MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
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Year Enrolled |
Achievement |
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Allen James |
1960 |
1969 Mus.B Victoria University. Won a scholarship to Brussels Conservatoire of music(Arts College), and won the title of Laurent de Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. Played the piano, organ, harmonium and harpsichord. The Mons Conservatoire have named a room after Allen to recognize his contribution. |
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Graeme Pidgeon |
1960 |
Bald Eagles |
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Bruce Sutton |
1961 |
Bald Eagles |
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Bruce Lynch |
1961 |
Instrumentalist- TVNZ Shows “Lets Go” & “C’mon” Cat Stevens, and Kate Bush NZ Music Awards- Producer of the Year 1981 (Dave McArtney and the Pink Flamingos) & 1986 (Peking Man) |
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Neil Cleaver |
1961 |
Washed Out Willie 1985 Album: “Skidmarks on the Soul” |
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Charlie Winter |
1963 |
Bald Eagles, Julius West, C W Conspiracy |
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Wayne Morris |
1963 |
Band: Gumboot Tango 2012 CD: "Gumboot Tango" Band: Te Kohikohinga (TKK) 2013 Single “Whakataka Te Hau” |
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Ray Keenan |
1964 |
Soul Agents |
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Keith Fitzpatrick |
1964 |
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Julius West
New Plymouth-based Julius West, formed in 1967 from two school bands (The Soul Agents and The Afterthought), was a drawcard in Taranaki until disbanding in 1969. With a progressive soul, rock and blues-focused repertoire, Julius West was the first in the region to include music from then new-to-the-world Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, and Cream, intermixed with Detroit R&B, and a range of trending heavier sounds from the likes of Deep Purple and Steppenwolf. The band also retained crowd-favourite elements of its earlier playlists (Beatles, Bee Gees, Spencer Davis, Rolling Stones, and CCR). Julius West played occasionally in Wellington and backed visiting artists including Larry Morris and the Chicks. Following some early line-up changes band members were Max McLeod (vocals), Wayne Cavaney (guitar), Charlie Winter (keyboards), Keith FitzPatrick (bass) and Grant Houston (drums). Following disbanding, individual members cut a four-track, regrettably low-quality, EP at a local recording studio.
(Written by Keith FitzPatrick)
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Wayne Cavaney |
1964 |
Julius West & Crosswinds |
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Jeff Cleaver |
1964 |
Julius West & Soul Agents |
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Alan Muggeridge |
1965 |
Gumboot Tango |
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Ross Halliday |
1966 |
Crosswinds & Out To Brunch |
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Alan Smith |
1966 |
Crosswinds Once Bitten 1983 winner “Battle of the Bands” The Clues |
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Stephen Muggeridge |
1967 |
Gumboot Tango |
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Garry Childs |
1968 |
Crosswinds |
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John (Choc) Eriwata |
1969 |
Crosswinds Once Bitten 1983 winner “Battle of the Bands” |
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Philip Bowering |
1969 |
1980 CD: “Elephunk in my Soup” Album: “Psychedelia Grooves” |
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Trevor Shaskey |
1973 |
C W Conspiracy |
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Grant Campbell |
1977 |
Kount Five Plus Two (1979-1983) |
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Anna Brown |
1978 |
The Zeros & Frantic Fossils |
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Scott Pearson |
1979 |
Elemeno (Drummer & Vocals) 2006 “Best group” N.Z. Music Awards 2003 “Love & Disrespect” 2005 “Trouble In Paradise” 2008 “Elemeno P” |
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Mary Amor |
1984 |
2015 CD: “Beautiful Love Songs” |
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Nigel Brand |
1987 |
Horror Story |
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Nathan Waipouri |
1989 |
Dark Water(Guitarist & vocals) 2010 EP 2012 Album: “Only When It Does It Will” |
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Victoria Girling-Butcher |
1991 |
Lucid 3 & Dave Dobbin (Guitarist & Vocalist” 2004 NZ TV Music Awards- “Best Independent Video Award” |
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Morgana Watson |
1991 |
Te Kohikohinga 2013 Single “Whakataka Te Hau” |
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Tobias Wright |
1993 |
Out To Brunch (Bass guitar) |
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Sylvester Stone |
2001 |
Rival State 2012 Album “Apollo Me” Little Band 2014 Album |
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Johannes Einarsson |
2001 |
Rival State 2012 Album “Apollo Me” |
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Stefan Einarsson |
2001 |
Rival State 2012 Album “Apollo Me” |
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Valdimar Einarsson |
2002 |
Rival State 2012 Album “Apollo Me” |
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Karl Raubenheimer |
2003 |
The Blistered Fingers |
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Jimmy Hick |
2003 |
The Blistered Fingers |
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Nimal Fernando |
2005 |
Rival State 2012 Album “Apollo Me” |
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Waru Waiwiri-Hetet |
2010 |
The Blistered Fingers |
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Lavinia Winter |
2007 |
Duo & Vocalist with Charlie Winter |
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Declan Doherty-Ramsay |
2007 |
Lucid Effect (Singer-songwriter) |
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Waikaia Tamehana |
2009 |
Te Kohikohinga 2013 Single “Whakataka Te Hau” |
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Simeon Crean |
2011 |
Rap name; Ezy Lyric 2019: Debut album:- "Dontforget" |
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Abby Christodoulou |
2012 |
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Duo: "Mae Valley" (2015-2017) 2015: Top 13- "The X Factor New Zealand" Singles: “Brightside” and “Glitter” 2016 EP “Mae Valley” 2017 Video “Turns Out” Soloist: 2019 Single "Body Language" 2023 Single: "Note To Self" |
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Sian Fenwick |
2018 |
Hungry Violets 2018 1st place Taranaki Rockquest Regional Winner MAINZ Musicianship |