Students of Benalla's St Joseph's Primary School took to the stage recently to celebrate the culmination of a year's hard work.
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The school held the concert at the end of term three for friends and families of the school community,.
Music was selected from the Years 5 and 6 Festival of the Sacred, where students experienced learning from the Australian School of Performing Arts, and later performed with 600 of their peers from regional catholic schools.
One of the highlights of the night was a song written by Deborah Cheetham, which has Yorta Yorta language as its chorus.
The students also learned two hip-hop style dances through this program, which they practised in their PE lessons.
Another feature of this concert was creative movement to the original Sound poems — music by P. Kopetz and poems by S. Hadgraft — which have been studied through the Musica Viva education program.
This program, which culminated in a live performance by Entourage for the children earlier in the term, then inspired the theme of the school concert.
Students were inspired to use this creative, modern classical music in the concert with its focus on Australian nature.
The St Joseph’s school choir of 30 students supported all the singing in the concert and the students in Years 3 to 6 played recorders, ukuleles and marimbas to present ensemble arrangements, including some Japanese songs.
Those were taught through the Japanese and Performing Arts programs.
The school also worked with FCJ students Josh and Paddy, who are studying VET Sound Production, with their teacher to add special effects and quality sound within the St Joseph’s hall.
Performing arts teacher Deborah Pasztor said she was delighted with the commitment the children had given to learning their parts.
“(I am) proud of the children who displayed the learning attitudes of being co-operative and independent, creative and persistent risk-takers for their families and friends,” Ms Pasztor said.
“It was a team effort, supported by the whole staff, and it was very well received."
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