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CELEBRATE! WAAPA salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary
CELEBRATE!
WAAPA salutes ECU’s 30th Anniversary
CELEBRATE! WAAPA salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary
Welcome from the
VICE-CHANCELLOR
We are delighted to have you here with us
tonight as we celebrate ECU’s 30th anniversary.
                                                                                           Professor Steve Chapman CBE
                                                                                           Vice-Chancellor
                                                                                           Edith Cowan University

Tonight’s extravaganza will take us on a rich journey           This approach is also recognised globally. This year we
through music, theatre and dance – with some special            have again been ranked in the world’s top 100 universities
guests and a few surprises along the way.                       under 50 years old in the Times Higher Education Young
                                                                Universities Rankings.
2021 is a big year for ECU. We are not only celebrating our
30th anniversary, but also 100 years since our namesake         In celebrating the past 30 years, we also have our sights
– Edith Dircksey Cowan – became the first woman to be           set firmly on the future. And an exciting driver of this future
elected to an Australian Parliament.                            is the ECU City project.
Edith Cowan dedicated her life to the belief that               Part of the Perth City Deal between ECU, the Australian
education was key to growth, change and improvement in          Government and the Western Australian Government, ECU
society. She was a driving force behind social reform and       City will deliver Perth a world-class Creative Industries,
equality. A woman with a vision.                                Business and Technology precinct.
Inspired by her work, in 1991 ECU was formally established      Set to open in 2025, with more than 9,000 students and
from an amalgamation of former teaching colleges, and           staff, it will transform the centre of Perth.
WAAPA, which itself had only been established 11 years prior.
                                                                ECU City represents the future of university education.
Our intent 30 years ago was the same as it is now: to           It will become part of the lifeblood of Perth’s CBD and
transform lives through education and research. To give         inject vibrancy, creativity, culture and community into the
our students the knowledge and skills to succeed in             heart of our city.
their careers and make a positive contribution to their
                                                                Lastly, I recognise that pulling a gala like this together is no
communities.
                                                                mean feat. I would like to acknowledge this labour of love
You only have to look at the WAAPA stars now dotted             created by our WAAPA family.
around the world to see how they have built on their
                                                                A sincere and heartfelt thank you to the performers,
educational experience to achieve excellence in the
                                                                students, staff, alumni, and of course, WAAPA Executive
performing arts.
                                                                Dean David Shirley, and the Artistic Director of tonight’s
It’s pleasing to see our approach to education is               show, Brendan Hanson.
appreciated by our students. For the sixth year in a
                                                                I hope you enjoy tonight’s performance.
row ECU has been ranked the top public university for
undergraduate teaching quality, based on the QILT survey
of those who should know best: graduates.
CELEBRATE! WAAPA salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary
Welcome from the
EXECUTIVE DEAN
OF WAAPA
A very warm welcome to an extraordinary event.
                                                                                         Professor David Shirley
                                                                                         Executive Dean
                                                                                         Western Australian Academy
                                                                                         of Performing Arts

It is a great privilege for all of the staff and students at   We all know that the challenges of recent years and the
the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts to           consequences of a global pandemic will have significant
take part in this wonderful celebration to mark the 30th       impacts across many parts of society – including
Anniversary of Edith Cowan University. Throughout its          education and the arts. The realisation, however, that
history WAAPA has played a central role in identifying         WAAPA is the beneficiary of such tremendous support
and enabling the remarkable talents of world class             by the University of which it is a part means that we
musicians, actors, dancers, directors, designers and           can look to the future with a genuine sense of pride
technicians – many of whom enjoy illustrious and highly        and confidence. The recent announcement of the
influential careers across the globe!                          establishment of an ECU City campus, in which WAAPA
                                                               will enjoy an integral presence, bears testimony to
Celebrated as one of the world’s most prestigious
                                                               this recognition.
performing arts academies, there is no doubt that
WAAPA’s success is attributable to ECU. Since the              If the last 30 years are anything to go by, the next
establishment of Edith Cowan University in 1991, when          phase in the University’s development is likely to be truly
WAAPA became part of the institution, the School has           extraordinary and I very much look forward to being part
gone from strength to strength and our graduates               of and contributing to the many exciting initiatives and
have benefitted from the transformative and highly             developments that are ahead.
empowering ethos on which the University’s values
                                                               Enjoy tonight’s performance as we proudly celebrate
are established.
                                                               30 years of ECU and the glorious achievements of this
                                                               youthful, energetic, and highly dynamic institution.
CELEBRATE! WAAPA salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary
Welcome from the
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

