Junior School 

Performing Arts

Cultured Youth Orchestra Project 

The Cultured Youth Orchestra Project was part of the recent Orange Chamber Music Festival.  Members of Kinross Wolaroi School Orchestra (including Julian Capanas in Year 6), joined with other advanced student musicians from across the Central West to perform a program of orchestral works composed by Australian composers.  Students put in a mammoth effort to prepare the repertoire for this concert, rehearsing on weekends and after school, supported by musicians from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne University and the Australian Music Centre.  The performance at Orange Civic Theatre on Saturday was very well received by a large audience who attended.   

The School would like to thank the board of the Orange Chamber Music Festival for the opportunity this event afforded our students.  Performing Arts staff would like to thank Mrs Sharon Martin for the many hours spent organising logistics for rehearsals for this event. 

Around the Music room 

Year 6 have been having a fun time looking at music from around the world. Over the last few weeks they have been learning a folk song from the Caribbean called Four White Horses which is based on syncopated rhythms with a tricky 4-person clapping game to go with it. Check out 6 Hamblin and their progress so far!  

Year 2 have been learning all about a new long sound which goes for more than one beat. They have sung a range of songs with this sound in it. Here they are using chime bars to place the long sounds in the song, I See The Moon. 

Contacts  

Information pertaining to our co-curricular groups is regularly posted on the JS Performing Arts HUB. Please make yourself familiar with this page to stay up to date with important information. 

Should you have any queries regarding our ensembles or instrumental tuition please contact us: 

Junior School Performing Arts Coordinator, Mrs Katie Sinclair: ksinclair@kws.nsw.edu.au  

Performing Arts Administrator, Mrs Sharon Martin: performingarts@kws.nsw.edu.au