Performing Arts

Music Matters

Eisteddfod news:

I am delighted to announce that our talented musicians and Ensemble Directors have continued to demonstrate their exceptional skill and dedication, earning recognition at the prestigious Sydney Eisteddfod over the past week. The following awards are a testament to their hard work and commitment to their craft:

Our Junior Jazz Band - 1st place (conductor: Ms Laura Power)
Intermediate Concert Band - 3rd place (conductor: Ms Laura Power)
Senior Concert Band – 2nd place (conductor: Mrs Stella Talati)
Intermediate Jazz Ensemble – Highly commended (conductor: Mr Geoff Power)
Senior Jazz Ensemble – 2nd place (conductor: Mr Geoff Power)

Our Junior Concert Band also performed splendidly against another 16 schools, but unfortunately did not place this time. Our Junior School Chorale, who competed for the first time, sang beautifully, with the adjudicator awarding a mark of 93% and commenting on ‘what a great sound this choir makes!’ Congratulations to all our performers and Ensemble Directors. Trophies will be awarded at this week’s Cocurricular Assembly.

Special thanks to our parents, staff and students who were able to come and support our musicians at The Concourse. It is a very important opportunity in their cocurricular performance program and your attendance provided a valuable boost of morale and encouragement to for our young performers.

Excursion news: Our Elective Music students from Year 9 – 12 visited the Opera House today for a wonderful Sydney Symphony Orchestra concert featuring the famous music of extraordinary film composer, John Williams. It was an entertaining and insightful experience for all involved, and inspiration for future compositions!

Past student congratulations: Congratulations to past Music student, SPX alumni 2018, Phillip Cullen, who has been accepted to into postgraduate composition studies at the exclusive Sibelius Academy in Finland! This is an outstanding achievement, and we are very proud of him. Phillip studied both composition and cello with Mrs Talati.

Upcoming Performing Arts Dates:

Intermediate Concert Band Workshop - Sunday 23 June – 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Lunch will be provided by our wonderful PAPA parents.

Mrs Annabel Westhoff - Leader of Learning, Performing Arts

Drama Matters

Year 7 Drama

Students have been working hard on finalising their 'Performing an Advert' assessment and it has been wonderful watching the students perform. Each group created a unique and original product to advertise. They used their acting and collaborative skills to create a 2-3 minute performance where they demonstrated how the product worked and why they and we needed it in our lives. There were many hilarious and skilful performances and our Year 7 Drama classes now move to Chinese for the next semester. Well done to each student for wholeheartedly embracing their performance spirit this semester, they have been a very engaged group.

Ms Penny Lindley - Leader of Learning, Drama