                                                                                     Brendan Hanson

I am proud to be a WAAPA graduate and ECU alumnus.          Richard Gill in the same year. I acknowledge the
Having the opportunity to curate a program that             incredible artists and educators who inspired me to
celebrates the incredible diversity and commitment of       pursue my passion for storytelling, in particular the late,
craft and skill of the young artists and their mentors      great John Milson, the then director of the Music Theatre
and educators was truly a privilege. It has been like       department, and his colleagues, Denis Follington,
being given a cornucopia of talent and expression           Derek Bond and Jenny Lynnd.
and I acknowledge the incredible staff of ECU and
                                                            Tonight’s program is a celebration of perseverance
WAAPA for supporting me with such grace and goodwill,
                                                            and overcoming. Like our namesake, raising your voice
offering their time and great talent to make this evening
                                                            in the face of opposition is challenging and to grow in
a success.
                                                            confidence one needs opportunity. ECU and WAAPA
On a personal note I get to come full circle tonight,       continue to create that opportunity. We raise our voices
having commenced my training in 1991 and as a student       in chorus tonight and we hope you enjoy our mission of
at WAAPA performing in my professional debut at Perth       “Be Inspired”.
Concert Hall with the then Dean of the Conservatorium,
CELEBRATE! WAAPA salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary
Featured
ARTISTS
Natalie Allen                                                Jessica Gethin
Natalie Allen is an award-winning                            Australian conductor Jessica
dancer with an extensive professional                        Gethin has forged an international
career who has collaborated,                                 conducting career working in the
performed and toured works by                                United States, Asia, Australia and
many leading choreographers and                              New Zealand. Her roster includes
companies from Australia and around                          conducting the Dallas Opera,
the world, including Leigh Warren,                           Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,
Rafael Bonachela, Gary Stewart                               West Australian Symphony
and William Forsythe. Since 2013                             Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic
Natalie’s choreographic work has been presented              Orchestra, Perth Symphony, Singapore Symphony,
locally, nationally and internationally. Climacteric,        Auckland Philharmonic, Macao Orchestra and regular
a site-specific solo work, was presented at Contact M1       seasons with the West Australian Ballet, crossing genres
Festival 2019, Singapore. A Night Out!, a community show     of symphonic, ballet, opera, film and contemporary.
reinventing social dance, toured regional WA in 2019.        Accolades include being listed in Limelight Australia’s
Natalie performed in Sunset, Perth Festival 2019 and         Top Twenty Australian Artists, winner of the Brian Stacey
later that year joined the cast of Punchdrunk’s Sleep No     Australian Conductor Award, AFR’s 100 Most Influential
More in Shanghai, China. 2020 saw Natalie choreograph        Women, a Churchill Fellowship and being named a finalist
a solo for SLIDE Dance Theatre’s new show, Beam me           in the West Australian of the Year Awards. Jessica was
up, Kate; a new work titled Stained in Crimson for LINK      founding conductor of the Perth Symphony until 2019,
Dance Company; and was the movement director on              as well as Inaugural Fellow at the Hart Institute of Women
two plays, Love and Information and The Golem: or,           Conductors with the Dallas Opera. A proud alumna of
Next Year in Jerusalem. In 2021, Natalie performed in        WAAPA, Jessica has been on music staff since 2008.
MoveMoveMove at Perth Festival; premiered JULIA, a solo
work co‑created with Sally Richardson at State Theatre       Alice Humphries
Centre; and is currently choreographing Cabaret for          Alice Humphries is a highly versatile
WAAPA’s graduating Music Theatre class. Natalie is a         composer and arranger working
proud graduate of WAAPA’s Dance program.                     across and in-between the
                                                             contemporary classical, jazz and
Clint Bracknell                                              experimental worlds. Her music
Clint Bracknell is Associate Professor                       has been described as “bursting
at WAAPA and Kurongkurl Katitjin.                            with life and fun, as well as great,
His composition/sound design                                 great beauty” and “deeply thought-
credits include Hecate (Yirra                                provoking…offering both moments
Yaakin/Bell Shakespeare -                                    of incredible intensity and sublime serenity.” Her output
‘Best Composition’ 2020 WA                                   includes electro-acoustic, chamber and orchestral
Performing Arts Awards), York,                               music, as well as music for dance, documentary and
The Cherry Orchard, Water, The                               film. Alice’s music has been performed across Australia
Caucasian Chalk Circle (Black Swan),                         and internationally by artists including the Melbourne
Skylab (Black Swan/Yirra Yaakin), King Hit (Yirra Yaakin),   Symphony Orchestra, Syzygy Ensemble, Blair Harris and
and The Red Tree (Barking Gecko - nominated for ‘best        Caroline Almonte, and the Letter String Quartet. She
original score’ 2012 Helpmann Awards). His music has         also works extensively as an arranger and orchestrator
also featured in international advertising campaigns,        and has collaborated with some of Australia’s major
television series and the feature film, H is For Happiness   orchestras and contemporary music artists including
(2019). Clint’s PhD in Noongar song was awarded UWA’s        Josh Pyke, Kate Miller-Heidke, Katie Noonan, Meow Meow
2016 Robert Street Prize for most outstanding thesis,        and Missy Higgins. Alice graduated from WAAPA with a
he delivered the 2019 Hancock Lecture for the Australian     Bachelor of Music Honours in 2009.
