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Robert Stigwood

Sacred Heart College 1945-1950.

Music entrepreneur and film producer, known internationally for contribution to the music industry. Best known as the manager of the Bee Gees.

Inducted into the South Australia Hall of Fame in 2015.

Established a fellowship program which mentors local musicians.

Dr Stephen Cronin

Marist College Ashgrove 1973-1977.

Has composed numerous pieces including incidental music for stage and film, television, electronica, dance and concert music, commissioned, performed and recorded by leading Australian and overseas orchestras and groups.

Wrote the music for the 1986 Papal Mass for Pope John Paul II’s Australian visit.

Major awards include the inaugural Paul Lowin Prize, House Songs, Albert H Maggs Award, the Percy Brier Memorial Prize for Music Composition, a Vienna Modern Masters recording project, a Rotary Foundation Scholarship, and the Dalley-Scarlett Memorial Scholarship.

Served as Faculty member of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University from 1986 to 2016, holding a range of roles as Head of Composition, Head of Music Materials, and Program Director – Postgraduate Coursework. 

Abbe May

Bunbury Catholic College 1996-2000

Nominated for AIR Best New Artist (2008)

Nominated for AIR Best Independent Artist and Best Independent Album (2011)

Shortlisted for APRA Song of the Year in 2012 for “Design Desire”

Nominated for ARIA Best Female Artist (2013)

Tyrone Noonan

Marist College Ashgrove 1984-1987.

Provided lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, production and song writing for Brisbane band, “George”.

Debut album, Polyserena, rose to number 1 in the Australian charts, spent fifteen weeks in the Australian Top 10, sold double platinum and won an ARIA for Best New Artist.

Solo album “Utopia?” was Rolling Stone Magazine’s Album of the Week January 2021.

Most recently has been involved in youth musical education with the QLD Symphony Orchestra, and a mentor at a number of Brisbane High Schools

Adrian Tully

Marist College Ashgrove 1992-1999.

Classical saxophonist with the Berliner Philharmoniker and twenty other German orchestras.

Member of the highly regarded sonic.art saxophone quartet.

Lectures in saxophone at the Hochschule fur Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.

Ray Meagher OAM

Marist College Eagle Heights1956-7 | Marist College Ashgrove 1958-1963.

Selected as a Queensland Rugby representative in 1968-9.

Starred as “Alf Stewart” in the TV series Home and Away, for 34 years.

Awarded the 1985 Penguin Award for the Best Performing Actor in a lead role, a Gold Logie in 2010 and a Silver Logie in 2018.

Awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2017 for his work in the performing arts.

David McAllister AC

Newman College 1973-1980.

Principal Dancer and Artistic Director of the Australian Ballet 2001-2020.

Member of the Order of Australia 2004.

Companion of the Order of Australia 2021.

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award by the Royal Academy of Dance 2021.