High Achievers
Each year, AMEB SA & NT celebrates achievement across all the syllabuses. Up to 50 prizes are awarded, Diplomas are conferred, and presentations are made to those who have completed their Certificate qualifications.
Browse through previous high achievers below, by year.
Diploma and Certificate graduates
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2023
Name 2023 Diploma
* denotes With DistinctionSerena Duke AMusA Piano Heidi Ruohua Gong AMusA Piano Susie Greco AMusA Piano Catherine Heuzenroeder AMusA Piano Marissa Kha AMusA Flute Jeffery Leung AMusA Piano Samantha Li AMusA Violin Tobias Lloyd AMusA Piano Ashton Milton-Hine AMusA Piano Maicher Ren AMusA Piano Luca Shin AMusA Violin James Skelton AMusA Piano* Amy Song AMusA Flute* Lydia Tokareff AMusA Piano Rafael Iñigo Velasco AMusA Cello* Mei Chi Wong AMusA Violin Royce Wong AMusA Flute Tiger Wu AMusA Saxophone* Xinran Shu LMusA Piano James Skelton LMusA Clarinet* Amy Song LMusA Piano Connor Whyte LMusA Classical Guitar Jonathan Wong LMusA Piano Joey Yan LMusA Piano Jaxon Finch DipRSL Level 4 Professional Diploma (Performance) Maixence Williams DipRSL Level 4 Professional Diploma (Performance) Matt Jorgensen LRSL Level 6 Professional Diploma (Performance) -
2022
Name 2022 Diploma
* denotes With DistinctionJames Skelton AMusA Clarinet* Elaine Chen AMusA Flute Gemma Vice AMusA Flute* Marco Callisto AMusA Piano Sophie Kerwood AMusA Piano* Olivia Lau AMusA Piano Amy Song AMusA Piano* Yong Wu AMusA Piano* Joey Yan AMusA Piano Zoe Heath AMusA Singing Joaquin Iñigo Velasco AMusA Violin Tina Algeri LMusA Piano Samantha Li LMusA Piano* Yifei Mu LMusA Piano Jude Owens-Fleetwood LMusA Violin Victoria Tyllis Associate in Speech & Performance (ASPA) Alison Hams LRSL Level 6 Professional Diploma (Creative Enterprise) Luke Ridley LRSL Level 6 Professional Diploma (Performance) Jacob Schilling LRSL Level 6 Professional Diploma (Performance) Ali Dunbar LRSL Level 6 Professional Diploma (Teaching) -
2021
Name 2021 Diploma
* denotes With DistinctionPaula Custodio AMusA Flute* Jacqueline Gilbert AMusA Piano Julie Guo AMusA Piano Alindia Liu AMusA Piano Xinyi Luo AMusA Piano Guanhong Peng AMusA Piano Xinran Shu AMusA Piano Jonathan Wong AMusA Piano Zakelli Xie AMusA Piano James Yip AMusA Piano Georgia Zhang AMusA Piano Erna Berberyan AMusA Singing Sterling Rieck AMusA Viola Dinih Huang AMusA Violin Jude Owens-Fleetwood AMusA Violin Marlon Kha LMusA Clarinet David Gigger LMusA Organ Belinda Ong LMusA Piano Hannah Wang LMusA Piano* Matt Jorgensen LRSL Level 6 Professional Diploma (Teaching) -
2020
Name 2020 Diploma
* denotes With DistinctionTheo Tran AMusA Cello Caleb Zachary Christian AMusA Cello Marlon Kha AMusA Clarinet Aleisha Ricketts AMusA Flute* Alieysha Dulcie Nicholls AMusA Musical Theatre Jacob Wilson AMusA Piano Mitchell Lloyd AMusA Piano Juntian Zheng AMusA Piano Samantha Li AMusA Piano Alexander Thomas Forbes AMusA Piano Jasmine Milton AMusA Violin Haneulle Lovell AMusA Violin* Matt Jorgensen DipRSL Bass Level 4 Oska Kumnick LRSL Electric Guitar Level 6* -
2019
Name 2019 Diploma
(* denotes With Distinction)Lewis Michael Blanchard AMusA Clarinet Jenny Hu AMusA Flute * Ryan David Taylor AMusA Piano Joseph Yuan AMusA Piano Eric Makoto Chen AMusA Piano Hannah Yun Ying Wang AMusA Piano* Alannah Le Pham AMusA Saxophone Sarah Morgan Downs AMusA Singing Gina Xujing Wang AMusA Violin Daisy Elliott AMusA Violin Eric Makoto Chen AMusA Violin Cheri Wong AMusA Violin* Robert Matthews Wallace LMusA Violin James Alistair Monro LMusA Cello Simon Do Associate in Professional Communication (APCA) Luke Bevis Ridley Rockschool Bass (Level 4) DipRSL Jacob Schilling Rockschool Drums (Level 4) DipRSL Oska Kumnick Rockschool Guitar (Level 4) DipRSL Matt Jorgensen Rockschool Vocals (Level 4) DipRSL -
