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CaSPA alumna debut single
CaSPA Sydney alumna Julia Ivory debut single, ‘To the Bone’, explores the under discussed topic of anorexia nervosa. The song eloquently addresses the artist’s personal struggles over the past few years, and of “feeling locked in my own mind”. “I found myself turning to my music in my darkest times,” Julia explained. “I wrote this song in the middle of the night at my piano to calm down, and it all poured out. “My recovery is a part of who I am, and I am not doing my job if I can’t shed light on what I’ve experienced” -...
‘Your eyes will go square’ rings true in lockdown
The cliche, ‘your eyes will go square’ rings true in lockdown. So writes winner of the 2021 UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing winner, St John Bosco student Emilia Danne. In her response to the 2021 theme The STEM in Everyday Life, Year 8 student Emilia explores how online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our health. “I feel extremely humbled to have won the UNSW Bragg Science Writing competition,” Emilia said. “I was ecstatic when I found out I was chosen from all of the incredible entries from across Australia. “We rely heavily on our devices...
HSC is music to their ears
They’re no strangers to the discipline and commitment it takes to succeed after singing in Australia’s oldest musical ensemble – St Mary’s Cathedral Choir – from age 10. Meet the four St Mary’s Cathedral Choir Scholars who continue to strike the balance between their chosen creative outlet and school life in their HSC year. The Choir Scholars are an elite choral ensemble made up of students in Years 8 to 12 at St Mary’s Cathedral College Sydney, who elect to continue their singing commitment once their voices move from the treble of a chorister to an alto, baritone or...
