KHS CAPA

The Year 10 Music Showcase is fast approaching!!! 🎺
If you’re keen to hear some incredible musicians and see a lot more of what this cohort can do, come along next Wednesday night to the school!!

Congrats to Year 12 on finishing another assessment period!!

Pictured Year 12 Drama after presenting their Individual Projects!! 🎭 The performances were incredible and we are on track!!!

Enjoy your long weekend! Well earned KHS!


Kirrawee High School

🎉🎷 Big congratulations to Chris Butler and Justin Swords! 🎷🎉

We are thrilled to announce that Chris and Justin, our amazing lead alto sax and baritone sax players from the KHS Jazz Orchestra, are finalists in the Sutherland Youth Music Awards 2024!

Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off. We’re so proud of you both! 🏆🎶



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This means the Jazz Orchestra will not be playing tomorrow. Sorry team.

Unfortunately the park stages have been closed today with the rain. Our venues are all still hosting live music so make sure to come on down and enjoy!!!

Cronulla RSL, Zinc Bar Cronulla, Northies Cronulla Hotel, CC Babcoq, Bianchini's Espresso, The Brass Monkey Cronulla, Bobbys, HAM Cronulla, HOYTS Cronulla, Woolooware Golf Club, Rydges Cronulla Beachside, Caringbah Hotel

KHS CAPA Students: 349 members! So Proud!

🌟🎭 Celebrating Collaboration, Creativity, and Kindness at the CAPA Showcase 2024! 🎭🌟

On the evening of 29th May 2024, 420 members of our community witnessed our CAPA Showcase. This night brought together the incredible talents of our students from Dance, Drama, Music, Photography, VET Entertainment and Visual Arts, highlighting not just their skills but also the collaboration, creativity, and kindness that define our community. Here are some highlights from the night:

6pm: The school was alive with the delicate footsteps of the wider community as they navigated their way through to the Library. Why the Library you ask? Well that was where their journey started. It was an opportunity to take in the amazing and skillful talents of our artists, both present and graduated. The gallery, set up by Mrs Falconer and Mrs Williamson featured works from current classes, and works from the 2023 HSC Graduating class. We were also bedazzled by the presentation by the photography classes championed by Mr David Pratt.

Next stop in the journey was the Stephen R Smith Hall, where more action was evident. Whilst the house opened at 6.20pm, the highlight (apart from the canteen organised by the Music Support Group) was pop up performances by Koby Selig in Year 10. His pianist skill set the tone for a fabulous night.

7pm: Our evening opened with the Acknowledgement of Country presented by Erika Beaupark. This set the stage with a heartfelt tribute to the land and its traditional custodians.

Our four comperes, all from Year 12 Drama, navigated us through the nights magical performance. A special thanks to Piper, Juliana, Kyesha and Claudia.

🎶 Musical Masterpieces:

"Waitress the Musical", featuring the exceptional voices of Tiana Bishara, Billie-Rose Brotherson, and Olivia Mustapic, showcased hours of dedicated practice outside of school. Thanks to Miss West, our musical director for her hard work.

"Hold the Line", performed by Year 9 Music stars Liam Wood, Ciera Naylor, Sean Parnell, Ari Slattery, and Lily Bristow, demonstrated outstanding classroom practice and the guidance from Miss Morrison.

💃 Dazzling Dance:

"Resolution" by Year 11 Dance highlighted the collaborative spirit fostered through countless hours of rehearsal and the amazing choreographic talents of Miss Carla Cherrie.

"Ripple Effect" by the Junior Dance Company was a testament to the nurturing environment that she encourages. The VET Entertainment team really outdid themselves with that Aqua lighting. It really looked like they were under water.

"Virus" choreographed by the Year 10 class is a testament to the training, development and experiences provided by Miss Cherrie.

🎭 Dramatic Excellence:

The Year 10 Drama Skit, featuring Tiana Bishara and Imogen Lancaster, reflected the teamwork and creative efforts of our drama students, with just the right touch of comic timing.

Year 11 Monologue Excerpts, performed by Olivia Zodins and Xavier De Frenza, stole the show, demonstrating the depth of the students character exploration and performance skills which are cultivated in our drama classes.

🎷 Instrumental Inspirations:

"Lady is a Tramp" by the Jazz Orchestra, featuring Max Fernandez and Scarlett Pettigrew, was a vibrant example of the musical synergy and professionalism of the Jazz Orchestra.

"Hold the Line" by the Year 9 representatives showcased the amazing talent of our stars of the future.

