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Stephen Robinson Guest of Honour's Speech for Their Wonderful Contributions Editors' Note Dear Members, We hope you all had a restful winter break after a productive second term. In this edition, we are very excited to include a number of member IN THIS ISSUE resource contributions as well as a wonderful report on the 72nd The Patron's Pen Barbara Sisley Awards honouring both AMEB and Trinity College of with Bruce Dawe AO London's top students. We encourage you to read the Guest of Honour Address by Matthew Backer that was enjoyed by all at the Awards. President's Report We would also like to direct members' attention to two upcoming 72ND BARBARA SISLEY events from ASCA and a special event honouring the art of AWARDS storytelling - more details on page 24-25 and page 28. Report Thank you to Lisa McKibben, Kathie Hendon and Stephen Robinson Guest of Honour's Speech for their wonderful contributions. More coming in our next edition! Programme Wishing you all a wonderful Term Three. ASCA IN ACTION Sunday 29 July, 2018 Talisa Pariss-Proby Katrina Roberts LITERARY LANDMARKS Mount Mandarana 2018 Recommended Fees Lesson charges are reviewed periodically by the CSPT Inc. Management Committee. SPECIAL PRESENTATION The latest review was undertaken in June 2018. Storytelling Afternoon It should be noted that individual teachers must set their own fees and the information SDANSW Seminar Report below is provided as a guide only. It is not intended as a scale of fees nor a minimum or maximum charge for lessons. Individual circumstances must be taken into consideration. REMEDIATION: Vocal Fry The Management Committee offers the following information having taken legal advice. Member Monologue The Association believes that (based upon comparable criteria and subject to individual experience, expertise and the costs of running a practice/office) reasonable lesson fees would be approximately: RESOURCE The 'Good Tickle Brain' QUALIFIED TEACHERS: Website $70.00 per hour for an individual lesson and $90.00 per hour for a group lesson. STUDENT TEACHERS WITH PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISION: 2018 EISTEDDFODAU $50.00 per hour for an individual lesson and $60.00 per hour for a group lesson. 2018 EXAMINING BODIES EISTEDDFOD ADJUDICATOR’S FEES: Removable Resource $210.00 for a three-hour session. 2 2018 Management Committee and Appointments For general enquiries, please email [email protected] PATRON Dr Bruce Dawe AO Immediate Past Annette Stoddart President 0412 731 152 President David Cockburn annette.m.stoddart 07 3890 8308 @gmail.com [email protected] Membership Rowena Luck-Geary Vice Presidents June Finney Officer (as above) 07 3397 1794 [email protected] Publications and Katrina Roberts Website Officer (as above) Helen Steele 0423 775 673 Referrals Officer Sarah Mitchell [email protected] (as above) Secretary Margaret Gallagher Archivist David Cockburn (Correspondence) 0404 019 212 (as above) [email protected] Quarterly Voice Talisa Pariss-Proby Secretary Maria Chamberlain Editors 0410 844 999 (Minutes) 07 3841 1675 [email protected] mandachamberlain @ozemail.com.au Katrina Roberts (as above) Treasurer Rowena Luck-Geary 07 3390 2332 Catering Officer Kathy Wilson [email protected] (as above) General Sarah Mitchell Committee 0418 759 274 Members [email protected] HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS Katrina Roberts The year in which Honorary Life 0434 631 685 [email protected] Membership of the CSPT Inc. was conferrred is indicated here. Kathy Wilson 07 3282 6672 Fay Muir (1998) [email protected] Beverley Langford (1998) Megan Shapcott June Finney (2004) 0414 724 301 Dr Jillian Clare (2006) [email protected] Beres Turner OAM (2006) Patsy McCarthy (2007) Pam Greatorix 07 3871 0488 Rowena Luck-Geary (2015) [email protected] Stephen Robinson (2016) 3 In Saying What You Don't Want to Hear "In Saying What You Don't Want to Hear" is Dr Bruce Dawe's contribution for the second edition of 'The Quarterly Voice' in 2018. for Liz I won’t say how wonderful you are since you don’t want to hear it, nor how beautiful you look when I know how you wear it --that garment of love and unending care that I can sense every day whether here or some ‘where’. Now, for you, even sleep can never be enough when the waves you are on are increasingly rough, though the wave of your hand in farewell speaks for me of the commitment that matches the depth of the sea. The Patron's Pen The Patron's 4 Dear Members, Report President’s I trust that Semester One has reached a happy conclusion for you and your students. I hope that you’ve survived without too many bouts of the cold or catching a bad dose of the dreaded flu. It’s now time for you to have a very well-deserved break! So, please sit back, rest and enjoy. On Saturday evening June 9th, the 72nd Barbara Sisley Awards were held in The Premiers’ Hall at Parliament House. Our Guest of Honour and Guest Speaker was actor Matthew Backer (a former Brisbane lad now based in Sydney). I was Matthew’s classroom Drama teacher (he graduated from Iona College in 2002) and I was delighted that he was able to accept the invitation to attend. He was an outstanding student. In preparing my introduction for Matthew, I delved into the College’s archives…. I had very fond memories of him but wondered if time had sweetened them a little too much? I discovered that my comment for him as a Year 8 Speech and Drama student was: “He is an excellent student and a very willing worker. His performance work shows promise. Well done.” Promise indeed! And by Year 12 Drama, my comment was: “An excellent student, who consistently forms complex dramatic action, presents with sensitivity and control, and responds with insight and fluency.” In his professional-life, his ‘report cards’ have echoed my comments; reviews by theatre critics have included statements like- “Backer shines in the play’s most demanding role” (Sydney Morning Herald), “a hugely intelligent actor” (Limelight), “Backer is one of our most compelling actors” (Time Out). I am very proud of his achievements. It seems that “excellent” was an apt descriptor! His Barbara Sisley speech was well-prepared and he has kindly allowed us to include a copy of the speech in this edition. Overall, it was a good evening of fine entertainment that was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who was fortunate enough to be able to attend. Special congratulations to our members whose students presented at the Awards. I would also like to especially acknowledge and thank the co-ordinators Helen Steele and June Finney. They did a wonderful job! In particular, I especially thank Helen for the mammoth task she undertook in contacting all of the awardees’ teachers and organising the event’s mountain of correspondence and paperwork, and the timetables and the like to ensure that the evening ran smoothly. It is certainly a very time consuming task that requires attention to detail, time and patience. Likewise, thanks to June for carefully selecting the awardees’ books to ensure their appropriateness and to Katrina Roberts for assisting in creating mail merges et cetera in order to help streamline the processes. Finally, thank-you to my fellow Committee Members for their contribution to the effective running of the evening. Since 2010 (64th Barbara Sisley Awards), The Premiers’ Hall at Parliament House has been ‘our home’ for the Awards and we hope this arrangement will continue in coming years. It is certainly a prestigious venue that reflects the importance of the event and the fact that our awardees come from all around our state. The programme for this year’s Barbara Sisley Awards appears in this edition of your QV. Apart from Sisley herself, these annual Awards commemorate and celebrate the contributions made by so many remarkable members of our society who gave so generously of their time and talents - Sister Mary Leonard, Gilbert Auriol Luck, Maggie Lovejoy, Blanche Lather, Maibry Wragge, Daphne Roemermann. These names must continue to be remembered and celebrated. 5 5 Congratulations to AMEB on their centenary! To mark this milestone, the AMEB engaged renowned musicologist, Dr Rita Crews OAM, to write a history of the organisation: A Centenary Celebration. The Australian Music Examination Board 1918 to 2018. The AMEB describes the publication as “a comprehensive and fascinating look at our journey from the point of federation in 1918 up to today. Featuring the personalities, syllabuses, certificates and education directions from the last 100 years plus lots of images and pictures discovered in the archives, this book is for all music education fans in Australia. The book’s foreword is written by Senator the Hon. Mitch Fifield, Minister for the Arts.” The book is available for purchase through the AMEB website (Price: $79.95). While the book may not contain any cliffhangers to propel the reader’s feverish excitement onto the next page, it nevertheless provides an accurate and valuable record of the organisation’s history and is handsomely presented. It charts the numerous advancements that have occurred in the AMEB’s history which also chart and reflect societal changes. In particular, you may find the following extracts rather interesting… The year – 1937, the debate – women examiners…. “Although the works of women composers had been recognised and included on the syllabus and the majority of teachers were women, a proposal to appoint women as examiners had been rejected outright for several years. The question arising was one of who had the better judgment, man or woman. However, the Board conducted a survey of teachers and schools throughout the country with a total number of 2,974 letters being sent out.
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