by Wellington Girls' College

Arts: Music, Dance and Drama

Wellington Girls' College

/ May 4, 2024

Arts

Big Band

We would love for you to join our all girl non-binary big band! Bringing together musicians from different schools to play jazz in a super fun environment with very cool Woman tutors running sectionals with Evie Patterson (senior welly high student) leading the band with the help of Katherine Hodge. We would like to see how many people are interested and hopefully get this group up and running soon! If you would like more information please fill in this form.

We will send out music and more info once we have a good number of people interested.

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TO THE FRONT PŌNEKE 2024

Running from Monday the 8th of July to Saturday the 13th

To The Front is open to youth aged 12-17 years who are women, intersex, trans, takatāpui and gender diverse. They’ll learn instruments, form bands, write original songs, and perform at a showcase, all guided by professional musicians. No previous musical experience is required.

Alongside collaborative learning, participants will take part in workshops about DIY merchandise, songwriting and performance skills. Each day they’ll enjoy lunchtime performances from local artists. The week will be held at Massey Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts Wellington.

Go here for more information and an application!

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Smokefree Rockquest

Smokefree Rockquest is open for entries! The deadline is 3 May and the Wellington Regional event will be on 25 May. This is a fantastic opportunity to perform live, either as a band or in the solo/duo category.

Find more information here: https://www.smokefreerockquest.co.nz/

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NZCF-SOUNZ Choral Composition Competition

The competition is run in conjunction with SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music and awards a prize for the best choral piece composed by a New Zealand secondary school student.

The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $250 supported by SOUNZ.
SOUNZ and NZCF will also work together to facilitate either a live performance or a video recording of the winning composition for The Big Sing Finale 2024 in Wellington.

SOUNZ-NZCF Te Reo Māori Choral Composition Award

This award, initiated by SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, was introduced in 2021 and aims to encourage young composers to write choral settings of texts in Te Reo Maori. The winning composer will receive a trophy - a taonga, kindly donated by SOUNZ, in the form of a beautiful pūtōrino Te Pūoho Ki Te Rangi carved by taonga puoro player/composer and maker Tāmihana Kātene.

Entries close Friday, 17 May and you can learn more and download an entry form here.

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Songwriting Competitions

National Year 9-11 School Songwriting Competition 2024 - Youthtown

Open to Years 9-11

Open for entry 1 February 2024

Deadline: 31 May 2024

Peace Song Competition 2024

Open to Years 9-13

Open for entry 1 February 2024

Deadline: 30 June 2024

National Secondary School Songwriting Competition 2024 - The Lion Foundation

Open to Years 9-13

Open for entry 1 February 2024

Deadline: 31 July 2024

For more information and entry forms go to:

https://www.playitstrange.org.nz/competitions

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Share your artistic and Cultural achievements

With so many talented people in our community it can be hard to keep track of everyone’s accomplishments, especially outside of school. We know you are involved in heaps of amazing artistic and cultural activities and we would love to hear about them! Please get in touch and share your accomplishments so we can be sure to acknowledge your success.

Email Arts Coordinator Carrie Bouffard (carrie.bouffard@wgc.school.nz) to share news about competitions, events, performances, shows, etc. I look forward to hearing from you!