Senior School
Performing Arts

Mrs Jacqueline Shields

Year 10 and 11 Performing Arts Showcases

Year 10 and 11 Drama and Music classes recently presented showcases of their work to their respective peer groups. These showcases were also live streamed to friends and family, thanks to the school’s collaboration with Mitch Colton IT. Well received by audiences, our talented students put on a night of performances from funny to tragic, classical to contemporary.

It was good to get together as a year group as it was our first event since Coronavirus. It was a really supportive event too.

Elizabeth Kwa, Year 11

Year 9 Performing Arts Showcase

Year 9 Music and Drama students will be presenting their showcase on Monday 23 November. Students in Year 9 will be able to attend this event, which will be held in the Performance Theatre.

Families will be able to watch their child’s performance through live streaming. The link for the live stream will be emailed to families next week.

AMEB Examination Results

Bravo to our vocal and instrumental students, who have overcome considerable obstacles this year including missed lessons, learning via Zoom and lack of performance opportunities, to produce some excellent results in their Australian Music Examinations Board performance exams. Performing Arts staff are so proud of the tenacity and grit shown by our students. Thanks must go to our wonderful instrumental staff as well as accompanists Anne Stevens, David Shaw and Lujia Zhang.

Following are some of our students’ achievements:

Sally Carter – Honours in Certificate of Performance Violonello
Pantsie Dwyer – High Distinction in Grade 8 Trumpet
Charlie Tink – Honours in Grade 7 Piano
Alexandra Williams – Credit in Grade 6 Flute
Tully Ritter – Credit + in Grade 5 Voice
William Knight – High Distinction in Grade 5 Violin
Kelvin Tang – Honours in Grade 5 Violin
Annabelle Van Wyk – High Distinction in Grade 5 Saxophone and Honours in Grade 4 Piano
Toby Gough – Credit + in Grade 6 Bassoon
Krishan Kandeepan – Credit in Grade 5 Violoncello
Greta Bourne – Credit in Grade 5 Flute
William Rawson – Honours in Grade 4 Voice (Musical Theatre)
Grace Adams – Credit in Grade 4 Flute
Timothy Lowther – Credit in Grade 4 Trumpet
Angus Croft – Credit + in both Grade 3 Viola and Grade 3 Piano
Cherry Wilson – Credit in Grade 3 Clarinet
Evie Franklin – High Distinction in Grade 3 Voice
Eli Cunningham – Credit in Grade 3 Violin
Elsie Sutherland – Credit + in Grade 3 Piano
Lila Pearce – Honours in Grade 2 Voice (Musical Theatre)

IMEB Speech and Drama Examinations

The IMEB Speech and Drama exams were held last Friday and were very successful. Students from Year 1 to Year 10 participated and all gained outstanding results, being awarded with either a B+ or Honours.

Due to the COVID virus there has been less face to face teaching and all worked very hard to obtain these fantastic results. Both Mrs Paix and Mrs Callaughan are very proud of all the students and congratulate them on their passes.

Mrs Jacqueline Shields