WELCOME TO MULKADEE
A MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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The theme of our Mulkadee Youth Arts Festival this year is “Journey” and it is quite apt considering we have travelled for some twelve years to bring this event to the level it is today. Next week we will also be celebrating Catholic Education Week across Queensland under the theme, “Sharing the Journey.” Indeed, we as Catholic school communities are on the journey of faith and living our lives to the fullest, and the arts is a key part of this. It is very fitting that Mulkadee runs into Catholic Education Week, a celebration of all that makes our Catholic school communities unique. This year we are delighted to again offer tonight’s performance, a culmination of the week’s work. It is one of the many wonders of Mulkadee – how one thousand children can come together at the beginning of the week without any preparation or knowledge of the pieces they will learn, and present this polished and professional performance five days later. It is always an incredible achievement. We have again provided a spectacular line-up of arts professionals who have led our workshops this week. We are all blessed to have had a week in their company, learning and sharing in their joy as they witness the transformation of the students throughout the week. This will be my final Mulkadee as I am retiring from Catholic Education in the Townsville Diocese after 12 years as
Executive Director. I look back at many things with happiness and pride, but in particular, at events such as Mulkadee which are one of those shining lights in our Diocese. Mulkadee is a time of joy and celebration of the arts that I have always hoped will transpire to arts careers or just simply a life-long passion for the arts. We introduced the concept of Mulkadee in my first year in the role of Executive Director, and I leave seeing this event as a great achievement aiding the talent and collaboration of many great people. Once again I extend my heartfelt appreciation to all involved behind the scenes who make this great event happen. Our school principals and teachers, our TCEO staff and event crews, staff at the venues, our arts specialists, the sponsors, the children with their overflowing enthusiasm and of course our parents and families. Without each of you, this event could not happen. Thank you for sharing in our twelfth Mulkadee Youth Arts Festival. God’s blessings,
Dr Cathy Day
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MULKADEE YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL RESPECTFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE BINDAL AND WULGURUKABA PEOPLES, THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE L A N D O N W H I C H T H E F E S T I VA L TA K E S P L A C E .
MEET OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
SANDRA NEAL
Sandy has performed lead roles in many plays and musicals such as Oliver, Chicago, Les Misérables, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Man of La Mancha, Grease, All Shook Up, Sweeney Todd, Richard III, Cosi, Mary Poppins, Pirates of Penzance, Annie, Rock of Ages, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and Wicked. After completing her studies in musical theatre at NIDA in Sydney, Sandy returned to Townsville to direct Rent for NQOMT, Les Misérables, Chess, Avenue Q and the award winning productions of Jekyll & Hyde, Spring Awakening and Legally Blonde for TCS. She also vocally directed Happy Days for TCS. Her contribution to the theatre earned Sandy a Townsville City Council Arts, Culture and Entertainment Award (Theatre) in 2007, the Limelight Award in 2013 and the Daphne Pease Trophy in 2014. Sandy is currently employed as the Artistic Director of the Mulkadee Youth Arts Festival at Townsville Catholic Education, where she has been part of the show for the past ten years.
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INTRODUCING OUR PRESENTERS An impressive line-up of professional artists have come together to lead the twelfth annual Mulkadee Youth Arts Festival. Executive Director of Townsville Catholic Education, Dr Cathy Day said the organisation invests in bringing only the best to Mulkadee.
“What we are offering our students is unparalleled in Australia. Our students have the opportunity to workshop alongside some of the best artists in their fields for five full days – it is an amazing experience and one that could not be easily and affordably accessed from regional Queensland.”
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Antoni Bonetti is founding conductor and music director of Brisbane Symphony Orchestra and Noosa Orchestra. He also lectured at both the University of Queensland-School of Music (2004-2014) where he completed a Master of Music degree, and the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (1982-1992). He is Head of Strings at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School and Senior String teacher at Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosa. Antoni has composed and arranged many works for String ensemble and Orchestra. Antoni has performed, conducted, adjudicated and given masterclasses across Australia, USA, Europe and New Zealand as well as participating in symposiums for professional conductors with such acclaimed conductors as Gianluigi Gelmetti. He has conducted the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, additionally conducting various Brisbane opera seasons. London born, Antoni studied violin with Robert Pikler in Sydney and played with many Australian Symphony Orchestras, and in Europe freelanced with the Philharmonia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Mozart Players. He accepted a position as concertmaster of the Norrlands Opera Sweden, and was
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for two years a member of the Mannheim Chamber Orchestra, a period which fostered his deep interest in, and love of, conducting. In 1981, Antoni accepted the position of concertmaster of the Queensland Theatre Orchestra. He and his clarinettist wife, Ruth, form the nucleus of Quartetto Bonetti. Antoni also plays with other chamber groups and has led various Baroque instrument ensembles in Germany, Sydney and Brisbane. Conducting Brisbane Symphony Orchestra, Antoni has worked with many distinguished international musicians including Charles Castleman, Thea King and Marcus Stocker, and has an ever increasing range of varied orchestral repertoire. During three decades at St Peters Lutheran College, Antoni built the programme to encompass many diverse ensembles. The Youth Orchestra of St Peters made six national tours including performances in most Australian capital cities, completed a European tour in 1995 and toured twice to New Zealand. He teaches both violin and viola, coaches chamber groups and directs music camps.
