Page 2 Monday, April 8, 2019 - St. Andrew's United - Junior Piano 9:00 AM 321 - PIANO SOLO - First Year of Study - Noncompetitive - Own 1. Benjamin Murphy 9:00 AM 322 - PIANO SOLO - Second Year of Study - Noncompetitive - Own 1. Minh - khee Nguyen 3. Hillary Bentham 2. Julia Welton 4. Izabella Wright 9:30 AM 323 - PIANO SOLO - Third Year of Study - Noncompetitive - Own 1. Sammy Tam 9:30 AM 324 - PIANO SOLO - Fourth Year of Study - Noncompetitive - Own 1. Shelby Wenham 2. Niya Higgins 9:50 AM 326 - PIANO SOLO - RCM 2 - Non-competitive - Own 1. Emma Clark 2. Leah Jollimore 9:50 AM 327 - PIANO SOLO - RCM 3/4 - Non-competitive - Own 1. Keenan Gordon 10:10 AM Break
Page 4 Monday Morning Junior Piano 10:20 AM 306 - PIANO SOLO - 6 Years - King of the Jungle, by Martha Mier, Alfred Publishing Company (#22489) 1. Benedicta MacDonald 4. Ethan Chen 2. Davey Thompson 5. Kate Jollimore 3. James Robertson 6. Clara Murphy 10:50 AM 307 - PIANO SOLO - 7 Years - Cats! Cats! Everywhere, Cats!, by Carol Matz, Alfred Publishing Company (#22459) 1. Erica Bowman 5. Emmett Robertson 2. Indigo Torrens 6. Maria Bagnell 3. Patrick Ritacco 7. Arlo Blois 4. Quinten Dexter 8. Atticus Sommers 11:45 AM Lunch Break 1:15 PM 308 - PIANO SOLO - 8 Years - Medieval Tournament, by Mike Springer, Alfred Publishing Company (#27596) 1. Zoe Coady 5. Oscar Thompson 2. Addison Marshall 6. Paige Sobey 3. Thomas Butt 7. Hudson Caudle 4. Elle Casey 2:00 PM 309 - PIANO SOLO - 9 Years - Blackbeard s Bounty, by Dennis Alexander, Alfred Publishing Company (#25922) 1. Cassie Ann Deveau 7. Calliana Zwicker 2. Alex Cook 8. Joey Chen 3. Heidi Decker 9. Angus MacDonald 4. Charley Thompson 10. Sarah Tam 5. Carter Robertson 11. Talulah MacKay 6. Laura Dunlap
Page 6 Monday Afternoon Junior Piano 3:10 PM Break 3:20 PM 310 - PIANO SOLO - 10 Years - Riverboat Jazz, by Martha Mier, Alfred Publishing Company (#34304) 1. Ty Shreve 6. Lily Arthurs 2. Maddie Powell 7. Molly Thompson 3. Jessica Porter 8. Tucker Doiron 4. Emma Tremblett 9. Nate Wilson 5. Brooke MacKenzie 10. Katherine Pond 4:20 PM 311 - PIANO SOLO - 11 Years - Dreaming on Ice, by Philip A Johnston, Alfred Publishing Company (#25926) 1. Joseph Duffy 2. Josiah MacKay 4:35 PM 312 - PIANO SOLO - 12 Years - Jazzin Around Town, by Mike Springer, Alfred Publishing Company (#24190) 1. Natalie MacKinnon 3. Bob Henderson 2. Daly Rutherford 4. Sappho Thompson
Page 8 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - St. Andrew's United - Junior Piano 9:00 AM 401 - BAROQUE/CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 1 - Own 1. Lewis Lively 3. Alli Leblanc 2. Charley Thompson 4. Jessica Porter 9:25 AM 403 - BAROQUE/CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 3 - Own 1. Daly Rutherford 9:25 AM 404 - BAROQUE/CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 4 - Own 1. Marion Porter 2. MacKenzie Boudreau 9:50 AM 601 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 1 - Own 1. Natasha Slivocka 4. Lily Arthurs 2. Lewis Lively 5. Thomas Butt 3. Maddie Powell 10:20 AM Break 10:30 AM 602 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 2 - Own 1. Piper Hancock 6. Jessica Porter 2. Alex Cook 7. Alexander Smith 3. Chiara Zwicker 8. Jack Crawford 4. William Hazelton 9. Emma Tremblett 5. Oscar Thompson
