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“I want to be like James Morrison, travelling around the world playing music.”

A CHANCE MEETING with jazz legend James Morrison cemented Ruby King-Morrison’s dreams for her future.

The keen trumpet player attends St Peters Lutheran College, in Brisbane’s leafy Indooroopilly, via an Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) boarding scholarship.

Ruby, who is preparing for AMEB Grade 3 and Grade 4 Practical trumpet exams in 2017, has loved music for as long as she can remember.

“When I was young I used to busk. I’ve played the trumpet for four years, initially I did want to learn the sax but then I saw James Morrison and I said wow! I’ve always wanted to be in a jazz band, that’s my goal with music. I always wanted to be like James Morrison, travelling around the world and playing music,” Ruby said.

The talented teenager, who also swims on the St Peters swim team, hails from Redcliffe and Yarrabah, near Cairns. Her mum lives nearby in Toowong to be close to Ruby while she is at school.

“My father passed away when I was seven. Before I started boarding at St Peters I used to spend some of my school year up in North Queensland with my family but now it’s just holidays. I love going camping as well as fishing and catching turtles but there are lots of crocodiles,” she said.

Ruby’s scholarship with St Peters provides a range of opportunities that would have been unavailable to her otherwise, including music lessons and exams.

“I love the variety of sports and music at St Peters. Last year I played in two bands, but I’ve just auditioned for the Symphonic Winds and I am going to America on tour in 2017,” she said.

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eisteddfods; they knew I was passionate and that my bands achieved highly. The kids are there because they’re looking for more, I can set them high targets and they deliver,” he said.

Andrew says he and his colleagues encourage students to take formal AMEB exams, with many continuing with music in their tertiary studies.

He says people are often surprised at the calibre of music in his region, which he attributes to the critical role community orchestras and bands, local schools and their teachers play.

“The Sunshine Coast attracts professional people from all over; people want to live at the beach and soak up this lifestyle.

Although we’re regional, we are actually offering programs that might surprise some of the best schools in Australia,” he said.

“Youth orchestras in the community help with the development of music programs in schools.”

“Once you get energised, committed and passionate people who are devoted to mastering their instruments, the kids see that happening and want to be involved.”

“In other regional areas, students still travel to Brisbane for enrichment programs. But here on the Sunshine Coast, we’ve reached that next level and it really does set the benchmark,” he said.

ANDREW EUNSON’S EDUCATION career has moved from strength to strength, but his passion for community building on the Sunshine Coast through music continues to ring true.

The former Director of Co-Curricular Music has moved into a senior executive management role at his Perigian school but it’s still onwards and upwards for the new community youth stage band he leads.

The self-confessed clarinet purist and AMEB Queensland alumnus became a saxophone player out of necessity; after earning his classical music degree he was thrust into the jazz arena, travelling across Australia performing in big bands.

Andrew says his professional experience has made adding a jazz band to the local youth orchestra’s line-up a breeze.

“For me, it was easy to come into the established youth orchestra and work with the new jazz orchestra with a set of kids with high musicianship. It acts as an extension to their high school programs. Because you can draw from across the region to fill the group and because the quality of music on the Sunshine Coast is extremely high, it’s become one of the highest-achieving jazz orchestras on Sunshine Coast.

“There were students who were a part of the youth orchestra program who had seen me lead the school jazz orchestra at

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“AMEB Speech exams let me speak easily and confidently before groups of people — it gets that first part, the nerves, out of the way straight away to be over the first hurdle.”

JARON PHILLIPS HAS his parents to thank for the pastime which now seizes his passion.

The 20-year-old Bundaberg local, who is now studying Journalism, is a prolific actor all thanks to many years of AMEB Voice and Communication lessons which culminated in the achievement of his Grade 8 AMEB qualification.

Jaron says while he was always interested in performing from a young age, it was his Mum and Dad who initially encouraged lessons for himself and his three younger sisters.

“We’ve all had lessons in Voice and Communication after school, with a focus on AMEB Speech and Drama exams and also performing in the local eisteddfod. We’ve always been encouraged to take part in public speaking and be able to present ourselves well,” Jaron said.

Jaron says that even though his AMEB exams are well behind him, not a day goes past when he doesn’t call on his AMEB training.

“Voice and Communication exams involve a lot of poetry and prose as well as being able to read and communicate. It helps me at university to tell when things are written well and how to read text,” he said.