2018
Name 2018 Diploma
(* denotes With Distinction)Emma Rosemarie Smith AMusA Accordion Stradella* James Alistair Monro AMusA Cello Margaret Alexandra Carney AMusA Cello Jack Benjamin Overall AMusA Cello Sarah Ruth Leard AMusA Flute Selina Linh-Thao Tran AMusA Piano Jillian Tan AMusA Piano Xizi Wang AMusA Piano Brendan Qin Hui Lu AMusA Piano David Martin Goodwin AMusA Piano Caleb Edward Lavery-Brook LMusA Classical Guitar Frederic Roland Mark Joyner LMusA Theory of Music (Orchestration & Arrangement) Kelli Ritson ADPA Performer Georgia Helen Broomhall ADPA Teacher
Award and Prize recipients
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2023
Prize 2023 Recipient Licentiate Prize James Skelton Associate Prize Amy Song AMEB Grade 2 Brass ABODA Prize Lohit Byka AMEB Grade 2 Woodwind ABODA Prize Yahong Collins AMEB Grade 2 String Performance AUSTA Prize Gregory Anderson AMEB & AGSA Student Collaborative Pianist Award Xinyi Luo AUSTA String Award Tim Tran David Merchant Prize Teresa Kennedy George Pearce Memorial Award Oscar Ma Jean Adelaide Madeline Dent Prize Joaquin Iñigo Velasco Thelma Dent AMEB Prize Mingjun Yu Grade 7 (for Leisure) Scholarship Finn Hagen Grade 7 (Traditional) Scholarship Qingyuan Liu Piano Grade 4 Prize Charlotte Chen Piano Grade 5 Prize Baxter Nickolai Piano Grade 6 Prize Danni Wang Piano Grade 7 Prize Esther Cicchiello Piano Grade 8 Prize Mia Huang Piano Certificate of Performance Prize Teresa Kennedy Piano for Leisure Grade 4 Prize Jacinta Wang Piano for Leisure Grade 5 Prize Mingxuan Zhang Piano for Leisure Grade 6 Prize Elisa Tan Piano for Leisure Grade 7 Prize Ruby Barlow Piano for Leisure Grade 8 Prize Keira Gawler Violin Grade 4 Prize Xingyu Chen Violin Grade 6 Prize Charles Pan Violin Grade 7 Prize Natalie Low Viola Grade 6 Prize Courtney Fu Double Bass Grade 4 Prize Serena Rangai Double Bass Grade 5 Prize Serena Rangai Classical Guitar Grade 8 Prize Yuze Li Flute Grade 6 Prize Jessica Mah Flute Certificate of Performance Prize James Le Horn Grade 6 Prize Lok Chun Hui Horn Grade 8 Prize Matilda Chu Trombone Grade 4 Prize Joshua Fuller Trumpet Grade 5 Prize Xavier Lim Trumpet Grade 7 Prize Elinor Hughes Musical Theatre Grade 4 Prize Gracie Cheung Musical Theatre Grade 5 Prize Mackenzie Wilkes Singing Grade 7 Prize Max Junge Singing Grade 8 Prize Nicholas Hockley Singing for Leisure Grade 4 Prize Rosh Bulalet Trumpet Grade 5 Prize Hannah Connolly Speech & Performance Grade 6 Prize Mikaela Lappas Voice & Communication Grade 8 Prize Amelia Trott Certificate of Voice & Communication Prize Isaac Yu Rockschool Grade 4 Prize Mia Luppino Rockschool Grade 6 Prize Mia Freeman Rockschool Grade 7 Prize Aidan Salmon Theory of Music Grade 4 Prize Zoe Koerber Theory of Music Grade 5 Prize Marissa Kha Theory of Music Grade 6 Prize Joey Yan Musicianship Grade 4 Prize Yicheng Liu Musicianship Grade 5 Prize Florentina Piao
Yuxian Cai
Many thanks to the music retail sponsors for 2023 grade prizes:
PianoMax, Print Music Works, Size Music, Presto Music, Billy Hyde Music, Adelaide Symphony Orchesta, Australian String Quartet, Musica Viva Australia and the Elder Conservatorium of Music.
