The Allan William Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1981 to assist students in furthering their accordion and musical studies. The scholarship is named in honour of the late Allan William Jones who to many is fondly thought of as the father of the accordion movement in New Zealand . Allan William Jones was survived by Marie Jones (his widow) and his 3 children Harley, Maurice and Heather Masefield. Allan had the pleasure of teaching each of his children the accordion and as well as teaching them he also installed a great love and passion for the accordion. As many of you are aware it is Marie and the children that continued Allan's dreams and are still today very much dedicated to the instrument. A large proportion of New Zealand 's top ranked accordionists in the 70's to 90's have received tuition from Allan or from his former pupils which include: Wallace Liggett, Trevor Taylor, Gary Stratton, John Statham, Fay Schaw, Brian Wallis, Marie Masefield, Kevin Friedrich, Marcel Riethmann and David Lilico as well as his own children. Even from this brief summary you can see many familiar names in the who's who of the New Zealand accordion world. Many today still hold executive office in such organisations as the New Zealand Accordion Association and the Accordion Examination Board of New Zealand and in the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA). Many former pupils have achieved great success not only in music, but also in business and other non musical activities, as Allan's encouragement and motivation extended to many facets of life. Allan William Jones was a foundation member of the New Zealand Accordion Association Inc. (NZAA), an organisation most NZ accordionists are associated with. This organisation lead to the establishment of the South Pacific International and New Zealand National Accordion Championships & Festival, these annual competitions have flourished because of the initial love and attention from Allan, and is the largest accordion championship and festival in the southern hemisphere that attracts many international performers and competitors. As well as being Vice President of the NZAA, Allan was also the Secretary of the AEBNZ (a position he held until his untimely death in 1980). This position was briefly held by his son Harley Jones after his fathers death before becoming the responsibility of his daughter Heather Masefield. Allan Jones was the dominant promoter of the World Accordion Championship (Coupe Mondiale) held in Auckland in 1980. Ill health during the competition lead to his hospitalisation and two weeks later to his death. He was posthumously awarded the Merit Award by the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) "in recognition of his outstanding services to the accordion movement". In 2008, there was a major AWJMS 2008 Scholarship event honoring several important New Zealanders. These were Silvio de Pra, Kevin Friedrich, Marie Jones and John Statham. At the 2009 Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships held in Takapuna, North Shore City, the prize for the top solo World Championship category was donated by the Allan William Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Jones family. This category was won by the grandson of Allan William Jones, Grayson Masefield who also won the 2009 Coupe Mondiale Virtuoso Entertainment category. This double accolade is the first time that anyone has achieved this spectacular result. This is also the first time that anyone from New Zealand has won a Coupe Mondiale category. Every two years examination candidates that achieved a high mark in Accordion Examinationa Board of NZ examinations are invited to apply for the Allan William Jones Memorial Scholarships. These are awarded in 3 categories, Grades 3 & 4, Grades 5 & 6, Grades 7 ,8 and Diploma. |