“My performance background from AMEB Speech exams lets me speak easily and confidently before groups of people — it gets that first part, the nerves, out of the way straight away to be over the first hurdle.”

Jaron says AMEB exams have also been invaluable in helping him with acting auditions, as well as his work on stage.

“Some auditions are done by script via a cold read; you see it for the first time and read it. My experiences really help in being able to read, communicate and be personable,” he said.

“One key thing I find is that it helps with working as an actor in childrens shows where there is a lot of ad-libbing. Being able to communicate helps to bring the show to life; it’s great to see the kids’ eyes brighten up and enjoy the show.”

AMEB holds nearly 2500 Speech and Performance Theory, Drama and Performance, and Voice and Communication exams each year across Queensland.

Speech and Drama examinations are available within all sessions across each region.

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Sitting AMEB exams enabled Bianca to achieve her dreams...

STUDYING MUSIC AT a European conservatorium is a long way from the delights of sunny north Queensland. But that is now life for young Townsvillian, Bianca Parsion.

Bianca has been enjoying a break in her hometown, after commencing her studies at the Conservatoria della Svizzera Italiana in Switzerland.

Bianca says her experience sitting AMEB exams throughout her life prepared her well for two gruelling days of elimination tests at the prestigious conservatorium.

“These tests included three theory and aural exams, an interview, eurhythmics and movement exam, a practical teaching exam, and instrumental exams on four instruments,” Bianca said.

“Without AMEB theory and the theory exams, there is no way I could have emotionally survived the first five minutes. I had to write harmony and melody like in the AMEB written exams; I actually got 100 per cent.

“During the testing period, many candidates were retired as unsuccessful applicants. By the end of the second afternoon, I was the only bachelor student

left of only two remaining in the field of Music and Movement Education.

“My main study area is education of children aged four to twelve, however my principal instrument studies are in violin, with secondary studies in piano, voice and guitar,” Bianca explained.

To make things even more difficult, all testing undertaken at Conservatoria della Svizzera Italiana is in Italian.

“I’ve some Italian heritage and I also studied Italian in Year 12, but studying at university this year in Italian has been a sharp learning curve for me,” she said.

From an early age, Bianca has studied with various teachers in the Townsville region, focusing on the subjects of theory, violin, piano and singing. For a number of years, she also flew to Brisbane for studies in violin and Dalcroze Eurhythmics.

Up until the end of primary school, Bianca lived in Giru, a small sugar-cane township 55km south of Townsville. She attended the state primary school in Giru until year five, completing her high school and AMEB studies in Townsville.

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IT WAS A bit like love at first sight for AMEB Queensland’s first-ever Percussion AMusA.For Grace Kruger, now 18 and starting at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music this year, her primary school instruments of violin and clarinet paled in comparison to the percussion performers on stage.“One of my close friends was playing percussion and I thought ‘you know what? That looks really fun’. So I gave it a go and as predicted, it’s heaps of fun. My friend and I continued playing through to grade 12 and we’ve had lots of good times playing percussion together,” Grace said.The Somerville House graduate was awarded her AMusA in Percussion while Music Captain in 2016; she also features in a coveted soloist role in the 2017 AMEB Diploma Concert.Grace says the Somerville House music department fostered her love in music.“I’ve been involved in a lot of music since I first came to Somerville and it was a great way to spend my time there,” she explained. Grace says being accepted into the Queensland Conservatorium, through the streams of composition and percussion

performance, is the first step in achieving her dream of being a film composer.“I chose percussion at The Con because I do really enjoy performing; this path lets me write music and perform. The Con has amazing facilities, especially for percussion,” Grace said.When pushed for a favourite percussion instrument, Grace struggles with a clear winner before deciding on the Marimba because of its beautiful sound.“The Marimba is really cool because I used to play piano. It has the same layout as piano and I just really like the sound and tone; it’s just beautiful. A lot of the pieces are interesting and intricate and it’s such a challenge to learn some of them.“A lot of pieces are interesting and quirky. Depending on the piece there are all of these little tiny parts you play and then find out what they are and then learn to play them. “There’s so much you can do and so many aspects you can be involved in. It’s really fun, it’s a fun instrument,” she said.

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ISABELLA MCDONALD HAS come a long way from her early cello lessons via phone and Skype from her family’s remote cattle station 75km south of Cloncurry.

Now a boarder at Somerville House, Isabella has flourished accelerating from AMEB Grade 4 to her Certificate of Performance in a few short years.

