2005 School Magazine

Creative Arts

Creative Arts

Classroom Music

2005 has been a stimulating year for Classroom Music students. Our curriculum encourages girls to develop their musicianship through aural-based learning in order to “think in sound”. This year, students have enhanced these skills by participating in performances and workshops at School and in the wider community. All elective Music students attended Year Level Days at The University of Queensland’s School of Music. Girls interacted with Music students from other schools and appreciated working in a university environment. Visiting musicians have invigorated learning in 2005. Ms Ruth Bonetti presented workshops to encourage Music Extension students to develop effective practice habits and strategies to manage performance anxiety. The University of Queensland Brass Sextet and two finalists from the Queensland Conservatorium’s Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition provided students with the opportunity to see music performed at a very high standard. All Music students have attended concerts to broaden their experience. Year 11 and Year 12 girls attended Puccini’s opera La Bohème . Year 8s were treated to a performance by Wala, a group from Ghana. Year 9s attended an open rehearsal of The Queensland Orchestra at their Ferry Road studios and Year 10s enjoyed an Australian Chamber Orchestra concert comprised of works studied in class at the Queensland Performing Arts Complex.

The Medusa

Containment

Nicola explains that her mixed media on canvas piece Containment “explores and questions the structures we impose on the world in an attempt to make meaning from our surroundings.” Nicola is conscious of the transience and fluidity of the meaning of the work itself and believes “the only certainty it reflects is that the slippery search for ‘meaning’ in itself confirms the inevitable chaos lying just below the surface of our carefully constructed world.” The girls were invited to attend a series of workshops held at Queensland College of Art and Queensland University of Technology. Students were given the opportunity to participate in experimental and extension programmes run by guest artists and visit Brisbane galleries. Alison and Nicola extended their skills, gained insight into the Queensland Arts scene and particularly enjoyed meeting and collaborating with other talented art students from around the state. Angela Leggett (12H) CAPTAIN

The Classroom Music Department hosted tertiary options workshops in Term IV. Lecturers represented different professions within the music industry including musicology, music therapy, composition and performance. The performance session was led by Miss Patrick (1991) who is now a member of the group Stringmansassy. These workshops provided an opportunity for students to explore pathways to careers in music. Nadia Myers (12M)

Visual Art

The Visual Art Department submits student entries every year to the prestigious Minister’s Art Awards. After a grueling selection process the best Year 12 works across the state are chosen for the travelling exhibition, shown in galleries throughout Queensland culminating at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane early 2006. This year two Grammar girls, Alison Rae (12O) and Nicola Scott (12E), were recipients of the Award. This outstanding achievement is testament to the strength of the School’s Visual Art programme.

Alison’s installation piece The Medusa comprising forty-eight hanging sand- filled stockings is a metaphor for restrictive notions of femininity imposed on contemporary women, moulding what Alison calls “the natural essence of women” to produce a stifling uniformity.

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School Magazine 2005