Student Achievements

Congratulations to Luka Duffy who has been accepted into the Young Conservatorium of Music for Baritone Saxaphone and Claire Seaton who also gained entry on the Bassoon. We are very proud of these humble and talented students whom through hard work and dedication gained entry into a highly sought after program.

Congratulations to past student Regan Hickey who has gained entry into the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Southbank for Jazz Bass and also Charlie Priest who has also gained entry for classical flute.  Past student Callum Watson has also accepted a position at the Jazz Music institute to study Drums. We wish them all the best for their bright future as musicians.

PBC Alumni

The Dance Excellence students have engaged in many technique and choreography workshops the last few weeks learning performance repertoire for 2020. Mackenzie Lintmeijer, Kira Stray and Rochelle DeSnoo are just a few of the Alumni Dance Excellence students whom have all returned to the southern Gold Coast to choreograph eisteddfod routines for our students. These women are all highly sought after professional industry artists who love giving back to the PBC community and mentoring our young dancers. Thank you ladies for your continued support and dedication to the Dance Excellence program, we are blessed beyond measure to have such wonderful Alumni who always return to show their PBC Reds pride.

Drama

Drama excellence students have hit the ground running and are in the early stages of preparing themselves for the 2020 Drama Festival. Directors Dani McGlynn and Cameron Sarasola are leading their students through an arduous creative process.

ACD CDI

Early January 2020, Year 11 student, Mia Beame was involved in Australian Dance Collective’s Contemporary Dance Intensive (ADC CDI) at the QUT Creative Industries, Brisbane. This program provided the opportunity for Mia to dance, work, create and connect with the Australian Dance Collective company artists – formerly known as Expressions Dance Company - as well as other well-known Australian guest artists in a collective environment. Artists such as Riannon McLean, Melanie Lane, Tyrel Dulvarie from Bangarra Dance Theatre, Fiona Jopp, Cass Eipper, Kate Harman from The Farm and Teri Crilly, former soloist with Queensland Ballet. This two-week summer intensive included class, repertoire, yoga, multiple tasking and phrase workshops and an industry discussion each day with Artistic Director of ADC, Amy Hollingsworth. The repertoire classes included works from ADC, Melanie Lane and Bangarra Dance Theatre shown in photographs below.

The ADC CDI is an incredible platform to create intimate and valuable connections with professional artists and friends, and to expose the dance industry to potential artists who aspire to work and achieve in a creative, intellectual and collective environment.

Vocal Ensemble

For 3 days at the beginning of Week 3, our Vocal Ensemble students headed up to Tamborine Mountain for our annual Vocal Group Workshop Camp. The students worked on repertoire for our performance season and workshopped with an industry professional Vita Adam. Vita is a singer and song writer who is a member of the Melbourne Gospel Choir. In our 8-hour workshop, students learned about performance presence, working as an ensemble and harnessing their sound. Students also participated in a team-building catapult activity and enjoyed the natural beauty of Tamborine with a swim in Cedar Creek.

Thank you to our Vocal Group Ensemble leaders for all their hard work during rehearsal sessions and our teachers for the wonderful experience.

Working Musicians Program

The Working Musicians Program is up and running again for 2020. Over the course of the year, students will be learning how to make their start in the music industry, focussing on four major areas; song writing, live performance, production and independent release. Students begin the year by honing their skills as song writers and participating in writing workshops with various industry professionals.  Their original songs will be showcased at the end of the semester in a live, local music venue.  We look forward to sharing more of this artistic work with you soon!

Loren Skyring
HOD The Arts, Creative Excellence Coordinator