Academy of Humanities and received the 2020 Barrett
Award for Australian Studies. Clint established the
Contemporary Music program at Sydney Conservatorium
of Music (2014-2018) and currently leads an ARC funded
research project at ECU.
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Michael Lewis                                               Emma Matthews
Michael Lewis, in a career spanning                         Australia’s most highly awarded
50 years, has become one of                                 soprano, Emma Matthews performs
Australia’s most respected singers.                         regularly with all the Australian opera
He is highly regarded for his                               companies, symphony orchestras
command of both operatic and                                and festivals, and is now Head of
concert repertoire. After winning the                       Classical Voice and Opera Studies at
Metropolitan Opera Competition in                           WAAPA. Emma’s operatic repertoire
1973 and an Arts Council Scholarship,                       includes the title roles in The Cunning
Michael left Adelaide for Europe,                           Little Vixen (Royal Opera House,
marking the beginning of a successful international         Covent Garden and Opera Australia), Lulu, Lakmé,
career. His major debut at the Wexford Festival in 1976,    Lucia di Lammermoor and Partenope; Violetta (La
was followed by performances at opera houses in             Traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare),
London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Leipzig, Amsterdam,      Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Marie (La Fille du Regiment),
Venice, San Diego, Pittsburgh, English National Opera,      Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Amina (La
Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North           Sonnambula), the four heroines (The Tales of Hoffmann),
and Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Opera. He has         Leila (Les Pecheurs de Perles) and Rosina (The Barber
performed 35 major roles with Opera Australia, as well as   of Seville). In addition to appearing in numerous Opera
regular appearances with the state companies in Perth,      Australia productions released on DVD, including
Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane and New Zealand            La Traviata and Lakme, Emma’s solo recordings with
Opera. He has worked extensively on the concert platform    orchestra are: Emma Matthews in Monte Carlo (Deutsche
with many major orchestras and conductors in Europe,        Grammophon/ABC Classics), Mozart arias (ABC Classics)
the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Malaysia.        and Agony and Ecstasy (ABC Classics).
Michael is a sought‑after singing teacher, mentor and
coach and is currently a voice teacher at WAAPA. In 2008    Meow Meow
Michael was awarded an OAM for services to the arts.        Meow’s unique brand of subversive
                                                            and sublime entertainment has
Amy Manford                                                 hypnotized, inspired and terrified
Prior to her West End debut as                              audiences worldwide from London’s
Christine Daaé in Andrew Lloyd                              West End to Lincoln Centre New
Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera                           York, to the Hollywood Bowl, to the
at the Sydney Opera House, after                            Sydney Opera House. Her original
performing the role in London’s West                        music theatre works have played
End and Athens, Greece. Amy had                             from Berlin to Berkeley, Edinburgh to
sung at many iconic venues such                             Shanghai and have been commissioned by David Bowie,
as the Seoul Arts Center in South                           Pina Bausch and Mikhail Baryshnikov amongst others.
Korea and at Buckingham Palace                              With orchestras she specialises in Weimar and French
for the Prince of Wales. She was especially honoured        chanson repertoire as well as jump-cut explorations
to sing the Australian Anthem for HRH Prince Harry and      of Schubert and Schumann and contemporary work.
Ms. Meghan Markle for the 2018 Anzac Day Memorial           The stage‑diving tragi-comedienne has performed her
Service in London. In 2017, Amy graduated with a Master     “orchestrated chaos” with The London Philharmonic,
of Performance from the prestigious Royal College of        Sydney, Seattle, Bergen Norway, Oregon and San
Music where she was lucky enough to perform numerous        Francisco Symphonies. Her latest album Hotel Amour
title roles with their International Opera School. Before   with Pink Martini’s Thomas Lauderdale was ranked
moving to London, Amy had graduated with a Bachelor         in The Times UK top 100 albums of 2019. Her theatre
of Music from WAAPA in her hometown of Perth. Amy           credits include Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
returned home last year to form Perth’s newest production   at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, and a critically
company, MM Creative Productions with friend and            acclaimed Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls with the Royal
fellow WAAPA graduate, Genevieve McCarthy. They are         Philharmonic at Royal Albert Hall, Jenny in Threepenny
thrilled to be bringing Disney in Concert: A Dream is a     Opera with the London Philharmonic in London and
Wish to Australia for the first time this October at the    Paris, and Anna in Die Sieben Todsünden at the Berlin
Riverside Theatre.                                          Konzerthaus under Vladimir Jurowski. She has created
                                                            numerous fantastical history song cycles for crumbling
                                                            theatres and bespoke civic events, most recently
                                                            in Liverpool. Meow Meow graduated from WAAPA’s Music
                                                            Theatre course in 1997.
CELEBRATE! WAAPA salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary
Jamie Oehlers                                                  She has extensive language skills and is presently
Dr Jamie Oehlers is recognised as one                          employed as a Noongar language teacher at Western
of Australia’s leading jazz artists and                        Australia’s Moorditj College, and as the Elder-in-Residence
saxophonists. He was the winner of the                         at Edith Cowan University. She is also currently on the Board