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2022
Prize 2022 Recipient AMEB Grade 2 Brass ABODA Prize Laura Le Cornu AMEB Grade 2 String Performance AUSTA Prize Wenna Yue AMEB Grade 2 Woodwind ABODA Prize Eloise Keller Associate Prize Sophie Kerwood Cello Grade 7 Prize Connor Teh Certificate in Speech & Performance Prize Ania Nicholson Classical Guitar Grade 6 Prize Ari Michael-Roubos Classical Guitar Grade 7 Prize Nabil Humphrey David Merchant Prize Xiaoyu Tan Flute Grade 8 Prize James Le George Pearce Memorial Award Mia Huang Grade 7 (for Leisure) Scholarship Yenna Joyce Grade 7 (Traditional) Scholarship Zhenshen Li Jean Adelaide Madeline Dent Prize Adina Lopez Licentiate Prize Samantha Li Musical Theatre Grade 4 Prize Patrick Longden Musical Theatre Grade 6 Prize Joey Haenen Musicianship Grade 4 Prize Emily (Ziyao) Gao Musicianship Grade 5 Prize Evelyn Broad
Gina Edwin
Oboe Certificate of Performance Prize Jade Elsdon Piano Certificate of Performance Prize Xiaoyu Tan Piano for Leisure Grade 4 Prize Audrey Lee Piano for Leisure Grade 5 Prize Aiesha Kowald Piano for Leisure Grade 6 Prize Hannah Buxton Piano for Leisure Grade 7 Prize Luke Bruno Piano for Leisure Grade 8 Prize Evan Mewett Piano Grade 4 Prize Josiah Spode Piano Grade 5 Prize Samantha Paltridge Piano Grade 6 Prize Lucas Chung Piano Grade 7 Prize Lanah Baker Piano Grade 8 Prize Lucas Truong Rockschool Drums Grade 5 Prize Mia Freeman Rockschool Electric Guitar Grade 4 Prize Timothy Blackburn Rockschool Electric Guitar Grade 8 Prize Tom Pitt Rockschool Vocals Grade 4 Prize Kaitlyn Lusty Rockschool Vocals Grade 5 Prize Leanne Willsmore Saxophone Grade 4 Prize Yufan Chen Saxophone Grade 6 Prize Sonali Jesudason Saxophone Grade 7 Prize Alisha Roberts Speech & Performance Grade 4 Prize Alyssa Castello Thelma Dent AMEB Prize Yilin Gu Theory of Music Grade 4 Prize Catherine Heuzenroeder Theory of Music Grade 5 Prize Joey Yan Trombone Grade 4 Prize Ethan Buckoke Trumpet Grade 4 Prize Raghav Saim Trumpet Grade 5 Prize Hannah Connolly Trumpet Grade 6 Prize Elinor Hughes Viola Grade 5 Prize Michael LePera Viola Grade 7 Prize Guanbo Wang Violin Grade 4 Prize Summer Wong Violin Grade 7 Prize Emily Yang Violin Grade 8 Prize Xinran Yingying Shu Many thanks to the music retail sponsors for 2022 grade prizes:
Print Music Works, Size Music, PianoMax, Billy Hyde Music, Presto Music, Winston Music, Adelaide Youth Orchestras, Adelaide Symphony Orchesta, Australian String Quartet, Musica Viva Australia, Adelaide Festival Centre, and Kawai.
