Awards Showcase
The Australian Performing Arts Teachers Association invites you to take a look at why St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace, QLD took the APATA National Performing Arts School of the Year Award. Cultural Director Matt Cocking and his teaching team create amazing opportunities for their young men, enabling them to grow and transform through creative arts …
2023 APATA National Performing Arts School of the Year Winner: St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace, QLD. St Joseph’s College is a leader in music education. Young men are encouraged and provided the opportunity to explore all forms of music. St Joseph’s College delivers a remarkable program where ‘The Terrace Performing Arts’ pedagogical approach identifies …
2023 APATA Performing Arts Student of the Year Winner Oscar Bridges – Pulteney Grammar School, South Australia Oscar Bridges’ vocation and dedication for the performing arts is heartfelt. As a leader in his performing arts community, Oscar seizes every opportunity to develop his talents and craft both on and off the stage. This extends …
2023 APATA National Performing Arts Teacher of the Year Winner: Amy Tinning – Branches Performing Arts, Co Stars Dance Company, Dirty Feet Outback Dance Festival. Leading the way in regional performing arts, Amy Tinning at Branches Performing Arts based in North West Queensland embraces and practices dance ‘no matter where you are’. Amy is committed …
On behalf of the Australian Performing Arts Teachers Association we would like to send a big thank you to Judy Potter, Chair of Adelaide Festival Board and Director, Musica Viva for presenting the Student of the Year award to our winner Oscar Bridges in Adelaide this last week.. Pulteney Grammar School, winners of the 2022 …
The Australian Performing Arts Teachers Association was fortunate to catch up with Julia Creek-based Amy Tinning at BPAC, to present her with the Teacher of the Year award while there supporting two of her outback dancers, Lucy and Madeline during the competition. Acknowledging not only the amazing teamwork of her Deputy Principal Tammy Gordon and …
JUDGES COMMENT: With a 175-year history Pulteney Grammar School demonstrates significant success throughout its history and certainly for the present award year. With a dedicated team of teachers, this school has reinvented their performing arts program, introduced new and innovative co-curricular groups with a song writing club, DJ school, musical theatre troupe and three drama …
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JUDGES COMMENT: Ms Amanda Waddell is an exceptional arts and culture teacher balancing teaching across multiple performance disciplines with health and wellbeing. A teacher who is driven by a passion for the performing arts and care for the school community as a whole. Ms Amanda Wardell has implemented programming across the arts department with consideration …
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JUDGES COMMENT: An exceptional student with a broad view of the performing arts that captures a passion for traditional culture through to embracing hip hop. Leilani leads and runs the schools hip hop crew dance group as well as works across dance, musical theatre and contemporary works. Leilani is a leader in all she embraces …
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Pulteney Grammar School certainly put on a show for their end of term assembly and APATA Award presentation. Thank you to The Honourable Andrea Michaels MP, South Australia’s Minister for the Arts, for attending and presenting Pulteney Head of Performing Arts, Mr Jonathon Rice, with the 2022 APATA National Performing Arts School of the Year …