2003 World Saxophone Competition                               of Sister Kate’s Home Kids Aboriginal Corporation (SKHKAC)
in Switzerland and has won numerous                            and is a member of the Wirlomin Language and Stories
awards in Australia, including four                            Inc. Cultural Elders Reference Group. Roma was awarded
Australian Jazz Bell Awards – one Best                         the Barry Hayward Outstanding Achievement Aboriginal
Australian Jazz Artist and three for                           Individual Award in 2005. She has delivered sessions at
Best Contemporary Jazz Album – an                              conferences on language such as the Connecting with
ABC Limelight Award for Best Jazz CD Release, and has          Aboriginal Languages Conference in 2007 in Hawaii; the
been an ARIA Awards finalist for Best Jazz Album. His career   World Indigenous Suicide Prevention conference in New
has seen him perform throughout the world, from New York,      Zealand in 2016; and the National Aboriginal and Torres
London, Paris and Berlin to India, Switzerland, UK, Italy,     Strait Islander Suicide Prevention conference/World
Ireland, China and Japan. He has released 20 albums,           Indigenous Suicide Prevention conference in Perth in 2018.
including his latest, Night Music which was aligned with his   Roma sat on the Department of Education’s Curriculum
PhD entitled “Developing a Chromatic-Intervallic Approach      Council in setting standards and educational expectations
to Jazz Improvisation Through Reflexive Practice”. Jamie       for Noongar language taught at secondary and TEE levels.
graduated from WAAPA’s Jazz course in 1994, returned in        Roma was the language and cultural consultant on the
2008 to take up the position of Coordinator of Jazz Studies,   play Yibiyung written by her daughter Dallas Winmar.
and completed his PhD at WAAPA in 2019. Jamie is now           She has also worked as senior language editor for the
WAAPA’s Associate Dean of Music, and maintains an active       Noongar Shakespeare Project. Roma, under the name of
performance career on top of his teaching and mentoring.       Yibiyung, has worked with the Carrolup School of artists
                                                               as adults. Biographical cuttings on Yibiyung as an artist
Paul O’Neill                                                   in her own right are housed in the National Library of
                                                               Australia in Canberra as a contemporary Noongar artist.
Australian tenor Paul O’Neill has forged
                                                               She has a passion for passing on family histories to the next
a compelling international career
                                                               generation through research and storytelling.
performing throughout Europe and
Australasia. His 2021 engagements
                                                               Nicole Youl
include Alfredo (La traviata) for
Opera Australia, Turiddu (Cavalleria                           Nicole Youl made her mark as a
rusticana) and Canio (Pagliacci) for                           soprano in the works of Puccini
West Australian Opera, and concert                             and Verdi – she has performed
appearances with the West Australian                           the title role in Madama Butterfly
Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, he sang Don José in         (Opera Australia), Mimi in La bohème
Carmen for West Australian Opera, Rodolfo (La bohème)          (Opera Australia, Opera Queensland,
and Narraboth (Salome) for Opera Australia, the title role     Paiz Festival in Guatemala), title role
in Faust for Theater Münster, Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly)     in Tosca (Opera Australia, Victorian
throughout China and Cavaradossi (Tosca) in both Perth         State Opera), Liu in Turandot
and Magdeburg. Other roles include: The Duke (Rigoletto)       (Opera Australia), the leading ladies in Puccini’s Il Trittico;
with Opera Holland Park, Opera Australia, West Australian      Giorgetta in Il tabarro, the title role in Suor Angelica and
Opera, Staatstheater Karlsruhe and Staatstheater               Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi (Opera Australia), Leonora
Mainz; Turriddu, Cavaradossi, and Carlo VII (Giovanna          in Il trovatore (West Australian Opera, Opera Australia)
d´Arco) for Theater Bielefeld; Jason (Médée) for Theater       and Amelia in Un ballo in maschera (Opera Australia).
Bielefeld and Staatstheater Mainz and The Italian Tenor        Other roles include Elsa in Lohengrin (Opera Australia),
(Der Rosenkavalier) for Berlin Staatsoper. Paul earned his     Leonore in Fidelio (OA), Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana
Bachelor of Performing Arts (Music) at WAAPA and was a         (Opera Australia, West Australian Opera), Micaela in
Young Artist at West Australian Opera.                         Carmen (Opera Australia, Opera Queensland and West
                                                               Australian Opera), Diane in Iphigenie en Tauride (Opera
Dr Roma Yibiyung Winmar                                        Australia), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (Victorian State
                                                               Opera), First Lady in The Magic Flute (Opera Australia),
Dr. Roma Yibiyung Winmar has
                                                               Grimgerde (Die Walküre) and Die Vertraute and Die Vierte
worked significantly in Indigenous
                                                               Mägd in Elektra (Teatro dell’ opera di Roma). 2021 sees
education and the arts where she
                                                               Nicole performing Mamma Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana)
is continuously promoting Noongar
                                                               and Marcellina (The Marriage of Figaro) for West
language and cultural activities for
                                                               Australian Opera and La Zia Principessa (Suor Angelica)
which she was awarded an honorary
                                                               for Freeze Frame Opera. Nicole currently teaches classical
doctorate by Edith Cowan University
                                                               voice at WAAPA.
in 2020.
CELEBRATE! WAAPA salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary
CELEBRATE!
WAAPA salutes ECU’s 30th Anniversary