Page 10 Tuesday Morning Junior Piano 11:25 AM 603 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 3 - Own 1. Becca Cook 11:25 AM 604 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 4 - Own 1. Joseph Duffy 3. MacKenzie Boudreau 2. Tia Augustine 4. Molly Thompson 12:00 Lunch Break 1:40 PM 802 - SACRED PIANO SOLO - TRADITIONAL OR CONTEMPORARY - Junior - Own 1. Daly Rutherford 1:40 PM 504 - ROMANTIC/POST-ROMANTIC PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 4 - Own 1. Marion Porter 2. Alexa Roop 2:00 PM 1302 - JAZZ/BLUES PIANO DUET - Junior - Own 1. Molly Thompson & Katherine Pond 2:10 PM 1111 - PIANO DUET - Competitive - Junior - Own 1. Sappho Thompson & Seongwon Jung 2:20 PM 701 - JAZZ, BLUES PIANO - RCM Grade 1 - OR - Recognized Conservatory Graded - Own 1. Ty Shreve 3. Nate Wilson 2. Sarah Tam 4. Katherine Pond
Page 12 Tuesday Afternoon Junior Piano 2:40 PM 702 - JAZZ, BLUES PIANO - RCM Grade 2 - OR - Recognized Conservatory Graded - Own 1. Josiah MacKay 5. Oscar Thompson 2. Alex Cook 6. Alexander Smith 3. Emma Tremblett 7. Jack Crawford 4. William Hazelton 8. Piper Hancock 3:35 PM Break 3:45 PM 703 - JAZZ, BLUES PIANO - RCM Grade 3 - OR - Recognized Conservatory Graded - Own 1. Natalie MacKinnon 2. Becca Cook 4:00 PM 704 - JAZZ, BLUES PIANO - RCM Grade 4 - OR - Recognized Conservatory Graded - Own 1. Joseph Duffy 4. Mason Eisner 2. Tia Augustine 5. Molly Thompson 3. Thomas McDowall 6. Joshua Varner 4:40 PM 1602 - PIANO COMPOSER - Junior - Own 1. Sappho Thompson 4:50 PM 1700 - PIANO ACCOMPANIST - Junior Student - Own - one or two selections 1. Seongwon Jung For more about the Truro Music Festival visit our web site at: www.truromusicfestival.ca Join us on Facebook for the latest Festival news! www.facebook.com/groups/truromusicfestival/
Page 14 Meet your Adjudicator Junior Piano Tara Scott is one of Atlantic Canada's most renowned collaborative pianists. Her love of teaching and performing has led her to pursue staff accompanist positions at Western, Dalhousie, Acadia, and Mount Allison Universities. She has performed extensively with singers and instrumentalists across Canada and appeared on national television and radio. Tara is the principal Music Director and Pianist for Maritime Concert Opera, based in Lunenburg NS. With MCO, she has performed fifteen full-length operas and has conducted chamber orchestras for two productions. She co-founded, with Nina Scott-Stoddart, Halifax Summer Opera Workshop, an opera training program with fully staged productions, now in its fourteenth season. She has worked as Music Director for Eastern Front Theatre, Acadia's Singing Theatre and has performed with Opera Nova Scotia and Opera New Brunswick. Currently on leave from the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, Tara maintains a busy private studio of children and adult students. She has adjudicated extensively for music festivals throughout the Maritimes and has worked as piano examiner for Mount Allison and the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts. She is also the accompanist for Dalhousie's Collegium Cantorum, directed by Gary Ewer. Tara received a Bachelor of Music Degree in piano performance from Mount Allison University, studying with Dr Janet Hammock. She then studied with Dr John Hess at Western University, receiving a Master's degree of literature and performance in collaborative piano. Originally from Grand Bay-Westfield NB, Tara now resides in Dartmouth NS with her husband and three children.
