Arts

Dance Night

On Wednesday 6 September, more than 90 students graced the stage and showcased a diverse range of performances spanning genres including Bollywood, jazz, contemporary, Irish dance, hip-hop, lyrical, and tap.

It was an outstanding triumph, and my heartfelt congratulations to all the students for their commitment, dedication, and countless hours of rehearsal. Your performances were truly entertaining and you should all be incredibly proud.

Mrs K Crocker

(Dance Teacher and Acting Head of Learning - Arts)

SoNiC Music Fest

On Saturday 9 September, we hosted our annual contemporary music festival, SoNiC, featuring our talented Certificate III Music bands Serotainment, EeeYeah, Why Monkey Why, Common Sense, Everything’s Gone Wrong, and Pluto In Retrograde. We packed into Vision Studios in East Victoria Park for an afternoon of great music and good vibes, as our six bands took to the stage with confidence, delivering 30 minute sets of popular music by the likes of Billie Eilish, The Killers, Maroon 5, Paramore, Stevie Wonder and Elvis Presley.

Thank you to Mrs Kathryn Crocker, Ms Tania Harvey and Mr Peter Hawke for their support in organising the event, to Vision Studios for allowing us to host our event, to the parents, carers, family and staff for coming along to watch, and most importantly to our Year 11 and 12 Certificate III bands for putting on a show stopping performance.

North Perth Eisteddfod Music Festival

Congratulations to Nicholas Navarra (Year 11), who took out first place in the Under 18 Classical Voice category of the North Perth Eisteddfod Music Festival. As a result, Nick will perform at the Morley Sport and Recreation Centre on Sunday 15 October, alongside multiple Eisteddfod winners, as part of the winners concert. Congratulations, Nick!

Mr L Di Labio

(Music Teacher)

Creative Arts Exhibition

Another year has absolutely flown by and as Ms Sharon Rainford commented last week, “How is it Creative Arts time again?”. 

What a week it's been. We've had a multitude of excited Years 4 to 6 students from St Joseph's School Queens Park visit our Creative Arts Exhibition, as well as a steady stream of curious and proud St Norbert College students, staff, parents, carers and the wider College community too. 

Thank you to our talented students who put a lot of time and effort into their pieces ahead of the Exhibition. This wouldn't be possible without your contributions, so thank you for all your hard work. Thank you must also go to all the staff who entered pieces into this years Exhibition, and to Mrs Samantha Mark, Mrs Samantha Eloff, Mr Scott Arnold, Mrs Jessica Bone, Mr Andrew Frick, Mr Shanon Hird, Mr Liam Mackenzie, Mrs Laura Marsden, Ms Amanda Marsh, Mr Craig Mecham, Mrs Leon Rogers, Mrs Fiona Allard, Miss Carrol Abel, Ms Kate Bishop, Mrs Kathryn Crocker, Mr Derek Eddy, Ms Tania Harvey, Mr Peter Hawke, Mrs Angela Hughes, Mr John O'Sullivan, Ms Sharon Rainford and the Norbertine Priory, who worked tirelessly throughout the year to make this a reality and/or supported us in the background.

It is our pleasure to announce this years award winners:

Creative Arts Teachers Awards:

• Fay O’Toole (Year 7) - Manga
• Zoe Grant (Year 9) - Visual Art
• Joshua Wong (Year 9) - Media Arts
• Caleb De Silva (Year 9) - Media Arts
• Abigail Brown (Year 9) - Media Arts
• Chloe Walker (Year 10) - Engineering Studies
• Brayden Catalano (Year 10) - Engineering Studies
• Ariana Mecham (Year 10) - Textiles
• Leonica Jesuthasan (Year 10) - Caring for Children
• Frances Macapili (Year 10) -Caring for Children
• Angel Rajeev (Year 10) - Caring for Children
• Lucy Ritchie (Year 10) - Media Arts
• Santino Passalacqua (Year 10) - Woodwork
• Maygen Brosztl (Year 11) - Manga
• Ethan Fitzgerald (Year 12) - Woodwork
• Judyth Nawa (Year 12) - Textiles
• Amelie Anderson (Year 12) -Textiles
• Zara D’Cruz (Year 12) - Textiles
• Levi Ashcroft-Buck (Year 12) - Engineering Studies
• Sophia Felicia (Year 12) - Visual Art
• Judyth Nawa (Year 12) - Visual Art

Guest Judges, Mr John Rose and Mrs Rose McGrath, Awards:

• First place: Claire Espiritu (Year 10) - Visual Art
• Second place: Wyatt Saunders (Year 9) - Media Arts (Wyatt is also a Canning Art Awards 2023 winner in the Young Artist Photography category)
• Third place: Brock Puljar (Year 12) - Woodwork

Principal's Award:

• Samuel Hughes (Year 11) - Engineering Studies

Highly Commended People's Choice Award

• Maygen Brosztl (Year 11) - Manga
• Keisha Cyabyab (Year 11) - Textiles

People's Choice Award

• Judyth Nawa (Year 12) - Visual Art

Ms A Marsh

(Visual Arts Teacher)

Independent Theatre Association WA YouthFest

Last weekend, the Independent Theatre Association WA held their annual youth theatre competition, YouthFest. YouthFest is open to schools, and theatre troupes from all across WA, where each group is asked to perform a one-act play ranging between 10-50 minutes long. The competition was held at Aquinas College, with hundreds of young actors displaying their passion and hard work through the art of theatre.

A couple of months ago, with very little experience in playwriting, I had an idea for a play and from then on devoted my spare time to writing the show. I established an independent company for myself, Shenanigans Independent Theatre, and I taught myself how to write technical sheets for lighting and sound, to be eligible for the competition.

The play featured my talented fellow Year 12 students, Mary Carter and Brodie Christie, in a comedic exploration of identity, desire, and friendship. The show tackles relevant themes of modern times, including relationships and consent, the rise of artificial intelligence, and the destructive nature of social media.

The awards were presented on Sunday 17 September, with 'Don't Slay the Messenger' winning the following:

• The Ann Hill Award for Best Production
• Best Actress: Rebecca Attwood
• Adjudicator’s Certificate for 'Naturalistic Writing and Strong Development of Character'

Thank you to Mrs Kathryn Crocker, and the Arts Department, for allow us to use the space the rehearse, and to Mr David Yeoh for helping source props for the show. Finally, I would like to thank Mary Carter and Brodie Christie for being such talented actors, an absolute pleasure to work with and for going along with my ideas, no matter how insane they may sound.

Rebecca Attwood

(Year 12 Student)