ORDER OF Proceedings
Welcome to Country
y Dr Roma Yibiyung Winmar                                               INTERVAL 20 MINUTES
  Waalwaliny written by Clint Bracknell and arranged
  by Hanae Wilding after an arrangement by Iain
  Grandage. Performed with students from Aboriginal
                                                         Defying Gravity Percussion
  Performance, Acting and Music departments
                                                         y Celebrate by Marcus Perrozzi
WAAPA Symphony Orchestra
                                                         Contemporary Music students
y Opening of Also sprach Zarathustra by
                                                         y Gone Under by Snarky Puppy
  Richard Strauss
                                                         Bachelor of Performing Arts students
y The Dream Before by Meow Meow
                                                         y Ladies and… An adaptation of Edith Cowan’s
LINK Dance Company and WAAPA Jazz Combo                    maiden speech to Parliament directed and
y Excerpt from Let’s Do It choreographed by                adapted by Melissa Cantwell
   Leigh Warren
                                                         Music Theatre students and Orchestra
y Music: I Get a Kick Out of You/Always True to You in   y I’ve Got Rhythm by George and Ira Gershwin from
  My Fashion by Cole Porter                                the musical Crazy For You directed by Crispin Taylor,
Emma Matthews, Nicole Youl, Paul O’Neill,                  choreographed by Jayne Smeulders and conducted
Michael Lewis and Orchestra                                by David King
y Quartet from Rigoletto                                 ECU Short Film Commissions for the 2020
Acting students                                          International Year of the Nurse and Midwife
y Scenes from Shakespeare directed by Glenda             y Shift written and devised by Helen Searle and
  Linscott                                                  directed by Andrew Lewis
Aboriginal Performance students with Clint Bracknell     y Commissioned by the ECU School of Nursing and
and Orchestra                                              Midwifery and the Western Australian Academy of
y Break Loose by Clint Bracknell, arranged by Philip       Performing Arts
  Everall and choreographed by Simon Stewart             Amy Manford with the WAAPA Symphony Orchestra
ECU Contemporary Fashion Showcase featuring the          y Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again by Andrew
Mingus Jazz Ensemble                                       Lloyd-Webber from The Phantom of the Opera
y The Mind Melder by Troy Roberts                        Dance students with Pavan Kumar Hari
WAAPA Symphony Orchestra with WAAPA Chorus               (composer/percussion)
y Brave the Wave composed by Jonathon Jie                y The Resistance choreographed by Brooke Leeder
  Hong Yang                                              WAAPA Symphony Orchestra, WAAPA Chorus, WAAPA
Acting students                                          Big Band, WAAPA Gospel Choir and soloists Emma
y Chasing Happy inspired by ATLAS created by the         Matthews (soprano) and Jamie Oehlers (saxophone)
  Graduating Actors 2019 and Samantha Chester            y Be Transformed composed by Alice Humphries,
  in 2018                                                   conducted by Tom O’Halloran
CELEBRATE! WAAPA salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary
CELEBRATE! WAAPA salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary
Featured
ENSEMBLES
WAAPA Symphony Orchestra                    WAAPA Symphony Orchestra
Violin 1                                    Trombone
Yasmin Omran          Pinn Mitaim           Sondra Skilton           Lindsay Bush
Nadia Alexander       Steven Daly           Bass Trombone            Aaron Canny
Jude Iddison          Daniel Drieberg       Tuba                     Jason Catchpowle
Lucy Wang             Runa Murase           Piano/Celeste            Izaac Masters
Violin II                                                            Trevor Stockton
Aya Smith             Wayne Heng            Timpani/Percussion
Momo Foord            Jonathon Yang         Gabrielle Lee            Steven Hartley
Kaelah Williams       Lydia Lai             Joey Eng                 Thom Selim
Kristy Hughes         Alice Broadhead       Madeline Colvin          Joshua Stark
Miranda Dyskin        Erica Wong            Laura Saxon              Dean Murray
Viola                                       Jon Parker               Zac Skelton
Patrick Meyer         Oscar McDonald        Saxophone
Hanae Wilding         Brian Chang           Jasmin Hardie            Blake Faulkner
Amadea Foss                                 James Calvert            Andrea Jordan-Keane
Cello                                       Shaniqa Lin              Josh Sumich
Anneke van der Laan   Zoe Hawksworth        Grace Kay
Camille Lalanne       Georgia Cook          Classical Guitar
Tegan Finlay          Kaila Thomas          Amber Van Roy            Tayne Burnside
Bass                                        Macenzie Clare           Wilbur Grantham
Oakley Paul           Cass Evans-Ocharern   Drumset                  William Wallace
Meg Vicensoni         Kirsty Malcolm        Electric Guitar          Sam Forster
Harp                                        Bass Guitar              Blake Weller
Rachel Fish           Kira Gunn
Flute                                       WAAPA Chorus
Caitlin Malcolm       Emily McGuiness       Soprano
Isabella Eagles                             Avalon Brown             Miella Mondlane
Oboe                                        Elizabeth Bruk           Brittney Northcott
Zoe Gampfer           Hannah Woolley        Sian Bussanich           Bethany O’Brien
Gabriella Ibrahim                           Ava Charleson            Sade Partridge
Clarinet                                    Jesse Chester-Browne     Charis Postmus
Izzy Bormolini        Riley McCallion       Emily Chivers            Bobbi Ralls
Saskia Rickman                              Sophie Coleshill         Jada Rattray

