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Brentwood's 2018-2019 Art Captains were announced at Assembly on Thursday. The students leading our art program his year include Drawing and Painting: Téa K Art Foundation: Kady S & Marquita Z 3D Pottery: Liam P 3D Art and Sculpture: Brylee M Hand Built Pottery: Chantal P &Evan D Robotics: Zoe T Woodwork: Joaquin G Brentwood Broadcast:...

Every year, as the school year draws to a close, a final concert is held to showcase the incredible musical and performing art talent that Brentwood possesses. The Concert for a Summer’s Eve is a highly anticipated event and this year was no different. There were two shows, open to both members of the school, as well as the public, and both were...

Concert for a Summer’s Eve is an annual Brentwood tradition where performers from every group and every grade put on a performance for the student body to finish off the year. For the Grade 12s, this is their last performance at Brentwood, making it very special. Francis V, Ellis ‘18 was one of the acts that will be leaving us this year; he...

Brentwood had quite a day at VIU in Nanaimo attending the West Coast Jazz Festival in mid May. In competition was our Beginner Rock Band, Advanced Rock Band, Jazz Band and our vocal group known as “Almost A Cappella”. On top of that we also had two of our Grade 12 musicians, Oliver W and Alexander P performing with the Vancouver Island Grade 12...

It is the last block of Arts. Everyone is relaxed, ready to jam around and play songs. Slowly the last students of Rock Band, also known as the ‘Optional Arrival’, arrive. Our Guitar players as in Book P, Privett ‘20, Findlay M, Privett ‘20, Graeme M, ‘19, Sydney H, Mackenzie ‘21, Kirstie Y, Mackenzie ‘21, and Isaac K, Whittall ‘20 start tuning...

Both the Beginner and Advanced Rock Bands journeyed to the Westcoast Jazz Festival hosted at the Vancouver Island University last week. This was the first time that the Westcoast Jazz festival had a rock band category. This new opportunity was an amazing way to learn how music festivals work and to expose new musicians to the music world. The...

A few of Brentwood’s finest music ensembles recently had the opportunity to perform in the 25th annual West Coast Jazz Festival at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo. On May 14th, Brentwood travelled to Nanaimo with their instruments in hand. It was a busy day but the results were outstanding. Both the Jazz and Beginner Rock Band received an...

Many people probably hear about the annual Brentwood rowing Regatta, and also know when it is time for AP Exams. They know about every ISAs, Islands, and Provincial tournament in sport, but little light is often shed on the busiest time of year for Brentwood’s music ensembles: festival season. The Brentwood Vocal Ensemble and Almost A Cappella...

After preparing for months and months, the Brentwood College School Vocal Ensemble was happy to host the second annual West Coast Choirs Concert and Festival. Choirs from all throughout the south of Vancouver Island like Shawnigan Lake School and Ballenas Secondary traveled to our campus to perform. Singers varied from 5th graders to 12th graders,...

The atmosphere continues to thrive with commotion and excitement during day two here at the 48th Annual Brentwood International Rowing Regatta. As athletes have been working hard on the water to earn a place in the finals, the artists of Brentwood College School have been working hard on Founder’s Plaza to put on a wonderful show of live...