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Secondary Music

There are many co-curricular Arts activities at Mount Carmel in the Secondary School again this year.

This term

  • Our Year 9/10 Choir (Senior Singers) rehearse on Wednesdays at lunchtime.
  • Also our Year 6/7/8 Choir (Middle Years Voices) rehearse on Tuesdays at lunchtime. Both of these choirs are un-auditioned, meaning that anyone can join up as long as they can commit to attending rehearsals and are keen to sing!
  • The College Orchestra rehearse on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30-4:30pm. This ensemble is for all woodwind, brass, string, and percussion players from Years 5-10 that have some experience on their instrument.
  • The Intro Orchestra is a group for students who are beginners on the instruments of the Orchestra in Years 5-8. This group will begin rehearsals in Term Two after the Year 7 students have had an opportunity in class to play one of these instruments. Rehearsals will be at the same time as Orchestra on Wednesday afternoons.
  • Our Flutista Sistas will be in action again to cater for our developing flautists
  • We are starting a new ensemble this year. The Mount Carmel Ceilidh Band will be playing Irish and Scottish tunes on Mondays at lunchtime.
  • Ms Phoebe Wootton will be running the outstanding MCC Dance Troupe once again.

It is always wonderful to see so many of our students get involved in performing arts co-curricular groups. There really is an opportunity for all students with any level of experience and it’s a great way for students to attain points towards College Colours, as well as to get to know students from other classes and Year levels. It’s not too late to join most of these groups.

 

In addition to these regularly rehearsing groups, the Year 9/10 Drama class will be staging our biennial College Musical. More exciting announcements to come on that front! House Band and House Drama will again bring a little healthy competition into the arts world. Also, several senior Visual Art students will have the opportunity to exhibit their work as the culmination of their art-making over Years 9 and 10 later in the year.

 

We have some experienced Music Teachers of all instruments, who are excellent musicians in their own right, that take students for lessons at school during school hours. If you’d like to enrol your daughter for Instrumental Music Lessons, go to the Music Tuition page of the College website for more information and to sign up.

 

Dave McNamara

Head of the Arts