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31 August - CONGRATULATIONS
to our Performing Company Dancers
Winners of Division
three Talent
Storm and winners of the Best Performance category.
Congratulations
also to Bomaderry HS for equal second place with
Wadalba CHS and Toronto HS.
Smiths Hill HS took
out the award for the Production Design Category
and Bomaderry HS the Best Concept and Realisation
Category.
(Picture
- Craig Hughes) Click for larger image.
20 August - Looking
for a 1970s WURLITZER ELECTRIC PIANO!
Mark
Clifford of Smiths Hill HS is restoring ...
Click here to read
more
13 August
- Junior Music Camp 2010
A reminder that applications
for this year's Junior Music Camp close on Wednesday
18th August.
If you intend applying please download the forms
on the 'Activities Groups and Links' button under
'Junior Music Camp'
4 August - Web Site
Issues
This site was unavailable
for a few hours last night and was a little erratic
in its behaviour for a day or so before that. There
was a problem with file server which we believe our
provider has fixed. Apologies for any inconvenience.
27
July - Drama Festival
Bomaderry PS students
brewing up trouble at Drama Festival tonight.
There will be some
more photos linked from the Drama Festival page in
a few days. Follow the link in the menu on the left
'Activities, Groups and Links'.
22
July - Choral Festival
Follow the link on
the left 'Activities Groups and Links' for the upcoming
Choral Festival rehearsal schedules at Anita's Theatre
14
July - Talent Development Project Graduation Concert
The Talent Development Project’s (TDP) START
ME UP Concert – Sydney Entertainment Centre
– Wednesday 28th July at 7.30pm and
is once again preparing to showcase Australia’s
best young new talent.
Click here for the Information Flyer. Click here for the Ticket order form.
START ME UP is an evening spectacular of song, launching the
best singers and songwriters from New South Wales public schools alongside some
of the biggest names in the Australian music industry.
The 2010 TDP graduates will appear on stage with our special guest artists on WEDNESDAY
28 JULY at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The Concert
will be hosted by ALAN JONES AO, former Australian Idol Musical
Director and TDP graduate JOHN FOREMAN and 2010 Golden Guitar
winner and TDP graduate FELICITY URQUHART.
Special guests appearing with the TDP Graduates include ‘Australia’s Got Talent’
2009 Winner MARK VINCENT, TDP Graduates and highly successful
Indigenous folk/jazz duo MICROWAVE JENNY (recent winners of
the Peter Garrett Breakthrough Award), much loved cabaret and theatre performer TREVOR
ASHLEY and from sensational dance show ‘Burn the Floor’, special guest JESSICA
LINGOTTI.
The START ME UP Concert is your chance to experience the amazing
talent of the future stars of the Australian music industry.
One of this year's graduates is Liam Cooper
of Wollongong HSPA
13 July - Junior Music
Camp forms available
Follow the link in
the menu to 'Activities, Groups and Links' and then
Junior Music Camp to find the information.
2 July - End of a busy
term with the Performing Ensemble touring local schools.
There are more photos
linked from the Ensemble page.
16 June
- Dance Festival 2010
Click here for some rehearsal
photos
13 May - Southern Stars
Please check the Southern
Stars link for information about the Teachers Meeting and
dance and reahearsals
10
May - Drumming Group Workshop
Pictured is Kate Gascoyne
of 'Drum Effect' leading a workshop last week for
the M'Kopane drumming group comprised of students
from Mt Brown PS, Figtree Heights PS, Mt Terry PS
and Shellcove PS.
5 May -Junior Band
Camp - Concentration!
Camp finished yesterday.
There will be some more pictures posted in a week
or so on the Junior Band page. Follow the menu on
the left to 'Activities, Groups and Links' to find
it.
5 May - Drawing Workshops
for students
In
conjunction with ARTEXPRESS anad Wollongong City
Gallery.
Download
the Information and Application forms here.
Late
applications will be accepted.
5 May - Professional
Learning for Creative and Performing Arts Teachers
Click
here for information about the next round of
workshops offered around the state for Creative
Arts teachers this term. These workshops will
provide hands on useful strategies for using
laptops and in particular the Adobe Acrobat
9 Pro software within your teaching programmes.
30
April - Regional Principal's Conference
To
complete the Ulladulla connection Georgia from
Ulladulla HS closed the conference with a performance
of "The Climb"
29 April - Regional
Principals Conference
These animated young
people are part of the percussion group from Ulladulla
PS who opened the Regional Principal's Conference
today. Well done.
There are some more photos
of the group here.
27 April - Saxophone
Players - Urgent
ISER Junior Band is
short of Saxophone players to join this years group.
Years 4-8.
Please contact Greg Costello at Mt Brown Public School
on 42613855 if interested or know of players.
Camp
is this Sunday 2 May to 4 May.
22 April - The Arts
Unit Dance Days
Click for flyer
Boys
applications close12 May
20 April - Visual Arts
Teachers Day - ARTEXPRESS Regional Tour
ARTEXPRESS will be
exhibited at the Wollongong
City Gallery 1 May ␣
30 May 2010.
Exhibitions and Exhibiting
- 4th May. A professional learning opportunity for
teachers of visual artas in association with ARTEXPRESS.
Click
here to download the information and application
form. Applications
close 27th April.
19 April
- Class Clowns.
Comedy Opportunityi
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The annual comedy
competition for high school students (in Years
9 - 12), Class Clowns, is coming up at IPAC very
soon, 29 May.
At a Class Clowns gig, students who have prepared
up to 5 minutes of stand-up, comedy, a group
sketch, musical parody, or something else in-between,
participate in a rehearsal with a professional,
practising comedian, before presenting their
act at a real, live, public performance.