Page 16 Thursday, April 11 th - Marigold Cultural Centre - Senior Piano 1:00 PM 605 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 5 - Own 1. Mercedes Swan 2. Leah MacLean 1:15 PM 606 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 6 - Own 1. Sappho Thompson 1:15 PM 607 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 7 - Own 2. Sarah Astatkie 4. Isabella Young 3. Alyssa Hazelton 1:50 PM 405 - BAROQUE/CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 5 - Own 1. Emma Cook 3. Ava Benedict 2. Leah MacLean 2:10 PM 406 - BAROQUE/CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 6 - Own 1. Sappho Thompson 2:10 PM 407 - BAROQUE PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 7 - Own 1. Lindsay Pike
Page 18 Thursday Afternoon Senior Piano 2:25 PM 313 - PIANO SOLO - 13 Years - Rhythm Roulette, by Dennis Alexander, Alfred Publishing Company (#24474) 1. Sarah Astatkie 5. Ella Sobey 2. Madelaine Brown 6. Emma Cook 3. Isaiah MacKay 7. Marion Porter 4. Paige MacPhee 3:10 PM Break 3:25 PM 314 - PIANO SOLO - 14 Years - Sunshine Jamboree, by Martha Mier, Alfred Publishing Company (#22415) 1. Ella Sobey 3:25 PM 315 - PIANO SOLO - 15 Years - Rhapsody Royale, by Carolyn C Setliff, Alfred Publishing Company (#26290) 1. Mercedes Swan 3. Emilia Fitzgerald 2. Isabella Young 3:55 PM 316 - PIANO SOLO - 16 Years - Robotics, by Melody Bober, Alfred Publishing Company (#32837) 1. Elisabet Astatkie 3. Martha Yiridoe 2. Alyssa Hazelton 4. Tanner Altenkirk 4:25 PM 317 - PIANO SOLO - 17 Years - In Evening Air, by Aaron Copland, pg. 57-59, RCM Grade 8 Repertoire (Celebration Series 2015) 1. Cian McCarron 4:25 PM 318 - PIANO SOLO - 18 Years - Own 1. Zoe Morgan
Page 20 Thursday Afternoon Senior Piano 4:45 PM 408 - BAROQUE PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 8 - Own 1. Elisabet Astatkie 2. Seongwon Jung 4:45 PM 410 - BAROQUE PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 10 - Own 1. Christelinda Laureijs 5:15 PM Supper Break 7:00 PM 417 - CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 7 - Own 1. Sarah Astatkie 2. Isabella Young 7:00 PM 418 - CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 8 - Own 1. Martha Yiridoe 7:00 PM 419 - CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 9 - Own 1. Zoe Morgan 7:00 PM 420 - CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 10 - Own 1. Christelinda Laureijs 7:45 PM 901 - PIANO CONCERT GROUP - Junior - Own - 2 Selections 1. Cian McCarron
Thursday Evening Senior Piano 8:10 PM 608 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 8 - Own 1. Elisabet Astatkie 3. Martha Yiridoe 2. Seongwon Jung 8:35 PM 609 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 9 - Own 1. Zoe Morgan 8:35 PM 610 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 10 - Own 1. Cian McCarron 2. Fumairia Laureijs 8:35 PM 612 - MODERN PIANO SOLO - Non-RCM - Open - Own 1. Christelinda Laureijs Thank you for being respectful of our class session protocol. Absolute silence during performances is required. To that end, we also ask that all electronic devices be muted. Please note that the viewing public may not enter or leave during a performance or adjudication. When the doors are open, you may do either. Thank you for providing our competitors with the best atmosphere and conditions possible.
Page 22 Meet Your Adjudicator. Senior Piano Energetic and insightful, Jennifer King is a versatile pianist who is equally at home on the concert stage, and in the classroom. She is also in high demand as an adjudicator, coach, and clinician; she has firmly established herself as a sought-after talent across Atlantic Canada. Jennifer worked at Acadia University s School of Music as the staff accompanist, a part-time piano instructor and faculty member from 2003-2016. She currently works as a private piano instructor and coach from her home studio and at the Maritime Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts in Halifax, NS. Jennifer was also the master class pianist the Young Artist Program at the Scotia Festival of Music for seven years. Since moving back from England in 2003 where she was an active musician and teacher, Ms. King has performed in hundreds of recitals and concerts at Acadia University and as a free-lance pianist in many of the Maritime region s concert series. Jennifer can be heard in concert alongside some of Canada s most respected singers and musicians and as a soloist. She has performed a number of Canadian premieres recently and loves exploring new music both solo and chamber music, as well as looking to past musical hidden gems. Ms. King holds a Masters of Music degree in solo piano performance from McGill University, a Bachelor of Music from Acadia University and has completed postgraduate diplomas at the University of Reading in the UK as well as the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, England. She was a scholarship holder at the Kneisal Hall Chamber Music School, the cradle of chamber music teaching in America in Blue Hill, Maine, and of a grant for contemporary music studies at the Britten Pears School of Advanced Musical Studies in the UK.
