students are UNABLE to attend without parental consent.
PAE Fees
Invoices for the annual PAE fees have been sent out this week and are due for payment by the end of Term 1. If you have any queries regarding the PAE items on invoice please contact Sinead.Hatton@det.nsw.edu.au or Jacqueline.Berry@det.nsw.edu.au.
The PAE Music Intensives will also be included on your invoice. The intensives are 1 day sessions held at Killara where students have extensive tutoring and rehearsal sessions. It is a core component of the PAE program and all students are expected to attend. If your child is unable to attend on those dates, please email Sinead.Hatton@det.nsw.edu.au
SNPSD Senior Ensemble Workshop Audition 2020
Sydney North Public Schools Dance is pleased to announce an opportunity for talented students from Years 7 - 12 to attend a free Dance Workshop, which will incorporate the audition for the 2020 Sydney North Public Schools Senior Dance Ensemble.
Date & Time - Sunday 8 March 2020, 3.30pm – 6.30pm
Venue - Ballet Academy Northside, 2a/22 Narabang Way, Belrose
The workshop is for talented students and will involve contemporary dance classes taught by artist/choreographer/teachers, Xanthe Geeves* and Gregor Thieler*, SNPS Senior Ensemble Coordinator and co-choreographer, Kim Peade and Tamara Mitchell, co-choreographer and dance teacher from Riverside Girls High School. The entire workshop will act as an audition for the SNPS Senior Dance Ensemble. This group will meet on four or five Sunday afternoons from the end of March to June to prepare a work for the Sydney North Public Schools Dance Festival (Monday 22 June - Friday 3 July) and the State Dance Festival (if selected). Students attending the workshop/audition should be genuinely interested in gaining selection for this group. There will be a tuition fee and costume fee associated with membership of the ensemble, for those selected.
To apply, parents will need to register their child through our new platform, DASH. Parents can find this by visiting the Ensembles page on our website – www.snpublicschoolsdance.com.au
or, you can CLICK HERE to download the information sheet to give to interested students.
For any further enquiries or difficulties with completing the online application please email - kimberley.peade@det.nsw.edu.au.
There are 50 places available for the workshop/audition. Applications will close on Monday 2nd March. Applicants will be advised by parent email of their acceptance into the workshop/audition by Wednesday 4th March.
*Xanthe Geeves and *Gregor Thieler are the Principals of Ballet Academy Northside and Sydney College of Dance. They have years of experience in performance, choreography and teaching at the elite level, internationally and in Australia. They have also been engaged as tutors for the NSW DoE Arts Unit, for their Secondary and HSC Student programs.
This is a great (no cost) opportunity for students to experience an elite level workshop and possibly gain selection in this special representative group.
We look forward to seeing students from our Sydney North secondary schools in attendance.
SYDNEY NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS DANCE
Where: Ballet Academy Northside, 2a/22 Narabang Way Belrose
Who: Experienced/Talented Dance Students Years 7 to 12