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  • Celebrating 50 Years of Music in the Pilbara

    Honouring our Past, Inspiring our Future

    To celebrate 50 wonderful years of the Pilbara Music Festival the Festival Committee, together with our generous sponsors, are delighted to offer a series of FREE workshops to our local community.

    This special anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate the rich musical history of our region, recognise the many people who have contributed to the Festival over the past five decades, and inspire the next generation.

    Whether you are a budding performer, an experienced musician, or simply have a love of music and the arts, we invite you to come along, learn something new, share in the joy of music and be part of our Golden Anniversary celebrations.

    These workshops are our gift to the community - made possible through the generosity of our sponsors and the continued support of everyone who has helped make the Pilbara Music Festival what it is today.

    Come and celebrate 50 years of music, memories and community, as we honour our past and inspire our future.

     

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    Leadership & Communication. Presenting with Confidence Friday 11th September 10:00am - 1:00pm Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland Ages 16+ Join acclaimed actor and communication specialist Myles Pollard in this transformative workshop. Myles will guide you through practical techniques to help you communicate with confidence, manage nerves and engage your audience.
    Leadership & Communication

    Presenting with Confidence


    Friday 11th September 10:00am - 1:00pm

    Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland

    Ages 16+


    Join acclaimed actor and communication specialist Myles Pollard in this transformative workshop.


    Myles will guide you through practical techniques to help you communicate with confidence, manage nerves and engage your audience.

    Free$ FreeAUD
      
    VIOLIN WORKSHOP. with Mehdi Aghamohammadi Friday 11th September 3:30pm - 4:30pm Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland. Elementary & Intermediate Students | All ages | Bring your violin This is a practical one hour session exploring the foundations of good violin playing. Topics include: - Reviewing the fundamentals - Developing a beautiful tone - Playing in tune - intonation - Building good practice habits - Questions and answers
    VIOLIN WORKSHOP

    with Mehdi Aghamohammadi


    Friday 11th September 3:30pm - 4:30pm

    Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland.

    Elementary & Intermediate Students | All ages | Bring your violin


    This is a practical one hour session exploring the foundations of good violin playing. 


    Topics include:


    - Reviewing the fundamentals

    - Developing a beautiful tone

    - Playing in tune - intonation

    - Building good practice habits

    - Questions and answers


    Free$ FreeAUD
      
    SIGHT READING MUSIC - Fluently & Expressively. with Faith Maydwell Saturday 12th September. Two Sessions Available Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland . All levels | School Age & above With specific knowledge and practical strategies, significant progress in sight reading is achievable for students of all levels. In this 50 minute workshop, discover why sight reading is such an important skill for musicians and explore practical steps that can make sight reading a more confident, fluent and positive part of music making. Choose your preferred time
    SIGHT READING MUSIC - Fluently & Expressively

    with Faith Maydwell


    Saturday 12th September. Two Sessions Available

    Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland.

    All levels | School Age & above


    With specific knowledge and practical strategies, significant progress in sight reading is achievable for students of all levels.


    In this 50 minute workshop, discover why sight reading is such an important skill for musicians and explore practical steps that can make sight reading a more confident, fluent and positive part of music making.


    Choose your preferred time

    Free$ FreeAUD
      
    Drama For Camera. Creative Drama Workshop with Myles Pollard Saturday 12th September 9:00am - 11:30am St. Cecilia's Catholic Primary School Hall Ages 8-13 years | No previous experience required Drama for Camera is a fun, high-energy workshop built around drama games, improvisation, play and imagination. Led by NIDA-trained actor and drama educator Myles Pollard, participants are encouraged to create characters, explore stories, work with others and express themselves through performance. The workshop focuses on creativity, confidence, communication and having a go in a relaxed and supportive environment. Through games, improvisation and performance exercises, participants learn to listen, respond, make creative choices and work together. Camera is incorporated as another way to explore performance, allowing participants to experience how the same fundamental acting skills translate to the screen. Above all, the workshop is about having fun, using your imagination, building confidence and enjoying the experience of creating and performing with others.
    Drama For Camera

    Creative Drama Workshop with Myles Pollard


    Saturday 12th September 9:00am - 11:30am

    St. Cecilia's Catholic Primary School Hall

    Ages 8-13 years | No previous experience required


    Drama for Camera is a fun, high-energy workshop built around drama games, improvisation, play and imagination.


    Led by NIDA-trained actor and drama educator Myles Pollard, participants are encouraged to create characters, explore stories, work with others and express themselves through performance.


    The workshop focuses on creativity, confidence, communication and having a go in a relaxed and supportive environment. Through games, improvisation and performance exercises, participants learn to listen, respond, make creative choices and work together.


    Camera is incorporated as another way to explore performance, allowing participants to experience how the same fundamental acting skills translate to the screen.


    Above all, the workshop is about having fun, using your imagination, building confidence and enjoying the experience of creating and performing with others.


    Free$ FreeAUD
      
    THE MAGICAL SOUNDS OF THE VIOLIN. with Mehdi Aghamohammadi Saturday 12th September. Two Sessions Available Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland. Beginners | All ages | No experience or violin required. In this 50 minute workshop, Mehdi will explore the sounds of the violin through short musical examples from violin and piano repertoire. Participants will learn the basics of holding the violin and bow, and have the opportunity to join Mehdi and Faith in performing a beginner's piece. Choose your preferred time
    THE MAGICAL SOUNDS OF THE VIOLIN

    with Mehdi Aghamohammadi


    Saturday 12th September. Two Sessions Available

    Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland.

