St Pius X College Newsletter

Performing Arts

PAPA Comedy Night - 4 May

The night promises to be a fabulous night of fun and laughter.  Get your tickets now!

Book tickets to PAPA Comedy Night

Music Matters

This week, one of our esteemed Ensemble Directors, Mr Geoff Power, has been visiting some of our Year 5 music classes showcasing the tuba, which belongs to our ‘Endangered’ Instruments program. We are currently offering free instrument hire on the tuba (as well as the oboe, bassoon, bass trombone, and double bass), with students expected to undertake (subsidised) private tuition and eventually participate in a relevant ensemble. The instruments available to be hired free of charge on Clipboard are:              

  • Tuba
  • Oboe
  • Bassoon
  • Bass Trombone
  • Double Bass    

Please contact your private tutor, Ensemble Director or music teacher via The Performing Arts office sperformingarts@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au  for further information. 

 

Holiday workshops - Stage Crew: Improve your backstage skills or learn new ones with the upcoming April school holiday workshops with Tech Crew HQ at the Sydney Opera House.

 

Hands-on activities include:

  • Video and vision system skills including projectors, cameras and vision switchers
  • Backstage technical tour of the Sydney Opera House
  • Panel talk and Q&A with technical experts who work backstage
  • Safety skills including lifting and carrying so that you can work safely backstage

Click on the link to learn more: techcrewhq.com.

 

Upcoming Performing Arts events:

  • Yr 5/6 Liturgy Tues 9 April, Week 11, Junior Chorale

Term 2: 

  • Anzac Day Service, Week 1, Wednesday 1 May – Senior Concert Band
  • Jazz Workshop Day  Sunday 5 May, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Intermediate and Senior Jazz – Band Room; 1:30 pm Junior Jazz workshop
  • Mothers’ Day Mass - Week 2, Wednesday 8 May – Junior and Senior Chorales, College Orchestra
  • Founders’ Day Mass, Week 2, Friday 10 May (rehearsal Thursday 9 May) Senior Concert Band, Drumline & Chorales, Oxford Falls
  • Forestville RSL Concert - Week 3, Wednesday 15 May, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm – Senior Jazz
  • Chamber Music Concert – Week 4, Friday 24 May, 7:00 pm
  • Bands Concert – Week 5, Friday 31 May, 5:00 pm
  • Sydney Eisteddfod, Concourse Theatre Thursday 6 June (TBC) – Senior & Intermediate Jazz

Mrs Annabel Westhoff - Leader of Learning, Performing Arts

Drama Matters

Reminders:

All Drama Ensembles: Junior, Intermediate & Senior are now being held in the Sarto Centre.

 

The final Term 1 Intermediate Ensemble date is Week 10, 4 April 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

The final Term 1 Senior Ensemble date is Week 11, 8 April 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

The final Term 1 Junior Ensemble date is Week 11, 12 April 7:30 am - 8:25 am

 

Congratulations to all the students involved in the Easter Liturgy films and live acting. Their talent and professionalism were on show for all to see. 

 

Year 7 Improvisations

Year 7 students have been participating in physical improvisations without speaking. They are learning to follow instructions and develop their own physical ideas to create characters and present context in both real and unreal situations. Additionally, the students have successfully created inanimate objects and physical postcards while working closely together. By making physical offers and working in groups, the students are quickly and successfully learning how to collaborate and foster creativity.

 Upcoming Drama Events:

  • Thursday 11 April: HSC Drama Gifted & Talented workshop is to be held at St Catherine’s School. Students will take part in a full day devising workshop with professional theatre company Force Majeure. This is a wonderful opportunity for the class to brush up on their devising skills ready for the start of Term 2 when they begin working on their Group Project.
  • Wednesday 1 May: All Year 8 students will watch a Commedia Comedy Show from 1:30 pm in the Sarto Centre. (This show has been kindly paid for by PAPA). Commedia del’arte is widely regarded as the beginnings of all modern comedy. It relies on stock characters and was originally an improvised show that travelled through Northern Italy. 
  • Wednesday 8 May: Drama Elective groups Years 9, 10 & 11 will go to Sydney Theatre Company to watch Dario Fo & Franca Rame’s famous play, Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay! (This event has been kindly paid for by PAPA). This is part of STC’s School Day Performances 2024 and is a wonderful opportunity for students to immerse themselves in a professional production. 

Ms Penny Lindley - Leader of Learning, Drama