Junior Play 2012 - Sin título

 
Sin título, una creación colectiva de alumnos en ES1 y ES2, explora el mundo de las pesadillas de manera lúdica y poética. Bella “como el encuentro fortuito, sobre una mesa de disección, de una máquina de coser y un paraguas” (Lautréamont) y absurda como las pinturas de René Magritte, la obra se presentará el martes 4 y miércoles 5 de septiembre a las 20hs en el Centenary Hall.

What a year so far!

After a hectic start to the second part of the year, I thought I would take time to reflect on our year so far. It is only when things become calm that we as a faculty are able to sit back and wonder how we had the time to fit so much into such a small time frame.

In the Prep School(the link to theirs and the new kindergarten blog are available from this page) Art and Music have enjoyed an outstanding year and it is wonderful to be in and around the newly inaugurated prep building to see the fantastic artwork and to hear our students playing orchestral instruments, singing and generally beginning to secure our future status as the pinnacle of arts education in South America.

The chapel choir is also going through a period of regeneration and transition and an elite group of chorister scholars has been introduced to the prep school to form valuable links in strengthening the college chapel choir.

We have also moved into phase three of artist in residence scheme and students in college, prep and kindergarten have all enjoyed both fine arts and dance over the last two years as an enrichment to their already existing curriculum. Anastasia Feigin joined us early in August to enthuse Dance to all of our students and I look forward to posting some information about her in the coming days.

In College also, creative arts continues to go from strength to strength and whilst students take time to prepare for important examinations, they can look back on their experiences in the following events up to the winter holiday 2012.

Between February and July, these have included:-

• A Gala Music Concert
• ES1 and 2 Dance presentations
• The College Musical
• The Prep School Musical
• Collective community acts of worship in the College Chapel
• Musical performances in various Actos and assemblies 
• Performances in Book Week
• Cultural visits and hosting for two schools in the United States
• Visits from two Choirs from Germany
• Student participation in the LAHC Choir in Santiago Chile
• The IB Senior Play
• Participation in the ESSARP Senior Choir Festival
• The Big Sing 2012

As we move into the second, equally hectic, part of the year, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents and SGQ staff and community members for their continued support. But I would like to mention in particular the wonderful team of 15 staff within the creative arts faculty who make these things possible. But most of all our students  - they are blossoming, flourishing and growing by the day.......it's an amazing thing to be part of the development of so many.
Please see below some selected Feb - July 2012 highlights in photographs.
With best wishes
Mr R (August 2012)

Book Week 2012

IB Play June 2012

 

 Visiting Pipers

 Visiting Choir 'The Big Sing 2012'

 The Big Sing 2012

 College Musical

 College Musical

 College Musical

 College Musical

 Prep Musical June 2012

 Prep Musical

 Prep Musical

 IB Play

 Senior Vocal at the Big Sing 2012

 St George's North Students at the Big Sing

 Georgian Community Choir 2012

 College Gospel Choir 2012

 Gala Concert

 Gala Concert

  Vocal Excellence!

The Mad Month of Music!

It has been an action packed couple of months in the Music Department! It has been wonderful to see students, teachers and parents getting involved and celebrating Music together!

This year we directed the Musical Production. It was a huge success and all 80 students involved are to be congratulated on their amazing commitment and dedication to putting on a great show! Every night was a sell out performances! Thanks to everyone's support and encouragement- We had a great time!

We also hosted our annual vocal concert- 'The Big Sing,' which was bigger and better than the previous year!

There were guest choirs from La Plata and the 6 choirs we have between Prep School and the College.The Georgian Community Choir also showcased some of the pieces they had been rehearsing. Special guests and students also performed solo items and again it was wonderful to see the support of parents, staff and students with over 600 people attending the event!

More wonderful extra curricular activities and concerts are to come with the St George's College Music Showcase at the Old Georgian Club in Capital, on Friday, 31st August. Doors open at 18:30, the concert starts at 19:30.

All reservations need to be made with the OG Club- 

We also have our Junior Music Performance Tour (Gira de Musica) to Cordoba in September. This is an opportunity for our ES1 and ES2 students to showcase the performances they have been working on in classes as well as a choir. The 26 boys and girls attending the trip will be performing in a Sunday Mass Service in a Church and hosting 2 concerts at 2 International schools in Rio Cuarto & Cordoba City. We are busily preparing and rehearsing and very excited to be sharing our music with other schools in another province within Argentina.

~ M. Koelma, The Music Department

Muestra en Proa

Visita a la Fundación Proa, “Ayre de Lyon”

La  muestra Aire de Lyon se montó en La Fundación Proa, en el barrio de La Boca. Este es un centro de arte contemporáneo ubicado en la Av. Pedo de Mendoza donde se realizan exhibiciones con ciertos ciclos de cine y muestras de Artes visuales.

                 La exhibición Aire de Lyon inició la temporada de Proa 2012. Esta muestra tiene su origen en la Bienal que se realizó en la ciudad francesa de Lyon desde septiembre a diciembre de 2011. La curadora de esta muestra es la Argentina Victoria Noorthorn.

 Las obras expuestas, demandan una participación activa del espectador, ya que debe  interpretar lo que está viendo e imaginarse lo que el autor trata de transmitir. Es decir todas las obras tenían un significado que debía ser resuelto por nosotros mismos. Esta exposición ha sido realizada para compartir en la Argentina algunos de los contenidos y mensajes que conformaron la Bienal de Lyon 2011. En la muestra  participan 35 de los 78 artistas de la Bienal cuyo título basado en el poeta William Butler Yeats fue: una terrible belleza ha nacido,  que significa que el proyecto presenta  la imaginación como el medio principal del conocimiento.

 La exposición se realizó en un único y amplio recorrido a través de varios rincones de la sede de Proa cuya característica y contenido van cambiando y se van contraponiendo, permitiéndonos reflexionar sobre la condición humana y  del arte, y  sobre el poder de transformación de este último. El tipo de obras expuestas eran abstractas realizadas con  materiales heterogéneos y diferentes objetos que estimulan nuestra percepción y nuestra imaginación.

 La obra que mas me impactó fue " 10: 51" de Jorge Macchi artista argentino nacido  en Buenos Aires en 1963 donde vive y trabaja. Su obra conceptual es una  una  videoinstalación lo cual la hace muy interesante. Es un reloj que no se lo ve completo y que tiene la hora parada marcando las 10:51. Lo interesante de esta obra es que las agujas jamás completan una vuelta entera sino que cuando las agujas chocan contra el techo de la fundación vuelven a su posición inicial como si el espacio estuviera deteniendo al tiempo. Me gustó mucho su obra ya que me pareció inquietante  y jamás se me habría ocurrido realizar algo así. Me hizo pensar y reflexionar sobre qué era lo que quería transmitir haciendo que el tiempo volviera hacia atrás.

~ Maria del Mar Lapeña

   ES 5 Arte

Imagenes de la Fundación Proa