The 95th Annual AMEB Awards

The Octagon Theatre The University of Western Australia

Tuesday 9 March 2010

7 pm

Master of Ceremonies:

Suzanne Lawrence, ASDA (Dist), ATCL

The AMEB gratefully acknowledges support from:

Zenith Music Westbooks

The WA Music Teachers’ Association The Australian Strings Association WA

The Speech and Drama Teachers’ Association of WA The WA Flute Society

The Anita LeTessier Memorial Fund The Lily Kavanagh Memorial Fund

PROGRAMME Welcome Address

Barry Palmer, BA(WA),LMusA,MIMT, Academic Development Officer, Western Australia

Shuan Hern Lee Pianoforte – By Special Invitation Liszt, F Gnomenreigen (Concert etude)

Sian Chin 2009 Anita LeTessier Award Winner Best Drama and Performance Certificate Candidate Monolgue from the play "The Heiress", based on

the novel "Washington Square" by Henry James

Helena Nguyen Award for Excellence Certificate of Performance (Piano) Chopin, F Fantaisie - Impromptu Op. 66 in C# minor

Simon Meiri 2009 Joint Winner Speech Teachers’ Association WA Award Best Drama and Performance Diploma Candidate

Monologue from George Bernard Shaw's play "Arms

and the Man". Act 1 playing the role of "The Man".

Christie Sullivan 2009 AMusA Diplomate (Flute) Messiaen, O Le merle noir

Riley Skevington 2009 LMusA Diplomate (Violin) with Distinction Winner JB Memorial Award for best Peformance by a Licentiate candidate in 2009

Sarasate, P Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, No. 1

INTERVAL

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS AND DIPLOMAS Awards presented by Assistant Professor Graeme Gilling, MusM(WA),BMus(Hons)(Cant),LRSM, UWA School of Music, AMEB(WA) State Chair.

AWARDS FOR:

SPEECH (Practical):

- FIRST TO CERTIFICATE GRADE

WRITTEN SUBJECTS

- PRELIMINARY TO SIXTH GRADE

MUSIC (Practical):

- FIRST TO CERTIFICATE GRADE

SPECIAL AWARDS

Anita LeTessier Award for Best Drama and Performance Certificate Candidate 2009

Sian Chin (Teacher: Dr Lea Logie)

Australian Strings Association WA Award for best eligible 7th/8th grade Strings candidate in 2009

Joseph Pullella (Teacher: Mr Jacek Slawomirski)

Presented by Mr Graham Wood OAM Representing the Australian Strings Association WA

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMA CANDIDATES

SPECIAL AWARDS

Speech Teachers’ Association WA Award for Best Drama and Performance Diploma candidate in 2009:

Joint winners

Angela Maher and Simon Meiri (Teachers: Dr Lea Logie and Mrs Karen Goddard)

Presented by Dr Lea Logie, President, Speech and Drama Teachers Association of WA

J B Vincent Memorial Award for best performance by a Licentiate candidate in 2009

Riley Skevington, Violin (Teacher: Mrs Dorothy Ford)

Presented by Assistant Professor Graeme Gilling, AMEB(WA) State Chair

2009 ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA CANDIDATES – SPEECH

Name Discipline Teacher Faye Donnes Drama and Performance Mrs Karen Goddard Alexander Grose Drama and Performance Mrs Karen Goddard Angela Maher Drama and Performance

with Distinction Dr Lea Logie

Simon Meiri Drama and Performance with Distinction

Mrs Karen Goddard

Keellee Scarff Drama and Performance Dr Lea Logie Rhiannon Shelton Drama and Performance Dr Lea Logie 2009 ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA CANDIDATES – MUSIC Name Discipline Teacher Melissa Branson Classical Guitar Ms Melissa Branson Esther Buckeridge Violin Mr Graham Wood Adam Chan Pianoforte Mr Yoon Sen Lee Kylie Cheong Pianoforte Mrs June Ashley Sarah Chung Pianoforte Mr Graeme Gilling Christina De Piazzi Pianoforte Ms Jee-Yeoung Lee Matthew De Piazzi Violin Mr Ashley Arbuckle Rosalie Foss Pianoforte Mrs Penny Black Desiree Goh Pianoforte Mrs Stephanie Coleman Ting-Ting Han Pianoforte Mrs Penny Black Paul Keong Pianoforte Mrs Judith Lindsay Katherine Kruger Violin Ms Katherine Kruger Danielle Lam Pianoforte Mrs Josephine Symons Danni Liu Pianoforte Mr Graeme Gilling Justin Martins Pianoforte Mr Greg Schultz Yiannis Maxwell Pianoforte Mr Graeme Gilling Joseph Pullella Violin Mr Jacek Slawomirski Christie Sullivan Flute Ms Christie Sullivan Flavia Todea Violin Mrs Olga Sergeyeva 2009 LICENTIATE DIPLOMA CANDIDATE – MUSIC Name Discipline Teacher Riley Skevington Violin with Distinction Mrs Dorothy Ford 2009 ASSOCIATE TEACHER MUSIC DIPLOMA CANDIDATE Name Discipline Teacher Laura Kahar Piano Mrs Tess Hill

* * * Photographer Mr Graham Hall will be taking photographs during the evening of all concert participants and award recipients. He will also be available after the presentation to take group/family photos. The photos will be available by the following Monday at the following website: www.ghphotographer.com.au. Go to Login. Key in – Username: ameb Password: octagon.

