Bandwidth Showcase

Students from Swansea, Lambton, Belmont, Newcastle, HSPA and Warners Bay high schools demonstrated their amazing musical and performance talent at this year's Bandwidth! Playing in front of wildly enthusiastic students was a real test and thrill for these students and they certainly delivered. The overall winners were the band Chop. This duo, of Toby Stuart and Leo Fleming, gave a frenetic, edgy and powerful performance that amazed everyone!! 

This major regional showcase is generously supported by Newcastle Live (promotions), EAO (booking agents), Jacks Music New Lambton, Vocal Compass and Sawtooth Studios ... thank you!!

See many more great photos at Bandwidth Gallery.

Video of every performance will be uploaded soon so check for the link in a few days at: HSPA website/Our Enrichment/Bandwidth

The winners this year were:

• Best overall performance - CHOP > recording session at Sawtooth Studios
• Best original song – Boycott > gift voucher courtesy Jacks Music New Lambton
• Bass performance - Noah Powell > gift voucher courtesy Jacks Music New Lambton
• Drums performance - Sam Robinson > gift voucher courtesy Jacks Music New Lambton
• Vocal performance - Lulu Gillam and Graceyn Neal > vocal coaching courtesy of Vocal Compass
• Guitar performance – Leo Fleming > gift voucher courtesy Jacks Music New Lambton
• Keyboard Performance – Dylan Ratcliffe > gift voucher courtesy Jacks Music New Lambton

Special mentions were also awarded to Special mention to Ellipsis from Newcastle High, Boycott from HSPA and Removalist from Swansea High.

We also want to thank all those who worked hard to make this such a great event: comperes Hugo Hay and Michaela McDougall, theatre manager Jim Bowman for mentoring all tech crew students and overseeing audio engineering for the day, supervising staff Sarah Reeve, Doug Lambert, Andrew Wallace, Ellie Strong, Mark Simmons and Darren Ponman. The tech crew were stage manager Kalila Palmieri Y10, film production Jai Mawson Y9, lighting Logan Crawford and Aaron Wheatly Y9, audio Dyan Morris Y9, lead tech assistant Jo Wasson Y11, stage hands and general crew by Entertainment Industry Class and the Music Industry class, both Y11.