EMC Alumni 

FEATURING ALUMNI: Brooke Custerson (Class of 2014)

Tomorrow at 2pm- Brooke will be providing an 'Introduction to Musical Theatre drumkit' clinic at the Monash University Clayton Campus. 

This clinic is free and you can still register to attend please use this link: https://www.monash.edu/day-of.../day-of-percussion-2023

Brooke Custerson is a session drummer and teacher who holds a Bachelor of Music (Contemporary) from Australian Institute of Music and gradated from EMC in 2014. For the past 18 months, Brooke has played full-time as the percussionist for Hamilton the Musical in their Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland seasons. Brooke also played drums for the professional seasons of Tick, Tick… Boom! (Brisbane) and Bring It On The Musical (Melbourne). When not in musicals, Brooke is a freelance drummer who plays for many artists covering many genres, notably for comedian Em Rusciano at venues such as Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Melbourne Town Hall for the International Comedy Festival. Brooke is very excited to be drumming for the upcoming season of Mamma Mia in Melbourne before rejoining Hamilton the Musical in Abu Dhabi in 2024.

Are you an alumn who has progressed a career in the gaming industry?

EMC is in the works of preparing an extra-curricular club to join the META High School eSports league in 2024.

eSports is an entirely new venture for EMC which will see students train with the support of peers and teachers in their respective games (Rocket League, League of Legends, NBA2K, Valorant and more) and compete weekly in organise competition against other schools.

We have a lot of planning to complete for next season but feel confident we will be up in running and a part of META in March next year.

Initially, this will run entirely as an extra-curricular social club with no connection to any specific subject. However, many other schools across Australia have started to imbed eSports and similar into their curriculum as elective subjects. Whilst this isn’t on the cards for us yet, it provides some really good insight to just how prevalent gaming has become in everyday life and the new associated careers that being introduced every single day. 

We are seeking any alumni who have progressed a career in the gaming industry that could share some industry expertise with our students. This could be anything from organise professional competition right through to streaming and even coaching/managing professional teams.

If you have some careers expertise that you could present to our students, we would love to have you visit our eSports Club in the coming months. Please let us know if there is any support your could provide and we can provide some further details about what a future visit to EMC might look like.

Thank you in advance for your support. 

Regards,

Scott Bihelek

Mathematics Teacher and MYLNS Numeracy Support

Elisabeth Murdoch College

Below is a word cloud demonstrating the student pathways chosen by our Class of 2022!

A very diverse and interesting future for all our EMC Alumni!

Mentoring Program 2024- Calling for Mentors!!

The mentoring program for 2024 will be mapped in Term 4 ready for 2024.

Mentoring is via zoom and is a very flexible program made to suit the mentor/mentee. Mentors can be from any profession.

If you are interested in mentoring a senior student please email Lindsay Dare: lindsay.dare@education.vic.gov.au.  

Please include your current role, your availability and the year that you graduated from either EMC, Langwarrin Secondary College or Langwarrin Post Primary.

OurSchool Program

An introduction to Elisabeth Murdoch College Alumni (former students) program.

Elisabeth Murdoch College Alumni now has a program to build and mobilise the school’s alumni community, with the help of OurSchool.

OurSchool is a not-for profit service that helps public high schools build a thriving alumni network to benefit current students and the school community.

Alumni programs in private schools and universities are well established and provide huge benefits to students. Our alumni program will help us grow our alumni community to benefit our students.

The alumni program will focus on doing these key things:

· Find and connect with alumni

· Invite alumni back to school to inspire students about study and career pathways

· Create opportunities for students via alumni providing work experience placements

· Invite alumni to provide philanthropic support for students and our school by contributing to school fund-raising projects, student scholarships or gifts in wills (longer term goals)

If you’re reading this and you’re a former student of Elisabeth Murdoch College, Langwarrin Secondary College or Langwarrin Post Primary School, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch with us by sending an email to: alumni@emc.vic.edu.au.

Stay tuned for more alumni news in the EMC Community Connection, on the EMC Alumni Facebook page and the EMC College website. 

To learn more about Ourschool, please go to www.ourschool.net.au