Creative And Performing Arts

In Drama, students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding:

• in making drama collaboratively by taking on roles and creating imagined situations shaped by the elements of drama
• in performing drama by actively engaging in drama forms
• in appreciating their own dramatic works and those of others.

In Music, students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding:

• in performing music of different styles and from different times and cultures by singing, playing and moving using musical concepts
• in organising sound into musical compositions using musical concepts
• in listening to and discussing their own music and that of others.

In Visual Arts, students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding:

• in making artworks informed by their investigations of the world as subject matter, use of expressive forms, and consideration of the audience for their works
 • in appreciating their own artworks and those of others, recognising the roles of artists, audiences and how the world can be interpreted.

• Advanced Strings
• Chamber Orchestra
• Choir
• Intermediate Percussion Ensemble
• JRAHS Cadet Pipe Band
• Junior Jazz Band
• Junior Percussion Ensemble
• Saxophone Ensemble
• School Musical
• Senior Percussion Ensemble
• Senior Vocal Ensemble
• Stage Band
• String Ensemble
• Symphonic Band
• Wind Orchestra
• Year 7 Concert Band

2 ENCORE Composition HSC Music Nominations

• Yutong Duan
• Paulina Lee

9 ENCORE Performance HSC Music Nominations

• Julia Chia
• Yutong Duan
• Paulina Lee
• Soren Park
• Alric Qin
• Jonathan Salim
• James Zue
• Leo Li
• Kyle Zhang

1 ARTEXPRESS HSC Visual Arts Nomination & Recipient

• Jenny Jin

10 ENCORE Performance HSC Music Nominations

• Maximus Cai
• Judy Chen
• Leo Li
• Jasmine Loh
• Tarun Saravanan
• Antony Wang
• Maxwell Wu
• Hansel Zhang
• Kyle Zhang
• Julie Zhang

2 ENCORE Performance HSC Music Nominations

• Andrew Kim
• Harry Lan

1 ARTEXPRESS HSC Visual Arts Nomination & Recipient

• Sophia Dang

1 OnSTAGE Individual Project, Monologue Performance HSC Drama Nomination

• Brendan Lin

2 ENCORE Composition HSC Music Nominations

• Eva Ge
• Sathmi Ranasinghe

10 ENCORE Performance HSC Music Nominations

• Darryl Chen
• Eva Ge
• Ruoxin Hua
• David Myungchan Kim
• Samuel Lam
• Harry Lan
• Sathmi Ranasinghe
• Shravan Suriyanarayanan
• Ramon Wang
• Jerry Jiarui Wang

1 ARTEXPRESS HSC Visual Arts Nomination

• Chloe Toh

Band and Ensemble Concert

Classical Concert

End of Year Concert

HSC Recital Night

MAD (Music, Art and Drama Night)

Each year we showcase the works of our gifted and talented artists in a MAD Night. It is a wonderful night of creativity, innovation, possibility and opportunity for our students to celebrate their transformations as creative learners with the rest of the school. 

School Musical

A whole school effort led by the CAPA Faculty, James Ruse produces a musical in April of every year and it is always a joyous time for all involved! Rehearsals begin in Term IV for our principals and then the chorus are brought in at the beginning of Term I. Teachers work in teams of two to mentor students through the Elements of Production and student leaders’ step into the roles of Student Director, Student Musical Director and Student Stage Manager to encourage ownership, agency and voice in an integral whole school event. It is a tradition we are very proud of and one that keeps evolving each time we do it!

Past Musicals include: Urinetown, Big Fish, The Addams Family, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Wizard of Oz and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in 2023. 

Year 11 Drama Production

The Year 11 Production is part of our Preliminary Course and engages the students in making, performing and critically studying! Each year, we choose a new play, short story or sometimes create our own work to showcase the rich gifts and talents of our Year 11 directors, actors and designers.