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O U R L A DY O F M E R C Y C AT H O L I C C O L L E G E B U R R A N E E R
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CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS REPORT
2015 was another exciting
year in the Creative and
Performing Arts Faculty!
Innovations included the
formation of our Chamber
Group (who performed
beautifully at a number of
events) and the participation
of our musicians and choir in
the Youth Ministry Project.
For this project, OLMC
Music students composed
and recorded a new hymn, Blessed are the Merciful,
which will be featured at many events in 2016 - the
“Year of Mercy”.
Another highlight of 2015 was the Combined
Performing Arts Evening held at De La Salle College,
Caringbah, which featured great performances
from our Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Dance Troupe and
Year 10 Drama, as well as the Combined Band and
instrumental and vocal soloists. Other special events
at which our students shone included the Mother-
Daughter Dinner, Stations of the Cross, Dance
Network Concert, Bandfest, Presentation Day, Open
Night, Assemblies, Masses and the Anzac Dawn
Service.
In the Music classroom, students developed their
expertise in solo and ensemble work on keyboards,
guitar and drums. Year 7 also enjoyed an enriching
Polynesian music incursion while Elective students
honed their composition techniques in workshops
with Philippe Marc.
In Visual Arts, Year 7 and 8 students experimented
with a variety of media to create interpretations of
their environment as well as striking self-portraits.
Year 9 and 10 created sophisticated drawings,
paintings and sculptures - a selection of which were
displayed in the OLMC-De La Salle Combined Art
Exhibition. Elective classes also thoroughly enjoyed
their excursion to the Archibald Prize Exhibition.
Drama
students
demonstrated
excellent
understanding of a variety of genres - from slapstick
to Shakespearean tragedy - and benefitted from a
three-school workshop in physical theatre and group
play-building. Year 10 delighted audiences with their
clever adaptations of Macbeth and their lunchtime
Street Theatre comedy performances.
I thank the talented CAPA team - Mrs Alex Chapman,
Mrs Alison Kritzler, Mrs Anne-Maree Corby and Mrs
Joanna McKeown for all their work and congratulate
our students on their achievements this year.
Joanne Furnari
Creative and Performing Arts
Coordinator