National Music Festival
August 13 - 15, 2010 in Montreal, PQ
The top performing National class students at the PABC Provincial Festival in Piano, Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Guitar, Classical Voice and Chamber Music are recommended to advance to the National Music Festival.
Please follow the link for more information on the National Music Festival, including the 2009-2010 Syllabus:
www.fcmf.org
The following represented BC at the 2009 National Festival:
Strings – Deniz Tahberer, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Classical Voice – Isaiah Bell, Greater Victoria Festival
Piano - Andrew Wang, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Woodwinds - Kuang-Yuan Paul Hung, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Brass - Ekaterina Daviel, Prince George Music Festival
Guitar - Christopher Boston, Greater Victoria Festival
Class 8: Honourable Barbara A. Hagerman - Academy Chamber Choir, Don James, conductor, Powell River Festival
Class 10: George S. Mathieson - PG Jazz, Gerda Blok-Wilson, conductor, Prince George Music Festival
Class 11: Paul J. Bourret – Maple Ridge Secondary Chamber Choir, Carrie Tennant, conductor, Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival
Class 12: Richard W. Cooke – Serious Options Women, Noralee Quast, conductor, Kamloops Festival
Class 14: David Ouchterlony – Maple Ridge Secondary Junior Choir I block, Carrie Tennant, conductor, Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival
Class 16: Florine Despres - St. Patrick's Elementary Primary Choir, Kathleen Seu, conductor, Greater Victoria Festival
Class 17: Barbara Clark - Surrey Youth 'Chamber Choir', Stephen Horning, conductor, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
ANDREW WANG, piano, won first place in that class AND was the Grand Award Winner for the whole festival.
ISAIAH BELL, tenor, won first place in the Classical Voice Class AND the Jan Simons Award for Song Interpretation
PAUL HUNG, flute, won second place in the Woodwind Class
Choral Class 11 (Paul J. Bourret) was won by the Maple Ridge Secondary Chamber Choir, Carrie Tennant, conductor, Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival.
Choral Class 17 (Barbara Clark) was won by the Surrey Youth 'Chamber Choir', Stephen Horning, conductor, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
In Class 14 (David Ouchterlony) the Maple Ridge Secondary Junior Choir I block, Carrie Tennant, conductor, Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival, placed second.
Congratulations to all our performers!