    Beginners | All ages | No experience or violin required.


    In this 50 minute workshop, Mehdi will explore the sounds of the violin through short musical examples from violin and piano repertoire.  Participants will learn the basics of holding the violin and bow, and have the opportunity to join Mehdi and Faith in performing a beginner's piece.


    Choose your preferred time

    Free$ FreeAUD
      
    Acting For Camera. Practical Acting Workshop with Myles Pollard Saturday 12th September 12:30 - 3:00pm St. Cecilia's Catholic Primary School Hall Teens & Adults | All experience levels welcome Acting for Camera is a practical, hands-on workshop designed to develop and sharpen the skills needed for authentic, confident performance. Led by NIDA-trained actor, director and educator Myles Pollard, participants work through acting exercises, improvisation and scene work to explore the fundamentals of truthful and engaging performance. The workshop focuses on script analysis, character, listening and responding, making strong choices, working naturally and truthfully, and managing nerves and self-consciousness. Camera is incorporated throughout, giving participants the opportunity to apply these skills to screen performance and understand how their work translates on camera. The emphasis is on doing rather than talking - developing confidence, trusting your instincts and building a practical acting toolkit. Choose your age group
    Acting For Camera

    Practical Acting Workshop with Myles Pollard


    Saturday 12th September 12:30 - 3:00pm

    St. Cecilia's Catholic Primary School Hall

    Teens & Adults | All experience levels welcome


    Acting for Camera is a practical, hands-on workshop designed to develop and sharpen the skills needed for authentic, confident performance.


    Led by NIDA-trained actor, director and educator Myles Pollard, participants work through acting exercises, improvisation and scene work to explore the fundamentals of truthful and engaging performance.


    The workshop focuses on script analysis, character, listening and responding, making strong choices, working naturally and truthfully, and managing nerves and self-consciousness.


    Camera is incorporated throughout, giving participants the opportunity to apply these skills to screen performance and understand how their work translates on camera.


    The emphasis is on doing rather than talking - developing confidence, trusting your instincts and building a practical acting toolkit.


    Choose your age group

    Free$ FreeAUD
      
    In The Garden - Flower, Tree and Bird Music. Piano Recital & Conversation with Faith Maydwell Saturday 12th September 3:30pm - 4:30pm . Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland . All levels | School Age & above | Parents Welcome Enjoy a selection of short piano works inspired by flowers, trees and birds, with stories and insights into the music, followed by an opportunity for questions about piano playing and music making. Join us for a BYO Sundowner at the Mariner from 5:00pm
    In The Garden - Flower, Tree and Bird Music

    Piano Recital & Conversation with Faith Maydwell


    Saturday 12th September 3:30pm - 4:30pm.

    Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland.

    All levels | School Age & above | Parents Welcome


    Enjoy a selection of short piano works inspired by flowers, trees and birds, with stories and insights into the music, followed by an opportunity for questions about piano playing and music making.


    Join us for a BYO Sundowner at the Mariner from 5:00pm

    Free$ FreeAUD
      

  • Our Workshop Facilitators

  • Faith Maydwell

    Faith Maydwell is a West Australian concert pianist, accompanist, pedagogue, and adjudicator. Her performance career encompasses solo recitals, ABC broadcasts, and appearances as both a soloist and orchestral pianist with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO). She has lectured at the University of Western Australia and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), as well as examined for the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB).

    Faith has been a regular presenter at the European Piano Teachers’ Association Conference since 2006. Her primary pedagogical interests include sight-reading, early childhood piano education (ages 4+), and fostering musical independence in students. She is also the author of Sight Reading Skills: A Pianist’s Guide for Learning to Read Music Accurately and Expressively and Piano Teaching: A Guide for Nurturing Musical Independence.

    From 2014 to 2023, Faith served as the pianist and artistic director of the chamber ensemble Magellan, presenting quarterly concerts across Perth and the South West. Most recently, she performed a 13-week autumn concert series in Rockingham, with each performance highlighting a specific genre, such as the Waltz, Nocturne, Capriccio, and Prelude.

  • Mehdi Aghamohammadi

    Mehdi is a dedicated classical violinist and teacher. His publications have contributed to scholarly journals such as the Piano Journal: European Piano Teachers’ Association (EPTA).

    He has a Master of Arts in English Literature and synthesises linguistic and literary insights with the seminal teaching traditions of legendary violin pedagogues, most notably Ivan Galamian, to offer his students a unique standard of violin teaching.

    Mehdi is looking forward to sharing technical and musical beauties of this wonderful instrument with students in two workshops of the 50th Pilbara Music Festival.

  • Myles Pollard

    Myles Pollard is an Australian actor best known for his roles in McLeod's Daughters and Home and Away.  Before pursuing his acting career, Myles lived in Port Hedland and was an active particpant in the Pilbara Music Festival, where he was awarded the Deborah Munjak Perpetual Trophy for Most Promising Pianist Aged 12-17 in 1986.

    His connection with the Pilbara and passion for performance make his return to the Festival a special opportunity for aspiring young performers

     

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