MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

 

Name

Year Enrolled

Achievement

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.

Graeme Pidgeon

1960

Bald Eagles

Bruce Sutton

1961

Bald Eagles

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)

Neil Cleaver

1961

Washed Out Willie

1985 Album: “Skidmarks on the Soul”

Charlie Winter

1963

Bald Eagles, Julius West, C W Conspiracy

Wayne Morris

1963

Band: Gumboot Tango

2012 CD: "Gumboot Tango"

Band: Te Kohikohinga (TKK)

2013 Single “Whakataka Te Hau”

Ray Keenan

1964

Soul Agents

Keith Fitzpatrick

1964

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)

Wayne Cavaney

1964

Julius West & Crosswinds

Jeff Cleaver

1964

Julius West & Soul Agents

Alan Muggeridge

1965

Gumboot Tango

Ross Halliday

1966

Crosswinds & Out To Brunch

Alan Smith

1966

Crosswinds

Once Bitten  1983 winner “Battle of the Bands”

The Clues

Stephen Muggeridge

1967

Gumboot Tango

Garry Childs

1968

Crosswinds

John (Choc) Eriwata

1969

Crosswinds

Once Bitten  1983 winner “Battle of the Bands”

Philip Bowering

1969

1980 CD: “Elephunk in my Soup”

Album: “Psychedelia Grooves”

Trevor Shaskey

1973

C W Conspiracy

Grant Campbell

1977

Kount Five Plus Two (1979-1983)
Latitude Blues Band

Anna Brown

1978

The Zeros & Frantic Fossils

Scott Pearson

1979

Elemeno (Drummer & Vocals)

2006 “Best group” N.Z. Music Awards

2003 “Love & Disrespect”

2005 “Trouble In Paradise”

2008  “Elemeno P”

Mary Amor

1984

2015 CD: “Beautiful Love Songs”

Nigel Brand

1987

Horror Story

Nathan Waipouri

1989

Dark Water(Guitarist & vocals)

2010  EP

2012 Album: “Only When It Does It Will”

Victoria Girling-Butcher

1991

Lucid 3 & Dave Dobbin (Guitarist & Vocalist”

2004   NZ TV Music Awards-

“Best Independent Video Award”

Morgana Watson

1991

Te Kohikohinga

2013 Single “Whakataka Te Hau”

Tobias Wright

1993

Out To Brunch (Bass guitar)

Sylvester Stone

2001

Rival State  2012 Album “Apollo Me”

Little Band  2014 Album

Johannes Einarsson

2001

Rival State   2012 Album “Apollo Me”

Stefan Einarsson

2001

Rival State   2012 Album “Apollo Me”

Valdimar Einarsson

2002

Rival State   2012 Album “Apollo Me”

Karl Raubenheimer

2003

The Blistered Fingers

Jimmy Hick

2003

The Blistered Fingers

Nimal Fernando

2005

Rival State   2012 Album “Apollo Me”

Waru Waiwiri-Hetet

2010

The Blistered Fingers

Lavinia Winter

2007

Duo & Vocalist with Charlie Winter

Declan Doherty-Ramsay

2007

Lucid Effect (Singer-songwriter)

Waikaia Tamehana

2009

Te Kohikohinga

2013 Single “Whakataka Te Hau”

Simeon Crean

2011

Rap name; Ezy Lyric

2019: Debut album:- "Dontforget"

Abby Christodoulou

2012

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"
         Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWnl9+CroRK

Sian Fenwick

2018

Hungry Violets

2018 1st place Taranaki Rockquest Regional

Winner MAINZ Musicianship