WOODWINDS. April 20 & 21, 2018 First Baptist Church 877 North Park St.

/gvpaf www.gvpaf.org WOODWINDS April 20 & 21, 2018 First Baptist Church 877 North Park St. Highlights Concert: May 3, 2018, 7:00pm Phillip T. Young Recital Hall University of Victoria

WELCOME TO FESTIVAL 2018! A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival Association, I am pleased to welcome audiences, participants and adjudicators to the 2018 Victoria Performing Arts Festival. This is the 91st year of the Festival, a measure of its success in the performing arts community in Greater Victoria. We are part of a large festival community. There are now 231 local festivals across Canada which featured over 23,000 performers last year. In British Columbia, there are 32 separate festivals in various communities. Our Victoria Festival provides a platform for progression of our registrants to the Provincial and National Festivals, and if history is any indication, their achievements on those stages are impressive. Those results provide impetus to our many volunteers and the Board. This past year has been marked by several major decisions made by our Board. We were fortunate to be able to engage Fuchsia Shier to assist in the office. Fuchsia will be taking over the Office Administrator position when Lynne Picard retires in June this year. We have integrated a new database to better organize the information which is key to our Festival. The number of highlight concerts has been reduced to 10 by combining several disciplines. As well, the Board is engaged in updating our strategic plan. This year Festival begins on April 4 and concludes on May 12, 2018. During those weeks adjudicated sessions will take place in disciplines such as dance, speech arts, voice, choral, bands, ethnic dance, composition, and include instruments ranging from piano, guitar, woodwinds, brass, fiddle and strings. Our Highlight Concerts, concluding with the Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship Concert on May 12 th, give audiences a stage to enjoy and applaud the exceptional talent, and provide valued performance opportunity for young artists. I am also excited to tell you that Victoria will be hosting the 2018 Provincial Festival from May 29 to June 2, when over 500 winners from all parts of British Columbia will perform before adjudicators. Three concerts will highlight the exceptional calibre of dance and music from BC. You will not be disappointed! Be sure to check our website for concert dates and times. The Festival owes its success over the years to numerous dedicated persons, some of whom have been active in various capacities for over 40 years, a tribute to their love of the performing arts. There are hundreds of volunteers who make Festival a success each year. Festival relies on our loyal and generous donors who sustain us. They are comprised of individual patron, award donors, sponsors, foundations and granting agencies. They are listed elsewhere in this Program. We are grateful for their support for the arts. We invite you to join us at Highlight Concerts where the talent being presented is celebrated. As President, I wish to thank all those who encourage and support our initiatives. To our performers during Festival 2018, I wish you every success. John Sterk, President 2

We recognize and celebrate these generous supporters EVENT RENTALS We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia 3

Acknowledgements Donations enable Festival to fund many operating expenses as well as all of our awards. We would like to thank all our donors who give generously to support Festival. For a current list of all donor names, please go to our website: gvpaf.org/donors.aspx Thank you to all of our volunteers! Festival owes its success and longevity to the ongoing support of over 300 volunteers annually. Our teams of dedicated volunteers undertake essential tasks including governance, fundraising, awards management, publicity, media, grant applications, sponsor management, volunteer management, scheduling performances and staging over 2,000 performances that take place in eleven different venues across Victoria. We would also like to thank our student participants, their teachers and accompanists. The amazing performances that make up Festival represent countless hours of instruction and practice. Thank you to all of the participants for sharing your talent through Festival. Thank you! 4

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Woodwinds Adjudicator Laura Vanek Since her professional debut, Laura has been actively involved in teaching music. She has taught flute and coached chamber music at the University of Victoria and is a frequent guest instructor of flute clinics and masterclasses in greater Vancouver schools. Since moving to the West Coast she performs regularly as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. She has appeared with a wide variety of ensembles including the Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kamloops Symphony, Turning Point Ensemble, Vancouver Island Symphony, Victoria Symphony and the Pacific Opera. She was a founding member of NOVO Ensemble, a Vancouver based new music group committed to supporting Canadian composers. She has held positions with l Orchestre Hector Berlioz and l Orchestre de l Opèra Comique and has appeared more recently as a soloist with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, I Musici Sushi and West Coast Symphony Orchestra. Laura began studying with Dianne Aitken and Douglas Stewart in Toronto. She pursued further studies in Paris with Philippe Pierlot, Vincent Lucas, François-Xavier Roth and the late Alain Marion and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester under Peter Lloyd. In 2009 she completed her masters in music performance at the University of Victoria. Highlights Concert May 3, 2018 Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, 7:00PM MacLaurin Building, University of Victoria No photography or recording of any kind is permitted in any venue or during any session. 18

