Performing Arts
Encouraging Expression
At Kinross Wolaroi School, the Performing Arts program offers students extensive opportunities to develop their talents in music, drama, and dance. With a focus on creativity, collaboration, and personal growth, students of all levels are encouraged to participate in a variety of performances, from musicals to orchestral concerts.
The program fosters a vibrant artistic community, enabling students to express themselves, build confidence, and pursue excellence both on stage and behind the scenes.
Music
With our Music program recently rated as one of the State’s top ten by AMEB, Kinross Wolaroi School offers a thriving cocurricular music program to complement the foundational skills learnt in the music classroom from an early age.
Our distinguished music program caters to the diverse needs and talents of every student, providing both classroom and private musical education
of the highest calibre. Private tuition is offered for instrumental, composition and voice.
Junior School Music
Kinross Wolaroi School offers a thriving co-curricular music program which complements the foundational skills learnt in the music classroom.
Our Junior School ensembles accommodate a variety of musical interests and abilities so that from an early stage, students are given the opportunity to learn the valuable social and technical skills of group work, under the direction of a conductor. These groups rehearse before and after school and during lunchtimes. They serve the school and wider community through performances at concerts, school events, eisteddfods and on special occasions throughout the year.
The following ensembles are offered to our Junior School students:
- Junior Strings
- Junior Band
- Chamber Ensembles
- Junior Percussion Ensemble
- Koristers (selective choir)
- Junior Dance
Our ensemble directors are talented and highly skilled music educators who foster a creative environment in which students can grow and flourish. Additionally, this program is strengthened by every student participating in a Junior School choir (organised by stages) which perform at school assemblies and other events.
During the school day many students take advantage of the specialised individual tuition available in woodwind, brass, strings, percussion, piano, speech and drama, voice and guitar.
Senior School Music
Kinross Wolaroi School has a history of excellence in music and it has been recognised as having a leading classroom and instrumental music education program in the Central West which meets the needs and abilities of all students.
As well as pursuing excellence, the Performing Arts faculty aims to foster the growth of students’ imagination and education through encouragement, collaboration and team work. This goal is achieved through our extensive co-curricular program, with particular emphasis on providing musical pathways for students of all abilities across all mainstream instruments and vocal pursuits.
Playing and singing in an ensemble offers an important social dimension to our music program as well as developing team work skills not gained through individual tuition. Students are encouraged to participate in our wide range of ensembles including:
Band:
- Orchestra
- Concert Band and Marching Band
- Stage Band
- Chamber Ensembles (Brass and Woodwind)
- Year 7 TryBand
- Guitar Ensemble
String:
- Chamber Strings
- Intermediate Strings
- String Quartets
Vocal:
- Chamber Choir
- Koristers
- Vox Ensemble
Each ensemble has the opportunity to perform at school and community events, school assemblies, concerts and other important occasions. The culmination of our program is the annual Kinross Wolaroi School Performing Arts Festival which showcases the performance talents of our students.
Many students also take advantage of the specialised individual tuition available in woodwind, brass, strings, percussion, piano, speech and drama, voice and guitar.
drama
Each year, our dedicated staff collaborates with talented student performers to produce acclaimed, award-winning musical productions. Students from Year 3 onwards experience the excitement of performing at the Orange Civic Theatre. They gain invaluable insights into theatre production, from auditions and rehearsals to choreography, costuming, make-up, lighting, staging, and performing.
Junior School Drama
Each year, students from Kindergarten to Year 6 engage in musical theatre, offering opportunities to dance, sing, and act. Our Junior School productions, praised by the arts community, help build confidence and stagecraft.
Drama performances include:
- Kindergarten – Year 2: A custom-written production featuring every child
- Year 3 and 4: A student-devised workshop performance
- Year 5 and 6: A full-scale award-winning musical
Staff play key roles in choreography, costumes, lighting, and stage direction, making performance time a highlight of the school year.
Senior School Drama
Building on the foundations laid in the Junior School, the Secondary School musical is a wonderful opportunity for students to explore and extend their talents in a professional venue, under the specialist vocal, dance and stage direction of KWS staff. Year after year, students are exposed to a variety of mainstream musical theatre productions which are well-known and loved by audiences around the world, whilst also learning the skills of adapting high-quality material for a student body working in a local theatre. The school musical is a highlight in the annual school calendar.
