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Performing Arts Program Contents 2021 Performing Arts Program Contents Calendar of Major Events ...........................................1 Ensemble Music Program – Junior Years .............. 12 Performing Arts Overview .........................................3 Choral Program – Junior Years ............................... 13 Productions .................................................................4 Ensemble Music Program – Senior Years .............. 14 Booking information ...................................................7 Choral Program – Senior Years ............................... 16 Music Program ............................................................8 Key Contacts ............................................................ 18 Calendar of Major Events Drama Music Musical Dance Ticketed Event Open to Public Term 1 5–7 February Student Production (10–12) – The Real Inspector Hound 31 March Twilight Jazz (7–12) Term 2 21–24 April Dance Project – Iconic (7–12) 5–8 May Play (10–12) – The Winter’s Tale 27 May Chamber on the Banks (7–12) 16 June Virtuoso Solo Performance Concert (11–12) Term 3 28–31 July Musical (10–12) – Shrek The Musical 14 August Rock the Studio 2 September Music at the Centre (4–12) Term 4 20–23 October Musical (7–9) – Guys and Dolls Jr. 11 November Spring Concert (P–6) 1 December Family Christmas Service Free 3 December Nine Lessons and Carols Free In addition to the major events above, students from Years 9 to 12 also participate in a range of curriculum-based performance evenings in Music, Drama, Theatre Studies and Dance, whilst younger students stage their own Music Celebration concerts (Years 1 to 3). Students of all ages who learn instruments will prepare solo performances for Music Soirees at regular intervals throughout the year. Smaller ensembles also participate in a variety of additional small concerts in different settings. For the latest updates, please contact [email protected]. Performing Arts Program 2021 1 2 Performing Arts Program 2021 Performing Arts Overview There is an undeniable sense of optimism as we look ahead large-scale extravaganzas in Shrek The Musical (10-12) and into 2021 and the return to what we hope will be a more Guys and Dolls Jr. (7-9), before the Year 6 cohort take the regular year of Performing Arts activities and events. stage for their Performing Arts Spectacular. Following the challenges of last year, our focus this year Along the way, our usual suite of music concerts provides is very much on reconnecting our students with joys of something for everyone. The Twilight Music Festival will collaborating with peers and the simple fun of “doing” be scaled back to the more COVID-safe Twilight Jazz and once again. Whilst still ambitious in its scope, our events we look forward to a special new concert at Deakin Edge, program has undergone some modifications to enable us Chamber on the Banks, which will celebrate our necessary the best chance of success in managing a new community focus on smaller ensembles and choirs. Virtuoso returns for landscape. The happy by-product of this is the creation our talented Senior students, along with our regular second of more dedicated time within the rehearsal program Semester concerts such as Rock the Studio, Music at the for deeper learning to take place, without the recurring Centre and the Junior School highlight, the Spring Concert. imperative of gig after gig after gig. For so many of us, Of course, not all performance work must lead to large- it has been some time since we have been able to enjoy scale events and we are committed to creating as many the weekly experience of coming together with the unique smaller, internal opportunities as we can for our students energy that a performance rehearsal brings. to share their work. From soirées to assemblies, lunch time Thematically, there is a suitable levity to much of what our performances and recitals, we stand as ready as always to students will be presenting to you this year. Our student give a voice to the talented students of St Michael’s as they production, The Real Inspector Hound, is a witty spoof of return, triumphantly, to the pursuit of their passions. the whodunit genre that has been diligently directed and I wish them all the very best for the year and welcome you brought to life by our Senior students. Term 2 sees us most warmly to join us where you can. dance through the decades with Iconic, the long-awaited return of our annual Dance Project to Gasworks. Shortly afterwards, it’s time for some Shakespeare comedy with our Ben Moody contemporary staging of The Winter’s Tale. The back end of Director of Performing Arts the year is all about Musical Theatre, with a couple of fun, Performing Arts Program 2021 3 Productions Student Production – The Real Inspector