WOODWINDS FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 877 NORTH PARK STREET ADJUDICATOR: LAURA VANEK 9:00 AM Woodwind Solo - Unaccompanied - Senior 1. Liam Pistor 2. Arisa Lutic-Hotta 3. Sujung Lee 4. Gillian Newburn 5. Jillian Broughton 6. Connor Stairs Woodwind Solo - Unaccompanied - Intermediate 1. Thomas Gartside 2. Yidi Li Woodwind Solo - Junior 1. Alicia Bai Sidenius 2. Alex Kee 3. Yudi Zhang 4. Annika Clark 5. Natalie Cal 6. LeiHei (Cynthia) Dou 7. Angelina Safarik 8. Madeline Astridge 9. Rosie Manders Woodwind Solo - Jazz - Accompanied or Unaccompanied - Intermediate 1. Thomas Gartside 1:30 PM Woodwind & Piano - Sonata - Junior 1. Jayda Thor 2. Maya Tschudin 3. Angelina Safarik 4. LeiHei (Cynthia) Dou 5. Alex Kee 6. Alicia Bai Sidenius 7. Yudi Zhang Woodwind & Piano - Sonata - Senior 1. Siyu Lin 2. Thomas Bauer 3. Sujung Lee 4. Arisa Lutic-Hotta 5. Todd Morgan 6. Olivia Wheeler Woodwind Solo - Jazz - Accompanied or Unaccompanied - Junior 1. Yudi Zhang 7:00 PM Woodwind Concerto - Junior 1. Madeline Astridge Woodwind Concerto - Intermediate 1. Matthew McLean Woodwind Concerto - Senior 1. Arisa Lutic-Hotta 2. Sujung Lee 3. Gillian Newburn 4. Thomas Bauer 5. Karsten Brewka No photography or recording of any kind is permitted in any venue or during any session. 19

WOODWINDS SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 877 NORTH PARK STREET ADJUDICATOR: LAURA VANEK 9:00 AM Woodwind Solo - Adult 1. Gordon Bushnell 2. Jennifer Carlstrom Woodwind & Piano - Sonata - Intermediate 1. Thomas Gartside 2. Matthew McLean 3. Yidi Li 4. Paige Thompson Woodwind Concerto - Adult 1. Tina Webber Woodwind Ensemble - Senior 1. Queen Anne s Quartet Syssilia Reid, Baylie Adams, Tessa Belhomme Orders, Kayla Izon 2. Flute Loops Sujung Lee, Arisa Lutic-Hotta, Matthew McLean 3. University of Victoria Quartet Blue Michelle Melnicky, Matt Fichter, Todd Morgan, Karsten Brewka 4. Quartet Red Connor Stairs, Skye Eriksen, Jay Beaton, Michael Veilguth 5. Flutey Quartet Thomas Bauer, Gillian Newburn, Jillian Broughton, Monica Mun 1:30 PM Woodwind Solo - Senior 1. Baylie Adams 2. Gillian Newburn 3. Siyu Lin 4. Arisa Lutic-Hotta 5. Todd Morgan 6. Olivia Wheeler 7. Sujung Lee 8. Liam Pistor Woodwind Solo - Intermediate 1. Cindy (Yanran) Sun 2. Stephanie Ganz 3. Thomas Gartside 4. Yidi Li Woodwind Solo - Unaccompanied - Junior 1. Maya Tschudin Woodwind Solo - Unaccompanied - Adult 1. Tina Webber No photography or recording of any kind is permitted in any venue or during any session. 20