Her accolades include two scholarships from the Nova Scotia Talent Trust, and an Award of Appreciation from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia in recognition of her contributions to musical life in the province. In 2016 Jennifer performed outside for 6 hours on the Halifax waterfront with artist Holly Carr for Nocturne Art at Night Festival. Jennifer is a strong believer in community, and reaches out to the next generation of artists, and educators. She was one of the founders of the Prince Edward Island Registered Music Teachers Association when she was 22 years old. She was on Provincial Council for NSRMTA where she has also been the Vice President, Registrar, Second Delegate and ran the NSRMTA Provincial Scholarship Competition for 2016 and 2017. She served on the NSYO board and is a member of Canadian Federation of Adjudicators Association and Atlantic Federation of Musicians. She is married to a veterinarian and has two busy teen-aged children. Jennifer released her first solo album of night-inspired piano music O Mistress Moon in January 2018 as part of Cecilia Concerts Series in Halifax. Since then, the album has been featured on a number of radio stations, including CBC, and she has toured throughout Nova Scotia and P.E.I. with the program. The CD can be found digitally on Leaf Music, Apple Music, itunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Google Play. The album is nominated for an ECMA 2019 award for Classical Recording of the Year. Jennifer is also a Pop-Up Artist for the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Nova Scotia Talent Trust. She will be performing a number of short recitals throughout the province in 2019 to promote this important scholarship granting organization for emerging talent of all artistic disciplines. Since January 2019 Jennifer has performed at the Open Water Festival, Dartmouth Community Concert Series, Province House for the opening of Black Heritage Month, UPEI Recital Series and a Cookie Concert for Musique Royale Series.
Page 24 Friday, April 12, 2019 - Marigold Cultural Centre - Senior Piano 1:00 PM 1505 - PIANO SIGHT READING - RCM Grade 5 - Own 1. Emma Cook 1:05 PM 803 - SACRED PIANO SOLO - TRADITIONAL OR CONTEMPORARY - Intermediate - Own 1. Mercedes Swan 1:05 PM 804 - SACRED PIANO SOLO - TRADITIONAL OR CONTEMPORARY - Senior - Own 1. Eliana Schrock 1:20 PM 1603 - PIANO COMPOSER - Intermediate - Own 1. Kaitlyn Warmerdam 1:30 PM 705 - JAZZ, BLUES PIANO - RCM Grade 5 - OR - Recognized Conservatory Graded - Own 1. Emma Cook 2. Leah MacLean 1:45 PM 706 - JAZZ, BLUES PIANO - RCM Grade 6 - OR - Recognized Conservatory Graded - Own 1. Sappho Thompson 2. Vijay Makkar 2:00 PM 707 - JAZZ, BLUES PIANO - RCM Grade 7 - OR - Recognized Conservatory Graded - Own 1. Sarah Astatkie 4. Jacob Varner 2. Alyssa Hazelton 5. Lindsay Pike 3. Isabella Young
Page 26 Friday Afternoon Senior Piano 2:25 PM 1204 - PIANO TRIO - 15 Years and under - Noncompetitive - Own - one selection 1. Isabella Young, Emilia Fitzgerald & Ava Hennessey 2:35 PM 1303 - JAZZ/BLUES PIANO DUET - Intermediate - Own 1. Paige MacPhee & Ella Sobey 2:45 PM Break 2:55 PM 512 - ROMANTIC PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 7 - Own 1. Lindsay Pike 2:55 PM 507 - ROMANTIC PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 8 - Own 1. Elisabet Astatkie 3:10 PM 509 - ROMANTIC PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 10 - Own 1. Fumairia Laureijs 3. Cian McCarron 2. Christelinda Laureijs 3:40 PM 519 - POST-ROMANTIC PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 9 - Own 1. Ingrid Schrock 3:40 PM 520 - POST-ROMANTIC PIANO SOLO - RCM Grade 10 - Own 1. Christelinda Laureijs 2. Fumairia Laureijs
