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Performing and Visual Arts2020

Past Productions

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Grimmuss Two Weeks with the

Queen Epic Whispers

A Thousand Cranes

Cindy

Pirates of the Curry Bean

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Performing and Visual Arts in 2020 promises an exciting and fulfilling program for the whole Cornish community.

Each event will be a culmination of much planning, practice, communication, risk-taking and then celebration; a vital process for effective learning.

The offerings this season will continue to foster connections across year levels and disciplines allowing students a wide variety of opportunities to engage, create and reflect in the Performing and Visual Arts.

Please enjoy this brochure and we’d love to see you at our events this year.

Rebecca McPhail, Lauren Zeigler and the Cornish College Performing and Visual Arts Teams

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Dates were correct at time of printing, March 2020, but are subject to change.

Term 1Southern Independent Schools Big Night – Annual Music and Dance Evening

Tuesday 24 March

Term 2Junior House Performing Arts Monday 4 May

House Performing Arts Friday 15 May

Winter Showcase Festival Tuesday 19 May

VCE Performing Arts Showcase Monday 25 May and Tuesday 26 May

Year 6 Production – Scaredy-Cat Tuesday 10 June

MAD Night Thursday 25 June

Term 3 Southern Independent Schools TheatreSports Championship Tuesday 21 July

Secondary Production – Bugsy Malone Monday 31 August and Tuesday 1 September

Term 4Prep - Year 2 Music Recital Wednesday 21 October

Summer Showcase Festival Tuesday 10 November

Year 7 Music Recital - Band Program Monday 16 November

Super Studies Showcase Wednesday 18 November

Drama Tuition Showcase TBC

Years 3 and 4 String Soiree Thursday 19 November

Prep – Year 4 Christmas Celebration Evening Monday 30 November

Years 5-12 Celebration Evening Monday 7 December

Calendar

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Arts education fosters bright, creative, and socially engaged students who will grow up to be our next leaders, parents, teachers, artists, and engineers. Their innovative ideas will shape industries; their creative thinking will find out-of-the-box solutions for a global society, and will provide students with a way to understand themselves, and have a sense of belonging.”

Jane Chu, former chairperson of the US National Endowment for the Arts

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Performing Arts Leaders

DanceAmelie Corbett

Drama Charlotte Sampson

Drama Isaac Willoughby

MusicAaron Marrone

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Assemblies, public speaking, debating, choirs, ensembles and more...

Throughout the year, a range of performance opportunities present themselves, either within the school or in the wider community. We are continuously encouraging students to create a culture of inclusion, risk-taking and to make the most of these opportunities.

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Cocurricular Drama and Music Tuition Cornish Primary Drama Club

Our cocurricular programs are designed to offer students a breadth of opportunities to explore their interests in the Performing Arts. There is something for all students from Prep to Year 12, as individuals or in small groups, to try new things or refine established talents.

For more information about our small group Drama tuition or to enrolvisit www.cornishcollege.vic.edu.au/drama/

For information about our Music tuition or to enrol

visit www.cornishcollege.vic.edu.au/music/

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Southern Independent Schools Big NightAnnual Music and Dance EveningStudents combine with other independent schools to create and rehearse large ensembles in music and dance, culminating in a performing arts spectacular!

When: Tuesday 24 MarchWhere: Drum Theatre, DandenongWho: Students from Years 7 – 12Tickets: Drum Theatre (link advertised via school notices)

Appropriate for: All ages

Open to parents/friends of performers, but tickets are usually limited as it is a combined schools event

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Junior House Performing Arts

Junior House Performing Arts is a celebration using the same theme as the senior event. Students work in their Houses to perform a cohesive singing and dancing experience. Be prepared to “bop along” to the students’ collaborations!

Junior House Performing Arts is a celebration of all things singing in the lower primary years. It is an opportunity for younger students to get a taste of what it is like to be involved in a house competition for the performing arts. The winning House performs during the House Performing Arts Competition the following week.

When: Monday 4 MayWhere: Building Eng. Sustainability CentreYear levels involved: Years 2 – 4Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to families of lower primary students

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House Performing Arts

House Performing Arts will again demonstrate a spectacular culmination of massed and solo singing, dance, drama and instrumental items. The Years 5 - 12 event is completely student-led and designed to maximise inclusion for all. Now in its fifth year, it is a highly anticipated event on the College calendar.