WOODWINDS SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 877 NORTH PARK STREET ADJUDICATOR: LAURA VANEK 7:00 PM Woodwind Duet - Accompanied or Unaccompanied - Junior 1. Maya Tschudin, Angelina Safarik Duet - Brass, Percussion or Stringed Instrument - Intermediate 1. Cindy (Yanran) Sun, Kiani Brownbridge Woodwind Duet - Accompanied or Unaccompanied - Senior 1. Karsten Brewka, Todd Morgan Ensemble - any age 1. VCM Adult Group Flute Class Waymand Wu, Stefan Opalski, Kate Insley, Katherine McDonald 2. Early Bird Flute Choir (Judith Pazder) Goldie Danielson, Katherine McDonald, Terry Germanson, Stefan Opalski, Krystle Rutherford, Waymond Wu, Ursula Yorke 3. Academy Flute Choir (Judith Pazder) Pauline Barnes, Amanda Batchelor, Susan Byrne, Barbara Duffield, Cecile Giardot, Katrine Holewa, Yvonne Kupsch, Donna Michal, Han Vanderleeden, Bruce Hampson Woodwind Ensemble - Junior 1. Oak Bay Flute Ensemble Nicole Horgan, Amelia Ellis, Sophie Nixon-Major, Maya McIntyre 2018 July 2 - August 31 SUMMER ACADEMY Choose from full- and half-day programs, ensembles, classes, private lessons, and more! Whether you are a curious beginner, preparing for auditions or exams, or simply looking for a fun and creative way to liven up your summer, the VCM has something for you! Bursary deadline May 15 See website for application deadlines. PIANO VOCAL STRINGS THEORY GUITAR REGISTER TODAY! VCM Funding Partners: 250.386.5311 900 JOHNSON STREET VCM.BC.CA/SUMMER-ACADEMY No photography or recording of any kind is permitted in any venue or during any session. 21

Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship Concert Jurists Evelyn de la Haye Praised for her "effortless lyric soprano of sumptuous beauty with perfect diction, and a graceful, expressive stage presence, Eve-Lyn de la Haye has made her mark among the Canadian sopranos of her generation. She has performed leading roles with Vancouver Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, and Calgary Opera and is a frequent soloist with the Victoria Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Bach Choir, and the West Coast Symphony. Ms de la Haye is a graduate of the Victoria Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto s Opera Division and is an alumna of the Aldeburgh Festival, the Tanglewood Music Festival, the International Vocal Arts Institute, and the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts. She has represented the GVPAF in Provincial and National Voice, and is a Rosebowl winner and former competitor in the Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship Competition. Ms de la Haye settled in East Vancouver in 2013 with her husband and two young children where she is also a teaching artist for Vancouver Opera. Jane Coop Pianist Jane Coop is one of Canada s most prominent and distinguished artists. At the age of nineteen she won First Prize in the CBC Radio s national competition and this, along with First Prize at the Washington International Competition, launched her career. Her principal teachers for advanced studies were Anton Kuerti and Leon Fleisher. She has played in over twenty countries, in such eminent halls as the Bolshoi Hall in St. Petersburg, the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Beijing Concert Hall and the Salle Gaveau (Paris). Coop is a cherished faculty artist at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival. Her commitment to teaching is centred around her long-time position at the University of British Columbia s School of Music, where she was senior professor and Head of the Piano Division for over 30 years. Coop has been an invited jury member for international piano competitions in Canada, the USA (New York, Washington, Salt Lake City), China and Great Britain. Her sixteen CD recordings have garnered glowing reviews and have been heard on classical radio programs in many countries. In 2012, Jane Coop was appointed to the Order of Canada, Canada s highest honour for lifetime achievement. Thomas Williams A Canadian Violinist, Thomas Williams is a former Associate Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the Schuich School of Music of McGill University. He has also held positions as first violinist with the Montreal Symphony and as Assistant Concert Master of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, he has been a member of the Montreal String Quartet and a founding member of the Concord Chamber Ensemble, and has appeared as a guest artist across Canada. In addition to an active performing career as a violinist and violist, Mr. Williams is a well-known adjudicator, and a jury member. He has for many years worked with the National Orchestra of Canada, and has participated as a performer and teacher at numerous other music festivals in Canada including Orford and the International Music Institute. Prof. Williams teaching association with McGill began in 1981. He assumed the position of String Area Chair in 1986, where he has been instrumental in developing a highly successful string program at McGill University. Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship Concert May 12, 2018, Philip T Young Recital Hall, 7:00pm No photography or recording of any kind is permitted in any venue or during any session. 22