Welcome to the Percussive Society, Australia Chapter
Welcome to our Australian Chapter website. Please feel free to post news worthy items and information here. I have listed all of our national representatives for you to communicate with. I look forward to working with all of our members and am excited to to introduce our Australian Chapter Advisory committee: Sergei Golovko (Victoria representative) apa@percussionacademy.com.au, Louise Devenish (WA representative) louisedevenish@gmail.com, Andrew Weiring (SA representative) andrew_wiering@hotmail.com, Mark Robinson (NSW representative) kramrob@hotmail.com. Finding relevance as a Chapter of this organization: Over the past 35 or so years I have often had discussions with people about the relevance of PAS here in Australia. For me involvement and participation in PAS is a no brainer! This is the only professional scholarly organization for people involved in percussion! We all agree that performing at a PASIC and contributing to Percussive Notes are uplifting and reaffirming events in our careers. I have been a member since 1976 and really cannot imaging ever not participating. Items such as our Australian Chapter Lifetime Achievement Awards (Richard Smith, Jim Bailey and Barry Quinn) and our various festivals, conferences and symposiums are enough to demonstrate our mutual respect admiration and commitment to our profession. It is only fitting that all of our students realize that belonging to a professional organization such as PAS is so much more that a magazine or website. For me it is affirmation that I am a valued member of an international organization that recognizes the noble art of percussion as a valued and respected professional life choice. If our students are enrolled in a course that is preparing them for a lifelong career in percussion what better way for them to confirm their pathway than belonging to this professional organization.
For 2012: State Days of Percussion: We now have enough mini festivals and events happening to the Australian Chapter of PAS as a supporting partner. I would like to build in eMemberships into registration at various events. This is an easy way to build chapter numbers as well as encourage younger percussionists to participate. It would be fantastic if we could each build into one of our events the notion of a PAS State Day of Percussion. Our chapter can assist in funding etc. This is It is a great way to value add to what we each already do!
Warm Regards Gary,
Gary France President, Australian Chapter Wk Tel: +61 2 6125 5753 Mobile phone in Australia 0410 68 5753 ICHAT / SKYPE address: garyfrance1@mac.com Fax: +61 2 6125 9775 Board of Directors, Percussive Arts Society International, 2006 - 2008 http://www.garyfrance.com/