Isabella says her early music days were very challenging but she had a great deal of motivation and a huge love of practice to which she credits her father, who tragically passed away nearly four years ago.

“No one was there telling me to practise. But my father…while he didn’t have a musical bone in his body, he did work very hard and I think I get that from him,” she said.

Isabella says her defining moment of knowing she wanted to become a musician was when she was 12 and the Australian Chamber Orchestra performed at her family’s property.

“Being so isolated up until that point, I didn’t realise there was a world of music;

but once I had that opportunity there was no going back,” she said.

Since then, Isabella has not only won a highly acclaimed and prestigious Development Grant but has also been accepted into the Queensland Youth Symphony and the Australian Youth Orchestra.

She says her AMEB training has helped her to be able to steady her nerves before performances.

“AMEB exams help me a lot when I compete and perform; they make you know you can just do it.”

For Isabella now though, there is grade 12 to finish before setting off to reach her goals.

“I want to be a professional orchestral cellist and my dream is to reach the London Symphony Orchestra. In Mt Isa there are many talented kids and my first teacher Ms Yvonne Moore was so amazing at the School of the Air…but there are just fewer opportunities. I would like to see music become a bigger part of where I am from.”

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A PLAYING GAP of decades hasn’t stopped Charleville pilot Alan Macdonald from picking up the trombone and working towards an AMEB exam.

And it’s all thanks to AMEB’s drive to reinstate the once thriving regional music programs through the Darling Downs and South West trial, in partnership with the Department of Education’s Instrumental Programs.

The long-time Charleville resident, who learned trombone as a teenager boarding on the Gold Coast, had not forgone music entirely; playing bass guitar and double bass as an ever-present member of the Charleville community music scene. At age 49, he says he set himself off on a quest.

“I started practising trombone again with a bloke I was playing with and realised how much I didn’t know. So I set myself a task to get to a stage where I could play anything,” Alan Macdonald said.

“I had to learn how to read music again; I’ve taught myself and my head hurts. It’s been hard but as an adult you know where you need to get to,” he said.

Being one of the only trombone players in south western Queensland hasn’t stopped

Alan planning to sit his own AMEB exam in 2017. It was his young sons’ involvement in the Darling Downs trial that spurred Alan into picking up his trombone again.

He says he rehearses with the local school band to fill out the brass section “and add a bit of confidence to the kids”.

“It’s only this year that we’ve had a couple of teachers out here. The fact that the trial is school-based makes it easier for kids to be involved. I want both my kids to do AMEB Practical Grade 7 by the time they finish their senior years. I know it’s going to take some hard work,” he said.

“We don’t have anything structured like town bands, though it’s always been talked about. We haven’t had enough kids coming through with music, but I think that’s changing now.”

Alan says Charleville locals enjoy the live music when local bands do form.

“We’ve played in a few public events; steam trains sometimes come into Charleville and we go and play some jazz and add some mood… I think people really like that.”

Contact AMEB Queensland to find out more about our in-school practical music and theory programs.

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IT MAY HAVE been 38 years between sitting her AMusA and LMusA, but not for one second through those years did Rose Vella’s lifelong love of music wane.

Rose’s story is one of inspiration and commitment; a love-affair with music that began under the Sisters of Mercy nuns as a schoolgirl in 1960s Brisbane. It continues to this day, with Rose a well-known piano teacher in Moranbah and surrounding districts.

Rose, newly married, was whisked away to the just-built town of Moranbah in 1972. Her husband had fervently promised his father-in-law that Rose — a talented pianist who had turned down scholarships to attend the University of Queensland and the Conservatorium of Music because of the financial constraints of her immigrant family — would continue with piano and achieve her diploma.

And she did, travelling three hours to the coast to Mackay each Saturday for six months for piano lessons.

Pregnant with her first child, she successfully passed her AMusA. And then motherhood took over, with the Vella family welcoming 11 children.

“I did teach early on, but music got pushed aside due to family constraints. The only way I kept my music going was by playing the organ at church,” she said.

Her fate for teaching came some years later when a young boy asked Rose to teach him piano.

“I still had nine children at home at that stage and I said, ‘I can’t at the moment. And

I expect you to have your own piano before I teach you’. But within a month, he had sourced his own piano and so I couldn’t say no, I couldn’t side-step him. I started teaching and the rest is history.

“It’s been a very interesting journey and I’ve loved every bit of it. I still enjoy teaching: I have great fun with the children trying to impart a love of music. The challenge is trying to foster that in each child, as well as trying to push them that extra step,” she said.

