Senior School Performing Arts

Music Camp 2024

Friday 22 March to Sunday 24 March

We are excited that Music Camp is fast approaching and are looking forward to three days of rehearsals with orchestra, concert band, chamber strings and stage band.  Further information will shortly be sent to families of students in these ensembles. 

Camerata Competition: Last Call to Sign Up 

Each year we hold our Camerata Competition, a performance-based competition offering our secondary music students the opportunity to perform music of a high standard to a panel of adjudicators. Students who enter the competition are invited to perform at the Camerata Concert in the School Chapel on Friday 5 April 2024.

We hope to encourage students at a level of AMEB Grade 4 and above to enter the competition for 2024. The maximum performance time for each competitor is 6 minutes. The competition will be run during the school day on Wednesday 20 March, in Room 68, and students will be notified of when they are scheduled to arrive, warm up and perform.

The competition is an excellent opportunity for students to perform works they have been working on over the past year or new pieces they feel confident in performing.

Entries are due by 5pm on Friday 8 March.  Please contact Miss Michelle Hayes at mhayes@kws.nsw.edu.au for further information.

Orange Chamber Music Festival: Cultured Youth Orchestra 

Kinross Wolaroi School Orchestra is playing at the Orange Chamber Music Festival, as part of a regional youth orchestra established especially for the event. Please invite your family and friends to attend their free performance at the South Court in front of the City Library, at 4pm on Saturday 9 March. There are other free performances earlier on the day. Information at www.ocmf.com.au/cultured   

A reminder to members of orchestra that the next sectional and general rehearsal will take place on Friday 8 March from 4:00pm - 8:00pm in the Performance Theatre. Rehearsals will continue on Saturday 9 March 10am - 2:15pm prior to the performance. A light dinner will be provided on Friday night. Please pack lunch for Saturday 9 March. 

Encore Excursion: Years 9 – 12 Music Classes

Students in Years 9 – 12 Music will be attending Encore, a concert of exemplary HSC Music 1, Music 2 and Extension Music performances and compositions from the 2023 HSC. Staff and students are particularly excited to watch Max Bloomfield from our Class of 2023 perform at this concert.

Encore will take place at the Sydney Opera House on Monday 4 March 2024.  We will be travelling to Sydney by bus, departing from Allenby Road at 8am sharp.  Students should be at school by 7.50am.  We will be returning to Allenby Road at approximately 9.30pm.  The cost of this excursion is covered by the excursion levy.

Further information will be sent to families soon.  Should you have any queries regarding this excursion please do not hesitate to contact Sharon Martin, our Music Administrator at performingarts@kws.nsw.edu.au or email me at jshields@kws.nsw.edu.au

Fair Day Performances

Come along and support our contemporary musicians as they perform on the main stage for Kinross Wolaroi School's Country Fair Day, Saturday 2 March:

10:00am – 10:20am       Kinross Wolaroi School Guitar Ensemble

10:20am – 10:35            Jamie Anderson & George Conin 

10:35am – 10:55am       Year 10 Music class

12:30pm - 1:00pm         Scarlett Gee and Iona Anderson 

Co-curricular Ensembles

Rehearsals for our co-curricular music ensembles have recently commenced!  Any students who would like to join an ensemble should contact Mrs Shields at jshields@kws.nsw.edu.au to organise a placement try-out time.

The timetable of ensembles is below. 

- Year 12 Core Performance Tuesday 12th

Key Dates 2024

Please mark these dates in your diaries:

• Kinross Fair - Saturday 2 March 2nd
• Encore Excursion – Years 9 -12 - Monday 4 March 7:30am – 9:30pm
• Orange Chamber Music Festival - Friday 8 March and Saturday 9 March 
• Year 12 Music Performance Evening - Monday 11 March, 5:30pm in the PT
• Year 11 Music Performance Evening - Monday 18 March, 5:30pm in the PT
• Camerata Competition - Wednesday 20 March Rm 68
• Music Camp - Friday 22 March 9am – Sunday 24 March 5pm 
• Camerata Concert - Friday 5 April 6pm DPA
• Purdue University Choir Tour - Monday 20 May   
• Year 11 Music Performance night - TBA
• 12 Music 2 & Ext Performance night - TBA
• Junior School Performing Arts Evening - Thursday 30 May 5.30pm DPA 
• Music Festival - Thursday 6 June 6.30pm DPA
• Orange Jazz Festival - Friday 7 June
• Performing Arts Elective Showcase - Thursday 13 June 5.30pm PT
• 12 Music 2 and Ext Performance night - TBA
• Musical Intensive Rehearsals - Monday 15 July – Friday 19 July DPA
• Musical Performance Week - Monday 22 July - Friday 26 July – Civic Theatre
• HSC Drama Showcase - Friday 23 August – 6pm PT
• HSC Recital Music 1 - Wednesday 28 August – 6pm PT
• HSC Recital Music 2 - Sunday 8 September - Orange Con TBC 
• Strings Concert (JS & SS) - Friday 13 Sept 5.30pm DPA
• Year 12 Graduation Ceremony - Thursday 27 Sept 5.30pm DPA
• JS Grand-friends Day - Friday 18 October 
• Carols Service - Sunday 1 December at 4 pm at Holy Trinity Church
• Junior School Celebration Assembly - Wednesday 4 December DPA
• Speech Day - Thursday 5 December 10am DPA

Please note, these dates were correct at time of publishing and are subject to change.