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2021
Prize 2021 Recipient AMEB & AGSA Student Collaborative Pianist Award Theo Tran AMEB Grade 2 Brass ABODA Prize Peter Harvey AMEB Grade 2 String Performance AUSTA Prize Anna Luo AMEB Grade 2 Woodwind ABODA Prize Oliver Durkin Associate Prize Paula Custodio AUSTA String Award Sterling Rieck Cello Grade 5 Prize Annabelle Tan Classical Guitar Grade 4 Prize Raghav Saim Classical Guitar Grade 8 Prize Giulio Mucci David Merchant Prize Lanah Baker Flute Grade 6 Prize Yuno Sakabe George Pearce Memorial Award Ella Ma Grade 7 (for Leisure) Scholarship Yuhui Jian Grade 7 (Traditional) Scholarship Riki Goble Horn Grade 7 Prize Matilda Chu Jean Adelaide Madeline Dent Prize Jude Owens-Fleetwood Licentiate Prize Hannah Wang Musical Theatre Grade 5 Prize Joey Haenen Musical Theatre Grade 6 Prize Charlotte Lawrence Oboe Grade 5 Prize Ulani Rangai Piano Certificate of Performance Prize Kostas Tsekouras Piano Grade 4 Prize Aaron Liu Piano Grade 5 Prize Melson Shi Piano Grade 6 Prize Josephine Moore Piano Grade 7 Prize Haoyu Yan Piano Grade 8 Prize Jerrie Wu Rockschool Drums Grade 4 Prize Callan Threadgold Rockschool Drums Grade 6 Prize Freya Copeman Rockschool Vocals Grade 5 Prize Megan Thompson Rockschool Vocals Grade 8 Prize Maixence Williams Saxophone Certificate of Performance Prize Liliya Steel Saxophone Grade 4 Prize Jaihui Zhang Saxophone Grade 5 Prize Sonali Jesudason Saxophone Grade 6 Prize Ava Thomson Saxophone Grade 8 Prize Johnny Turner Speech & Performance Grade 5 Prize Alexandra Pink Speech & Performance Grade 6 Prize Lauren Agnew Thelma Dent AMEB Prize Kathleen Lawler Theory of Music Grade 4 Prize Jonathan Harris
Frank Shen
Theory of Music Grade 5 Prize Jackson Mickley Trumpet Grade 6 Prize Marco Rugari Viola Grade 8 Prize Lanlang Xu Violin Certificate of Performance Prize Jeanne Lombard Violin Grade 4 Prize Lucas Truong Violin Grade 5 Prize Lucas Chung Violin Grade 6 Prize Gigi Osborn Violin Grade 8 Prize Ubonwan (Lily) Hewlett Voice & Communication Certificate Prize Ava Battiston Many thanks to the music retail sponsors for 2021 grade prizes:
PianoMax, Size Music, Presto Music, Print Music Works, Winston Music and Derringers.