String Orchestra channelled their inner Jimi Hendrix with their rendition of "Purple Haze". Nothing like seeing a string orchestra with three bass guitars.

Kirra Daiko started battling the "Kyo Yankoo Sensei", demonstrating their strength and the spiritual connection to the earth and land.

"5 to Go" by the Wind Orchestra, featuring Chris Butler, Justin Swords, Ben Wichgers, Elise Mead, and Joshua Pearce, illustrated the incredible dedication and harmony achieved through collaborative efforts.

"Clapping Music" presented by Year 10 was just not long enough. Such a skillful performance.

The soulful rendition of "True Colours" by Olivia Mustapic and Patrick Robinson showed the culmination of years of experience provided by the classroom program.

The Jazz Orchestra culminated with the Year 9 Dance Class on "Blackbird". This was a reprise of a performance presented in our self written musical "On With the Show". This performance was originally done by Alyssa Bishara (Alumni 20210. So it was fitting that her sister, Tiana Bishara, should be the one to front this collaboration.

Kaleidoscope showed their acapella prowess with their rendition of "Since You've Been Gone." There should be more of this.

The night culminated in the powerful finale, "Baba Yetu", presented by the Wind Orchestra, Kaleidoscope, String Orchestra, and Kirra Daiko featuring members of the CAPA Faculty. The evening was a celebration of artistic excellence made possible by the commitment and kindness of our students and staff.

Special thanks must go to the Music Support Group parents for running the canteen and the many Kirrawee High School staff who attended on the night. Thank you to everyone who made this night unforgettable. Your hard work, creativity, and collaborative spirit truly shone through!

❤️🖤💛 Well done lovely Erika Beaupark who performed at the NRL Indigenous Round between Cronulla Sharks and Penrith Panthers tonight with the Aboriginal Dance group DJURAWALINJANG 🌿

🩷Our 2024 CAPA SHOWCASE is right around the corner!!!!💛

At this fabulous night on Wed 29th of May we will showcase a variety of performances from our Dance, Drama and Music elective classes as well as our Premier Music and Dance ensembles!! 🩵 We’ll also have a swanky art gallery open prior in the night, so come and see what our KHS CAPA department has to offer!!

If you’re considering a CAPA subject for subject selection, or if you’re already a part of our incredible fam, come and support our students!!!!

$5 for performance ticket. Link in bio!!!

Well done to Eloise Mustapic in Year 8 who was selected for the 2024 Southern Stars Dance Company!!!!! 💫

Jeez this Mustapic clan sure is talented!!!! Congrats girl!!

🌟Huge congratulations to our Pulse Alive performers!!🌟
These legends were selected and represented Kirrawee High at Sydney Olympic Park on the weekend, performing as featured vocalists, dancers and members of the stage band!

✨ Justin Swords
✨ Olivia Mustapic
✨ Kate Hummerston
✨ Holly Brown
✨ Kyah Minors
✨ Lily Owen

Well done to these talented performers!!!

Awesome night out for some of our music students to Encore!! 🎻

Encore is a showcase of some of the best HSC works from the previous cohort, so it’s amazing for our students to go and see what they’re working towards!!!

Such an incredible week last week, seeing 2023 KHS CAPA graduates Samarah Ansell and Annaliese Mustapic perform in Callback (Dance) and Onstage (Drama) respectively. They absolutely smashed it and we couldn’t be prouder!💙

So inspiring for our current students to see what they’re working towards.

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Who doesn’t love a day off site to play music?! Well done to our Jazz Orchestra who helped open the new Bay Central Shopping Centre!! 🎺

Some awesome solos by Joshua Pearce, Will Pearce, and Chris Butler, and the incredible vocals by Olivia Mustapic, Scarlett Pettigrew, and Max Fernandez 🎶

Played like pros 👌🏼

Had the best night celebrating the incredible students selected from the 2023 HSC cohort for Onstage, Callback and Encore!
🎭Congrats again to Annaliese Mustapic for her Onstage selection and Samarah Ansell for her Callback selection🩰

We can’t wait to see you girls perform with the best next week!!!

✨ Exciting news! Calling all talented, CAPA and Vet entertainment, students!

Applications for the 2024 School Spectacular are now OPEN! 🎭🎤🕺 Whether you’re a vocalist, dancer, instrumentalist, drama student, compere, vet student, entertainer, or specialize in circus arts and Taiko drumming, we want YOU to showcase your talent. 🎪✨ Visit the School Spectacular website to apply and let your unique performance shine! 🌈

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