AIMEE LOLLO AMELIA SMIT ANAI TILLACK ANNA LOLLO ASHLEY STEPHENSEN AVA SPAGNOL BELINDA GEORGEE BELLA MARQUEZ BROOKE DAVIS-GOODALL CAMRYN BENTLEY C H E L S E A M A S AT TO CL ARE STEWART DANIKA BAILEY E B O N I E C R O AT TO ELIZA GYSBERTS ELLE MACKERETH EMILY LABELAK EMMA ARNELL ENYA RYAN ERIN RUNGE ERIN LUMSDEN ERYNNE RANDALL GABRIELLE DONALDSON
GEMMA MCARDLE ISABELLA SOERMO ISABELLA O’CONNELL ISABELLA MACCARONE IZAAK DOOLAN JUDE FOYLE J U L I A M A C A R I O - S L AT T E R K AT E L Y N S TA H R E LANI SMALLACOMBE LAURA PARSONS LIAM SUTTON LUCY MORRISSEY MARIA DANIEL MIRARI VILL ANUEVA MITCHEL PARKER RACHAEL HEWITT REBECCA BEST RYAN SUTTON THOMAS HEWITT TROY SALVADOR WILL LUNN YASMINA TOMICH ZOE FRANKLIN
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Dr Paul Svoboda initially studied at the School of Music, University of Queensland, graduating in 1989 with a University Medal for outstanding achievement. In 1994 he received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki, Finland.
Paul is highly active as a teacher, performer and composer. His list of compositions is extensive, is in demand world-wide, and features in the latest AMEB Classical Guitar Syllabus. His music is regularly broadcast on ABC Classic FM. He works as Guitar Tutor and Head of Chamber Ensembles at Loreto College in Brisbane.
Aurora have performed as featured artists at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival, to great acclaim. Paul is in demand as a guitar ensemble specialist, and has worked in that capacity at the Adelaide Guitar Festival Summer and Winter Schools, as well as the Sydney Guitar Summer School.
In 2007 Paul founded the Aurora Guitar Ensemble, which performs regularly as a professional group. Aurora have recorded two CDs, Every Second Tuesday & Sunday Sessions, and are broadcast on the ABC. From world-famous guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan: “The Aurora Guitar Ensemble is an exceptional group. Through the guidance and direction of Dr Paul Svoboda they have evolved into one of the finest guitar ensembles that we’ve heard anywhere always inspiring!”
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ALEXANDER WRIGHT AMELIA COWAN AMY JURSS ASHLEY TRELOAR BLAKE BALLARD BRYCE QUINN CHARLIE CROOK CHLOE DICKINSON CHRISTINE LITTLE COBI CONNOLLY COHAN RUSSELL CONNOR REID DAVID BOOTH ELIZABETH BANNERMAN ELLA HALL EMMA MOORE ETHAN BARRA FLETCHER REWALD FLYNN MINTERN GEORGIA FRAKES GLEN WHITE HAYLEY GIESS HUGH LUMSDEN JAYDEN MILLER JEDDA LEANNE-MAY PARTRIDGE
K AT E G R O E M E R LACHLAN DANIEL LOGAN CLAM LOUIS LOIZOU M A D A L Y N C ATA N Z A R O M AT T H E W M A G N A N I MOLLY PARSONS MOLLY DOVE PRABHNEER SINGH MARWAHA RACHEL CREWDSON R O H N E S TA N D E N ROSE BISARO ROY BLAIN RUBY MURDOCH SAMUEL FOTINOS SEAN MALCOLM SOPHIE THOMSON TA I A F AVA L E TAY L A O S H Y E R TEAGAN MCGUIRE TIA JONES VENICE MELICK Y U M AT S U E D A ZACHARY LEE
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N ATA L I E AYTON Natalie has a passion for contemporary dance and physical theatre, drawing from her twenty plus years experience to guide and develop inspiring young artists and dancers. Natalie has been living and working in Australia since 2011, and is currently working on the DancED team for Sydney Dance Company, running workshops and classes throughout Australia. She also teaches on the Pre-Professional Year course at Sydney Dance Company and most recently worked as Rehearsal Director for their production Crazy Times designed for Primary School audiences.
