Arts
Kirwan has an active participation in the arts and music, and has competed consistently in the annual Rock Eisteddfod Challenge competition, winning 3rd placing in 2003. It is also known for holding musicals once a year at Townsville's premier cultural center, the 1000 seat Townsville Civic Theatre. The students from Kirwan have presented a wide range of musicals including: Grease, The Sound of Music, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Disco Inferno, Oliver, Annie, Grease, Pirates of Penzance and, most recently, Back to the 80's.
Another unique offering by Kirwan is its Music Excellence program. Students apply to join the music excellence program in grade 8 and are offered extra music classes and play in specialised grade 8 music excellence ensembles.
Kirwan is also known for its vibrant instrumental and vocal music programs. Many talented young musicians learn and play instruments from all instrument groups, including brass, woodwind, percussion, strings, guitar and vocals. The school offers a vast range of music ensembles for these students to showcase these skills. These include: string ensembles, a percussion ensemble, multiple small woodwind groups, a brass ensemble, two concert bands (the Wind Symphony and the junior concert band), multiple choirs and two jazz bands (the junior stage band and the Kirwan State High School Big Band)
All of these ensembles are directed by Kirwan High music teachers and have shared considerable success in the Townsville region. The Kirwan State High School Band in particular is renowned in the region and is highly sought after to perform their diverse range of jazz at a variety of events.
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“But here comes Generosity; giving—not to a decayed artist—but to the arts and sciences themselves.—See,—he builds ... whole schools and colleges for those who come after. Lord! how they will magnify his name!
—One honest tear shed in private over the unfortunate, is worth them all.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
“The textile and needlework arts of the world, primarily because they have been the work of women have been especially written out of art history. It is a male idea that to be “high” and “fine” both women and art should be beautiful, but not useful or functional.”
—Patricia Mainardi (b. 1942)