MARIEANNE DUNN
Music & Filmmaking
Next our spotlight is on Marianne Dunn, another WACI Ambassador from All Saints Secondary. Marianne has interests in multiple artforms, she a fantastic young musician but hopes to pursue a career in filmmaking.
What is your first memory of loving your artform?
My first memory of loving music is probably when I did my first performance at my school’s award ceremony. I had only been getting percussion lessons for a couple of months and had only just joined the percussion ensemble. We played a piece called cartoon favourites which featured the Flintstones theme song, the Scooby-doo theme song and the Looney Tunes theme song. I was quite nervous at first but as we were stood on the stage playing through the piece I began to relax and realised how much fun it really was. By the time we got to the last section of the piece, everyone was clapping and then when we finished just hearing everyone clapping and cheering just felt so good. Everyone was coming up to us afterwards and saying how good it was and it was honestly so rewarding and was definitely an experience I will never forget.
What are your top music recommendations?
Mahler 5, all of the Hamilton soundtrack and All Too Well (10 minute version) by Taylor Swift.
What’s your biggest aspiration?
My biggest dream is probably to win an Oscar as I am hoping to go into filmmaking when I leave school.
What is your favourite thing to do when not playing music?
Some of my favourite things besides music are probably dancing which I have been doing since I was about 2 years old. All things space including physics knowledge and looking at and taking pictures of the sky. And hillwalking which I have been getting into a lot recently.
Why has being an Ambassador been important to you?
Being an ambassador has been important for me as it allows me to have the opportunity to get lots of young people involved in the arts, meet lots of amazing people with similar interests as me and also getting to work on the various campaigns to help share what my art form means to me and also reduce the stigma on studying in the arts.
If you’d like to get involved with WACI, read more here about who can take part and register for the programme here.