When: Friday 15 MayWhere: GymnasiumYear levels involved: Years 5 – 12Tickets: Not required

Open to all students

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Winter Showcase Festival

Enjoy performances by individual musicians and small groups followed by the Cornish music ensembles including the Year 5 String Ensemble, Junior and Senior Choirs, Guitar and Percussion Ensembles, the Concert Band, Rock Band, the Funk/Soul Band and VCE performance items.

When: Tuesday 19 MayWhere: Cornish College, various locationsWho: Students from Years 3 – 12 who learn an instrument privately and students who participate in ensemblesAppropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to all members of the Cornish College community

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VCE Performing Arts Showcase

Celebrating the learning from three VCE subjects, Dance, Music and Theatre Studies. This year audiences will be entertained with Moliere’s play Tartuffe, musical items and dance pieces.

When: Monday 25 May and Tuesday 26 MayWhere: Cornish College, various locationsWho: Students studying VCE Units 1 or 3 Music, Dance or Theatre StudiesAppropriate for: Year 5 upTickets: Available through Cornish notices closer to the event

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It’s Australia and a local little Trooper Platoon (a parody of Boy Scouts) has gathered for the 15th Annual Bushwackeree – a weekend of camping and working towards earning patches. Things are going along swimmingly for this bunch of 10 year-olds until Danny, the newest recruit, sets “the cat amongst the pigeons” by trying to trap an elusive black panther, rumoured to live in the surrounding bushland after escaping from a travelling circus many years earlier. Will they catch the panther? Or will it catch them? Does it even exist at all? Maybe those noises coming from the bush are something entirely different. Whichever the case, if you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise… When: Tuesday 10 June, 2.00pm and 7.00pmWhere: GymnasiumYear levels involved: Year 6Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Available through Cornish notices closer to the event

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

Year 6 Production Scaredy-Cat *

* This production, by Brandan Hogan, has been licensed through the Australian Script Centre

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MAD Night

Celebrating the end of semester one, students proudly present work and speak about the wonderful initiatives they were involved in during MAD (Make a Difference) Week, to parents, friends of the College and also their peers from different year levels. So much passion and collaborative work comes together to ‘make a difference’ during this week. When: Thursday 25 JuneWhere: GymnasiumYear levels involved: Students from primary and secondaryAppropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

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Southern Independent Schools TheatreSports Championship

Two teams from Years 7 to 12 “battle it out” in improvised theatre games with other schools. TheatreSports is defined as two teams of improvisers competing for points. They learn the basics of Improvisation while meeting like-minded students during a workshop day, training at school during Terms 2 and 3 and competing at the championship.

When: Tuesday 21 JulyWhere: TBCYear levels involved: Selected students from Years 7 – 12Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to Southern Independent Schools student participants

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Secondary Production Bugsy Malone

Dandy Dan’s hoodlums terrorise the district, exterminating undesirables with their new weapon – splurge guns. His rival is Fat Sam Stacetto, who runs the Grand Slam Speakeasy, but Fat Sam’s gang still use old-fashioned pies. Fat Sam engages the help of Bugsy Malone, a smooth city slicker who has been occupied in sweet-talking Blousey Brown, a would-be singer. With Bugsy’s help, Fat Sam escapes from a frame-up, but he learns later that Dandy Dan’s mob have splurged nearly all his gang.

There’s only one hope left. Fat Sam pays Bugsy $400 in exchange for more help. Bugsy, who has promised to take Blousey to Hollywood, has to break his date with her. Meanwhile Bugsy and Leroy Smith, a guy with an awesome punch, witness a secret delivery of splurge guns at Dock 17. With a bunch of down-and-outs, they help themselves from the crates. Then the police arrive, let by Captain Smolsky and Lieutenant O’Dreary. Bugsy and the gang escape through a trapdoor.

Finally Dandy Dan prepares for a showdown at Fat Sam’s speakeasy. When his mob burst in, Bugsy and the guys let ‘em have it – the works. Splurge, custard pies,

flour bombs…out of the pandemonium it emerges that Bugsy and Blousey have made it up.

When: Monday 31 August and Tuesday 1 September, 7.00pmWhere: GymnasiumYear levels involved: Years 7 – 12Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Available in Term 3, through Cornish

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

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Prep – Year 2 Music Recital

An opportunity for students to get out of the practice room and perform on stage.For some students, this is their first opportunity to perform a solo in front of an audience. When: Wednesday 21 OctoberWhere: Building Eng. Sustainability CentreYear levels involved: Prep – Year 2 who learn through the Music Tuition programAppropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

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VCE Art Exhibition

This exhibition showcases the works of VCE students studying Visual Communication and Design, Studio Arts and Media. The pieces on display are the culmination of the works compiled as part of the students completing the VCE study design in these areas.