Bassoon                                     Olivia Collins           Beth Redwood

Hugh Ponnuthurai      Yanika O’Brien        Breanna Cooke            Rachel Rees

Georgia Bradley                             Paris Cusack             Lachlan Ross

French Horn                                 Karyn Djodjo Dihardjo    Scout Simmonds

Calen Linke           Milly McAuliffe       Nike Etim                Bonnie Staude

Jenna Lamborn         Aaron Stulcbauer      Jessica Goodwin          Maddie Stephens

Trumpet                                     Sophie Hamer             Erin Strle

Brent Grapes          Hamish McCamley       Charlotte Holly-Little   Jessica Taylor

Carl Evers            Zac Ogden             Zoe Lancaster            Annabelle Volery
                                            Audrey Lombardi          Sophia Wasley
                                            Georgia Mercer
WAAPA Chorus                                               Mingus Ensemble
Alto                                                       The Mind Melder
Ruth Burke                   Caitlin Forrest               Trumpet            Matthew Knight
Karlie Butler                Stephanie Hair                Trumpet            Dusan Cuculoski
Emily Davis                  Sophie Herbert                Tenor Saxophone    Augustine Kaung-Htet
Samantha Deykin              Mia Lawson-Cross              Alto Saxophone     Johan Kriel
Jane Dowker                  Siena Palmer                  Trombone           Will Pethick
Harriet Du Pont              Michelle Pryor                Electric Guitar    Ben Jobson
Olivia Ferguson                                            Keyboard/Rhodes    Darcy Maishman
Tenor                                                      Electric Bass      Tommi Flamenco
Ammon Bennett                Euan Macmillan                Drums              Josh Wright
Julian Cope                  Dylan Watson
Jacob Correia                Ryan White                    Contemporary Music
Noah Humich                                                Contemporary Ensemble   Gospel Choir
Bass                                                       Kayla Beattie           Matt Allen

Evan Ayres                   Devon Lake                    Mikayla Boonstra        Mikayla Boonstra

Nathan Breeze                Raphael Luxton                Melissa Crotty          Shanae Campbell

Samuel Claxton               Theodore Murphy-Jelley        Joel Dalton             Rhys Clark

Ryan Coyte-King              Ciaran Paxman                 Jack Hill               Reece Collard

Benjamin Del Borrello        Brett Peart                   Ben Lazzaro             Melissa Crotty

Joshua Edwards               James Pinneri                 Rein Limanta            Shanay Cullen

Kyle Garces                  Keaton Staszewski-Hose        Madoc Plane             Leah Cusma

Kohsei Gilkes                Laurence Westrip              Trevor Stockton         Olivis George

Lachlan Higgins                                            Blake Weller            Rein Limanta
                                                                                   Nina Mansfield
Jazz Ensemble                                                                      Leah McFetridge
Let’s Do It                                                                        Sarah Munsie
Vocalist                Lucy Iffla                                                 Keely O’Brien
Trumpet                 James Chapman                                              Carrie Pereira
Double Bass             Avis Mena-Lescay                                           Madoc Plane
Piano                   James O’Brien (musical director)                           Allira Wilson
Drums                   Jeremy Goinden
Tenor Saxophone         Josh Parker                        Music Artists
Clarinet                Camryn Thomason                    Elijah Crouch           Mia June

Alto Saxophone          Holly Forster                      Chelsea Elder           Matt Preston