Credits include: • Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures • Swan Lake - World tour • Retina Dance Company • Random Dance Company • Candoco Dance Company • Five years with physical theatre company GECKO.
K AT E GRIMAFARRELL Kate Grima-Farrell is an independent artist based in Sydney. Kate graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Dance. During her time there she was awarded an International Student Exchange Grant, allowing her to spend six months at the State University of New York – Purchase College, NY. She was also the recipient of numerous Academic Excellence Awards and was featured for her Choreography in WAAPA’s 2015 Student Works Season. Prior to her full-time training, Kate was a former member of the Australian Ballet Company’s Interstate Junior Program. Kate also has a rich appreciation for theatre, and completed her Advanced Screen-Acting Course at NIDA in 2010.
Credits include: • The role of Alice, from Alice In Wonderland as a Featured Artist in the 2012 NSW Schools Spectacular • Performed as a company member in Billy Elliot The Musical, Sydney • Performed in original works by Sue Healey, Israel-based Oded Ronen, Sue Peacock, Kynan Hughes and New York-based MADboots Dance Company • Toured to Singapore and the United States, as well as nationally throughout her dance career • Currently touring Australia as one of Sydney Dance Company’s Teaching Artists.
JOEL THOMAS Joel Thomas is a dancer, actor and teacher, enjoying a career in many areas of dance and theatre. Joel studied at QUT (B. Arts Dance Performance) and Brent Street School of Performing Arts (Cert IV Perf. Arts). Additionally, he trained under well-known teachers such as Sue-Ellen Chester, Robert Sturrock, Jane Beckett and John Noble at On Camera Connections. As a teacher and collaborator, Joel has developed refined skills in teaching contemporary technique, classical ballet technique, dance composition and improvisation to a variety of levels, from casual to tertiary and professional.
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Teaching credits include NAISDA Dance College, Sydney Dance Company DancED program, numerous full-time and vocational dance colleges around Sydney, and professional level classes at Readymade Works and Opera Australia.
ABBY WETHERELL ABIGAIL BARR ALEXANDRA ESPIG ALYSHA MOTTIN ALYSSANDRA HIGGINS AMY FOWLER ANDI COUREAS ANGELINA KOSKELA ANNABELLE SCHMALENBERG ANNALISA CORNEY ASHLYN NAUGHTON AVA HUTTON BREANNA MURPHY CAITLIN MUMME CALLUM ROMANO CHARLIE SIMON CHARLOTTE ORENSHAW CHELSEA MANN C H L O E R A H I L L CHLOE ANDREWS C H L O E J A C O B S E N - T O S H C O R I N A C ATA N Z A R O DOMENICK OSBORNE EILA KOSKELA
Credits include: • Member of the original Australian cast of Disney’s The Lion King • Performed for many years in Mystic Rhythms at Tokyo DisneySea • Numerous contemporary, corporate, television and children’s theatre credits locally and internationally • Employed regularly since 2001 as a dancer with Opera Australia • Production credits include Turandot on the Harbour, Pearlfishers, Graham Murphy’s Turandot, Salome, Love For Three Oranges, Alcina and Baz Luhrmann’s A Midsummer Nights’ Dream.
ELLA SINGH ELYSE FRANKLIN EMILY FIRTH EMILY BLACK EMMA BURLING ETHAN BRIDGER ETHAN THOMPSON FELICITY ARCHER GEORGIA RICHARDS GEORGIA HAMILTON HAILEY LEE PEPLOW HANNAH GARDINER HANNAH PACEY HANNAH SINCLAIR HAYLEE WHITE HAYLEY DUNN HAYLIE EMANUEL HELAINA BUCHANAN ISABELLA ARNOLD ISABELLE PRITCHARD JANAE PEARCE JASMINE GALLAGHER JESSICA RENTON JESSICA TURNER K A E L A H W H I T TA K E R
K AT E B O O T H KEEGAN KLUPP LANI O’DONOGHUE LARA NOVELLI L AYL A VALINOTI L AYNE MURRAY LILY CROKER LILY-ROSE TORRISI LUCY THOMPSON MACKENZIE HOCKING MADISON BUCHBACH MADISON WALDUCK MEGHAN PARKER MIKAYL A HARRIS MIKAYL A WETHERELL M O N TA N N A H M I N T E R N MORGAN WILKES NYAH ROBERTS OLIVIA FRAKES PARIS WRIEDE P E TA M C M A H O N - N E A L E PHILLIPA DOWLING RACHAEL MURDOCK RUBY ROBINSON RUBY BARTELS
RYLEIGH MCDERMOTT SAMANTHA MCGILL SARAH WILSON SAVANNA MARSHALL SHAIL FRAWLEY SHELLBY ROONEY SHELLYN ROBERTS SIENNA SWINDLEY SOPHIE SPENCER SUMMAH QUINLAN S U M M E R P O O R TA TA H L I A B R I C E TA N E I S H A G I R G E N T I TAY L A S I N C L A I R T R I S TA L Y O N WILL MCINTOSH ZAI CALLISTE ZOE MCCARRON ZOE MENTOR
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MARGIE BREEN For the past five years Margie has been working as a devising and physical theatre specialist and director for NIDA Open. Margie’s background is in indoor and outdoor physical and visual theatre. She has a passion for creating theatre in communities, and particularly with young people. She has worked as a teaching artist with young people many schools, including remote Indigenous communities, for Australian Theatre for Young People, PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, for the Perth Festival, and for various youth theatre companies. Credits include:
• Worked as a performer, director and dramaturge for shows performed in Australia, Europe, South America, USA, Singapore, Korea and Qatar • Core member of Erth Visual and Physical Inc • Worked with Stalker Theatre Company for many years • Sydney Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies and Qatar for the Asian Games Opening Ceremony - creating spectacle theatre.