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2020
Prize 2020 Recipient AMEB & AGSA Student Collaborative Pianist Award Teresa Kennedy AMEB Grade 2 Brass ABODA Prize Marco Rugari AMEB Grade 2 String Performance AUSTA Prize William Russo AMEB Grade 2 Woodwind ABODA Prize Isabella Little AUSTA String Award Caleb Christian Cello Certificate of Performance Prize Isabelle Yu Cello Grade 6 Prize Jasmin Baker Clarinet Grade 4 Prize Tian (Audrey) Ming Classical Guitar Grade 7 Prize Giulio Mucci David Merchant Prize Zitong Wang Flute Grade 4 Prize Lily Johnson George Pearce Memorial Award Xiaoyu Tan Grade 7 (for Leisure) Scholarship Jennifer Ngo Grade 7 Scholarship Jade Elsdon Jean Adelaide Madeline Dent Prize Haneulle Lovell Licentiate Prize Lauren Borg Musical Theatre Grade 4 Prize Zara Hower Musicianship Grade 4 Prize Samantha Brookman Musicianship Grade 5 Prize Franz Antenor Oboe Grade 8 Prize Jade Elsdon Piano For Leisure Grade 4 Prize Caydence Bussenschutt Piano For Leisure Grade 5 Prize Andrea Duff Piano for Leisure Grade 6 Prize Kate Todd Piano for Leisure Grade 7 Prize Skye Symonds Piano For Leisure Grade 8 Prize Ethan Li Piano Grade 4 Prize Jacob Christou Piano Grade 5 Prize Ryan Nie Piano Grade 6 Prize Abby Yang Piano Grade 7 Prize Victoria Phan Piano Grade 8 Prize Tobias Lloyd Rockschool Bass Guitar Grade 6 Prize Angus Holmes Rockschool Drums Grade 5 Prize Jacob Thomas Rockschool Drums Grade 8 Prize Liam Neagle Rockschool Vocals Grade 7 Prize Maixence Williams Saxophone Grade 4 Prize Phoebe Koh Saxophone Grade 5 Prize Ava Thomson Singing Certificate of Performance Prize Leah McGeorge Singing for Leisure Grade 4 Prize William Heuzenroeder Singing Grade 4 Prize Max Junge Singing Grade 6 Prize Trishna Menon Speech & Performance Grade 6 Prize Mia Ferraretto Speech & Performance Grade 8 Prize Kara Jenkins Thelma Dent AMEB Prize Tobias Lloyd Theory of Music Grade 4 Prize David Zhang Theory of Music Grade 5 Prize Kristopher Man Trombone Grade 4 Prize Binh Le Trombone Grade 8 Prize Archer Bryett Viola Grade 5 Prize Binh Le Viola Grade 8 Prize Sterling Rieck Violin Grade 4 Prize Aiyana Ishino Violin Grade 5 Prize Sarah Gomez Violin Grade 6 Prize Hannah Gomez Violin Grade 7 Prize Lily Hewlett Violin Grade 8 Prize Jude Owens-Fleetwood Voice & Communication Grade 4 Prize Jenna Agnew -
2019
Prize 2019 Recipient Associate Prize Blanchard, Lewis Michael AUSTA String Award Monro, James Alistair (Cello LMusA) Eva Lines Memorial Prize Loveday, Lillian Jaye David Merchant Prize Goh, Shanna George Pearce Memorial Award Wong, Royce Keane Jean Adelaide Madeline Dent Scholarship Wong, Cheri Thelma Dent AMEB Piano Scholarship Tsagareli, Irakli George 7th Grade Scholarship Classical Kennedy, Teresa Evelyn 7th Grade Scholarship for Leisure Au, Hubert Wing Hok ABODA Brass Prize Mitchell, Will ABODA Woodwind Prize Mah, Sarah Le-Fei AUSTA Grade 2 Strings Prize Siow, Jonathan Piano Certificate of Performance Forbes, Alexander Thomas Piano Eighth Grade Black, Edmund Robert Tadeusz Piano Seventh Guo, Jinghan Julie Piano Sixth Tan, Xiaoyu Piano Fifth Truong, Lucas Piano Fourth Yen, Eva Keqing Piano for leisure Eighth Wang, Bill Minghao Piano for Leisure Seventh Zorzi, Jordan Piano for Leisure Sixth Baylas, Yzzamin Loriel Piano