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Every year, the British Columbia Music Teachers’ Association holds a conference in Richmond, BC. For music teachers, this conference presents seminars on new teaching techniques and professional development. For their students, there is also an opportunity for enormous growth and education: the BCMEA honour ensembles. There are five honour...

Here are Brentwood’s Arts Captains for 2017-2018 as announced in Assembly today. Drawing and Painting Anika P Musical Theatre Hannah R Wind Ensemble Zara P String Ensemble Francis V Debate John E & Morgan W Model UN Dylan C Public Speaking Sarah L Dance Hannah S Pottery Will H & Mark W 2D...

A week into the Fall term, Brentwood’s Arts program is in full swing. A walk around campus yesterday revealed our 530 artists participating in any two of the following: acting, sculpture, debate, public speaking, musical, ceramics, photography, yearbook, robotics, photojournalism, woodworking, theatre production, choir, jazz band, strings, rock...

On a Sunday night in May Brentwood’s Composition Rock Band performed at the Duncan Showroom. The building was something out of a movie. Hanging lights, creepy antiques, and instruments from the 70s floated around the band as we prepared for the gig. Our style was a mix of indie rock and grunge as we performed songs we’ve written, and some covers...

The Grade 12s of the music department already feel the nostalgia settling in. Why? Their last Brentwood performance – Concert For A Summer’s Eve – is upon us. As soon as Festival Season, in April and early May, finished, all the music ensembles turned their focus to preparing for the performance, which features the Jazz Band, Vocal Ensemble, Wind...

With the end of term 3 and exams right around the corner, performers are hungry for their last chance to get on the Brentwood Stage, so expectations are high for the Concert for a Summer’s Eve next week. The concert has been awaited for by many performing arts classes as some of them last performed last in December. The Wind Ensemble, Vocal...

The ghostly shadows of Theatre Production students work countless hours throughout the year creating and nurturing the numerous productions like Mary Poppins, Concert For A Winter Eve, Evening Of Dance, Senior Acting, special events, and much, much more to make Brentwood the special place that it is. Many weeks before the opening night of any...

Last Monday, the Beginner Rock Band ventured to a cabin in the woods to record their three best songs for the 2017 Brentwood Rock Band CD. The Beginner Rock Band made their way to Maple Bay to start recording their favorite songs with the recording guru himself, Zack. We performed our concert of “Fly Away” by Lenny Kravitz, “Harder to Breathe” by...

On Wednesday May 3rd, The Brentwood Guitar Ensemble performed in the Highlights Concert at the University of Victoria. The Guitar Ensemble came first in their division at the Victoria Music Festival, allowing us to go to the highlights concert and winning us a cheque for two hundred dollars. Our Captain was Jade M, Allard ‘17 who was given the...

This past weekend, the Brentwood Wind, Jazz, and String Ensembles travelled to Whistler for three exciting days of practice and performance. Tension was high as bands from all over Canada and BC flew in to compete in this event. In the end, all three bands scored a Silver medal for their outstanding concerts. After an early wakeup, a cold...