SEAN HALL With almost twenty years in the entertainment industry, Sean’s passion as a storyteller has taken him on many adventures and introduced him to some very talented and amazing people.
After performing in Barrie Kosky’s controversial There is No Need To Wake Up for the Sydney Olympic Arts Festival, Sean graduated from NIDA and then spent five years in Prague, working alongside music industry heavyweights Tool, Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke, Grammy Award winning producer Hugo Nicolson and the celebrated Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. On returning to Australia, Sean has continued to seek out unique creative experiences, and is a regular tutor with NIDA Open, teaching across all ages. Credits include: • Joined the acclaimed Pinchgut Opera productions of L’anima del
Filosofo and Juditha Triumphans • Worked with the directing team on NIDA’s 50th anniversary production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Represented the Australian delegation at the UNESCO theatre festival • Appeared in the feature films, The Illusionist, Baz Lurmann’s Australia, and The Road From Coorain • Appeared in the Spectrum Now festival production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice • Played Badger in the Australian Shakespeare Company’s production of Wind In The Willows.
JACK ELLIS
SALLY BLACKWOOD
Jack Ellis was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia. He moved to Adelaide in 2005 and studied Psychology before completing a Bachelor of Education/Arts, majoring in English and Drama.
Sally is a graduate of the University of NSW (1998 BA Theatre/Film & French) and NIDA (2006 Directing) and has studied acting at the Actors Centre of Australia.
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Production credits include circus, opera, theatre, dance, short films and TV drama and commercials as well as live events. Credits include: • A producer at the Sydney Opera House • Circus Tour Director for CIRCA Contemporary Circus • Director of Macbeth for Opera Australia and of Orphée aux enfers and Il Campanello di notte for Sydney Conservatorium of Music • Assistant Director on Falstaff (Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona) and Il Trovatore and Tannhauser (Opera Australia); Duck (Bsharp); Shopping & F**king (NIDA), and Singing the Lonely Heart (NT). AASHA MCMURRAYJONES ABIGAIL HORSPOOL ADAM EDGAR ADELINA BRUNETTO ALEXANDRA MACDONALD ALEXIS WEBSTER AMAYA LEJARRAGA ANGEL CAMP ANNIKA BRICE AVA SALDANA LOPEZ BENJAMIN HERRERO BLAKE MCKINLEY BONNIE HUGHES BONNIE-JAYE MOLLOY BREEANNA PURVIS BRETT GREEN BRIANNA CL AY BRIANNA DOLINSKI CAITLIN CURRIE CALEB CAMPBELL CHARLEE IRONSIDE CHARLIE SMITH CHEYLSEA MOLLOY CIANA SMITH COLBY HAMMELSWANG
• Directed The Little Mermaid for Sydney Opera House • Directed The Butcher and The Bear for The Edge Auckland • Directed Colder Than Here for New Directions 08 (New Theatre) • Directed Pearl Verses the World for Jigsaw Theatre Company • Writer/director for JACK! The Musical, Music Book 09 and 10, The Royal Seed, and Strings and Things at the Sydney Opera House • A bilingual French-English director and French stage interpreter for the Sydney Festival 2008 and Paris Opera Ballet 2007.