2009 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE – SPEECH

(Listed in alphabetical order under the grade)

NAME SYLLABUS TEACHER NAME SYLLABUS TEACHER FIRST GRADE FIFTH GRADE Robert Drljaca Voice and Communication Mrs Anne Gould Hannah Andrijich Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie

Sofia Zaninovich Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard Simon Bourke Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard Giorgia Fraser Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie SECOND GRADE Isabelle Kelly Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie Lara Bailey Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard Giorgia Marino Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie

Carrie Beattie Voice and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Elizabeth Smith Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie

Hannah Brooks Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard Rhys Tucker Drama and Performance Mrs Karen Goddard Christopher Jamieson Voice and Communication Mrs Anne Gould Kieren Marley Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard SIXTH GRADE Robert McTaggart Drama and Performance Dr Lea Logie Jacinta Cowan Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie Paul Shaw Voice and Communication Mrs Anne Gould Emma Hunt Drama and Performance Dr Lea Logie Rebecca Joseph Voice and Communication Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie THIRD GRADE Sophie Mcdowell Voice and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Kim Domleo Drama and Performance Mrs Andie Holborn Jack Wansbrough Drama and Performance Mrs Karen Goddard Kristina Drljaca Voice and Communication Mrs Anne Gould Alice Lynch Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie SEVENTH GRADE Nicole Strever Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie Shane Chandra Drama and Performance Mrs Suzanne Lawrence EIGHTH GRADE FOURTH GRADE Henry Andersen Drama and Performance Mrs Karen Goddard Andrea Benedict Voice and Communication Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie Dominique Lemiere Drama and Performance Dr Lea Logie Charlotte Burnell Voice and Communication Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie Ashton Roberts Drama and Performance Mrs Karen Goddard Grace Durack Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie Phoebe Gunson Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie CERTIFICATE OF DRAMA AND PERFORMANCE Jessica Joe Drama and Performance Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie Sian Chin Drama and Performance Dr Lea Logie Susana Liu Drama and Performance Mrs Suzanne Lawrence Sarah Nutton Voice and Communication Mercedes College – Mrs Gina Ritchie CERTIFICATE OF VOICE AND COMMUNICATION Gaby Ellison Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard

2009 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE – WRITTEN

(Listed in alphabetical order under the grade)

NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER PRELIMINARY GRADE Marcus Figredo Music Craft Mrs June Ashley THIRD GRADE Abigail Hunter Music Craft Carey Baptist College Natasha Terpu Theory of Music Mrs Susan White FIRST GRADE FOURTH GRADE Tiffany Clarke Theory of Music Mrs Jan Clifton Sharon Huynh Theory of Music Mrs Marj Tanner Anthea D’abreo Theory of Music Mrs Audrey Davies Sheryl Leong Theory of Music Mrs Julie Taylor Jessica Ellery Theory of Music Ms Margaret McNeil Benjamin Pallagi Music Craft Ms Agnes Pallagi Lydia Lai Theory of Music Ms Kimberley Goh Claire Taylor Theory of Music Mrs Claire Taylor Charlotte Leach Theory of Music Ms Taimane Gayton Michelle Welschbillig Theory of Music Mrs Yvonne McConnell Julia Liu Theory of Music St Mary’s Girls School Jeorgia Marra Theory of Music Mrs Priscilla Smith FIFTH GRADE Callum Mitchell-Dewsbury Theory of Music Mrs Rebecca McCartney Vida Yan Theory of Music Mrs Irene Batini Janna Richards Theory of Music Mrs Natalie Peters Matthew Wearing Theory of Music Mrs Patricia Tan SIXTH GRADE Esther Buckeridge Musicianship Mrs Heather Brittan SECOND GRADE Naomi Tan Theory of Music Ms Emily Cheng Alex Vandenberg Theory of Music Ms Deborah Sargeant Hayley Wellstead Theory of Music Mrs Marilyn Morley

2009 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE – MUSIC PRACTICAL (Listed in alphabetical order under the grade)

NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER

FIRST GRADE FIRST GRADE cont Elijah Abraham Flute Mr Bernie Barz Penny Finnigan Piano for Leisure Ms Kerry Butcher Lauren Abrahams Flute Ms Joanne Robertson Joshua Gibbons-Eyre Piano for Leisure Ms Shanti Bezard Maximilian Bailey Piano for Leisure Mrs Rosalee Falk Erica Ketterer Viola Ms Katherine Kruger Gabriela Bekir-Fuente Pianoforte Margaret Tressler Lynette Lai Pianoforte Ms Kimberley Goh

Rebecca Bland Flute Ms Deborah Sargeant Jordan Lockhart Saxophone Mr Shaun Molewyk Maddison Blennerhassett Pianoforte Ms LiLi Allsop Philippa Newman Violin Mrs Helen Tuckey Emmalene Callaghan Piano for Leisure Mrs Rosalee Falk Rohan Shankar Pianoforte Hui-Xian Chen Sophie Cornforth Piano for Leisure St Mary's Girls School Savannah Sharp Pianoforte Mrs Jane Pilgrim Benjamin Davidson Pianoforte Mrs Rosalee Falk Joshua Smith Violin Ms Marlene Crone Zoe Davidson Clarinet Mr Andrew Hislop Grace Smithall Pianoforte Mrs Joan Blakeway James Edland Trumpet Mr Lochmond Haynes Henry Yapeter Pianoforte Mr Carl Rodricks Nathan Fan Pianoforte Mr Phillip Larkins Noeline Zavier Violin Mrs Pam Pougnault Rhianna Figueiredo Piano for Leisure Mrs Julie Hart

2009 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE – MUSIC PRACTICAL continued

(Listed in alphabetical order under the grade)

NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER

SECOND GRADE FOURTH GRADE cont Elijah Abraham Pianoforte Mrs Patricia Tan Erica Ketterer Pianoforte Ms Noelene Beacham Jonathan Choong Piano for Leisure Mrs Kay Broughton Jonathan Leach Pianoforte Mrs Beverley Bird Oakley Driscoll Singing Mr Cornelius de Munck Sophie Lee-Goh Violin Ms Hooi Tong Lee Stephanie Fletcher Pianoforte Mrs Judith Lindsay

Methodist Ladies College Sophie Ngo Violin Ms Semra Lee

John Karoll Classical Guitar Helena College Shoreina Pereira Singing Mrs Susan Hicks Diane Keong Pianoforte Mrs Phan Tran Joshua Lai Piano for Leisure Ms Taeko Abe FIFTH GRADE Thorin Lyons Flute Ms Linda Rossen Teresa Koh Piano for Leisure Mrs Kym Shepherdson Yuki Nguyen Pianoforte Mrs Phan Tran Felicia Shaddick Pianoforte Mrs June Ashley Sharmila Periakarpan Violin Ms Stephanie Dean Dayna Riddell Pianoforte Mrs Susan White SIXTH GRADE Aston Summers Pianoforte Mrs Tess Hill Isabelle Rivette Singing Mrs Maureen Furr Daniella Sicari Singing for Leisure Mercedes College THIRD GRADE Gabriel Alberastine Piano for Leisure Ms Katy Rutter STEP 3 ADVANCING Contemporary Popular Music Jasmine Burr Violin Ms Jennifer Williams Emily Gelineau CPM Vocal Advancing Mrs Andrea Colcott Emma Chen Pianoforte Yoon Sen Lee Music School Kimberly De Graauw Singing Mrs Susan Hicks SEVENTH GRADE Thisuri Jayawardena Pianoforte Ms Winnie Ho Janessa Kennington Piano for Leisure Mrs Joan Barnett Elise Kirk Saxophone for

Leisure Frederick Irwin Anglican School

Adrian Soares Pianoforte Mrs June Ashley

Sarah Low Violin Ms Hooi Tong Lee Gary Zhang Violin Ms Baodi Tang Thorin Lyons Flute Ms Linda Rossen Camille O'Brien Pianoforte Mr Barry Palmer EIGHTH GRADE Sarah Peisley Flute Mr Gordon Tayler Marlene Crone Piano for Leisure Mrs June Ashley Katherine Summit Flute Mrs Denise Mikula Rebekah Ellis Classical Guitar Ms Caroline Berrer Emma Turner Clarinet Ms Adrianne Dunlop Ryan Huynh Piano for Leisure Mrs Penny Black Lori Zhang Pianoforte Dr Basil Jayatilaka Joseph Pullella Violin Mr Jacek Slawomirski David Thai Piano for Leisure Ms Marlene Ong FOURTH GRADE Brianna Afiat Violin Mrs Dorothy Ford CERTIFICATE OF PERFORMANCE Lydia Drake-Brockman Oboe Methodist Ladies College Helena Nguyen Pianoforte Ms Anna Sleptsova