Some years later, with only four children at home, Rose started thinking about studying piano seriously again.

“I had always wanted to get my LMusA, but I was going back after 38 years. I asked [AMEB examiner] Jennifer Newcomb if there was any chance a woman of my age could pass an LMusA? It was hard and I built up my practice to four hours a day,” she said.

“I still remember the day when my teacher Judith rang me and she had a quiver in her voice: ‘Rose, Rose, you’ve passed!’

‘Well of course I passed,’ I said. I really felt I had fulfilled and completed a childhood dream. I was age 58.”

Rose passed her LMusA in 2011. She has enrolled her Moranbah students in more than 200 AMEB exams. Rose’s goal is to keep playing the piano as much as she can.

“I think it’s important for students to see that their teacher is still also learning and playing.”

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Ruby says these skills and opportunities are all good training for her aspired career on stage via the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

“My dream is to work in musical theatre, hopefully internationally. I like to daydream about reaching a Broadway stage with me in an international production. But really for my career, I’ll be happy with anything that has singing and acting in it,” she said.

Ruby credits her natural music abilities to her mother Nicolee, who Ruby says “is a very good singer, and is always singing and sounding beautiful”.

“And my Poppa. He used to perform for people and he’s really good. It’s probably in my genes.”

RUBY EIBY EASILY recalls her defining moment of wanting a career in show business.

“I always loved to sing in front of my relatives. I remember thinking, ‘I have a passion for this. I love singing for people and it makes them happy as well as making me happy’.”

The Ipswich schoolgirl has learned singing through local teacher Bernice Hicks since a young child and has regularly sat AMEB Singing for Leisure exams. In 2016 however, with the introduction of AMEB Musical Theatre, Ruby found her calling.

The Musical Theatre syllabus, which was developed in response to students and teachers wanting to explore musical theatre, has taken off in 2016.

The syllabus includes a broad range of musical theatre repertoire alongside a

program of dedicated technical work focusing on developing a range of vocal techniques while building general musical performance and presentation skills.

Ruby has starred in several Ipswich Girls Grammar School musicals (pictured as Annie) and says she has developed strong friendships through the music theatre community.

“I’ve met so many people that usually I wouldn’t meet when I was just doing classical singing. You meet people who love to dance, those who love acting, all the musicians: there’s something for everyone in a musical.”

13-year-old Ruby has just been honoured as middle school captain at Ipswich Girls Grammar School. She also plays touch football and does athletics, as well as service activities for her school.

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FOR MYORA KRUGER, it was never a case of choosing between music and medicine.

The talented Gold Coast Indigenous student spent her first year of university studying music, before taking up a scholarship to study medicine at the Gold Coast in 2016.

But a full workload studying medicine hasn’t stopped Myora from continuing with her study of classical voice. She completed AMEB Grade 8 Singing in 2016 and plans to attain her AMusA and LMusA alongside her goal of becoming an Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon specialising in treating singers who develop vocal damage.

Myora understands she has an unusual mix of skills.

“It’s so common for singers to develop vocal damage, but few doctors specialise in that area,” she said.

“While it’s common for academic people to be involved in music in some ways, not many continue with learning music to perform,” she said.

Myora is the recorded artist for the Australian national anthem in the Yugambeh language and is often called

upon to sing her Indigenous language at events. She’s certain her singing studies have enabled her to stand out.

“Especially in such an academic field like medicine, many people have dedicated their whole life to study. But when you have someone like me who has excelled in other fields, it shows that you have been successful in multiple fields and can balance both,” she said.

Myora volunteers in the Gold Coast-based Yugambeh Youth Choir, where her mother is the choir master. The choir is frontline in the race to preserve the Yugambeh language.

“Very few people can still speak our language fluently; you can count the number of people on both hands. But that’s the whole point of the youth choir and the many events we do. We are working to teach language through song,” she said.

AMEB Limited and AMEB Queensland are thrilled to announce a creative partnership with Yugambeh Youth Choir throughout 2017. The Choir will perform at the 2017 AMEB Diploma Concert on the 10th of March. Join us at our event of the year!

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BRISBANE’S BALMORAL STATE High School student Harry Cross is proving you can be a budding rock star and still earn some serious music qualifications.

16-year-old Harry has been awarded Queensland’s first-ever Rockschool Diploma with Distinction in Guitar from AMEB. He’s one of 259 AMEB candidates to sit exams in the internationally-accredited music education program in Queensland.