CONOR LARKIN C O U R T N E Y B E P L AT E DE-ANNE PILCHOWSKI ELL A EVANS ELLISON RAHMEL EMILY MARKS EMMY FITZSIMMONS ETHAN CERNOIA FIONN O’SEIGHIN FRANCES MANGIN GARRETT SAYLOR GEORGIA NOBLE GEORGIA LEONARDI GEORGIA IDDON GEORGIA-ROSE MITCHELL GRACE MCLAUCHLAN GRACE HEUIR GRACE ADAMS GRACE STEWART GWENDOLYN VENESS HALLENE NORTHROP HARPER WEEKERS HELENA SCOBIE ISAAC NEILSON ISABELLA THOMPSON JACK AUSTIN
While studying, Jack had a daily radio show at SAFM and also appeared in two Community TV productions. He was Drama Coordinator at Saint Margaret Mary’s Catholic school in Adelaide before moving to Sydney to study full time acting at NIDA in 2012 Since graduating in 2014, Jack has appeared in Channel 7’s Home and Away, feature film ‘2:22’, Short film, ‘Trigger’, Short film, “Stranger” and independent feature film, ‘A Blow to the Head’.
Foxtels, A Place To Call Home in the upcoming season 5. Jack has worked as a movement/drama practitioner at NIDA, Sport for Jove Theatre company, Actors Centre, The Academy of Film, Television and Drama and Sydney Drama School.
He performed as the Wolf in New York City in the off-Broadway show, ‘Wolf in the River’ in early 2016. Jack is set to appear as a regular role in
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DAVID L AWRENCE David Lawrence is one of the UK’s most versatile conductors. He has been shortlisted for a Gramophone Award, and holds the Guinness World Record for conducting the UK’s largest choir. His work has taken him to Dubai, Singapore, Colombia, Canada, the United States, India, throughout Europe, and to Australia. He is a popular guest conductor, an experienced choral conductor trainer, and he delivers management training through singing and conducting. As a guest chorusmaster for the Netherlands Radio Choir he has worked with Stockhausen, John Adams, Kenneth Montgomery, and Frans Brüggen. He conducted a performance of Spem in alium for ‘The People’s Chorus’ for BBC TV, and in 2017 has conducted Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony. David is passionate about working with young singers, and for years conducted the CBSO’s youth choir. He is Principal Conductor for Young Voices, directing massed school choirs in an annual series ABIGAIL GUANDARU ADAM KEYMER ADELAIDE BURKE AIRLYE FOWLES AIVA TYRIE AIYSHUS-JADE KEMP AKI ROTH ALEXA MANN ALICE DI BELLA ALYSSA WELLINGTON ALYSSA BROWN ALYSSIA GUY AMAYA GRUNDEMAN AMELIA STRINGER AMELIE CURLEY AMY GRASSO AMY GARVEYROLLINSON AMY JACOBSEN AMY GILLESPIE ANGELA RADFORD ANGUS FORD ANTHONY KLEINMAN ARABELL A MUNDAY ASHLEIGH MARANO ASHLEY JOHN BOSCO AZUSA WEIGHTMAN BEN MALE BENJAMIN WAGHORN BETHANY DOWLING
of 20 concerts. In the UK and Australia he visits schools, music services, and festivals to lead singing days and projects. Credits include: • Conducted the London Philharmonic, Hallé, the CBSO choirs and the National Youth Choirs of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales • Community Choir Director to the London Symphony Orchestra • Choral Advisor, Project Leader and Conductor for Sinfonia Viva • Directed education projects with the Orchestra of WNO, English Symphony Orchestra, RLPO, and CBSO. • Adjudicator at festivals, including the inaugural City of Derry Festival, for the BBC Choir and Young Musician of the Year competitions.
