Campbelltown High School of the Performing Arts
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| Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Coordinates | 34°3′42″S 150°49′22″E / 34.06167°S 150.82278°ECoordinates: 34°3′42″S 150°49′22″E / 34.06167°S 150.82278°E |
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| School type | Public, Performing Arts, Coeducational, Secondary School |
| Principal | Robyn Pullbrook |
| Stacey Quince
Phil Carlyon |
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| Grades | 7-12 |
Campbelltown Performing Arts High School (CPAHS) is a government run secondary school specialising in the performing arts.
At Campbelltown Performing Arts, students are given opportunities to work on building their performing and creative talents, as well being given a space and environment in which to perform and utilise them.
The students of Campbelltown Performing Arts are either performing students or area students. Performing students are auditioned in one or more of: Music (Instruments or Vocal), Drama, Dance, and Circus, and then are accepted into the school. As Campbelltown Performing Arts is also the local public high school, students who live in the area may come to the school as area students.
Students interested in Drama can join after school groups (Company A or Company B) which run after school hours and give the students extra opportunities to expand their talents, and also give them extra opportunities to show-case the teacher's works. Students interested and talented in Music can join one of the many existing bands or choirs, start up their own band/choir or train as solo performers, and are given many opportunities to perform, whether it be at a school assembly, or at a state wide event. The school holds a performance called Arts in the Dark annually to showcase its students' work.
Campbelltown Performing Arts has a professional recording studio, which is a sound proofed room for students to practice musical pieces, and also to record soloists and bands to make a professionally made CD of the student(s) to take home or on some occasions are sold at CD launch concerts at the school.
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[edit] Famous alumni
- Robert Penfold - Nine Network Journalist
- Steven Bradbury - Professional Ice speed-skater
- Tim Campbell - Singer & Actor.[citation needed]
- Lisa Wilkinson - Today co-host, youngest ever editor of Dolly Magazine[1]
- Noel Ahns - Screenwriter and Poet
[edit] Circus
The School has aerial circus rigs for tissue and static trapeze in the hall these are used for performances and training. There are also additional rigs in C1, which is a drama studio.
[edit] Drama
The School has 2 Drama Theatres; C1 and T13. Drama students have the opportunity to study acting for School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate. Drama students are able to perform at least two times in one year. There is also a 7-11 Drama night each term, which usually only offers spaces to the extra talented students. The school offers many courses for these students to excel in Dramatic ability
[edit] See also
- List of Government schools in New South Wales
- List of creative and performing arts high schools in New South Wales
[edit] References
- ^ "Campbelltown City Council - Committee Minutes" (PDF). Campbelltown City Council. 2004-12-07. p. 11. http://www2.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/businesspaper/2004/041214/cs041207.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-11. "...Lisa Wilkinson (a former student of Campbelltown High School who became the youngest ever editor of an Australian Women's Magazine, Dolly)."
