Arts & Culture

Composition Competition Winners
Two senior music students Matilda Faamausili and Bella Allan-Moetaua have won first places in the New Zealand Choral Federation Choral Composition Competition. Matilda and Bella
Y11 Drama trip to the theatre!
Last week, the Year 11 Drama class went to see King Lear by William Shakespeare in the ASB Waterfront Theatre. King Lear is the tale

Y9 Westlake Girls Student in CATS
Last weekend, the National Youth Theatre performed CATS, an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, to sell-out crowds. The show was at the Aotea Centre and had

Jazz Band Workshop
The Westlake Girls Jazz Band is a new music group formed this year by director Jono Howan in order to introduce Westlake Girls students to

Westlake Pianists at Sunnybrae Normal Primary School
On Friday 16 June, six pianists from the Yr 11 and Yr 12 Music classes visited Sunnybrae Normal School to help celebrate the recent arrival

Bringing Shakespeare to life with As You Like It
The cast of As You Like It is all dressed up and ready to go for a comedy of Shakespearian proportions! The play, which is

Upcoming Joint School’s Musical Production
Into the Woods is Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s magical, musical masterpiece, where familiar fairy tale characters (Little Red Riding Hood, Jack of Beanstalk fame, and

Into the Woods Workshop with Mark W. Dorrell
When you’re a musical theatre student, it’s not every day you get to meet a world-famous musical director, but that’s exactly what happened for some

National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art Workshop
On Saturday, June 17, staff from NASDA visited Westlake Boys for a workshop with passionate students from Auckland and beyond, mainly from Westlake Boys and

Westlake Success at the NZCF Auckland Regionals of The Big Sing Festival
On Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd of June, our four choirs represented Westlake at the Auckland Regional Competition. There were 68 choirs competing this year