Page 28 Friday Afternoon Senior Piano 4:10 PM 1402 - MASTER CLASS PIANO - Senior - Own 1. Christelinda Laureijs 2. Fumairia Laureijs 4:40 PM 1404 - MASTER CLASS PIANO - Adult - Own 1. Kim Benedict 5:00 PM Supper Break 6:45 PM 1507 - PIANO SIGHT READING - RCM Grade 7 - Own 1. Jacob Varner 2. Lindsay Pike 7:00 PM 1114 - PIANO DUET - Competitive - Open - Own 1. Isabella Young & Madeline Young 7:00 PM 1104 - PIANO DUET - 13/14 Years - Maple Leaf Rag, arr. By Carol Matz, pg. 22-27, Famous and Fun Duets, Book 5, Alfred Publishing Company, (#37037) 1. Marion Porter & Jessica Porter 7:20 PM 1304 - JAZZ/BLUES PIANO DUET - Senior - Own 1. Elisabet Astatkie & Sarah Astatkie 7:30 PM 1119 - PIANO DUET - STUDENT & TEACHER - Intermediate - Non-competitive - Own 1. Jacob Varner & Bette-Joan Pring 2. Joshua Varner & Bette-Joan Pring
About the Festival: A 97-Year Tradition! The Truro Music Festival was started in 1922 by Professor Harry Wellard and his assistants Miss Margaret McLean and Miss Lois Richardson. Prof. Wellard was organist at several Truro churches, taught music at the Nova Scotia Provincial Normal College, and was supervisor of music in Colchester County schools. He was devoted to music in the community, and was particularly interested in fostering its role in childhood education and development. His many achievements are honoured nearly a century later in the annual Truro Music Festival. In the beginning, the Festival was only for schools, and was known as the Truro Choral Society Music Competition. Initially, the competition was only for "town" schools and took place on a single Saturday in late May in the old Colchester County Academy. The Festival quickly grew to include county schools and schoolaged soloists, and today includes musicians of all ages from the Colchester area and neighboring counties in Nova Scotia. The tradition has continued up to the present day, and the 2017 Festival will be the 95th anniversary of this Truro institution. In fact, the Truro Music Festival is the third oldest competitive music festival in Canada, an achievement for which the community can be justifiably proud.
Page 30 Friday Evening Senior Piano 7:40 PM 1120 - PIANO DUET - STUDENT & TEACHER - Senior - Non-competitive - Own 1. Ingrid Schrock & Bette-Joan Pring 2. Jacob Varner & Bette-Joan Pring 8:10 PM 708 - JAZZ, BLUES PIANO - RCM Grade 8 - OR - Recognized Conservatory Graded - Own 1. Seongwon Jung 2. Martha Yiridoe 8:10 PM 709 - JAZZ, BLUES PIANO - RCM Grade 9 - OR - Recognized Conservatory Graded - Own 1. Cian McCarron 2. Ingrid Schrock
Truro Music Festival Board - 2019 Executive: President: Kent Loughead Vice President: Susan Greaves Past President: Max Legere Secretary: Angela Dwyer Treasurer: Patrick Vandermeulen Venue Coordinators: Marigold Cultural Centre: Kent Loughead (Musical Theatre), Sonya Parks (Senior Piano) Cobequid Educational Centre: Cathy Boudreau (Bands) St. Andrews United: Mildred Fulton (Junior Piano) First United: Lisa Jennings (Voice), Chella Henderson (Choirs) Committees: Adjudicators Provincial Music Festival: Ann Legere Advertising Fundraising: Patrick Vandermeulen Music Librarian: Valerie Hoegg-Briand Scheduling School Liaison: Marie Braedley Publicity: Janet Shea Registrar: Lech Krzywonos Statistics & Awards: Alison MacLean, Colleen Armstrong-Shaw, Karen MacQuarrie Information Manager Program Design: René Wall At Large: Cathy Boudreau Join us for our Closing Concert: Piano, Vocal, Choral, Instrumental, Band May 10 th, 2019 @ 7:00 pm Marigold Cultural Centre Admission: $5 per person; Children 12 and under admitted free