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The Arts News

2023 London CAX Tour

PBC Arts Excellence is excited to announce the 2023 London CAX Tour to be held in the last 2 weeks of Term 4 2023.

The tour is open to current Arts Excellence students in Years 8-10 from Dance, Drama, Visual Arts and Music and selected Film and TV students. 

An information evening will be held Week 9, Tuesday 6 September in the Theatre.

If you are interested in this opportunity please collect an ‘Expression of Interest’ form from the C Block Arts staffroom.

The tour will provide diverse and rich opportunities for your student  to participate in workshops, visit galleries, museums, historical and cultural landmarks, UK schools and Universities.

Your son/daughter will be immersed in the thriving London Arts scene and it will be an exciting 'once in a lifetime' opportunity.

  

Dance Excellence

In Term 2, our Dance Excellence team travelled to Coffs Harbour to compete and the Coffs Dance Eisteddfod. The students were awarded the following results:

2 x 1st places

2 x 2nd places

1 x 3rd place

2 x Highly Commended

  

Dance Cluster Day

On Wednesday 20 July, students in Dance Excellence Fitness travelled to Brisbane for their second cluster day. Students visited the popular dance studio Mad Dance House on Adelaide Street in the City and participated in two dance workshops – Hip-hop and Afro-Fusion. After the classes, students walked across the bridge to Southbank where they were able to enjoy lunch in the popular cultural-precinct.  A fun-filled day for all.

  

Music Cluster Day

Music Excellence students had the incredible opportunity to meet the one and only John Collins from Powderfinger at renowned Brisbane music venue, The Triffid.  Students were also lucky enough to visit the Jazz Music Institute of Brisbane to meet the course convenor and students to get a taste of life as a full-time musician. After an inspiring morning of performances and workshops at JMI,  John Collins met with students at The Triffid to give an exclusive backstage tour and of course take a photo or two. A huge thank you to the staff who made this day possible for our students, and to JMI and The Triffid for having us!

  

Visual Arts Cluster Day

On Wednesday of Week 2 the Arts Excellence students had the opportunity to travel to Brisbane and attend 2 fantastic exhibitions at GOMA. The first exhibition was Chiharu Shiota’s ‘The Soul Trembles’ which highlights twenty-five years of her artistic practice. She’s renowned internationally for her transformative, large-scale installations constructed from millions of fine threads that cluster in space or form complex webs that spill from wall to floor to ceiling.

The second exhibition was a real highlight as students got to see our alumni Allie Baldwin, Gabriella Killgariff and Ryan Thwaite in the 2021 Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art. The exhibition recognises and celebrates the artistic achievements and creative talents of senior high school students from across Queensland. This exhibition showcases the work of the 37 Excellence Award recipients selected in 2021 from over 500 entries submitted by students from metropolitan and regional schools throughout the state. Students were blown away by the both exhibitions.

  

 

Scene Project and Drama Excellence Showcase

Last Thursday and Friday Drama students from Years 9-12 held our annual Drama Excellence Showcase Evening here at PBC. The evening was comprised of 2 different performances, Chroma Town by Suzie Miller and Victim. Sidekick. Boyfriend. Me. by Hilary Bell.

After Year 9 and 10 Drama Excellence travelled to Brisbane last Wednesday to perform on the QLD Theatre Company stage as a part of the Scene Project, they performed their work again as a part of the Showcase Evening. Students performed their version of the play ‘Chroma Town’, which explores themes of community, belonging and environmental issues. We were selected as one of 60 schools in Queensland to be a part of the project, and students were able to perform on the QLD Theatre Company stage. We were extremely proud of their achievements, and shared their fabulous work with our school community at the Showcase evening in the Theatre.

Year 11 and 12 Drama Excellence had the pleasure of hosting many wonderful guests on the Q Block Lawn, as they presented their production of Victim. Sidekick. Boyfriend. Me. by Hilary Bell. The production saw students don the roles of vengeful saints and one remorseful villain in a colourful, gripping theatrical production which saw students present to a community audience.

The faculty would like to extend their sincere gratitude to the staff, students and parents involved in bringing these productions to the stage, with special mention to Greg Dunn and Scott Atanasoff for their assistance with the construction of the set for the Senior Performance.  

  

Instrumental Music

The Instrumental Music Program have had a very exciting Term 2 with performances, workshops, camps and tours and are looking forward to many exciting events coming up later in the year.

Fanfare

The students put on their Band/Strings Reds and headed up to the Glow Auditorium in Ormeau. The students played with outstanding technique and showed the true Reds spirit with excellent musicianship, teamwork and musical skill. Our ensembles were incredible and many received the highest accolades available on the day.

  • Optima Wind Ensemble: Platinum Award

  • Synergy Wind Ensemble: Gold Award

  • Stage Band 1: Platinum Award

  • Stage Band 2: Platinum Award

  • String Ensemble: Bronze Award

   

Hot Potato Band

Hot Potato are a national big band treasure with instruments ranging from sousaphone to a microphone alternate megaphone, the band has performed at various venues at festivals across the country. Last term, PBC was lucky enough to receive a visit from the band. Their flash mob style entrance into the Q Block theatre didn’t fail to impress. Stage Band 1 and 2 members participated in a workshop with the crew rehearsing their original song ‘Mystery Man”, we then performed along side the band in front of music excellence students and staff.

  

What’s Next:

  • IM Pre-Eisteddfod Concert – Thursday 4 August

  • Gold Coast Eisteddfod – Weeks 5-6

  • Synergy School Tour – Date TBC

  • PBC Under The Lights – Frdiay 21 October