BIANCA HOLDEN BIANCA CORNISH BILLIE-JEAN MARA B R I D G E T PAT U L L O B R I T TA N Y WELLINGTON BRONTE WILLIAMSON BRONTE RUNDLE BROOKE KEMP BROOKE SELLKE BROOKE ROBERTS BROOKLYN GILBERT BROOKLYN HAWKINS BRUCE WHITE C A D E Y M C M U R R A Y CAMERON CARTER CARLY D’EMDEN CASEY MUCHAI CASEY JEFFREE CHARLES MCCULLAGH CHARLI WALDUCK CHARLIE PACEY CHARLIE AUSTIN CHARLIZE CARTER CHARLOTTE DOWNIE CHARLOTTE BENNETT CHARLOTTE MITCHELL CHELSEA LYNCH CHELSEA ROBINSON CHLOE SMITH
CLAIRE MCCORMACK CLARICE YOUNG CLINTON ZONNEVELD CODIE SEXTON CONNAL WHITE CONNOR BOWEN CONNOR KENYON C O N S TA N C E H O L D E N CORBYN BUJAYER COREY PRIOR COURTNEY BUSIKO COURTNEY FRANKLIN C R Y S TA S TA N TA D A K O TA J O H N S O N D A N I C A TAY L O R DANICKA HILTON DANIEL SHEPHERD DANIEL ELIOTT DANIELLE MCCAIG DANTE CALLISTE DARCY TEICHMANN DAVID HISCOX DEAN BRIEN DECLAN MULDOON DELANEY PHILLIPS DELANEY BROOKS DEMI FEGAN DOMINIC MCLEISH E A S T Y N E L C O AT E EBONY SOUVALIOTIS
EDEN BETTERIDGE EDWARD NALL AJAR ELEISHA WILKINSON ELIZABETH FARRINGTON ELIZABETH MENZIES ELLA MUMMERY ELLA RACITI ELLA MAHER ELLA PICCOLO ELLA LUCKEL ELLA CRAPERI ELLA CROSS ELLA-BLU SALE ELOISE KELLY ELTON SEBASTIAN EMERSON WESTLEY EMILY MELVIN EMILY HANDS EMILY THOMPSON EMILY COSTELLO E M I L Y S TA B L E R EMILY FARLOW EMILY ROWLEY ERICA SHEY FLORES ERIN KENNA ERIN BLACKMAN ETHAN SAMPSON ETHAN COOKE ETHAN SCHUTZ EVA AGAPIOU EVE MENDIOLEA FRANCIS KALOLO GABRIELLE FARRINGTON GEORGIA EASTLAKE G E O R G I A O AT S GIL DOHERTY G R A C E TAY L O R GRACE WALKER GRACE RULE GRACE CAMPBELL GRACE POOLE HAILEIGH DAVIES HALEY GILL HAMISH MITCHELL HANNAH WILSON HANNAH CONNERY HARLEY MCDOUGAL HARLI BRABON HARMONY FLETCHER HARRISON SALTER HAYLEY CAMPBELL HAYLEY GOFTON HAYLEY KING HOLLY MCHUGH HOLLY WEARING HUNTER SAMS IMOGEN PRITCHARD IMOGEN WALSH IMOGEN LYNCH I O H E F O S A G ATO ISABELL A L AWSON ISABELLA FURMAGE
ISABELLA RILEY ISABELLA DICKER ISABELLA BRUCE ISABELLE HAYES JACK DODD JACK LEAN J A C O B S TA P L E S JALEN BARRY JARVID THIMBLE JASMIN ABDULRAHMAN JASMIN WHITE JESSE PRASSER JESSE FLINT JESSICA SCOTT JESSICA CLARKE JESSICA NEUCOM JEWEL PHILLIPS J I H A N S A G U N AT H I L A K A JOE MARTINI J O N A S C H R I S T O F I D E S JORJA COOKE JOSEPH WOOD JOSHUA RANDALL JOSHUA DESMOND JULES LABASTIDA JULIA GRUBCZYNSKI JULIA FULTON KADEN GILBERT KAELAN CUPITT KAI SMITH KAITLYN BARKER K AT E P U L L I N G E R O’BRIEN K AT E TO D D K AT E B L A I N K AT E L Y N H U B I N G E R K AT E L Y N C A I R N S K AT I E B A L D O C K K AT R I N A PA R K E R KEELY INNES KEIRA BISSON KEIRA KENT KEIRA YOUNG KELLY STRUTHERS KELSEY RYE KELSEY DONALDSON KELSEY NEASBEY KIARA KORN KIERA SMITH KIRRA SUTTONDUDGEON KODII YOUNG LACHLAN SYMSS LACHLAN ROBERTS LACHLAN HUDSON LACHLAN WELLS LARA REGUSON LEXI FAVERO LIAM STOTT LIBBY BOLLER LILLY TREVOR LILY BELCHER LOGAN FEARON LORELEE SAM
LOTUS FULFORD L O U I S E WAT E R S LUCINDA RICHARDSON LUCY KELLY LUCY CURTIS LUCY BELL LUKE ELLIMAN LUKE ABDY LYDIA KUSCHMIRZ MADDISON SCOTTFITZGERALD MADDISON FREESTUN MADELIENE MCGOLDRICK MADISON ALLGOOD MADISON ALLOM MADISON MITCHELL MADISON JESBERG MAKAYL A TURNER MAKENZII FROMBERG MARELLA TYSONCANNON MARIANTHI THEODOSIOU MARIAROSE POLY MARIELLA MACEACHERN MARKIZA WALSH M AT I L D A B A N K S M AT T H E W N E I L S O N MAYA IVES MAYA SANDERSON M AYA N ATA L I A C O N WAY MEG ROGERS MELANIE LESLIE MICCAH RECKLIES MICHELLE DOLAN MICKAYL A COCO MIKAYL A SANDERSON MIKAYL A BL ACKMORE MOLLY LYTTLE MOLLY THOMPSON MOLLY ROBERTS MOLLY BELL N ATA L I A L U I N Y S N ATA L I E D A N Z A N AT E L E N Z NOAH PACEY NYEASHA TYSON OLIVE-ROSE PEARSON OLIVIA LICCIARDELLO OLIVIA WARDLEWORTH OLIVIA PACEY OLIVIA LERCH ORLI-JADE HANDLEY PAIGE DENMAN P E N I T I TO S A G ATO PHOEBE CUSSEN PHOEBE COLLISON PIPER HAYNES R AYA R N I E WAT S O N RAYMOND JOHNSON REANNEA WIRTHMCINTOSH REBECCA SMITH
