Northern Tasmania’s top music students were recently put through their paces during exams which are considered a benchmark on the national stage of musical theory and performance.
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The Australian Music Examinations Board exams are administered in Tasmania by the University of Tasmania on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, and the results of the 2017 Practical Examinations series have been announced.
Prize winners were:
Barratt’s Music Award for most promising candidate in Northern Tasmania: Angus Deeth of Weetah (Eighth Grade Clarinet).
Hobart Guitar Society Award: Lachlan McKay of West Launceston (Fourth Grade Classical Guitar).
Tasmanian Music Teachers’ (TMTA) Award for Seventh Grade Piano: Lucy Aras of Devon Hills.
Successful candidates from Northern Tasmania are listed below:
CELLO
First Grade: *Mia Aras
CLARINET:
Preliminary: Maddisyn Austin, Keyara Dingjan, Elyse Sharpe, Ella Trevor, Jazlin Venn
First Grade: Georgia Dioguardi
Third Grade: Felix Aras, Claire Donald, Jane Duerden, Abby Hoffmann, Emma Smallwood
Eighth Grade: Angus Deeth, Katherine Howe
CLASSICAL GUITAR
Preliminary Grade: William Batge, *Cy Eberle
First Grade: *Cy Eberle
Second Grade: Tyler Alexander, *Charlotte Freeman-Thomas
Third Grade: *Kieran Kroeze
Fourth Grade: *Lachlan McKay
Fifth Grade: Lachlan Winspear
DOUBLE BASS
Preliminary: Sam Lee
First Grade: Oscar Evans
EUPHONIUM
First Grade: Nathaniel Elijah, James Watters
Second Grade: Patrick Best
FLUTE
Preliminary Grade: Lindsay McKay
First Grade: Shrimant Kohli
Second Grade: Lauren Gleeson, Sarah Gower, Amelia Gutwein
Third Grade: Katherina Copperlight, Amelia Duigan, Simran Fatania, Esther Godfrey, Alexandra Phillips
Fourth Grade: Anjana Kumar, Krystal Van Der Staay
Fifth Grade: Merran Clay, Lily Faulkner, Juliette Gaynor-Brown, Abirami Raj, Niamh Woodfield, Sarah Wright
Sixth Grade: Brittany Gittus, Rhianna Gumley
KEYBOARD
Preliminary Grade: Alexandra Dickenson, Lakeesha Geale
First Grade: Dylan Gelston, Janine Manning
Second Grade: Rachael Ford, Rueben Manning
Third Grade: Zachary Duncan, Esther Kidmas, Eunice Kidmas
Sixth Grade: Aponi Hulse
MUSICAL THEATRE
Preliminary: Millicent O'Sign, Kate Veldhuis
First Grade: *Eilidh Hamilton, *Millicent O'Sign
Second Grade: Hayley Sharp
Third Grade: Lucy Chesterman, Matilda Warrener
Fourth Grade: Harrison Andersen, Sophie Hillier
OBOE
Second Grade: William Trimble, Hannah Woollams
PIANO
Preliminary: Abbey Balym, Sophie Fassett, Ella Fassett, Catherine Morgan, *Evelyn Patrick, Michael Setterington, Noah Wallis, Matilda Wilson
First Grade: Annabelle Cook, Chloe Daw, Makayla Hingston, Warren Huang, Linda Jackson, Charlotte Knight, William Morgan
Second Grade: Asha Filleul, Rachel McKee, Stephanie Wilks, Yasmin Wyly
Third Grade: Ethan Fassett, Abby Hoffmann, *Warren Huang, John Patrick, Jasmine Russell
Fourth Grade: Rachael Cox, Erin Dean, Imogen McCormick
Fifth Grade: Cameron Cook, Georgia Dioguardi, Liam Fassett
Sixth Grade: Jacob Barns, Lemjan Celebre, Emma Smallwood
Seventh Grade: *Lucy Aras, Grace Ayton, Abigail Zuiddam
Eighth Grade: Pearl Gartside
PIANO FOR LEISURE
