Our music students awarded State recognition

GATE Music students from the Class of 2016; Robyn Blann and Nicholas Stapleton, were the recipients of a performance prize awarded by the State School Teachers’ Union (SSTU) of WA at the Instrumental Music School Services.

Paul Bridge, Senior Vice President of the SSTU of WA, was delighted to be able to hand out this prize to such talented young musicians; “this prize is a celebration of the excellence in public education, we are very proud to be part of the sponsorship for this award” he said.

We would also like to acknowledge their Instrumental music teachers Tzvi Friedl and Nikki Turner who were present at the award ceremony and were incredibly proud of their students achievements.

Robyn was very happy to receive this award and believes that; “this is the perfect finale to my journey at Churchlands. I will always have fond memories of my time at school, it is such a great community”.

Nicholas was equally as pleased and said he felt “relaxed and very prepared on my performance, and I am glad I choose pieces that I really enjoyed playing. I am going to miss my community at Churchlands and that sense of belonging.”

Their parents were also present for the award ceremony and thanked the Music School at Churchlands; “we couldn’t have wished for a better education, the love and care at Churchlands is outstanding and they obvioulsy have put in a lot of effort”, they said.

From our school we would to wish them the best with their future endeavours.