Electric Guitar         Sam Forster
Trombone                Jonathan Brittain
Featured
ENSEMBLES
Aboriginal Performance                                   Dance
Welcome to Country                                       Excerpts from Let’s Do It.
Georgia Calderwood            Tehya Jamieson             LINK Dancers
Faith Clowry                  Lila McGuire               Keisha Lau                   Luther Wilson
Shontane Farmer               Tahnaya Stevenson          Zachary Wilson               Allain Gumapon
Kira Feeney                   Shontae Wright             Elliott Dunn
Ruby Henaway                                             Excerpts from The Resistance
Break Loose with Clint Bracknell                         1st Year Dancers
Sebastian Critti-Schnaars     Taj Jamieson               Hannah Brookes               Tegan Anne Carter
Jake Fraser                   Lathan Sebastian           Ella Georgia Cartledge       Dannielle Joan Cook
Oliver Hughs                                             Harrison Cook                Georgia Eleni Douvartzidis
                                                         Man Yi Fung                  Paris Michelle Hall
Acting                                                   Sophia Marchesani            Ruby Isabella Michael
2nd Year Students           1st Year Students            Sophie Molony                Frances Marie Orlina
Giuseppe D’allura           Joseph Baldwin               Emily Rose Parry             Ruby Alexandra Surtees
Remy Danoy                  Tess Elizabeth Bowers        Laura Tooby
Shontane Farmer             Estelle Davis
                                                         3rd Year Dancers
Roxanne Gardiner            Harrison Gilchrist
                                                         Emma Andrews                 Karlia Cook
Sean Halley                 Ruby May Henaway
                                                         Joanna Cooper                Lara Dorling
Brandan Halsey              Edyll Ismail
                                                         Jazlyn Goldsworthy           Claudia Bolam
Tinashe Mangwana            Alexander John Kirwan
                                                         Madison Hartslief            Ekaterini Alfred
Dominic Masterson           William Snow Lonsdale
                                                         Mia Austin                   Brooklyn Harley
Radhika Mudaliar            Tyren Joseph Maclou
                                                         Hope Keogh                   Neve Torok
Delia Price                 Lila May Laws Mcguire
                                                         Isabella Knight              Brandan Hardie
Laura Shaw                  James Mcmahon
                                                         Musicians
Adrian Sit                  Lauren Mcnaught
                                                         Madeline Colvin              Steven Hartley
Blaise Tindale              Dieudonne Munezero Ngabo
                                                         Joey Eng                     Gabrielle Lee
Karina Topolovec            Elyse Phelan
                                                         Pavan Kumar Hari
Gabrielle Wilson            Tyler Redman
                            Kelsey Skinner
                            Lucinda Smith
                            Jesse Alexander Vasiliadis
Fight Ensemble              2nd & 3rd Year Students
Giuseppe D’Allura           Adrian Sit
Chaya Ocampo                Madeline Dona
Jack Twelvetree             Hannah Penman
Mitchell Tharle             Emelia Corlett
Fight director: Lawrence Hassle
Music Theatre                                   Welcome to Country Strings
Crazy For You (I’ve Got Rhythm)                 Nadia Alexander          Oakley Paul
2nd Year Students                               Tegan Finlay             Aya Smith
Regan Barber               Madeleine Betts      Amadea Foss              Anneke Van Der Laan
Jackson Britza             Taao Buchanan        Pinn Mitaim              Hanae Wilding
Eliza Carlin               Brittany Carter      Yasmin Omran
Rohan Campbell             Harry Fenn           Cassandra Loy
Anthony Garcia             Peter Ho
Matt Hourigan              Lily Jones
                                                Defying Gravity
                                                Martha Bird              Dean Murray
Arthur Lees                Sarah Monteaur
                                                Madeline Colvin          Jonathan Parker
Francesca Nason            Hayley Parnaby
                                                Joey Eng                 Laura Saxon
Campbell Parsons           Hamish Pickering
                                                Steven Hartley           Thom Selim
Ariana Rigazzi             Justin Wise
                                                Ben Jones                Zac Skelton
3rd Year Students
                                                Gabrielle Lee            Joshua Stark
Sammy Allsop               Kyle Colburn
Zoe Crisp                  Paige Fallu
                                                ECU Contemporary Fashion Showcase
Noah Godsell               Emma Haines
                                                Models
Kyle Hall                  Hannah Jones
                                                Mollie Atkins            Trinity Hillam
Anita Karabajakian         Tom Lerk
                                                Madelaine Bayliss        Drew Holloway
James Macalpine            Chloe Malek
                                                Clara Beuck              Sarah Kinch
Sam Moloney                Brittany Morton
                                                Ella Cartledge           Isabella Knight
Angus Noakes               Lachlan Obst
                                                Joanna Cooper            Amilie Ladyman
Amber Scates               Juno Sertorio
                                                Chloe Coutinho           Talisha Lee
Jesse Simpson              Emily Svarnias
                                                Emily Craig              Laura McGillvray
                                                Kayla Donoghue           Caitlin Melhuis
Performing Arts
                                                Lara Dorling             Emily Moore
Ladies and… directed by Melissa Cantwell
                                                Georgia Douvartzidis     Alma Klaousses Ossen
Delaney Burke              Jefferson Nguyen
                                                Chelsea Edmiston         Ella Owendyk
Leah Selwood               Clea Purkis
                                                Valmarie Engelbrecht     Emily Parry
Mazey O’Reilly             Jennifer Mackenzie
                                                Abbie Fearns             Harvey Price
                                                Cara Gilligan            Grace Sharf
                                                Jamie Grove              Sarah Young
                                                Designers
                                                Mary Adams               Ellen Duncan-Kemp
                                                Victoria Canova          Rena Hermon
                                                Monroe Clements          Genevieve Page
                                                D’arcy Coad              Megan Seares
                                                Chris Desira
                                                Stylists
                                                Artists@Play Makeup Academy
                                                Minii Hair
Creative and Production Team                            Richard Timms
Artistic Director           Brendan Hanson              Richard is a Western Australian
                                                        based freelance lighting designer.
Music Director              Tim White
                                                        Lighting has been the key interest
Conductor                   Jessica Gethin              in his life since the later years
Associate Music Director    Tom O’Halloran              of primary education. Richard
– Jazz                                                  graduated the Lighting course at
Associate Music Directors   Matthew Allen & Vinnie      WAAPA in 2021 after completing
– Contemporary              Crea                        the Bachelor of Performing
                                                        Arts Practice Transition. During
Associate Music Director    Emma Matthews
                                                        his time at ECU, Richard was thrilled that he was
– Classical Voice
                                                        able to light WAAPA’s 2020 major musical, A Chorus
Production Manager          Stephanie Thackray          Line. Other highlights include Spring Awakening:
Lighting Designer /         Richard Timms               The Musical and the Dance Gala.
Board Operator
                                                        Richard feels honoured to be invited back to light
Dome Operator               Jolene Whibley              ECU’s 30 Year Anniversary Gala.
Sound Designer              Kellan Starkie
Audio Engineer              Warren Myers                Kellan Starkie
Sound Crew                  Edmond Ang                  Kellan is a sound engineer from
                                                        Perth, WA. After graduating
                            Mandy Ireland
                                                        from the Bachelor of Performing
                            Lavaniya Supramaniam        Arts (Production and Design
                            Alex Hastie                 – Sound) at WAAPA, Kellan
Stage Manager               Steph Thackray              worked for Cirque du Soleil,
                                                        touring Europe with their arena
Head Assistant              Catherine O’Donoghue
                                                        production of Corteo. Joining the
Stage Manager
                                                        Cirque technical team at age
Assistant Stage Managers    Holly Ballam                20 proved to be an excellent opportunity to apply
                            Georgia Sealey              the training he received at WAAPA. After returning
                            Rachel Anderson             to Perth in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
                                                        Kellan has established himself locally as an owner of
                            Rowan Houlton
                                                        the production company ICON Audio Visual, providing
                            Stephanie Ierino            various live event production services across Perth.
                            Shannen Moulton             Kellan continues his connection with WAAPA as a
                            Hayley Neil                 venue technician and sound engineer.
                            Sam Rechichi
                            Jemma Sproul
                            Jasmine Valentini
                            Gabrielle Robins
Workshop                    Nathan Tan
                            Alek Tufilli
Marketing Manager           Anton Maz
– Publicity Marketing
Graphic Design              Key2creative
Postcard Video Production   Kelly Ye and David French
Photography                 Stephen Heath
Concerts Officers           Kristin Bowtell
                            Milly Landre-Ord
Alumni Banners              Mignon Du Plessis
                            Aryana Eraman
                            Yashar Ghorbanpour
                            Isaac Huggins
                            Madeleine Turner
                            Precious Vergara
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you to the following people
for their invaluable support:
ECU Vice Chancellor – Professor Steve Chapman                     HELP OUR STUDENTS REALISE
WAAPA Executive Dean – Professor David Shirley
                                                                  THEIR POTENTIAL
                                                                  By donating to the ECU Foundation you are
Executive Dean of Arts & Humanities – Clive Barstow
                                                                  supporting our student’s access to our world-class
                                                                  education and collaborative research and helping
The following School of Arts & Humanities staff, whose students   them to reach their greatest potential.
were responsible for the incredible artwork hanging in the
foyers and tonight’s spectacular fashion parade:                  The ECU Foundation attracts philanthropic support
                                                                  from individuals, alumni, business organisations,
Justine McKnight, Stuart Medley and Christopher Kueh.
                                                                  industry leaders and the broader community.

