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The joy of dancing
Last week I had the absolute joy of watching our choreographer, Dalena Ebadi, working with 60 highly motivated Middle School students to develop the dance sequences for our...
22 April 2021
The Joy of Singing
‘If you can talk, you can sing.’
I have been singing all of my life.
I clearly remember my father singing to me from my earliest...
A Middle School Music reflection
As we approach the end of a very memorable year, it’s appropriate to spend some time in reflection. First, the losses. In the Performing Arts our principal aim is to provide students with...
03 December 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
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
CareyFit – keeping active in Term 4
It’s fair to say it has been a frustrating Term 3 for Carey Sport. Another term has now come to an end, with not a single ball kicked, thrown or hit for the Winter or Spring APS Seasons...
10 September 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 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