VOLUME 1 - SEPTEMBER 2016 STUDENT MAGAZINE -BUZZz FRET PHUKET ADADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS IN THIS EDITION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS BEHIND THE SCENES WHY ROCKSCHOOL UK AND ABRSM REAL WORLD MUSIC AND A WHOLE LOT MORE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS Every year Legend Music, PAPA and the PAPA’s teachers give up their time to teach scholarship students. This year is no different with the following scholarships that have been awarded: Olivia Pulaski - Vocal Scholarship
Olivia will continue her vocal studies with vocal scholarship from Rianne Davies.
Blaze Crause - Guitar Scholarship
Blaze will continue his guitar studies with a guitar scholarship from Jared Lucow.
India Wilson, Emily Matsui, Charlotte de la Baume and Divalicious have been awarded Recording Scholarships, and Chanon Cserepy a Performance Scholarship from Legend Music.
Morgane Mahler - Vocal Scholarship
Morgane will continue her vocal studies with a vocal scholarship from PAPA.
Cameron Grecia - Vocal Scholarship
Cameron will continue her vocal studies with a vocal scholarship from Siobhan McGovern. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS BEHIND THE SCENES
Recording Studio Upgrade
During the summer holidays, UWC Thailand completed the latest upgrades to the school’s recording studio. A double-glassed studio window was added between the control room and the vocal booth, as well as additional studio grade acoustic treatment added to both rooms.
The studio operates on an iMac platform with a Focusrite Scarlet 18i20 audio interface. Students are able to record using Cubase, Reaper or Garage Band DAW software programs.
The studio has a selection of AKG, Shure and Rode vocal and instrument mics.
The Phuket Academy of Performing Arts offers music production classes which include Rockschool Uk‘s new graded production courses.
The studio offers UWC Thailand students the opportunity to create professional Podcast, Campus Radio and Music recordings. What’s Going On
FREE GROUP LESSONS AT UWCT Dance Lessons at Thanyapura
Junior Vocal Group is now FULL! So no more space for new members. Baby Jazz for PS, KG and G1 runs on Monday’s at 2:40pm. There is still space! Senior Vocal Group still has space. The class runs on Monday’s from 4:40pm for G6 to G12. Signup NOW!! Contemporary Dance for G2 to G5 runs on Monday;s at 3:40pm. There is still space for more students. Junior Band Class is now FULL! Senior Band Class is ALSO FULL! Street Dance for juniors and seniors will start to run as soon as enough Percussion Group still has space and is now open to ALL UWC Thailand students enrol. students and parents. The class runs on Tuesday’s at 5:40pm. Come along and rhythmically beat out your frustrations! why rockschool or abrsm
Senior Students… Did you know that
Rockschool UK and ABRSM Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Piano & Keyboard, and Music Theory Grades 6, 7 & 8 all have UCAS points.
UCAS points is a point system that can be used on university and college applications.
congratula tions To the following students for passing their exams in June: Charlie Greene, Rockschook UK Vocals Blaze Crause, Rockschook UK Electric Guitar Gemma Kealy, Rockschool UK Performance Vocals Matthew Diamond, Rockschool UK Electric Guitar Charlotte de la Baume, Rockschool UK Vocals Denis Shevchuk, Rockschook UK Electric Guitar Sasha Simkalova, Rockschool UK Piano Finn de Bruin, Rockschool UK Vocals Dasha Gorodtsova, Rockschook UK Vocals Morgane Mahler, Rockschool UK Vocals Mathilda Gustafsson, Rockschool UK Vocals
Our ABRSM students complete their exams in November! Good Luck!
Students can decide at any point if they would like to switch to Rockschool UK or ABRSM curriculums. GLOBAL CHARTS Real WorlD Music This month we look at what is happening on either side of the Atlantic.
Billboard Top 5 Singles (USA) 1. Closer - The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey SONYA WINS GOLD 2. Cold Water - Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & Mo 3. Cheap Thrills - SIAft. Sean Paul 4. Heathens - twenty one pilots During the summer vacation Rianne took 5. Ride - twenty one pilots on a new student that wanted to prepare for an inter-school talent competition. Billboard Top 5 Selling Albums (USA) 1. Blonde - Frank Ocean A grade 3 student of the Anuban Phuket 2. Brave Enough - Lindsey Stirling School, Sonya (Chanisara Sringam) scored 3. Suicide Squad Soundtrack a whopping 81.75 points in the competition 4. I Told You - Tory Lanez 5. Views - Drake and won a Gold Medal! UK Top 5 Singles She had competitors from 28 Thai schools 1. Cold Water - Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & Mo competing in her age group. 2. Let Me Love You - DJ Snake ft Justin Bieber Well done Sonya! And Well done Rianne! 3. Closer - The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey 4. Dancing On My Own - Calum Scott 5. Heathens - twenty one pilots
UK Top 5 Selling Albums Haroula Rose 1. Blonde - Frank Ocean 2. Pure & Simple - Dolly Parton 3. Life On The Road - David Brent the phuket scene 4. All Over The World (Best of) - ELO 5. Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers Live original music is rare in Phuket! So if you are interested in hearing some, head It is interesting to see Frank Ocean top the sales down to 9 Degrees Sea Breeze at the Royal charts in the UK and USA. Also interesting is to see Phuket Marina on Saturday 10 September to see Catalog Albums by ELO and Bob Marley and the Wailers charting so high on the UK Album sales singer/songwriter Haroula Rose in action. charts! I guess good music is good music! Entry is a mere B500! Did you know that the best selling album of all Support original live music! time is Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
It has achieved sales of over 100 Million units! www.phuketacademyofperformingarts.com