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• 'Lights Camera Pius' Film Competition

Performing Arts

ORIENTATION MORNING

Congratulations and thank you to the Intermediate String Quartet consisting of Jasper Choir and Liaam Rao (Year 10) and Liam Zucconi and Peter Maniatis (Year 11) for entertaining the new Years 5 and 6 parents and students on Saturday morning. You are wonderful ambassadors for Music at the College!

2017 CONCERT AND JAZZ BAND AUDITIONS

Auditions have now closed and no further bookings will be taken. The next round of auditions will be in mid-2017.

2017 INSTRUMENTAL TUITION

Applications are still being taken for tuition in 2017. A form is available on the College website and should be emailed to Ms Bates TBates@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au BEFORE Monday 5th December. The cost of tuition in 2017 is $45.00 per half hour individual lesson.

YEAR 9 MUSIC PERFORMANCE NIGHT

Year 9 Music students will be presenting their second solo performances of the year TONIGHT at 5.30pm in the College Band Room. Parents and friends are warmly invited to attend and support the boys. Parking will be available in the Junior School yard.

BOY OVERBOARD

Congratulations to the following students who successfully auditioned for our 2017 production: Year 9: John-Paul Shahady, Joshua Karabulut, Liam Johnson, James Bleasdale, Tobias Stokeld, Nicholas Cowie, Lachlan Donlevy, Thomas Paterson; Year 8: Adam Hawthorne, Taylor Alan, Nicholas McKenzie, Austin Lowick, Nicolas Parton, Luke Thompson, William Turner Year 7: Ashley Johnson, Max Wilkins, Reuben Jacobson, Douglas Daniels, James Baldock, Ben Marino, Callum Fitzgibbon, Adam Carpenter, Alec Ramsbottom.

MEET THE MUSIC CONCERT

Years 9, 10 and 11 Elective Music students will attend the final concert in this series on Wednesday 16th November (Week 6), 6.30pm at the Opera House. The concert concludes at approximately 8.30pm. Students must be neatly attired and be in their seats no later than 6.20pm. Tickets will be given to students in the next week.

TWILIGHT CONCERT

The final concert for the year is on Friday 2nd December, commencing at 5.00pm in the Junior School playground. All Music ensembles will be performing. The Performing Arts Parents Association will be manning the barbeques and there will be a Christmas raffle. Please join us to celebrate the end of another satisfying and busy year for Performing Arts at St Pius.

AMEB RESULTS

Congratulations to the following students and their tutors on these excellent results:

Year 9: Matthew Chicco: Grade 6 Trombone: Satisfactory

Year 8: Zachary Forster: Trumpet Grade 4: Credit; Patrick Djizmedjian: Trumpet Grade 4: Satisfactory; Jack Healey: Euphonium Grade 4: Satisfactory; Luke Hoggard Grade 4 Trumpet: Credit

Year 7: Ben Giles: Piano For Leisure Grade 4: Honours, Drum Kit Advancing Step 2: Credit

Year 6: Isaac Nistico: Grade 2 Trombone: Credit

Ms T Bates - Performing Arts Coordinator

Lights Camera Pius!

With the Year 10 students absent from assembly on Monday due to exams, Oliver Robson in Year 7 stepped up on behalf of the Film Festival Committee to let the students know how to enter the competition. The Committee have decided to call the festival “Lights Camera Pius!” and have been busy planning posters and prizes. The competition is open to all students from Years 7 to 10 and there will be separate prizes for Years 7 and 8, 9 and 10.

To submit work students need to put their film onto a USB stick and drop it off at the Student Office in the submission box. Envelopes are available at the office and students need to write their names and homerooms on the front. Films need to be submitted by the end of Week 6.

Thanks to Oliver for doing a super job on Monday and the committee look forward to viewing all the submissions.

Ms F Doyle  - Visual Arts Teacher