Music & Performing Arts

Music & Performing Arts

Performing Arts at St Gregory the Great combines both the music and drama strands of the Victorian curriculum. Children are exposed to a variety of styles of music and are encouraged to participate in class as performers and audience members.

The skills developed in performing arts goes far beyond the classroom, building confidence, focus, creative thinking, improvisation and appreciation for the artistic expression of different cultures, times and places. Our students have the opportunity to showcase their learning for an audience throughout the school year.

In the junior years we promote our music learning using the KODALY method which looks at learning Solfa sight singing and rhythm knowledge which we transfer to percussion instruments like the chimes and boom whackers. In the middle and senior years we extend our students’ music knowledge by including instrument learning on the ukulele and xylophones.

We also offer extra curricular music groups that years 3-6 can join with our school choir and school orchestra.