2007 School Magazine

Creative Arts

CLASSROOM MUSIC

fifty orchestral and choral performers. The final result bristled with spectacular energy in a Friday evening Concert Performance for fellow students, parents and friends to enjoy. To augment student learning, girls were invited to a Tertiary Options workshops in Term IV where a visiting musicologist, composer, performer and music therapist provided information about career options in music.

In 2007 the Creative Arts Faculty moved into The Cherrell Hirst Creative Learning Centre, a specifically designed learning community precinct. The building’s flexible design enables individuals, small groups and large groups to work independently or together. This flexibility extends to a network of people beyond the immediate School community into the extensive global community of learners and participants inside and outside the conventional School day. Mrs Jacqueline Colwill Director

to participate in Moving Opera , a series

of combined workshops with Opera Queensland and culminating with a showcase concert. The Creative Learning Centre has inspired change in the delivery of Music curriculum. Senior students have commenced working with Sibelius scoring software and Pro Tools hardware and software for professional quality recording and scoring. Mr Andrew Pennay Head of Classroom Music

Composer in Residence

The highlight for Music students in 2007 was working with Mr Paul Jarman, our Composer in Residence. In addition to Mr Jarman’s extensive rehearsals with the School’s choral groups, he shared his

DRAMA

Students attended a performance by Doch Gypsy Orchestra and also collaborated with Brisbane Grammar School

experiences, stories and music with Year 10 Music girls. Mr Jarman worked with the combined Senior classes to improvise a piece for

It has been an eventful year in the dramatic life of the School. With the opening of The Creative Learning Centre, the Faculty has experienced huge growth, with more projects than ever on the go!

outcomes. The Senior girls worked incredibly hard to formulate a whole-class performance in its entirety.

Open Day was another highlight for the girls — roving performances

Year 8 performance nights each semester, a Year

and displays in the Creative Learning Centre attracted great attention from past, present, and future Grammar girls, as well as parents and the wider community. Leah Winterton (12M) Drama Captain

9 evening, Year 10 Greek Night, and the Year 12 Extended Study Course Productions are this year’s

Photo: Rob Maccoll, courtesy of Opera Queensland

MOVING OPERA

Twenty students from Brisbane Girls Grammar and Brisbane Grammar Schools were involved with Moving Opera for four days in February this year. The programme involved a series of music theatre workshops with a team of five professional artists who are part of the education arm of Opera Queensland. The team including a Director, also associated with Backbone Youth Arts, a Music Director, and three singers worked with the students from Years 9, 11 and 12. The students came from a range of music and drama backgrounds and forgave their normal classes to participate in activities that explored theatre, opera repertoire and techniques, vocal and choral

techniques, performance skills — including stage craft, character exploration

and development, improvisation and scene devising. The Moving Opera team were impressed with the level of enthusiasm, co-operation, ability and participation demonstrated by the participants. The students

VISUAL ART

The Visual Art Department in conjunction with Classroom Music held its first Year 8 Art and Music Evening this year. The Level 6 classrooms of the Creative Learning Centre showcased bold, colourful artwork including digital

photographs, paintings, prints and mixed media works. A food-as-art competition stimulated students to work with edible media. Everyone

a tremendous four days and definitely worth the time I spent catching up on schoolwork, I have expanded my musical repertoire, the way I sing, acting and performance techniques and the art of team work and working comfortably in a group.”

enjoyed the results! Mr Donald Pincott Head of Visual Art

found the experience to be challenging but also very rewarding and parents who

attended the performance enjoyed sharing the enriching experiences provided by the programme. Amber Evans (9G) can’t wait to participate again next year, “It was

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