for Leisure Fifth Williams, Callum Piano for Leisure Fourth Marton, Olivia Anne Violin Certificate of Performance Huang, Dinih Violin Seventh Lombard, Jeanne Mignonne Violin Sixth Hewlett, Ubonwan (Lily) Yothakaree Violin Fifth Kennedy, Alanna Marise Viola Seventh Tan, Justine Cello Eighth Christian, Caleb Zachary Cello Fourth Strelan, Samuel Isaac Flute Fifth Boffa, Nicholas Morrish Clarinet Seventh Challender, Claire Elizabeth Clarinet Sixth Little, Caitlin Alice Bassoon Grade 4 McBride, Angus Charles Saxophone Grade 4 Katz, Fallon Saxophone Grade 6 Steel, Liliya Grace Belej Trumpet Grade 5 Williams, Loyd Ciuk Trumpet Grade 7 Taylor, Liam Oliver Singing Fourth Pett, Rupert Singing Sixth Loveday, Lillian Jaye Singing Certificate of Performance Heath, Zoe Belinda Musical Theatre Grade 4 Goodburn, Aliyah Speech and Performance Sixth Nicholson, Ania Speech and Performance Fifth Singhal, Gunin Voice and Communication Fifth Bogdan, Anna Rockschool Vocals Grade 4 Thomson, Danielle Rockschool Drums Grade 4 Freeman, Mia Rockschool Drums Grade 8 Vanderzon, Luke Christopher Rockschool Electric Guitar Dip Level 6 Kumnick, Oska Theory of Music Grade 4 Forbes, Alexander Thomas Musicianship Grade 4 Pham, Amy My-An Musicianship Grade 5 Kha, Marlon Music Craft Grade 4 Monro, Alexander Henry -
2018
Prize 2018 Recipient 7th Grade Scholarship Classical Theo Tran 7th Grade Scholarship for Leisure Elizabeth Phan AMEB Student Accompanist Award Elijah John Shepherd Chopin Prize
(Grade 7 prize only offered in 2018)Eric Deng Licentiate Prize Brandon Lorenz Bartholomeusz Associate Prize Emma Rosemarie Smith Eva Lines Memorial Prize Tabitha Grace Zdanowicz Thelma Dent AMEB Piano Scholarship Alexander Thomas Forbes George Pearce Memorial Award Odette Biggs David Merchant Prize Royce Keane Wong ABODA Brass Prize Marco Rugari ABODA Woodwind Prize James Bowen AUSTA Grade 2 Strings Prize Siobhan Alexis Tsang Piano Eighth Grade William Joel Matthew Quinn Rompis Piano Seventh Jasmine Diem Huong Do Piano Sixth Kathleen Emily Lawler Piano Fifth ames David Skelton Piano Fourth Thuy-An Banh Piano for Leisure Seventh Brontë Jennifer Marie Fitzgibbons Piano for Leisure Sixth Ty Robinson Piano for Leisure Fifth Victoria Nguyen Thanh Phan Piano for Leisure Fourth Sarah Le-Fei Mah Violin Seventh Bobby Zeng Violin Sixth Karmen Divia Tang Violin Fourth Alanna Marise Kennedy Viola Eighth Timothy Rajan Naylor Viola Seventh Samvel Maruke Berberyan Cello Eighth Isabelle Sing Shian Yu Cello Sixth Rafael Inigo Cabaddu Velasco Double Bass Sixth Lyora Yng Lee Classical Guitar LMusA Caleb Lavery-Brook Classical Guitar Sxith Kalarni Leonard-Down Flute Seventh Gemma Vice Flute Sixth Jessica Sallis Clarinet Cert of Perf Lewis Michael Blanchard Clarinet Eighth Tikva Barton Clarinet Sixth Madeline Elise Clegg Sax Cert of Perf Williams, Eton Ciuk Saxophone Eighth Blake Andrew Dutschke Lindner Oboe Sixth Lara Kayla Berberyan Trumpet Seventh Patrick John Squire Singing Fifth Georgina Louise Gross Singing Fourth Jules Sheedy Drama and Performance Sixth Kiara Hamilton-Smith Drama and Performance Fourth Mia Charlotte Ferraretto Voice and Communication Fourth Thinesa Lakni Jayalath Theory Fourth William Patrick Madden Rockschool Grade 6 Drums Liam Neagle -
2017 and prior