AIPAH does not lose sight of what is important: dedicated and professional staff delivering a flexible arts and academic program within a safe and productive environment. We believe that immersion in performance saturated surroundings will produce happy and inspired students who will go on to achieve their best.
It is an exciting time for AIPAH: New buildings and state-of-the-art facilities in the planning stages, growing enrolments and increased public awareness of our arts enterprise point to a positive and rewarding future at Harris Park. But what makes AIPAH the first choice school for serious minded performers and artists is the students themselves. They have created an atmosphere of support, tolerance and encouragement for themselves and their peers.
Come and visit AIPAH for yourself – I would be happy to show you around and answer any questions you may have. Entry is by interview and audition (or portfolio). I look forward to meeting you.
Jim McCrudden,
AIPAH Principal
Jim has extensive professional experience in the dramatic arts, composing and producing original music for over 30 theatre productions and short films. For the past 10 years, Jim has been principal trumpet with the Warringah Concert Brass Band (National A Grade). Jim is a full member of APRA, and has arranged and composed extensively for a wide variety of ensembles.
Playing piano and cornet (trumpet) for over 25 years, Jim is familiar with a range of bands and orchestral groups, having studies composition under Peter Sculthorpe, and orchestration under Dr. Eric Gross. At the recent State Brass Band Championships, one of Jim’s compositions was selected and performed as the test piece.
Jim has appeared on All Saints, a number of television commercials, and acted on stage in over 30 productions around Sydney playing a wide variety of roles, from Einstein to Mozart. As a director, Jim produced One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Shakespeare’s 12th Night for Phoenix Theatre Co. in 2003.