Hound The Real Inspector Hound is a clever and absurd play Directors Lara Anderson, Darcy Bryce and Ned Stanford by Tom Stoppard. In The Real Inspector Hound, feuding Dates Wednesday 3 February – Friday 5 February theatre critics Moon and Birdboot are watching a ridiculous Time 7:30pm “whodunit” murder mystery when they are swept into the action. A hilarious parody of Agatha Christie-like Tickets $20 Adult, $10 Concession melodramas follows, where Moon and Birdboot become Venue St Michael’s Drama Studio, 4 Chapel Street, St Kilda dangerously implicated in the murder. The Real Inspector Hound is a tantalising, self-critical exploration of the Rating: Suitable for Secondary School and above boundaries of theatre and performance. 4 Performing Arts Program 2021 10-12 Play – The Winter’s Tale Directors Mr Luke Matthews & Ms Annie Fiume Dates Wednesday 5 May – Saturday 8 May Time 7:30pm (6:30pm Saturday) Tickets $25 Adult, $15 Concession Venue St Michael’s Drama Studio, 4 Chapel Street, St Kilda In William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, the jealous King Leontes falsely accuses his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend. When Hermione dies, Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. When Perdita returns home, a statue of Hermione "comes to life", and everyone is reconciled. In The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare expertly blends tragedy, comedy, and romance. Rating: Suitable for Secondary School and above 10-12 Musical – Shrek The Musical Director Miss Chloe Hancock Musical Mr Ben Moody Director Dates Wednesday 28 July – Saturday 31 July Time 7.30pm (6:30pm Saturday) Tickets $40 Adult, $20 Concession Venue The National Theatre Melbourne 20 Carlisle Street, St Kilda Shrek The Musical, based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film, brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favourite ogre to life on stage. Join our unlikely hero Shrek and his loyal steed Donkey as they set off on a quest to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona from her tower, guarded by a fire breathing, love-sick dragon. Add Lord Farquaad, a gang of fairy-tale misfits, and a biscuit with attitude, and you’ve got an irresistible mix of adventure, laughter and romance, guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages. Rating: Family Friendly Performing Arts Program 2021 5 7-9 Musical – Guys and Dolls Jr. Directors Mrs Sarah Merry & Ms Annie Fiume Musical Mr Ben Moody Director Dates Wednesday 20 October – Saturday 23 October Time 7:30pm (6:30pm Saturday) Tickets $25 Adult, $15 Concession Venue St Michael’s Drama Studio 4 Chapel Street, St Kilda Guys and Dolls Jr. is an adaptation of the legendary, multi-award-winning, musical comedy classic about rolling the dice and falling in love under the lights of Broadway. The musical follows gambler Nathan Detroit as he tries to find the cash to set up the biggest crap game in town, while the authorities are breathing down his neck. Meanwhile, Nathan’s girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for fourteen years without ever getting married. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the dough, but Sky ends up chasing the strait-laced missionary, Sarah Brown. Rating: Family Friendly Dance Project – Iconic (7-12) Artistic Miss Amelia Jones Director Dates Wednesday 21 April – Saturday 24 April Time 7:30pm (6:30pm Saturday) Tickets $25 Adult, $15 Concession Venue Gasworks Arts Park 21 Graham Street, Albert Park St Michael’s has a well-deserved reputation in the field of innovation in dance, with many highly regarded choreographers actively seeking to work with our talented students. Dance Coordinator Miss Amelia Jones will lead a team of choreographers who will challenge, extend and engage both students and audiences. Rating: Suitable for Secondary School and above 6 Performing Arts Program 2021 Booking information Visit the website for full and current listings as well as ticket bookings: www.stmichaels.vic.edu.au/events Performing Arts Program 2021 7 Music Program Twilight Jazz Chamber on the Banks Date Wednesday 31 March Date Thursday 27 May Time 6:30pm Time 7pm Cost Free Cost $25 Adult, $18 Concession Venue St Michael’s Campus, Venue Deakin Edge, Federation Square 25 Chapel Street, St Kilda Cnr Swanston Street & Flinders Street, Melbourne The traditional St Michael’s Twilight Music Festival makes Capitalising on the recent need for smaller ensembles, way for a reduced, COVID-safe staging of the annual this concert is all about showcasing the fine work of the Jazz Night. Still hoping to take advantage of the balmy St Michael’s Chamber Ensembles and Choirs. Set before Autumn night, our jazz bands, smaller jazz combos and the iconic backdrop of the Yarra River, framed by the featured
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