Performing Arts Updates

Concerto Competition

Congratulations to all the students who entered the competition and performed last Friday 16th March. The adjudicators were extremely impressed by the high quality of the performances on the day.

It is with great pleasure that we can now announce the results of the competition. Congratulations to the following students on their outstanding performances:

• Junior Division
• First Place – Owen Bloomfield, Yr 10 (Piano)
• Runner Up – Sally Carter, Yr 8 (Cello)
• Senior Division
• First Place – Hannah Solari, Yr 12 (Violin)
• Runner Up – Jasper Mihalich, Yr 11 (Tuba)

The place-getters will be formally recognised at the Co-curricular Assembly in Term 2.

All students who competed in the competition have been invited to perform their Concerto at the Camerata Concert which will be held next term on Friday 1st June, 6:30pm in the KWS Chapel. Friends, Family and the wider school community are all warmly invited to attend this concert. It will be wonderful to hear the students perform.

Music Camp

Students in Orchestra, SWE, Chamber Strings, Chamber Choir and Stage Band will attend this year’s Music camp in the Blue Mountains. We will leave after school on Thursday 5th April and return on Sunday 8th April. All students will then have the opportunity to attend other camp week activities such as Year 7 Camp, Cadets, Work experience and community service, and Year 12 Retreat during camps week. Information has been sent out about this to all students in these groups, as well as an online permission form. If you have any questions, please contact the Music office.

Friends of Performing Arts

This Wednesday evening at 7.00pm we will be holding the first meeting of our Friends of Performing Arts group. We would love any interested parents, friends and community members to come along to hear about our plans for the group. We will meet in the Music centre. Please contact Bec Choi performingarts@kws.nsw.edu.au for more information.

Live and Local

This Saturday 24th March, our KWS Prep Band will be joining other local Orange School bands to form a super group for the Orange Live and Local music festival. They will be performing in the Orange Library Forecourt at 11.00am, so please come along to witness a wonderful band display. The students have been working on the combined items at Bletchington School for the last few weeks, and will be delighted to play for the gathered crowd.

Heidi Anthony

Head of Performing Arts