                       EAVP (Elite Audio Visual Production)       For further information go to our website:
                       for the generous supply of lighting and    ecu.edu.au/giving-to-ecu
                       AV equipment.
                                                                  WITH SINCERE THANKS
The students and staff of the Western Australian Screen           ECU would like to thank and acknowledge
Academy whose short films have been screened this evening         the support of our donors, alumni, friends,
in the foyers.                                                    organisations and foundations for their
                                                                  generous support.
The Friends of WAAPA.
                                                                  Your continued support is vital to ensure that
All of WAAPA’s students, staff and alumni, and special guest      together, we continue to improve lives through
artists who have generously contributed their time and talents    educating future generations and delivering
for this spectacular event.                                       collaborative research.
Perth Concert Hall Staff
Brendon Ellmer, General Manager; Lorraine Rice,
Deputy General Manager; and the rest of the team at
Perth Concert Hall.                                               For future WAAPA performances contact:
                                                                  WAAPA Box Office
                                                                  Tel: +61 (8) 9370 6895

                                                                  waapa.ecu.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country
ECU and Perth Concert Hall respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Elders of the
Indigenous Nations across Western Australia and in particular the Noongar people, the Traditional Owners,
Custodians and Elders of Whadjuk Country, and on whose land we meet.

CRICOS IPC 00279B   RTO Provider 4756                                                               key2creative_41887_07/21
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