Canada Music Week Celebrations & Student Achievements
The music teachers of the Trail/Castlegar Branch BCRMTA held two very successful events in celebration of Canada Music Week in the Muriel Griffiths Room of the Bailey Theatre in Trail. On Saturday, Nov. 23, a composition workshop with Dean Burry of Queens University was attended by nine student composers, five teachers, and several auditors. He was live-streamed into the room by Zoom. Dean worked individually with students on previously submitted compositions, as well as leading the students through a collaborative composition activity in two groups. Everyone was highly engaged and left inspired and with buoyant spirits.
The following day, Sunday, Nov. 24, they hosted a branch recital in which 23 piano and voice students performed a program entirely of Canadian works. Three students who had attended the workshop on the previous day performed their own compositions. This recital was followed by an awardsand scholarships presentation to those students who received the highest marks on exams within our Branch in the past year. The event was very well attended (standing room only), and well received.
It was a most exciting & joyful weekend filled with lots of learning and tons of fun.
Trail/Castlegar Branch BCRMTA Student Awards 2024
Helen Dahlstrom Practical Award
Conservatory Canada
Grade 1 Maeva Lewis Contemporary Idioms & Classical Technique 90.2
Grade 2 Isabella LePage Classical 84.5
Grade 3 Madeline Ellis Contemporary Idioms 86.6
Grade 5 Soleil Bitting Classical 90.0
Grade 6 Erica Sandland Contemporary Idioms 80.1
Grade 8 Olivia Ovington Contemporary Idioms 84.2
The Royal Conservatory
Level 1 Duncan Coke 88
Level 4 Imogen Barrie 84
Level 4 (Voice) Emma Evans 83
Dora Tweeddale Theory Award
Conservatory Canada
Theory 1 Jasmine Chow 96
Theory 2 Kydan Medland 83
Theory 4 Olivia Ovington 81
The Royal Conservatory
Level 6 Emilio Ruiz 96
Level 9 (Harmony) Anne Cameron 84
To Be Acknowledged
Maeva Lewis awarded the Medal for Excellence for her Conservatory Canada Level 1 Piano Contemporary Idioms exam
Madeline Ellis is awarded the Medal for Excellence for her Conservatory Canada Level 3 Piano Contemporary Idioms exam
Soleil Bitting awarded the Medal for Excellence for her Conservatory Canada Grade 5 Classical Piano exam
Jasmine Chow awarded the Medal for Excellence for her Conservatory Canada Level 5 Piano Contemporary Idioms exam
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