Arts & Culture

Excellent performances bring home the rewards
The KBB Music Festival is the largest event on the school music calendar for the Westlake instrumentalists and all our musicians have been working hard

Dance Showcase – Save the Date!
Our annual Dance showcase will be taking place on Wednesday 29 September in our new Event Centre. It will start at 6:30pm and end around

Outstanding success at Brass Band Champs
Year 10 student Emily Sullivan performed brilliantly at the National Brass Band Championships held in Christchurch during July. Emily finished 3rd in the Under-15 Cornet

Special night brings Korea to Forest Hill
By Scarlet Hur Year 13 The 12th Westlake Korean Night hosted an audience of around 1,300 people at Westlake Boys’ High School auditorium on Friday

Singers perform with NZ Secondary Schools Choir at national conference
Alanah Jones (Year 13) and Madi Jagger (Year 12) are current members of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir (NZSSC). Over the school holidays, NZSSC

Pianist makes the semi-finals with Menotti trio
Audrey Guo (Year 12) is participating in the final two rounds of the New Zealand Chamber Music Competition. Audrey is a pianist in the trio

Chinese Night celebrates 10-year anniversary
The annual Westlake Chinese Night occurred on Friday 7 July this year at the Westlake Boys High School Auditorium. The event endeavoured to showcase a

Music goes on tour!
The four premier instrumental Westlake music ensembles toured around the North Island during the last week of Term 2. There are 112 talented students from

Choirs make the Big Sing Finale
Following Westlake’s outstanding success at the Regional Big Sing recently, confirmation has come through that Cantare, Choralation and Voicemale have made it through to the

Chinese Night raises the roof!
Congratulations to everyone involved in our Chinese Night extravaganza last Friday. It was a brilliant night of dance, music and celebration – played out amongst