Culture

ARTS Visual and Performing Arts are catered for through a range of introductory opportunities in the lower years in Art, Dance, Drama, Media Studies, Music and individual music tuition.

Students enjoy opportunities to exhibit or perform in the Arts through various State level or National competitions and exhibitions. They perform for our parents and local community through our MMADD (Music, Media, Arts, Design and Dance) Awards Night, College Musical, the Catholic School Performing Arts Festival and Presentation Evening.

The Multi Media/Visual Arts Program at Emmanuel aims to provide students with versatile and comprehensive skills in the areas of Art, Media and Graphic Design.

Students are given the opportunity to learn how to create, design, represent, communicate and share their imagined and conceptual ideas, emotions, observations and experiences, as they discover and interpret the world. The facilities at Emmanuel available to the students includededicated Apple Mac labs and highly experienced staff who facilitate education in industry standard software Adobe Creative Suite – including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro.

Our new state-of-the-art two level building housing the Visual and Digital Arts and English Learning Areas, due to be completed in 2018, will include a video control room and film studio with a green screen for editing. Visual Arts incorporates the fields of two dimensional and three dimensional art and craft. Students create visual representations that communicate, challenge and express their own and others’ ideas, both as artists and audience members. They develop practical skills through exploring and expanding their understanding of their world.

MUSIC The Music Program at Emmanuel Catholic College aims to provide students with the opportunity to develop their music skills through professional tuition and numerous performance opportunities.

Music is exploring, performing, creating, listening and responding to sound and silence. In music, students engage with music from diverse cultures and places. Through this practice they construct and communicate ideas, meanings and values about their personal, social and cultural worlds. Like all art forms music has the capacity to engage, inspire and enrich all students, exciting the imagination and encouraging students to reach their creative and expressive potential.Music enables students to listen with intent, which underpins all music activities. Students individually and collaboratively engage with the elements and concepts of music, through composing, performing and responding to create, communicate and evaluate music ideas.

The Curriculum at Emmanuel is modern and industry relevant featuring programs that are substantially by far some of the best Western Australia and Australia has to offer our students. Students learn the language, skills, techniques and knowledge of music in increasing depth and complexity with ongoing and disciplined practice.

Students work with the elements and materials of music to develop musicianship, critical thinking and aesthetic understanding.