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The Arts Co-Curriculum

Providing a diverse and vigorous co-curricular program.


Managed by highly qualified teachers and visiting specialists, Fairholme's co-curriculum program covers all aspects of The Arts and service activities.


All Fairholme girls are given the opportunity to explore their interests and passions in The Arts, extending from Music, Dance and Drama to Visual Arts, Debating and Public Speaking, as well as Sound and Lighting Technology.


Complementing our Arts curriculum subjects, this intensive and comprehensive co-curricular program leads to discipline and determination - valuable components of personal development.

Music

Opportunities include:

  • College orchestras
  • Concert and stage bands
  • Jazz group
  • Instrumental and vocal ensembles
  • College and chamber choirs
  • Annual instrumental and choral music camps
  • City of Toowoomba Eisteddfod
  • Co-production musicals
  • Performance opportunities at College and community events/services, concerts, showcases and recitals
  • Get smART Arts Festival with keen Interhouse competitions in music, drama, dance, art, debating and public speaking.
  • Music tuition in voice, instrumental, music technology, theory/aural musicianship.
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Dance

Opportunities include:

  • Dance Collective open to all students Years 7 to 12
  • Auditioned Dance Troupe
  • Eisteddfod competitions
  • Biennial Musical Co-Productions with Toowoomba Grammar School
  • Performance opportunities at College and community events/services, concerts, showcases and recitals
  • Get smART Arts Festival.
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Speech and Drama

Opportunities include:

  • Speech and drama tuition
  • Certification from Speech in Action, A.M.E.B.
  • Biennial Musical Co-Productions with Toowoomba Grammar School
  • City of Toowoomba Eisteddfod
  • Queensland Theatre's The Scene Project
  • College Dance and Drama showcase performances
  • Get smART Arts Festival
  • Various touring and community performance opportunities.
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Visual Arts

Opportunities include:

  • Eikon Senior School Visual Art group
  • Nokie Middle School Visual Art group
  • The Fairholme Open Art Prize - FACETS
  • University of Southern Queensland’s ‘Future Visions’ Art Awards
  • Toowoomba Art Society’s ‘Chronicle Junior Art Expo’ competition
  • Exhibiting works at the Kaleidoscope Concert Series events such as the ‘Limelight Concert’, ‘A Box of Chocolates’, ‘Crème de la Crème’ and the ‘Curtain Call Arts Presentation Evening’
  • Biennial Co-Production Musical set-design
  • Get smART Arts Festival.
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Debating & Public Speaking

Opportunities include:

  • Inter and intra-school debating
  • Queensland Debating Union competition
  • Rostrum Public Speaking contest
  • College and community events/services.
  • Get smART Arts Festival with keen Interhouse competitions in music, drama, dance, art, debating and public speaking.
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Sound and Lighting

Opportunities include:

  • Sound & lighting technology and stage management for College and community events, services, performances and showcases.
  • Biennial Musical Co-Productions with the Toowoomba Grammar School including all aspects of performance, sound, lighting, set design and backstage crew work
  • Get smART Arts Festival.
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