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Looking forward to our sorely missed live music
Although it feels in many ways like the year has just begun, our time as a community for 2020 is coming to an end. This term...
03 December 2020
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...
03 December 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
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 2020Humanity 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
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
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 2020Music: an essential part of the human condition
At this time of year many families are considering whether or not to continue learning an instrument, especially if your child is...
21 November 2019
Senior Ensemble Auditions
As the year draws rapidly to a close for our senior musicians, we are looking forward to putting our senior ensembles together for 2020. Auditions will occur in the first few weeks of term...
10 October 2019
Our outstanding ensembles
Third term sees the Performing Arts Department involved in many performances, both external and within the school community. The Whole School Choral Concert on Wednesday 30 July was a...
08 August 2019