To get involved, please contact Jennifer O'Sullivan
at IPAC,
on 4224 5999 or email josullivan@merrigong.com.au
All tickets: $15. Call the box office on 4224
5999 or visit www.merrigong.com.au/shows/class-clowns-2010 |
15
April - Company Vocalists
You
will find on the vocalists section of the wiki
a listing of the Senior Vocalist groups. Also
in the document is information about our first
round of song auditions for Southern Stars. We
are not auditioning all the songs, but we have
chosen some vocalists we want to hear for specific
songs.
27th March - Relay
For Life Nowra
Pictured
are three ex students of our Region performing
at the Nowra Relay For Life event. Now finding
their way in the world as professional entertainers
Ashley Burgess, Kirby Burgess and Emma Hawthorne,
as well as having individual careers, are performing
here under name Divalets.
Each of these talented
young ladies has been a member of the Region's Performing
Ensemble and a featured artist in Southern
Stars. Their show
immediately followed the Performing Ensemble 2010
show. See below. There are more photos linked from
the Ensemble page.
22 March - Junior Band
Program
A reminder to apply for
the program. Preferably before the end of term.
Follow the link on
th eleft to Activities, Groups and Links and then
to Junior Band Program for more information.
18
March - Song Writing Opportunity for students year
9 and above - Urgent
 A
competition to write the song to be sung all around
Australia on September 2, 2020 for the Music:
Count Us In program. Selected students will attend
workshops with notable song writing mentors.
More information and
the song brief are available at the web site:
http://www.musiccountusin.org.au/
Ideas have to be submitted
to Music: Count Us In (admin.mpfl@mca.org.au)
no later than Monday 29th March
13 Mar -
ISER Performing Company Launch This Weekend
Parents and Company
performers meet with staff at the beginning of a
weekend of rehearsal.
9
Mar - Junior Band Program 2010
The information and
application package for the 2010 program is available
for download. Follow the link on the left to "Activities,
Groups and Links" to find the Junior Band page.
3 Mar - The 2010 DOBELL
SCHOOL at the NATIONAL ART SCHOOL: Urgent
A Visual Arts
project for year 11 students. Wed 14 to Sat 17 April
Principals and Visual Arts teachers
from the Illawarra South East Region are invited
to nominate student/s from their school (carefully
ranked) to participate in this fantastic opportunity.
Click here for more information.
Urgent response required by Tuesday March 9
This article also appears in InPrincipal
2 Mar - Company Vocalists
finalised
The list of names can
be downloaded from Company page.
1 Mar - Timetable for
Company Launch now available
Please check the Performing
Company page if this is for you.
22 Feb - Performing
Company Launch 13-14 March
More information is
available on the Company page.
22 Feb - EOI Southern
Stars, Schools and Teachers
Links to application
forms for involvement in Southern Stars 2010 are
now on the Southern Stars site.
19
Feb - Performing Company Dancers
 Rehearsing
for their performance at the Wollongong Hawks vs
Townsville Basketball game tonight at the WIN Entertainment
Centre.
They
must have danced well as the Hawks won
87-68.
17 Feb - Music Theatre
Workshops
Applications are now invited from schools for students
in Years 9 to 12 interested in attending Music Theatre
Workshops. The workshops will be held at the Seymour
Centre on the corner of City Road and Cleveland Street,
Chippendale.
There will be two days of workshops, the first held
on 22 April and the second on 23 April. Students
must nominate their preferred date for attendance
should their application be successful.
Workshops will focus on developing students' technical
and performance abilities, especially in the areas
of Dance, Drama, Voice (both solo and combined) and
the combination of these. Tuition will be provided
by professional tutors and specialist school teachers.
Please visit the following link to the student nomination
forms if you would like to apply for these workshops:
http://www.pau.nsw.edu.au/arts_initiatives/Music_Theatre.htm
17 Feb - HSC Music
Workshops
Will be conducted
by the South Coast Secondary Music Teachers Association
on May 11 and 12 in Wollongong.
Click
here to download more information
Registration
closes on April 1
11 Feb - A reminder.
The Performing Arts Unit runs courses,
workshops
and various ensembles for students and teachers
in DET schools.
Their web siite is
http://www.pau.nsw.edu.au/
Check it out. Some groups
will be auditioning soon. For example there are two
State Wind Bands - junior and senior.
10 Feb - Dance
Festival AGM (Urgent)
The
AGM and election of officers will be held at Wollongong
HSPA on Tuesday 16th
Feb at 4pm. RSVP by Mon 15th.
More
information including the nomination forms for
Dance Festival 2010 can be found on the Dance Festival
page. Select "Activities, Gorups and Links" from
the menu on the left and follow the link to Dance
Festival.
8 Feb - 2009 Company
Launch
The Company launch
for vocalists and dancers will on the weekend of
13-14 March. More details will be published soon.
4 Feb - Senior Music
Camp
The information and
application packages for students, staff and university
tutors are available for download. Follow the menu
item to "Activities, Groups and Links" on
the left and then look for the link to Senior Music
Camp.
29 Jan - Second Company
Callback, 26th February
Those vocalists invited
to the second callback last year can download the document
with details by clicking here.
27 Jan - Talent Development
Project
Applications
are open until March 19 for nominations to TDP
for 2010/2011.
Click
here for the application form.
Visit
the the TDP web site by clicking
here.
11 Jan - Performing
Ensemble 2010 info available
Those who were successful
at auditions for the 2010 Ensemble should follow
the link on the left to the Ensemble page (Activities,
Groups and ...) to download the 2010 welcome package.
2009 news has been archived.
Click on the link below if
you need to refer to it. |