Preliminary: *Kate Atherton, Lillian Barns, Abbey Berlese, Grace Briggs, Skylar Capodici, Meg Chapman, Azra Clark, Oliver Davey, Iona Hamilton, *Chilli Hulse, Lance Jones, Ava Jones, Max Jordan, Brigid Kok-Connors, Sophie Lamb, Dione Lee, Jasper MaCalister-Blake, Charlize Peters, Charlotte Wickham, Cecilia Wickham, Tj Wildman, Eliza Woodcock-Davis, Sabrina Woolston
First Grade: Baxter Adams, Kianah Bain, Emmeline Bissett, Esther Brown, Monty Brown, Anthony Burbury, Minnie Calvert, Scarlett Dunne, Angus Farquhar, *Christopher Hall, Holiday Holcombe-James, Shrimant Kohli, Sophie Lamb, Oscar Lane, *Zali Taylor, Savindi Tillekeratne, Malachi Wallis
Second Grade: *Mia Aras, George Calvert, Isabella Davie, Sungjoo Park, Michel Sebastian, Chuyun Smith, Amelia Thomson-Chia, Mary Walters, Hannah Walters
Third Grade: Felix Aras, *William Barns, Amy Florance, Julian Gray, Leon Latt, Madeleine Morgan, Amy Pereira, Gabriella Smith, Chuyun Smith, Rebekah Walters
Fourth Grade: Clare Broomby, Aerin Burton, Serena Gray, Sarah Habel, Johanna Jennings, Eleanor Nguyen, Grace Robertson, *Thomas Wyly
Fifth Grade: William Bennett, Sandon Brown, Johanna Cameron, Grace Cogger, Nathaniel Nguyen, Alexander Smith, Lachlan Winspear
Sixth Grade: Anneliese Gulliver, Eleanor McLean, William Robertson, Sergey Smolianinov, Harry Swan, India Veevers, Courtney Woolston
Seventh Grade: Chloe Cunningham, Mindy Overton, Olivia Rice
Eighth Grade: Lucie Cogger, Ethan Wynne
Certificate of Performance: Trevor Tattersall
SAXOPHONE - B FLAT
Fifth Grade: Thomas Godfrey
SAXOPHONE - E FLAT
Second Grade: Matthew Brown, George Razay
Fourth Grade: Charles Byron
SAXOPHONE FOR LEISURE
Third Grade: Liam Fell, Charlotte Woollams
Fourth Grade: Alec Pitt
Seventh Grade: Grace Ayton
Certificate of Performance: Conall Cassidy
SINGING
Fourth Grade: Bronte Kendell
Sixth Grade: Eamonn Shorter
Eighth Grade: Jane Forrest, Breanna Stuart
SINGING FOR LEISURE
Preliminary Grade: Bella Birrell
Third Grade: Caitlin Silberberg
Fourth Grade: Clare Munnings, Quinn O'Loughlin
Fifth Grade: *Clare Munnings
Seventh Grade: Sheridan Collis Oates, Harrison Collis Oates
TENOR HORN E FLAT, BAND
Third Grade: Ros Holgate
TROMBONE
First Grade: Hamish Knowles, Harry Lillywhite
Second Grade: Hamish Knowles
Fifth Grade: Quinn O'Loughlin
TRUMPET
First Grade: William Farquhar, Oliver Newman, Lucien Wever
Second Grade: Lachlan Breden, Harry Cuthbertson-Cass, Oliver Newman
Third Grade: Oliver Dohnt
Fourth Grade: Perran Burch
Fifth Grade: Oliver Armarego, Charles Byron, Nicole Patrick
TRUMPET RECITAL
Second Grade: Mary Parsell
Fifth Grade: Lesley Hambly
VIOLA
First Grade: Dean Power
VIOLIN
Preliminary Grade: Isabella Dougall, Olivia Ellmers, *Oscar Tiernan, Sophia Torrents
First Grade: Faith Chapman, Madeleine Fletcher, Brigid Kok-Connors, Trinity Latt, Bronte Legro, Bridie Maynard, Eleanor Nguyen, Aruna Rungman, Hervee Sullivan-Arkless, Maddison Woodfield
Second Grade: Jonas Best, *Charlie Hulse
Third Grade: Esmae Morrow, Amalia Scott, Abigail Zuiddam
Fourth Grade: Zoe Corban-Banks, Myneika Morrow
Fifth Grade: Abirami Raj, Nicola Scott
Sixth Grade: *Lucy Aras, Elyse Gall
DRAMA AND PERFORMANCE
Preliminary Grade: Alex Jarman, Summer Tatnell
Fifth Grade: Arwen Porter
*Candidate who gained a High Distinction