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Grades 7, 8 and Diploma Scholarship Recipients |
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1981 Toni Leyland 1982 Marie Efford 1983 No award 1984 Stephanie Grey 1985 No award 1986 No award 1987 Stephanie Grey 1988 Lionel Reekie 1989 Rebekah Greig 1990 Karen Ditchburn, Brendan Healy & Sarah Langley 1991 Campbell Bettridge & Rebekah Greig 1992 Linda Price 1993 Campbell Bettridge 1994 Sarah Langley & Tanya Selak 1995 Sonja Palinich & Tanya Selak 1996 Evana Selak 1997 No award 1998 Daniel Antunovich, Danielle Beston, Kathryn Fletcher, Adam Thorpe 1999 Paula Harris 2000 No award 2001 Carol Yan & Nicola Herbert 2002 Oliver Thorpe & Travis McWalter 2003 Campbell Hill & Alex Selman 2004 Gillian McNeil 2005 Jessica Chen 2006 Christopher Thwaites & Travis McWalter 2007 Grayson Masefield 2008 Grayson Masefield and Campbell Hill 2009 Coupe Mondiale 2009 Coupe Mondiale 1st Prize 2010 Edward Giffney
1981 Carina Di Maio 1982 Karen Stevens 1983 Adrian Januszkiewicz & Stephen Vincent 1984 Alison Blunden 1985 Stephen Gutmann 1986 Helen Robinson & Lionel Reekie 1987 Karen Ditchburn & Rebekah Grieg 1988 Jeanna McDrury 1989 Cindy Jenkins & Erica Knights 1990 Philip Hunt 1991 Tanya Selak & Rachel DAguiar 1992 Linley Hawkes 1993 Dedee Wirjapranata 1994 Samantha Rutherford & Kathryn Fletcher 1995 Terrence Joe & Danielle Beston 1996 Carl Hayman & Nina Gaudin 1997 Raukawa Schaumkell 1998 No award 1999 Travis McWalter & Jenna Murray 2000 Hilary Thwaites 2001 Hamish Anderson & Travis McWalter 2002 Gillian McNeil 2003 Calum Anderson 2004 Stephanie Panzic 2005 Jacob Wills 2006 George Xu 2007 No award 2008 Steven Zhao and Abigail Wills 2009 Coupe Mondiale 2009 Coupe Mondiale 1st Prize 2010 Helen Wang
1981 Roy Mechen 1982 Alison MacIntyre 1983 Alison Blunden 1984 Helen Robinson, Rosanna Keating & Kim Kershaw. 1985 Jeanna Mc Drury & Sarah Langley 1986 Steven Green & Kerschaw family 1987 Jess Fraser & Haynie Kent 1988 Campbell Bettridge 1989 Sonja Palinich 1990 Perry family & Dennis Van Straten 1991 Angela Maloy 1992 Ailua & Veronica Tuiloma 1993 Toni Hayman & Stephen Hunt 1994 Deanna Skeens, Lesieli & Enitila Moala 1995 Deon York & Rosina Kamphuis 1996 Oliver Thorpe & Roseanne Rosario 1997 Hilary & Mylie Thwaites, Susan Mc Neil, Renee Jeffries 1998 Calum & Hamish Anderson 1999 Ryan Harding 2000 Anderson Family, 2001 Gillian McNeil, Jessica Chen, 2002 Cameron Noyer 2003 Ben Li 2004 Campbell Thwaites 2005 Campbell Thwaites 2006 Abigail Wills 2007 Daniel Robinson, Aghilan Newman, Rosita Hendry 2008 No Award 2009 Coupe Mondiale 2009 Coupe Mondiale 1st Prize
1988 Rae McNicholl 1989 Gerry Schmits 1990 Frank Vilich 1991 Shirley Yelavich 1992 Dr Douglas Mews 1993 Marie Jones 1994 Sheila Haigh 1995 Meg Fidler 1996 Trevor Taylor 1997 Peter Torckler 1998 Gary Stratton 1999 none awarded 2000 Lyn Waite 2001 Christine Adams 2002 Murray Perrot 2003 Betty Dunbar 2004 Campbell Bettridge 2005 Heather Gladstone 2006 Lorraine Parnell 2007 Stephanie Poole 2008 Kevin Friedrich 2010 Lionel Reekie 2011 Silvio de Pra
This award was given by the Efford family & David Masefield for the first time in 2000. Marie used to travel from Whangarei to Auckland fortnightly for lessons. She won many NZ Championship categories including the top class several times, and represented NZ at the Coupe Mondiale in 1983 gaining the highest placing by a female (7th) while only 16 years of age. Marie sadly died in 1998 aged only 31 years. Marie Efford-Masefield obituary. 2000 Kathryn Fletcher, Adam Thorpe, Mylie Thwaites 2001 Paula Harris 2002 Mylie & Hilary Thwaites 2003 Mylie & Hilary Thwaites 2004 Campbell Hill & Joanna Irving 2005 Campbell Hill & Grayson Masefield 2011 Alexandra Reekie, Patrick Liu, Bor-Kuan Song, Edward Giffney |
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