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Cooma Music Competition 2011 – A Great Success!

allan — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:18:01 +0000

It was huge day of music and fun on Sunday the 18th of September. The 6th annual Cooma Music Competition was a resounding success. This year we had over 80 contestants performing in 19 heats during the day. The Finals Concert capped off the day with 22 performances and a presentation of 8 trophies. The Finals Concert included performances by all the winners of the daytime heats as well as special performances by The Snowy Mountains Ensemble and Snowy Mountains Christian School Concert Band, both conducted by Rodney Clancy, as well as a rock band from Bombala, “Critical Acclaim”.

The guest judges were the head of The Alfred Deakin High School music department and prolific musician and composer, Marian Budos and his wife Ivana Troselj. Ivana is a wonderful singer and composer. Marian and Ivana have performed together all over the world. Marian’s compositions are still regularly performed in Europe and the USA.

I’d like to give a special thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who made this competition work so well.

and the winners are…

HEAT	NAME	PRIZE
SOLO CLASSICAL GUITAR-PRIMARY	OSCAR LITCHFIELD	MEDAL
SOLO CLASSICAL GUITAR-SECONDARY	ANNAKA DYKSTRA	MEDAL
SOLO MODERN GUITAR-SECONDARY	ANNAKA DYKSTRA	MEDAL
SOLO PIANO-PRIMARY	ANNA STOLZ	MEDAL
SOLO PIANO-SECONDARY	NIKO BAKKER & MATTHEW VENTURA	MEDAL
SOLO STRINGS-PRIMARY	SARAH VENTURA	MEDAL
SOLO STRINGS-SECONDARY	TAMARA JOHN-NATLEY	MEDAL
SOLO WOODWIND BRASS-PRIMARY	ELLIOT PEARSON	MEDAL
SOLO WOODWIND BRASS-SECONDARY	CAITLYN VENTURA	MEDAL
SOLO VOICE-PRIMARY	KAYLA GAY	MEDAL
SOLO VOICE-SECONDARY	VENDULKA WICKTA	MEDAL
SOLO VOICE-OPEN	ROWENA EVANS	MEDAL
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION-PRIMARY	KAYLA GAY	MEDAL
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION-SECONDARY/OPEN	MATTHEW VENTURA	MEDAL
VOCAL GROUP-PRIMARY/SECONDARY	DARA SMITH, MIRANDA EVANS, HAPPI HUMAN	TROPHY
VOCAL GROUP-OPEN	MARK SALVESTRO & MIRANDA EVANS	TROPHY
SMALL INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE-PRIMARY	INDIA & JADE OLD	TROPHY
SMALL INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE-SECONDARY	CAITLYN & MATTHEW VENTURA	TROPHY

and the overall winners from the Concert of Finalists…

CAITLYN VENTURA	Frank Scott Music Award Trophy & $50 cash
MATTHEW VENTURA	Russell & Jackie Fox Music Award Trophy & $50 cash
KAYLA GAY	Ron Cox Music Award Trophy & $50 cash
TAMARA JOHN-NATLEY	Strings Award Trophy & $50 cash & a Peak Music Stand donated by The Sydney String Centre
VENDULKA WICHTA	Robert Shearer Vocal Encouragement Award (under 18) Certificate & $50 cash
NIKO BAKKER	Peter de Jager Piano Prize Trophy & $200 cash & a Gift from the Snowy Monaro Arts Council
ANNAKA DYKSTRA	Narrawong Classical Guitar Award Trophy & $200 cash
KAYLA GAY	The People’s Choice -“Voted Best Overall Performance” chosen by the audience Trophy & $100 cash

Congratulations to all the winners and all the performers for a wonderful contest and concert!

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Café Music – Saturday 18 December 2011 at 4.00 pm

allan — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:58:30 +0000

“Café Music with a touch of Christmas Fun!”

Come and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea in our “Music Café”.

Live music will be provided by students & teachers of Cooma School of Music.

The “Café Music” concept is a variation on the theme of “student concert”. We decided to “play” this in the “key of relaxed”. The audience is seated at tables around the hall. They can listen to the music, read the Saturday papers, play a game of chess, cards, snakes and ladders, have a conversation, enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea with bottomless cups of tea or coffee. The music students will perform in a more relaxed atmosphere.

The audience is not expected to stay for the whole afternoon. They can come and go as they please. We realise how busy everyone is right now!

The café opens at 4pm, Saturday 18 December at St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, 138 Commissioner Street.

Please bring a plate of festive food to share and some games to play. Tea & coffee will be provided free.

Prizes for the Best Table Decorations!

Lucky Door Prizes!

If you want to play, when you arrive, just choose the time you want to play and write your name next to that timeslot on the whiteboard in the Hall.