2009 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE – PRELIMINARY GRADE

MUSIC AND SPEECH (Listed in alphabetical order)

NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER

PRELIMINARY GRADE PRELIMINARY GRADE cont Retha Agenbach Piano for Leisure Ms Lyndell Gore Lucy McNaughton Piano for Leisure St Mary’s Girls School Bryce Bamess Violin Mrs Cherie Hawily Nicholas Nguyen Pianoforte Ms Ean Mei Yeoh Kaitlin Chappell Pianoforte Mrs Gunhild Marchant Kent Nguyen Pianoforte Mrs Phan Tran Tom Clarke Piano for Leisure Mrs Cherie Edwards Marilyn Nguyen Pianoforte Mrs Patricia Tan Alex Comstock Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard Natalie Nguyen Pianoforte Mrs Vanessa Reedman Pearl Cross Pianoforte Mrs Jennifer Tuinder Mika Nicoli Pianoforte Mrs Joan Blakeway Ashleigh Davenport Piano for Leisure Mr Christopher Latham Kane Ohashi Piano for Leisure Ms Taeko Abe Katy Denney Pianoforte Miss Heidi Knapp Arabelle O'Rourke Clarinet Miss Elizabeth Jennings Julie Domingo Singing for Leisure Mrs Amanda Windus James Owen Pianoforte Ms Sandra Barnett Philippa Green Clarinet Ms Adrianne Dunlop Luke Parker Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard Ashlee Guidera Pianoforte Ms Jan Kucera-Gillingham Harrison Pinto Classical Guitar Mr Adam Pinto Madeline Hair Clarinet Miss Jacqueline Ross Ella Ross Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard Don Hoang Pianoforte Ms Sandra Barnett Aria Rossi Pianoforte Mrs Chamutal Florusse Anna King Voice and Communication Mrs Karen Goddard Jasmine Schupelius Pianoforte Mrs Kerri Sloper Rebekah Kinney Piano for Leisure Ms Chrissie Alexander McKenzie Spalding Piano for Leisure Mrs Rosalee Falk Lydia Lai Violin Ms Nathania Goh Ryan Steketee Clarinet Miss Elizabeth Jennings James Leau Pianoforte Ms Hulda Budilestari Jarod Tang Pianoforte Ms Taimane Gayton Ebony Lopes Pianoforte Mrs Chamutal Florusse Zerlinda Tie Pianoforte Mrs Sher Wei Kok Georgina Macri Clarinet Miss Elizabeth Jennings Esther Williams Pianoforte Mr Phillip Larkins Allen Man Pianoforte Mrs Chamutal Florusse Eliza Wynn Saxophone for Leisure Forte School of Music Celeste McCorry Singing for Leisure Ms Jan Kucera-Gillingham Henry Yapeter Pianoforte Mr Carl Rodricks Pareise McCourt Pianoforte Mr Christopher Whitehand Coco-Chanel Young Singing for Leisure Ms Jan Kucera-Gillingham

2009 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE – DRAMA AND COMMUNICATIO N GROUPS

(Listed in group/teacher/grade order)

NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER NAME INSTRUMENT TEACHER

FIRST FIRST Molly Goldacre Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Sally Davies

Drama and Communication Penrhos College –

Miss Emily Verstegen Mimi Seng Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Grace Edwards

Drama and Communication Penrhos College –

Miss Emily Verstegen Sofia Tsagalis Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Georgia Leahy Drama and Communication Penrhos College –

Miss Emily Verstegen

Dana McMullen

Drama and Communication Penrhos College – Miss Emily Verstegen

SECOND

Jamie-Lee Pitcher Drama and Communication Penrhos College – Miss Emily Verstegen

Lauren Beneit Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Julianne Smith Drama and Communication Penrhos College – Miss Emily Verstegen

Alexandra Culshaw Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Natasha Zint Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell SECOND Elly Zounis Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Yannick Buelow Drama and Communication Mrs Suzanne Lawrence Justin Halvorsen Drama and Communication Mrs Suzanne Lawrence THIRD Winston Low Drama and Communication Mrs Suzanne Lawrence Holly Crabtree Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Bradley Luketina Drama and Communication Mrs Suzanne Lawrence Carla Hawgood Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Benjamin Manifold Drama and Communication Mrs Suzanne Lawrence Poppy Sloan Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Thomas Philpott Drama and Communication Mrs Suzanne Lawrence Zoe Snell Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Callum Ralph Drama and Communication Mrs Suzanne Lawrence FOURTH Elle Bradshaw Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell April Nuttall Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell Genevieve Ogilvie Drama and Communication Perth College – Mrs Deb Mitchell

Thank you for your attendance at the 95th Annual AMEB Awards

in Western Australia