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St Paul’s embraces Kapa Haka 16 September 2016 There is more to St Paul’s Collegiate School’s Kapa Haka group than first meets the eye. Read more
International tour helps inspire Hamilton soloist 8 September 2016 Hamilton student Katie Trigg was centre-stage on tour with the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir. Read more
ITM Music Festival successes 24 August 2016 It was nothing but success for St Paul’s Collegiate School’s Orchestra, Big Band and guitar group that won two gold medals and a bronze respectively at the Waikato ITM Music Festival on Friday 26 August. Read more
Musicians impress adjudicator at district competition 9 June 2016 St Paul’s Collegiate School students competed at the district Chamber Music Competition at the University of Waikato Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts this week with the aim of progressing through to the regional competition. Read more
Tuning up for international appearance 30 March 2016 Two Hamilton students are part of the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Choir which has top billing at a renowned global event in Canada. Read more
St Paul’s student joins symphony orchestra 23 March 2016 Hamilton teenager Victoria Chanwai is something of an old hand on the violin. Read more
Violinist to play for NZ Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra 22 February 2016 Victoria Chanwai has been selected as a 1st violinists for the 2016 NZ Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra (NZSSSO). Read more
Performers shine at New Zealand ARIA Competition 4 November 2015 Three St Paul’s Collegiate School students – Katie Trigg (Year 12), Aidan Phillips (Year 11) and Geordie Migo (Year 12) – performed at New Zealand ARIA, the national classical singing competition for secondary school and tertiary aged students, held in Rotorua in early November. Read more
Organist sought after by Waikato University 3 November 2015 St Paul’s Collegiate School student Jonathan Mayer was awarded a University of Waikato Hillary Scholarship valued at $50,000 for his academic ability, commitment to community service and, most importantly, his musical ability on the organ and piano. Read more
Music talent attracts big scholarship offers 29 October 2015 2015 was a year in the spotlight for singer-songwriter and Head Girl Zoe Lapwood who showed real promise for a career in the music industry. Read more
Rock ‘N’ Roll rains success 28 October 2015 Jessica Crow strapped on her dancing shoes over the Labour Day weekend to Rock ‘N’ Roll at the Senior National Rock ‘N’ Roll Championships in the restricted, triples and same sex categories. Read more
National Bronze Awards for music students 24 June 2015 St Paul’s Collegiate School students Emi Ng and Michael Torrance have been awarded National Bronze Awards for the 2015 NZCT Chamber Music Contest. Read more
Debut CD and video for talented musician 22 June 2015 Zoe Lapwood loves her music. Read more
Violinist to play for New Zealand Secondary Schools Orchestra 23 March 2015 Emi Ng has been selected as a violinist for the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Symphony Orchestra (NZSSSO). Read more
A musical treat at Switzer 20 January 2015 Fifteen-year-old Katie Trigg (Year 12) is blessed with real talent, and is always happy to share it with the old folk at Kaitaia rest home Switzer Residential Care. Read more
Student dances in Phantom of the Opera 4 November 2014 Sarah Kosoof danced in all 19 shows of Phantom of the Opera when the stage show visited Hamilton in early 2014. Read more
John Penyas represented in the NZCT National Chamber Music Semi-Finals 29 August 2014 Year 13 student and Deputy Head of School, John Penyas, represented St Paul’s at the National semi-finals of the NZCT Chamber Music contest in Christchurch in early August. Read more
Student wins songwriting competition 12 August 2014 Zoe Lapwood (Year 12) has been announced as a finalist of the Lion Foundation’s Songwriting Competition, which this year attracted the biggest field of entries in the competition’s history. Read more
Good vibes at concert 7 August 2014 Teenage rock band The Drunken Sailors plan to bring the house down at this year’s Good Vibrations family musical extravaganza organised by St Paul’s Collegiate. Read more
Head Girl wins five music awards at Hamilton Competitions 18 July 2014 Head Girl Jess Chanwai competed in the strings section of the Hamilton Competitions on Saturday 5 July at St Peter’s School Cambridge. Read more

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