Head of Department Update – The Arts
Celebrating all things Music, Instrumental Music, Drama, Dance, Media and Visual Art
BDC and DEP Dominate at Dance X Competition
BDC and Dance Extension students absolutely shone across solos, duos, auditions & groups at the Sunshine Coast Regionals for Dance X Competition. Here are the incredible results:
HIGHEST SCORING SENIOR ROUTINE
Deeper Underground
BDC GROUPS AND DEP
JAZZ A: Lights, Camera, ActionJAZZ B: Deeper Underground
CONTEMPORARY B: Storm
LYRICAL B: Little Love
HIP HOP B: Missy
MUSICAL THEATRE B: Mania
CONTEMPORARY A: NumbLYRICAL A: Celine
HIP HOP A: Chillin’
MUSICAL THEATRE A: Brand New Day
JAZZ C: Aura
Wild Card: 8DEP ContemporaryWild Card: 9DEP Lyrical
SNR LYRICAL AUDITION
Lylah
Taylah
Wild Card: Keeley, Jasmine
SNR JAZZ AUDITION
Lylah
Taylah
4th: Jasmine
Wild Card: Mikaela, Joakim
SNR HIP HOP AUDITION
Lily
Jorja
SNR STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY SOLOS
Lylah
Jasmine
Nailani
4th: Mikaela
Wild Card: Lily
SNR TEACHER CHOREOGRAPHED SOLOS
Keeley
Taylah
5th: Maddy
Wild Card: Peggy
JNR DUO
CC and Elle
JNR HIP HOP AUDITION
Bella
Shaylah
JNR STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY SOLOS
Amelia
Sophie
SNR IMPROV CHALLENGE
Joakim
Huge CONGRATULATIONS to all of our dancers on a very busy but successful weekend! Looking forward to FINALS in October.
Celebrating ARTS week – a look back on week 4
Last week we celebrated Arts Week, a chance to showcase creativity and come together as a school community. Students enjoyed a variety of inspiring events, including a short film creation, a lively Come Dance session with BDC, sing-along with our vocal group, Open stage band rehearsal and a Digital artwork workshop. It was a wonderful reminder of the power of the arts to bring us together, spark imagination, and celebrate talent across our school.
Congratulations to Dakota Burge for taking out the student vote for her art piece whilst the teacher vote could not be separated - congratulations to Tori Bryett and Joakim Markowski for their wonderful contribution and being selected. Matilda Chapman who’s 1 minute film impressed the judges also took out a prize. Well done to all students who participated!
Instrumental Workshop Tour
Students in the Concert Band have had a busy couple of weeks! Students travelled to Maleny State High School to rehearse as a combined Concert Band and learn a variety of repertoire – including music from Moana, How to Train your Dragon, pop tunes and more. They then took those pieces on tour to 3 of our local Primary Schools. Students at Beerwah, Landsborough and Maleny State Schools thoroughly enjoyed watching live music and learning about all the different instruments in their own Instrumental Music Programs.
In the middle of preparing for our tour, the Instrumental Music Brass students were treated to a workshop with regional brass specialist Dr Heather Aitken. The students enjoyed a morning of brass ensemble music mixed with specialised lessons on technique, equipment and more. Thank you to Dr Heather Aitken for an inspiring morning of music!
Are you keen to learn an Instrument?
If you are interested in joining any of our Instrumental Music programs, whether you’re experienced or just beginning – we want to hear from you! You have the opportunity to join our Multi-Instrumental Music program with a range of instruments or concentrate solely on Bass Guitar. See our talented music teachers for more information.
Spotlight on Curriculum
Year 9 and 10 students this term have been learning world music. Their focus this term has been on Latin music and are well on the way to playing ‘Oye Como Va’. Please come along to music night to celebrate in their success!
Upcoming events and excursions
We have a number of excursions, events and upcoming opportunities for students in the Arts. A reminder to all of our families that the easiest and quickest way to return your permission forms is with digital consent through QParents. If you haven’t signed up yet, contact our School Office to send you your personal link required.
What’s On in the Arts?
Students can head to the Art room on a Friday to work on their assessment, expand on their technical abilities, or just have a quiet space to express themselves creatively. Interested in Visual Art – see you there!
Save the date!
Our annual Music Night date has been announced. Lock it in your calendar and set yourself a reminder – Tuesday 9th September.
Justin Mayes
Acting Head of Department - The Arts
