School Events + Gig Guide
CMC EVENTS
Sunset Sights and Sounds is our Term One Soloist Concert. An outdoor event showcasing the talents of many CMC musicians. Bring a picnic blanket and chairs, some yummy snacks and drinks to enjoy some live music under the stars.
Each term we curate our co-curricular Art Gallery to exhibit the stunning work of our aspiring CMC artists. A lunch time event coming up in Week 8 for students to enjoy as they walk around Clairvaux Court - don’t miss out!
COMMUNITY EVENTS
MEDIA FOCUS:
Students are encouraged to check out this amazing immersive experience at the Convention Centre running from March 11th -April 18th, 2023. Click on the title below to check out the event website for more information and have a look at the preview video below.
DRAMA FOCUS:
A new play opening at Bille Brown Theatre…
MUSIC FOCUS:
A few times a year the South East QLD Symphonic Winds performs free concerts in the Queen St Mall. The fist of 2023 is coming up on March 26th. Get along to one of the sessions!
26th March Sunday, 12:00pm, 1:00pm and 2:00pm @ Queen Street Mall Stage
The South East Queensland Symphonic Winds is a premier wind ensemble led by Mr Adam Pittard. The repertoire ranges from light classical, through Broadway favourites, movie themes and original wind band compositions.
The South East Queensland Big Band is led by Mrs Sharon Bunce. This is a classic big band in the true sense, comprising saxophones, trumpets, trombones and a rhythm section. The big band plays everything from jazz to blues, swing to Latin, and a bit of rock n’ roll.
"Drizzle Boy" is a satirical play about a young man with autism navigating a world that doesn't understand him. He finds solace in his love interest, Juliet, and the play uses magical realism to explore themes of self-discovery. Directed by Daniel Evans, it is suitable for high school students in Year 11-12.
Evenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
Matinees: Wed 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm
SCIENCE ON POINTE (World Science Festival)
If you’ve ever watched in awe as the black swan completes 32 fouettes, you will know that ballet sometimes seems to defy the possible. Indeed, from a beautiful pas de deux to grande jetés, hidden behind the perfect technique is a swathe of science.
The Queensland Ballet and its Artistic Director, Li Cunxin, will be joined on stage by a physics guru and a dance physiotherapist to deconstruct the movements and explain the physicality in this very graceful and enlightening collision of art and science.
ISOL-AID MUSIC FESTIVAL: A two-day Instagram Live Music Festival
ISOL-AID MUSIC FESTIVAL
A two-day Instagram Live Music Festival
*Beaut artwork by @sebi.white x
ISOL-AID features two days of live streaming from 74 musicians including @angiemcmahon @juliajacklin @stelladonnelly @didirri_ @carla_geneve @harveysutherland @spacey_jane @ainsliewills and many many more.
12 noon - 12 midnight Saturday 21st March and Sunday 22nd March. An Instagram live-streaming festival promoting unity and community.
Playing live from bedrooms, lounge-rooms, studios or wherever they are self-isolating, artists will play a 20-minute set streamed live on their Instagram accounts, and then tag-team the next artist to play via split-screen, sending fans down a rabbit-hole of new music discovery.
Follow hashtag #isolaidfestival to watch the whole festival back later, artist by artist.
As the COVID-19 outbreak threatens live music across the globe, Australian artists from all over the world band together to create ISOL-AID, a socially (media) distanced music festival.
In a matter of weeks, tours, local shows and public appearances have been cancelled across the board and the international music community has come to a standstill and faces an uncertain future. According to ilostmygig.net.au the current tally of losses for the Australian music community, (for performers, production, crew, hospo workers, managers, booking agents & more) sits at $150 million dollars.
The impact of these cancellations is financial, psychological and emotional, and will undoubtedly be long lasting.
If they are in the financial position to do so, viewers are encouraged to buy music and merch from the artists’ Bandcamp and Patreon pages, their websites, as well as donating to fundraisers set up for @supportact
See you online. #isolaidfestival
Media Week Special - Watch these Videos
Covid-19 has stopped us from visiting the cinemas but don’t despair, we’ve found some topical, short films for you to watch at home and consider our perspective in this current world climate.
This first video is a clear and cute way of understanding the impacts of the Corona Virus using a multitude of media techniques.
Considering the fact that we need to share our resources at this point of time, this short film looks at the virtues of kindness, patience and generosity. It lets us know that we are all in this together.
Yas Queen Trio at the Bearded Lady
Yas Queen will be taking its trio - singers Mel Lathouras, Tenille West and keys player Paula Girvan - to the Bearded Lady for an afternoon of sweet harmonies, story telling and epic piano. In this stripped back form, the trio will exploring some new repertoire as well as their regular favourites. Sit ins welcome! Under 18s are required to bring parents.
Free Entry
Ben Folds Symphony Orchestra – March
Audiences of all ages will see Ben Folds perform his hits with symphony musicians live when he joins Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Folds, widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our time, is a renowned pop artist who has also composed critically acclaimed classical works of his own, travelling the globe performing with some of the world’s best orchestras for over a decade.
Jazz at Reload with Yas Queen
Yas Queen - a celebration of women in music and the best jazz party band you could ever wish for. This event is in collaboration with the Jazz Music Institute and is a promising start to a series of jazz events at Reload's historical warehouse in Salisbury.
Yas Queen is a six piece band fronted by trained musicians Paula Girvan, Mel Lathouras and Tenille West. They perform a stompin’ set of big band classics and popular jazz standards- interwoven with humorous stage banter and storytelling. Their female leads also have a penchant for Boswell and Andrew Sister-like harmonies- delivered with sass and originality.
$10 Entry.
Food and bar from 6pm.
Opening Mel O'Callaghan Exhibition: Centre of the Centre
Centre of the Centre, Mel O'Callaghan's new exhibition, traces the origins of life and its regenerative forces. The catalyst for this new body of work is one small mineral given to the artist by her grandfather, renowned mineralogist Albert Chapman. The mineral contains a small pocket of water, possibly millions of years old, which holds traces of the elemental forces responsible for all life on Earth. Inspired by the geophysical conditions and potentialities held within this primordial liquid, the artist invites the audience into a total experience.
Band of Brothers
This coupling of Australia’s most respected musical siblings was meant to be. The similarities are uncanny: both sets of brothers come from musical families and were raised in environments that encouraged music and individuality.
Each duo has garnered acclaim, locally and internationally. Each has ARIA awards - 8 awards and 36 nominations in between them - and each has collaborated with some of the world’s finest musicians in genres as diverse as jazz, classical, bluegrass, folk and contemporary music from around of the globe. Challenging traditional musical forms and pushing boundaries is what they do best.
Brisbane Powerhouse
Water Exhibition
Be part of something extraordinary. Walk across a vast, rocky, indoor riverbed created by Olafur Eliasson. See animals from around the world gather together to drink from Cai Guo-Qiang’s brilliant blue waterhole. Gaze at Peter Fischli and David Weiss’s snowman, frozen despite Brisbane’s summer heat. Reflect on the cultural traditions of bodies of water, including the Brisbane River, with Judy Watson; and consider the long history of our reliance on water, illustrated by Megan Cope’s re-created midden.
Jake Bristow - Pianist/Singer
Jake Bristow
Performing at The Cleveland Sands Hotel
Date: Sunday, 9th February
Time: 2 – 6pm
Free