REBEKAH PULEA RECHQUAL SIBLEY RENAE HILL RENAE CALDWELL RHIANNAN CHRISTENSEN RIANA BRYDON RILEE MACKIE RILEY NOSWORTHY ROBBIE PRICE ROSIE LOBEGEIER RYAN WARREN RYLEE BLACK SABINE CALLISTE SAM DANIEL SAMANTHA TOMS SAMANTHA MACKERETH SAMANTHA CAMPBELL SAMUEL SCOBIE SARAH TODD SARAH ZILLMAN SCOTT SMITH SEAN FRASER SEBASTIAN BROWN SHAUNA BARRY S H AY L E I A K AT H L E E N LEE SHELDON HERO SKYL AH-JAYNNE CALDWELL SOPHIE TOBIN SOPHIE GEAL STEPHANIE DUNLOP STEPHANIE MCRAE STEPHENY REDDISH SYANNE BRABY TA H L I A M E W TA H L I A R O S S TA H L I A H A N D L E Y TA L E I S H A WA I S TC O AT TAY L A L A F F I N TAY L A H V E R Z E L E T T I TAY L O R F I T Z G I B B O N TEAGAN BENNETT T E G A N R E I F TEMPERANCE HOLDEN THEA LANGFORD THOMAS GWYNNE T I A N E E TA PA U TIARRA PORTER TIGHE TUCKER TOMAS CL ANCY TRYSTEN VINEY TY FOLEY TYISON HOY VAL ANDA CHRISTOFIDES ZANTE SLOANE ZARA GOITIANDIA ZOE MCMAHON ZOE LYONS
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BAND
THE KING’S SCHOOL - SYDNEY
PRESENTED BY BEN CROCKER
BEN CROCKER Ben Crocker grew up on a farm near Abergowrie, in rural North Queensland, and finished his schooling at Kirwan State High School in 2003, learning from Craig Millar and Emma Crocker (Lees) in the brand program.
After graduating, Ben worked as Wind bands director at The Cathedral School from 2005-2006. He later studied Euphonium at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, and was invited to conduct the University’s Brass Band in his first year of study. From 2009-2010 he held the musical directorship of the South Brisbane Federal Band, and worked with numerous ensembles throughout Queensland as a euphonium player and conductor. Ben also performed around Australia and New Zealand for 5 years as a member of the Brisbane Excelsior Band, Australia’s most successful Brass Band. A passionate advocate for the British Brass Band tradition, in 2011 Ben moved to Sydney as resident conductor of the St Marys Band, also taking up a position as Bands and Orchestras conductor at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Awarded the Australian Band Conductor’s scholarship, he studied with the world’s foremost band conducting practitioner, Professor David Kind, and led St Marys through an unprecedented era of competition success, winning three
consecutive State Championships, and developing many of Australia’s next young brass players. As an established conductor within this medium, in 2015 Ben was invited to direct the Desford Colliery Band, one of the United Kingdom’s leading Brass Bands, on their annual International Tour. Having worked extensively as a conductor and clinician for school bands, Ben was appointed to the faculty of Sydney’s The King’s School as Head of Bands in 2016, overseeing the Band program at Australia’s oldest independent school. Ben is regularly engaged as an adjudicator and guest clinician, and has conducted ensembles at Baker College, Moriah College, Newington College, Ravenswood school for Girls, and Abbotsleigh School in Sydney. He has given workshops and educational concerts at Shrewsbury International School (Bangkok), The Regents Academy (Pattaya), and has conducted Germany’s leading Brass Band, Brassband 3BA, from Bavaria, as well as the Symphonic Band of the Leopold Mozart-Zentrum, in Augsburg.
