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2025 Performing Arts, Design & Creative Technologies Awards

On Friday evening 31 October, we held our annual Performing Arts, Design & Creative Technologies Awards to recognise the outstanding achievements of our students.

As Director of Performing Arts, Ms Jo Cakebread, mentioned in her closing speech, the Cultural Cornerstone has been thriving throughout the year. 

Our girls should be incredibly proud of their efforts, dedication and achievements. Thank you to our staff and tutors who provide their expertise and time to support our students and provide them with wonderful opportunities. 

Photos capturing the award winners are available to view and download below.

2025 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Visual & Performing Arts Committee

Head of Archives, Front of House and Promotion and Joint Head of 7/8 Choir: Elsie Plummer
Art Tutors: Amy McLennan and Clara Norman
Head of Chamber Music: Jess Hudson
Head of Chapel Choir and Joint Head of Music: Mami Koizumi
Joint Head of Dance and Head of Flute Choir: Caitlyn Stillman
Head of Debating: Elenor Walsh
Head of Design: Grace Carlson
Head of Drama and Joint Head of Improvisers: Aria Le Lievre
Joint Head of Improvisers: Coco Brown
Head of Kapa Haka: Hinewai-Moana Papuni-Joe
Deputy Head of Kapa Haka: Sophie Storrar
Head of Kapa Haka Performance: Tiana Marsden
Joint Head of Music and Head of Rock Band: Louisa Openshaw
Head of Orchestra: Yuna Tsang
Head of Photography: Sophie Price
Service Prefect and Technical Help: Libby Jackson
Joint Head of Tech: Gracie Lewis and Phoebe Mitchell
Head of Up Close: Cathy Liu
Head of Visual Art: Anna Fussell
Head of Wardrobe: Meg Chilton and Hannah Hudson
Joint Head of 7/8 Choir: Ella Rodriguez
Deputy Arts Prefect and Joint Head of Dance: Zara McGillicuddy
Arts Prefect: Sophie Westwood

Service to the Arts

Grace Carlson: Performing Arts, Dance, Drama and Visual Art
Meg Chilton: Music, Performing Arts and Kapa Haka
Anna Fussell: Performing Arts and Visual Art
Hannah Hudson: Performing Arts, Dance and Kapa Haka
Libby Jackson: Tech, Drama, Performing Arts and Music
Aria Le Lievre: Performing Arts, Drama and Visual Art
Zara McGillicuddy: Dance, Performing Arts and Visual Art
Sophie Price: Drama, Performing Arts and Visual Art
Elenor Walsh: Debating, Drama and Visual Art
Sophie Westwood: Dance, Performing Arts and Music
Amelia Arthur: Kapa Haka, Performing Arts and Debating
Grace Asher: Kapa Haka
Lydia Burns: Music
Millie Cameron: Debating, Drama, Visual Art and Tech
Emily Cotter: Drama and Performing Arts
Ruby Donovan: Visual Art
Maggie Drain: Drama and Performing Arts
Scarlett Flanders: Music and Debating
Dannika Grant: Music and Visual Art
Oran Hammersley: Music, Performing Arts, Kapa Haka, Drama, Visual Art and Tech
Sophie Hansen: Performing Arts and Visual Art
Claudia Jackson: Debating, Tech and Performing Arts
Makayla Livingston: Music
Sophie Matthews: Visual Art
Cora O’Grady: Kapa Haka, Performing Arts and Visual Art
Claudia Patel-Gaunt: Visual Art and Technology
Holly Price: Performing Arts and Visual Art
Sarah Sickorez: Debating
Lucy Simmons: Music, Kapa Haka, Drama and Tech
Siena Thomas: Music, Drama and Visual Art
Olivia van Mierlo: Visual Art
Althea Wong: Dance, Performing Art and Visual Art

Performing Arts, Design and Creative Technologies

Technical Skills in Senior Materials Design: Florence Dear
Creativity in Junior Materials Design: Paige Taylor
Tutor’s Award for Textiles Related Design: Saki Yoshida 
Tutor’s Award for Communication Design: Ruby Dods
Tutor’s Award for Senior Product and Spatial Design: Amber Stephens
Tutor’s Award for Junior Design: Sylvie Norman

Tutor’s Award for Senior Art: Cathy Liu
Tutor’s Award for Junior Art: Cie Cie Norman
Tutor’s Award for Photography: Oran Hammersley
Junior Photo Club – Most Challenges Won: Lucy Reid
Junior Photo Club – Images Most Voted for by her Peers: Lucy Reid
Woodford House Photography Competition – Senior Category: Action Shot: Grace Carlson
Woodford House Photography Competition – Junior Category: Reflections: Olivia Carnachan 
Woodford House Photography Competition – Open Category: Monochromatic: Annabelle Croad 
Scannell Cup: Claudia Patel-Gaunt
Adjudicator’s Award for Exhibiting Art: Grier Hoffman
Award for Chronicle: Cover Design: Grace Carlson

Cultural, Dance, Drama

Most Valued Contribution to Debating: Claudia Jackson and Elenor Walsh
Most Valued Contribution to Public Speaking: Esadora McKnight
Tutors’ Award for Improvement in Junior Speech and Drama: Goldie Shanahan
Tutors’ Award for Excellence in Junior Speech and Drama: Grace Feltham and Bea Stewart
Services to Drama: Aria Le Lieve
FAMSS Cup for Resilience in Drama: Izzy Arthur
Most Valued Contribution to Theatre Production: Claudia Jackson
Most Valued Contribution to Arts Management: Sophie Westwood
Most Valued Contribution to Dance (Joint): Sophie Westwood, Caitlyn Stillman and Sophie Westwood.

Kapa Haka

Mauri ki te Rangi Award: Hinewai-Moana Papuni-Joe 
Hine Māia Award: Tiana Marsden
Hine Raumati Award: Grace Feltham

Music

Practical Services to the Music Department: Ana Okubanjo 
Most Effective Arts Leadership in the Music Department: Elsie Plummer and Ella Rodriguez 
Composition and Song Writing Award: Louisa Openshaw and Ella Rodriguez
Outstanding Contribution to the Performing Arts: Meg Chilton and Libby Jackson
Most Valued Member of an Instrumental Ensemble: Meg Chilton and Mami Koizumi 
Tutor’s Award for Piano Tuition: Hannah Heinz-Jambor
Tutor’s Award for Guitar Tuition: Eva Grupp and Sylvie Norman
Tutor’s Award for Vocal Tuition: Eva Balcombe
Tutors’ Award for String Tuition: Christina Liu
Tutor’s Award for Instrumental Tuition: Ruby Krawczyk
Most Valued Member of Cantante Dulci: Emma Wakefield
Most Valued Member of Up Close: Lilith Adams and Cathy Liu
Most Valued Member of Chapel Choir: Mami Koizumi
Adjudicator’s Award for Music Cup: Mami Koizumi
Most Valued Contribution from a Performance Group (Joint): Plutonium – Meg Chilton, Mami Koizumi  and Yuna Tsang 
Senior Music Composing Competition: Jess Hudson and Ava Ross

Special Awards

Kerr Trophy for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts: Grace Carlson
Actor of the Year: Sophie Price
Junior Musician of the Year: Ana Okubanjo
Musician of the Year: Mami Koizumi and Yuna Tsang
Gunson Cup for Achievement in Performing Arts from an Intermediate Student: ‘Wannabe’:  Lottie Brown, Pippa Darvill and Frankie Tennant
Principal’s Award for Excellence in the Arts: Sophie Westwood.