Mangere College Magazine 2017
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Performing Arts<br />
Mr Ben Euden<br />
Mr Thomas Pearson<br />
Ms Catherine Thomson<br />
the performing<br />
arts department<br />
In <strong>2017</strong>, the Music and<br />
Dance Departments<br />
joined to form the<br />
new Performing Arts<br />
Department led by HOD<br />
Performing Arts, Mr Ben<br />
Euden.<br />
The team consists of Teacher<br />
of Music, Mr Thomas Pearson,<br />
Teacher of Dance, Mrs Catherine<br />
Thomson and also welcomes<br />
Performing Arts Technician, Mrs<br />
Emily Heeney.<br />
This amalgamation has allowed<br />
for effective collaborative<br />
work between Music and<br />
Dance demonstrated at the<br />
MC Performing Arts Night in<br />
June and the Excel School of<br />
Performing Arts Workshop/<br />
Performance events.<br />
- Emily Heeney,<br />
Performing Arts Technician<br />
Ms Emily Heeney<br />
'This<br />
amalgamation<br />
has allowed<br />
for effective<br />
collaborative<br />
work between<br />
Music and<br />
Dance...'<br />
Awa – When Two<br />
Rivers Collide:<br />
Performing Arts Trip<br />
A select group of senior<br />
Music and Dance<br />
students went to watch<br />
Awa – When Two Rivers<br />
Collide at the Auckland<br />
Town Hall on 23rd March<br />
as part of the Auckland<br />
Dance Project.<br />
They were treated to a high quality<br />
show featuring dancers from<br />
Atamira Dance Company. as well<br />
as traditional Maori and Chinese<br />
musicians.<br />
The soundscape was a fusion of<br />
Western and Eastern musical<br />
traditions including choral<br />
elements supplied by The National<br />
Youth Choir and a choir from Te<br />
Kura Kaupapa Maori o te Kotuku.<br />
Many thanks go to the Auckland<br />
Philharmonia Orchestra for their<br />
generosity in helping fund this<br />
trip.<br />
- Mr Euden,<br />
HOD Performing Arts<br />
52 <strong>Mangere</strong> <strong>College</strong> - <strong>2017</strong>
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