Music & Drama
We are your Drama and Music captains for 2025, Matilda and Ryan, here to give an update on the exciting events going on in the Performing Arts departments of the school! This year has been truly special for our departments, full of exciting events with many more to come!
We started the year with Music in the Round, a night designed specifically for students taking instrumental lessons, giving them a chance to share what they've been working on in a more intimate setting. Watching these students step up and showcase their progress, you can see the pride and passion in their faces, which really set the tone for everything that followed.
This week brings St Ignatius Day, and there's always such a buzz around this tradition. The day starts early with Mass, where our Mass Band provides beautiful support, then builds into this fantastic lunchtime concert that draws the whole school together. You'll hear everything from rock bands to jazz ensembles, performances by our Year 11 groups, and of course, the Masked Singer competition that everyone talks about for weeks afterwards. It’s always a day full of energy throughout the whole school.
Next week, we have our Annual Music Concert across two evenings. There's something magical about seeing Year 7 students performing alongside seasoned Year 12s, giving their final recitals. The variety is incredible: class performances, intimate duets and trios, full ensembles and bands, our choirs, and those deeply personal solo pieces from our graduating students. Having alumni return to perform adds this wonderful sense of continuity and reminds us all that music truly is a lifelong journey.
We hope that love and enthusiasm come through loud and clear in all the performances this week and next. These moments remind us why we do what we do.
The Drama department has also been buzzing this year and full of exciting events for the whole school community to enjoy. Last week the school production, Shrek the Musical, was performed in a sold-out season and was met with rave reviews! It was incredible to see the show come together after so much hard work, time and effort put in from the students, staff and volunteers. The show was so amazing and every member of the show should be extremely proud!
Earlier in the year we were able to highlight the work of our dance students during the Dance Showcase night, in which a range of year levels were able to perform, including solos from the incredibly talented VCE dance students who blew us all away with their pieces. On the same night, we saw the VCE Drama students showcase the ensemble performances they had prepared throughout the term. Every ensemble group worked together to produce work at a high standard and it was amazing to watch! The College Play performed by the Year 12 Theatre Studies class, The Drowsy Chaperone, was also a great success and lots of fun to watch, having the audience rolling with laughter.
We are incredibly proud of every performing arts student and love seeing them get to showcase their talents! Keep an eye out for more events being held in our department in the near future!
Matilda Kelly 12/FSKE & Ryan Marchbank 12/FFCH
Drama and Music Captains
🎶 Student of the Fortnight 🎶
This fortnight, we’d like to celebrate Rory Hutchinson 10/XEJS for his outstanding commitment to music. Whether it’s their consistent rehearsal effort, involvement in numerous ensemble rehearsals for multiple bands, or their willingness always to help out, Rory has gone above and beyond. Congratulations, and thank you for being such a positive force in our music community!