Rockschool is a vibrant, contemporary music program of exams and qualifications for guitar, bass, drums, vocals, piano, band-based keyboards and bands. Rockschool has been running in Queensland with AMEB for two years. Rockschool specialises in a range of rock, pop, metal and funk styles.

16-year-old Harry says he’s been a huge fan of rock music for his whole life.

“My dad raised me on everything Beatles, The Who, Rolling Stones, etc. I got my first guitar as a Christmas present at nine years old and started off teaching myself, completely falling in love with playing guitar,” Harry said.

Harry says the Rockschool curriculum has enabled him to earn his ‘letters’ in an area of music he loves.

“It was really great for me. I think most people think of music exams as being just classical music. But if you want to play contemporary or heavy music, and you want to get a diploma, Rockschool is a great pathway and so much fun to do in the process,” Harry said.

The qualification will enable Harry to earn Queensland Certificate of Education credits when he graduates from high school this year.

“I want to study a double degree in music and law,” he said.

When Harry isn’t earning a diploma or studying for school (including extension English, Maths B and C and Chemistry), the talented teenager is managing his band A Short Term Effect, which is getting noticed on the music scene.

“I started a band with three friends from school, it has changed the way I play and listen to music,” Harry said.

“We write all of our own music and we’ve just released our first self-titled EP which can be found on the iTunes store and Spotify,” he said.

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GARRY POOLE’S IDEA to engage kids in music through the AMEB syllabus and exams has led to a phenomenally successful program being rolled out to state schools across Queensland.

Garry is the Regional Music Coordinator for instrumental music in the Darling Downs and South West (DDSW). He’s also an AMEB examiner. Faced with falling instrumental music student numbers across his region, he looked at ways to reinvigorate the once-thriving music programs.

Working closely with then-AMEB State Manager John Briggs and AMEB Federal Board Chair Mike Tyler, the former Army musician devised a program teaching and examining AMEB curriculum up to Grade 4 Practical in group instrumental music lessons.

In the first year, ten students were involved. In 2016, that number ballooned to 91. Garry says he’s looking forward to the program growing further in 2017, as well as working to expand it throughout Queensland.

“It’s definitely changing the attitudes in those participating with all of those who have participated wanting to continue,” he said.

Garry says the program is a win for both students and teachers.

“The kids all learned from it, some walked out of the exam saying ‘that wasn’t so bad’. Initially they said they were only going to

complete one year, but they came out of the exams excited and are now looking forward to more this year,” he said.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity for students to participate in their school music program. It gives them extra reasons to attend their lessons and practice and they get a nationally-recognised certificate for it .”

AMEB Queensland State Manager Lauren Thorne says it’s been heart-warming to watch the growing success of the program.

“We’ve been able to extend our curriculum to students who for the most part would not have had the opportunity to take part in AMEB exams through a private teacher,” Ms Thorne said.

“In doing so, the group lessons have provided a fun and interactive way to engage with young musicians. I’ve heard that there was some pretty intense friendly rivalry going on between some of the schools and I’m pleased that we have been able to contribute to that community spirit.

“Here at AMEB we are actively looking at ways to strengthen music programs throughout Queensland, particularly by providing access to students who otherwise would need to travel to major regional centres,” she said.

Contact AMEB Queensland if you are interested in developing a program similar to the group-based instrumental lessons in the DDSW.

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DARLING DOWNSClosing date Examination date Session

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NORTHERN & PENINSULASession Closing Date Examination date

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23 | 33 22 May 8 July to 23 July24 16 June 5 August to 3 September25 11 August 30 September to 29 October

26 | 36 6 September 30 October to 3 December

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THEORYClosing date Examination date Session

OPEN Online Theory14 July 22 & 23 August (written) 2

NORTH WESTERNClosing date Examination date Session

14 June 28 July to 2 August 17

BRISBANEClosing Date Examination date Session

Brisbane: session 21 to 26 | Ipswich: session 33 & 3610 February 18 March to 29 March 21

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18 August 30 September to 29 October 256 September 30 October to 3 December 26 | 36

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GOLD COASTClosing Date Examination date Session

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WIDE BAYClosing date Examination date Session

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BRISBANE PERCUSSION / CPM DRUM KITClosing date Examination date Session

22 March 9, 10 & 11 June 68

14 June 13 September to 20 September 69

ROCK SCHOOLClosing date Examination date Session

3 May 12 June to 25 June 8994 September 21 October to 29 October 900

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