PARTICIPATING STUDENTS
AARON BAILEY A D A M J O R G E N S E N ALEX MACCARONE ALEXANDER HUTCHINSON ALLANA MISKIEWICZ ALYSSA THOMAS ANDREW HUTCHINSON ASHLEIGH DODSON BETHANY BODE BRYCE KENYON CAMDEN MELICK CAMERON DODSON CELESTE BEARD C H A R L O T T E B U L AT CHELSEA BODE CHESTER HOBBS CHLOE SIBLEY DANIEL HARLEY DAVID MOTTIN DYLAN ROBERTS EBONIE MEWETT ELLEN DAVIS NICOLSON EMILEE STREMOUCHIW EMILY HAMILTON EMMA-JADE DAY ERIN O’BRIEN FIONA PAN-FINNEGAN GEORGIA ESPIG GYAN RAFAEL ANGON HAYDEN DUNLOP H E AT H E R A N S E L L HELENA FREEMAN ISABEL THORNHILL JACK CLARKE JADE DALY JAKE PILCHER J A K E M A S AT TO JESSE BROWN JETT DOOLAN JORJA WARDE JOSEPH MARK JULIAN TURNER K AT E L Y N A I L I KIEREN CRASE KODI GOLTL KREAHNA ANDERSON KYLE MACKAY LACHLAN LARSEN LACHLAN SMITH L AV I N I A P E N N E F AT H E R LEAH FELTHAM LESTYN WILKES LIAM RING LILY BARRA LOUISE GODFREY MADDY BANNERMAN MADELEINE WAKEFIELD MADISON CRASE M AT T E A S M I T H M AT T H E W L I T T L E MIKAYL A WILLS MONIQUE WARDE OLIVIA MARK
OLIVIA GREENHALGH PIERSON HICKMOTT PIPER DORAN RACHEL TOOHEY RUBY JAMES SAMANTHA BANNERMAN SARAH PIERCE SARAH TOOHEY SARAH BRADLEY SASHA WHITE SCARLETT SWAINE SHANNEN ZOHN SHANNON DEVENEY SOPHIE WOODS TA K U D Z WA M A N D I Z V I D Z A TAY L O R N O L A N THERESE ANSELL THIERRY DEL ARGIE D’ALTON THOMAS SMITH TIA GOLTL TIARNA CHAMBERLAIN TYLER SIBLEY WILLIAM PETRINI WILLOW MACPHERSON
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PRESENTED BY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TOWNSVILLE CATHOLIC EDUCATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Bradley Chatfield Cody Raymond Dimitri Kopanakis
Dr Cathy Day Ernie Christie Ross Horner Jacqui Francis ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
LEAD ASSISTING TEACHERS BAND
Sandra Neal MASTER OF CEREMONIES
DANCE CHOIR
W O R K S H O P P R E S E N T E R S
Dramatic Arts Margie Breen Sean Hall Sally Blackwwod Jack Ellis DANCE Sydney Dance Company Natalie Ayton Kate Grima-Farrell Joel Thomas CHOIR David Lawrence GUITAR Dr Paul Svoboda BAND Ben Crocker STRINGS Antoni Bonetti
Nikki Robinson
GUITAR Joanne McClusky
Courtney Dibben
DRAMA National Institute of
Emma Crocker
DRAMA Nick Christie & Bonnie Nichols
Rachel Cairns
STRINGS Ashley Crocker
B A N D
Blaize Pitts Ebony McKissock Jordyn Garner Aimee Berryman Lorissa Rennie Felicity McAlister Adrian Vowels Keira Kent Lachlan Knibbs Jade Marinelli (Teacher) SUPPORT
GUITAR Georgia Martel
Mulkadee Committee: Ernie Christie (Chair); Sandra Neal; Bernard Durie; Mary Mudge; Laurence Hosking; Karolien Kern; Karen Pearce; Peter Scott; Paul Allen; Belinda Rafferty
BASS GUITAR Ashley Crocker
Mulkadee School Representatives
MUSICAL DIRECTOR Odette Baxter
TECHNICAL SUPPORT (Cert II In Music Industry)
KEYBOARDS Odette Baxter &
Nancy Nicholson
DRUMS Damien McCluskey PERCUSSION Angela Burgess FLUTE Emma Crocker
PRODUCTION Wild Gravity Audio Visual Production Services 360 Cre8ive Enterprises
Desleigh Drew and staff of the Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Chrissy Maguire Photography Odette Baxter, Piano Accompanist Christian Gordon and crew at 360 Cre8ive Enterprises
Marty Hankins M3 Media
WE WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, STAFF, PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES TO A S S I S T I N B R I N G I N G T O G E T H E R M U L K A D E E 2 0 1 7. Please be advised that strobe lighting may be used in this show. All music used during the Mulkadee Youth Arts Festival is used either by licence or with permission from the copyright holders / lyricist / arrangers / publishing houses.