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Christmas trees for music bursaries
Friends of Carey Music (FoCM) are honoured to announce a new bursary for 2021, which is open to vocal students at any year level. This scholarship is named after Karen Murray, a Carey parent...
06 November 2020
Resilience in Action
It has been so wonderful to welcome students back into the Music Department. The building which has been effectively silent for months is at least starting to resonate with the sound of...
05 November 2020
Classroom Music and the JSK 'Bubble'
After what has been a very trying year with ever increasing restrictions, Music has resumed for some of our ensembles in the Junior School. It has been nothing short of sheer joy to hear...
05 November 2020
We’re back – well almost!
It will certainly be a delight to welcome our Year 7 students back to music classes next week, and then the Year 8s and 9s a couple of weeks later. I am sure they are looking forward to getting out of...
08 October 2020
Performing Arts in the COVID Era
This has certainly been a remarkable year! I think the word of the year is ‘unprecedented’, which can be heard all too frequently in the media. Term 3 has been a very challenging time in the...
10 September 2020
The challenges and opportunities of the performing arts online
As we work through the challenges of COVID-19, many people are asking questions about what the Performing Arts will look like on....
20 August 2020
We Are Still Learning!
Our music rooms at Carey may be empty, but there is still a whole heap of great musical development taking place. Sure, the Stage 4 restrictions have taken away our wonderful bands...
20 August 2020Music thriving in iso
With the challenges of being separated and remote learning occurring, Junior School musicians continue to grow and develop independently. Students are sharing their learning in their time...
20 August 2020
Anyone Can Write a Song
What does it take to write a good song? This is an interesting question! To me it’s very similar to asking what is needed to write a good story. Our Year 8 and 9 Music electives focus on...
23 July 2020
Embracing Indigenous history through music
Since European settlement, much of Australia’s history, from the colonial perspective, has been very accessible through diaries, first-hand accounts of events as well as ballads and folk songs...
18 June 2020