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Connecting, expressing and creating through the arts
In my last article, I wrote about the gaping hole created by an absence of the arts in the lives of many, the critical role played...
21 May 2020
Just be the best you can be
One of the lies often promoted to the young is the notion that you can be ‘anything you want to be’.
You can almost certainly be better than you are at the moment...
The Magic of Ensembles
Last week the leaders of many of our musical ensembles met (in the virtual space of course) to discuss ways of maintaining our ensembles in a time of social distancing...
23 April 2020
Bee prepared for JSK music!
Throughout Term 1, our Junior School ensemble rehearsals were vibrant and energetic places to be. Each group was gelling together, getting to know one other and preparing...
23 April 2020
Humanity needs the arts
This week, as we continue to navigate the ‘new normal’, there is cause to reflect on what we value in our lives. The performing arts industry has crashed to a halt. Theatre shows, plays, concerts...
27 March 2020
If you can talk, you can sing; If you can walk, you can dance
The two statements above have always been a strong part of my philosophy. Every culture in the world has music, including some...
05 March 2020
Chamber music, and all that jazz...
Chamber music, described by Catherine Bowen as ‘a conversation between friends’, gives musicians an opportunity to rehearse and perform in a more intimate context than a large ensemble. This...
20 February 2020
Auditioning for Strictly Ballroom
This week we began the process of auditioning students for our 2020 Middle School musical, Strictly Ballroom. I thought I would take this opportunity to describe how the auditions work...
20 February 2020
Introducing the new Performing Arts staff
C.S. Lewis, in his book The Abolition of Man, discusses the concept of education as propagation, where teachers nurture, guide, develop and ‘transmit’ knowledge, skills and, most...
06 February 2020
Music news and a reflection on the fires
I would like to begin by telling you a little about my holiday. As has been our habit for many years, on Boxing Day we headed off to camp at Mallacoota. We witnessed first-hand the extraordinary...
06 February 2020