Sunday night saw two amazingly successful soirees hosted by a professional venue in Morley, show-casing the musical talents of a huge number of Carmel鈥檚 High School and Primary School students. We listened to some really talented musicians 鈥� from piano solos to rock bands, to beautifully sung duets. I was again filled with pride at the performances we witnessed and the quality of the music shared.

Hosting these events off campus makes for an exciting time for our young musicians, who learn from the experience of working on a stage with professional audio-visual technicians and the like.

We were pleased to host sell-out performances and be able to show with pride the talents of our students. Those of you who are careful observers might have noticed the trombone, trumpet and saxophones in the Year 6 scholarship band. We are carefully building a foundation of a range of different instruments, so that in the future we have a base of students from which to build a big band with brass and woodwind sections in the High School. The prospect is an exciting one.

Music is probably particularly dear to me because it was one of my great loves at school (piano and singing) and because it kept my own children going during the challenges of High School. My daughter is a talented flautist and viola player and my son a cellist. When required to choose a stringed instrument in Year 3, he told me he chose the cello because he saw that the violin required holding your arm up for extended periods of time which looked tiring, and he realised that the double bass wouldn鈥檛 fit in the boot of my Yaris. He also later confided in me that you can sit down to play the cello. What better reason?!

It was wonderful to see the whole of the Arts faculty at the event, encouraging the students and helping behind the scenes to make sure that the event ran smoothly. A particular note of thanks and congratulations must go to Mr Butler, who has transformed music at 偷拍视频 since he arrived. Numbers of peripatetic music lessons have increased drastically and the performance opportunities for students within the Carmel Academy of Performing Arts have been numerous. Long may this continue.

Shabbat shalom.

Dr Julie Harris

Principal

From the Principal