When: End of Term 3Where: Senior Studies CentreYear levels involved: Years 10 – 12Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

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Summer Showcase Festival

As we move into the warmer months of the year, it’s time to take the music showcase outdoors and utilise our unique environment and landscape. Enjoy performances by individual musicians and small groups followed by the Cornish music ensembles, at different locations around our stunning campus When: Tuesday 10 November, from 5.00pmWhere: Cornish College, various outdoor locationsYear levels involved: Years 3 – 12Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

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Year 7 Music Recital – Band Program

In addition to core curriculum, students study a range of specialist subjects. Music in Year 7 involves students learning a band instrument. This recital is the culmination of what the students have achieved throughout the year in the band program. For many, particularly those who are new to the school in Year 7, this is their first performance on an instrument. When: Monday 16 November, 7.00pmWhere: GymnasiumYear levels involved: Year 7Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

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Art Walk

The Cornish College Art Walk is an outdoor art exhibition featuring artwork from Prep to Year 6 displayed in our wonderful outdoor learning environment.

When: TBCWhere: Various locations around the College groundsYear levels involved: Prep – Year 6Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

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Drama Tuition Showcase

Giving parents and the community an opportunity to showcase work celebrating the culmination of student’s achievements throughout the year. When: TBCWhere: Drama StudioYear levels involved: Prep – Year 10Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

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Years 3 and 4 String Soiree

A showcase of learning in the compulsory Year 3 & 4 Strings Program

When: Thursday 19 NovemberWhere: TBCYear levels involved: Years 3 & 4Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to parents of Year 3 & 4 students

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Prep –Year 4 Christmas Celebration EveningThis Christmas Celebration is a night of carols, performances and community. Our students share their joy with parents, families and friends on stage.

This event always marks the closeness of Term 4 coming to an end and brings us together to reflect on the year that has been, the growth we have all achieved, and allows us to look forward to the next year with enthusiasm. When: Monday 30 November, 7.00pmWhere: GymnasiumYear levels involved: Prep – Year 4Appropriate for: All agesTickets: Not required

Open to all members and friends of the Cornish College community

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Years 5 to 12 Celebration Evening

Our Years 5 – 12 Celebration Evening is just that - an evening of celebration! The Cornish College community comes together to recognise and acknowledge student effort and achievement throughout the year. Interspersed throughout the program are a range of performing arts items further showcasing student achievements.

Quickly becoming a tradition at Celebration Evening, one of the most popular performances integrates music, dance and drama into an amazing item by talented students and staff.

When: Monday 7 DecemberWhere: Kingston City HallWho: Years 5 – 12Tickets: Available through Cornish notices in Term 4

Open to all Cornish families of Years 5 to 12 students, but places are limited.

Interested in supporting Cornish Performing Arts?

Our commitment to sustainable theatre practicesWe would appreciate donations of instruments or lengths of material, interesting ‘artefacts’ such as old telephones, cameras – anything that might be of use for student theatre productions.

If you have something to donate, please contact Lauren Zeigler, 9781 9000 or lauren.zeigler@cornishcollege.vic.edu.au

Cornish Performing Arts Mentor ProgramDid you enjoy Music, Dance or Drama at school? Have you developed an appreciation since leaving? Can you play a musical instrument, or have you studied and/or worked in the creative arts industry? Do you enjoy building or painting or are you looking for short-term, rewarding projects that help young people? The Cornish Performing Arts Mentor Program might be for you! We are building a database of like-minded alumni and members of the Cornish community to share their skills and expertise in a variety of ways pertaining to the Performing Arts.

A mentor might:• Play an instrument in one of the College’s ensembles• Help design or construct a set or costumes for a production• Offer lighting, sound and multimedia tuition to students• Speak to students interested in a career in the performing arts• Assist backstage during productions• Mentor students in acting or directing• Conduct an ensemble• Choreograph dance routines• Perform as a guest• Coach students in vocal lessons

To participate, or for further information, please contact:• Lauren Zeigler or Rebecca McPhail• Tel: 9781 9000 • Email: lauren.zeigler@cornishcollege.vic.edu.au or rebecca.mcphail@cornishcollege.vic.edu.au

We’d love to hear from you!

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