Awards Concert and Presentation Evening

AWARDS CONCERT AND PRESENTATION EVENING 2012

The evening began with a wonderful concert which highlighted the talents of some gifted young Western Australian musicians and speech performers. This year there was an emphasis on Associate and Licentiate Diploma Awardees. While all performances were outstanding, the highlights were the beautiful and sensitive performances by Wei-Jun Lo and Louise Sandercock on the cello and violin respectively and Katherine Chen for her playing of Percy Grainger's In Dahomey. The full concert is included in the attached Program.

Following the Concert was the presentation of awards starting with all Certificate of Excellence recipients.

These candidates received an A+ for their music or speech practical exam from grade 1 to Certificate, 100% for their preliminary to grade three written exam or 95% and over for their grade four or upwards written exam.

We were also very pleased to present an Award of Excellence to Taimane Gayton who received Award with Distinction for her AMEB Certificate Teacher of Music Australia. This Award consists of three sections and a candidate must receive outstanding results in all three sections to achieve an Award with Distinction. Each section requires an enormous amount of hard work, time and preparation in order to pass these written and practical components.

During the evening award winners were also recognised with special prizes for outstanding achievements in their discipline.
These were: Shane Chandra (Award with Distinction for Certificate of Performance in Drama and Performance - Anita Le Tessier Award for best Certificate Speech performance in 2011 ), Cassidy Shelton (Speech and Drama Teachers Association Award for best Associate Diploma Speech performance in 2011), Katherine Summit (Owen Fisenden Award for best 5th/6th grade Flute performance in 2011), Alan Wang (Award with Distinction in Violin - West Australian Music Teachers' Association Award for best Associate Diploma Music performance in 2011) and Louise Sandercock (Award with Distinction in Violin for both Associate and Licentiate Diploma in the one year - J B Vincent Memorial Award for best Licentiate Diploma Muisc performance in 2011).

The final highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Diploma awardees to the audience. Successful Diploma candidates need to pass a high level practical performance examination as well as a separate additional written component and deserve special recognition for their achievements. AMEB State Chair and Diploma Moderator Assistant Professor Graeme Gilling spoke about the level of preparation and commitment required by the students in order to achieve these Diplomas.

We congratulate all award winners, their teachers and their families for all the hard work that is necessary to reach these levels of achievement.

For details of all concert items and names of award winners, please refer to the attached Program.

While preliminary grade music candidates and all speech Drama and Communication Groups who received an A+ in 2011 did not attend the Awards Night they still received a Certificate of Excellence and their names are included in the Program.

A photographer, Mr Graham Hall took photographs during the evening of all concert performers and award winners. The photos are now available from his websiteGo to: www.ghphotographer.com.au. Go to Login. Key in - Username: octagon. No password is required. For all enquiries regarding the access to and ordering and payment of the photos please contact the photographer directly.

Eligible candidates for AMEB Awards are
·    all music and speech individual candidates from Grade 1 to Certificate who receive an A+ (High Distinction) for their practical examination in any given examination year (and complete the relevant additional written component where required)
·    theory, musicianship and music craft candidates from preliminary grade (music craft only) - grade 3 who receive 100% for their written examination
·    theory, musicianship and music craft candidates from grade 4 upwards who receive 95% or above for their written examination
·    all music and speech Diploma candidates who successfully complete both the practical and written sections of their Diploma

As noted above preliminary grade music candidates and all speech Drama and Communication Groups who received an A+ in the current examination year do not attend the Awards Night but they still receive a Certificate of Excellence and their names are included in the Program.

Candidates who fall into the above categories who pass the practical component of their examination prior to the current examination year and then pass the written additional requirement in the current year automatically become eligible. However, because of the way the information is retrieved from the database it would be prudent to contact the office and alert us to this situation if it applies to you or your candidate. 

If you are unsure of any of the above information, please do not hesitate to contact the office.