Admission:

Adults $5
Children $2
Family $15

Presented by Cooma School of Music

Younger at Art – Sunday 23 May 2010

allan — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:01:03 +0000

Our Musicians Help Welcome Torah Bright & Our Olympians

allan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:29:21 +0000

Last Saturday, gold medallist Torah Bright and her fellow “locally raised” Winter Olympians, Jenny Owens, Ben Sim, Jono Brauer, Scott Kneller and Ramone Cooper were treated to a fantastic welcome home from Cooma. There was an unveiling of a special plaque at Apex Park, a very cool motorcade of vintage sports cars, and a Civic Reception in Centennial Park and at the Multi Function Centre. And our local musicians were there to make this event even better.

Cooma Harmony Chorus Sings Christmas Carols 2009

allan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:50:12 +0000

Express 15 Dec 2009

Christmas Café was a wonderful afternoon of music

allan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:31:02 +0000

Christmas Café was an afternoon of live music performed by the students and teachers at Cooma School of Music. The performers played very confidently in the relaxed atmosphere of the “Music Café”.

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CHRISTMAS CAFÉ

allan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:47:59 +0000

“Café Music with a touch of Christmas Fun!”

Come and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea in our “Music Café”. Live music will be provided by students & teachers of Cooma School of Music.

The “Café Music” concept is a bit of an experiment, or variation on the theme of “student concert”. We decided to “play” this in the “key of relaxed”. The audience is seated at tables around the hall. They can listen to the music, read the Sunday papers, play a game of chess, cards, snakes and ladders, have a conversation, enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea with bottomless cups of tea or coffee. The music students could perform in this more relaxed atmosphere.

The audience is not expected to stay for the whole afternoon. They can come and go as they please. We realise how busy everyone is right now!

The café opens at 3pm, Sunday 6th December at St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, 138 Commissioner Street.

Please bring a plate of festive food to share and some games to play. Tea & coffee will be provided.

Prizes for the Best Table Decorations!

If you want to play, when you arrive, just choose the time you want to play and write your name next to that timeslot on the whiteboard in the Hall.

Admission:

Adults $5
Children $2
Family $15

Presented by Cooma School of Music

The Ruby Everett & Family Bushdance was a great success!

allan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:46:22 +0000

Wow what a fun night that was! We had a fantastic band of over 15 musicians. We also had wonderful special performances from the Cooma Harmony Chorus, Numeralla Fingerplunkers, Ned McPhie, Brodie Nossiter and Megan Williams. And thank you, Judith, Anna, Tina, Rowena, Kellie, Viki, Ross, Peter, Maxine, Dave, Rod, Paul and Lou for playing in our bush band. We’re also very grateful to all those helpers who so cheerfully helped with the set up, clean up, ticket selling, supper preparation and washing up! xox

The supper tables were also piled high with loads of wonderful food; so thanks to all those great cooks!

And very special thank you to Rev. Paul for donating the use of the Anglican Hall.

Also thank you Fran for the dance calling!

So, with everyone’s help we were able to raise $1,021.70 for Ruby Everett and her family… And, I think everyone had a fun night!

Café Music was a great success!

allan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:07:40 +0000

Café Music was a great success last Sunday afternoon (28th June). Over 30 students of Cooma School of Music entertained a large and appreciative audience. The “Café Music” concept was a bit of an experiment, or variation on the theme of “student concert”. We decided to “play” this in the “key of relaxed”. The audience was seated at tables around the hall. They could listen to the music, read the Sunday papers, play a game of chess, cards, snakes and ladders, have a conversation, enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea with bottomless cups of tea or coffee. The music students could perform in this more relaxed atmosphere. The feedback we’ve received so far has been very positive. So Leslie and I, Judith and Adrian are delighted with the results. We would, however, welcome any suggestions as to how we may be able to improve on this concept. Thanks to all the wonderful cooks who produced so much lovely food (I’m back on my diet this week!). Thanks to the helpers who cleaned up the hall afterwards. Thanks to the lovely and supportive audience. And of course, thanks to the wonderful music students for giving up their Sunday afternoon and performing so well!

(This photo by Mic Clayton)

Aidan

Alex

Alexei & Judith

Amy

Angela & Chloe

Brodie (This photo by Mic Clayton)

A relaxed afternoon at the "Cafe Music" (This photo by Mic Clayton)

Chloe

Chris

Clinton (This photo by Mic Clayton)

Connor

Darcy (This photo by Mic Clayton)

Dayna

Esa

Esa & Lucas

Imogen

Jack (This photo by Mic Clayton)

Jasmine (This photo by Mic Clayton)

Jesse

Joshua

Kim

Luke (This photo by Mic Clayton)

Matthew

Matthew & Caitlin

Mollie

Noah

Rowena & Frances (This photo by Mic Clayton)

Tanika

Teresa

Tina & Madeleine (Daughter & Mother)

Viki

Brodie & Chris Busking

allan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:49:54 +0000

Brodie, Chris and friends had a heap of fun busking outside of Coles on Friday night. Cold? No way! They’ve got their music to keep them warm!

Chris & Brodie busking with friends