The major awards competition was finally held Friday night with some unbelievable performances by our competitors. Making a decision on the winners in each category was certainly a challenge for our adjudicator Matthew Pope.
ENJOY
Frank Exley, Chair
Ian MacArthur, Video Recorder
Donated by the Vreman Family
Piano - RCM Grade 8
Rondo in C Major by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Prelude No.1 by Reinhold Gliere
Melody of the Night 5 by Shi Jin
Awarded in memory of Stephanie Leung (1985-2007)
Donated by her parents Stephen & Pamela Leung
Piano - RCM Grades 9
Suite in B flat Major, HWV 434 Aria con variazioni by George Frideric Handel
Sacro-Monte (no.5) from Cinco danzas gitanas I, OP.55 by Joaquin Turina
Donated by their daughter Kathy Hagerman
Piano – RCM Grade 10
Mist by Court Stone
In Summer by Christine Donkin
Prelude in G Flat Major by Rachmaninoff
Old Adam by William Bolcom
“Nocturne OP.9 No.1” by Frederic Chopin
Donated by the Estate of Donna Bushell in honour of her sister. A graduate of the RCM, Doris Evans was well known in St. Thomas and Elgin County as choir leader, organist and teacher of piano, theory, voice, accordion and guitar.
Piano – RCM Associate
Rhapsody in B Minor, Op.79 No.1 by Johannes Brahms