This year’s 11th Cooma Music Competition was a a great success with over 50 musicians performing competing in heats all day from 12 noon. And then 16 were selected  perform in a Finals Concert at 7 pm to win 8 major prizes

Mia Mrsic won her heats in Piano Secondary & Strings Secondary. Mia went on to win The Peter de Jager Piano Prize & The P D Murphy Award for Strings

Here are the results from the heats:

• Piano Primary – Ella Mrsic
• Piano Secondary – Mia Mrsic
• Strings Primary – Ella Mrsic
• Strings Secondary – Mia Mrsic
• Voice Primary – Isobel Walker
• Woodwind & Brass – Rachel Bennett
• Classical Guitar Primary – Olo Brademann
• Classical Guitar Secondary – Darcy Clayton
• Instrumental Ensemble – The Brademann Brothers
• Voice Secondary – Matilda Rose
• Group Voice Secondary – Emma & Matilda
• Voice Open – Nancy Groves
• Original Secondary – Shelby Grace
• Original Open –  Timothy Cooke
• Wild Cards – Dante Clavijo & Laila Bradshaw

Here are the results from the Finals Concert:

• Frank Scott Music Award – for any concert band instrument (Trophy & $50 voucher)  – Rachel Bennett
• Russell & Jackie Fox Music Award – for most outstanding primary performance (Trophy & $50 voucher) – Olo Brademann
• P D Murphy Award for Strings – for best performance on Violin, recipe Viola or Cello (Trophy & $50 voucher) – Mia Mrsic
• Peter de Jager Piano Prize – for best piano performance (Trophy & $200 voucher) – Mia Mrsic
• Narrawong Classical Guitar Award - (Trophy & $200 voucher) – Dante Clavijo
• Ron Cox Vocal Award - (Trophy & $100 voucher) – Laila Bradshaw
• Original Composition Award -(Trophy & $50 voucher) – Shelby Grace
• People’s Choice Award - (Trophy & $100 voucher) Matilda Rose & The Brademann Brothers

There were 11 competitors in the Voice Secondary heat

The Brademann Brothers were a popular choice

COOMA MUSIC COMPETITION TIMETABLE SUNDAY 24/07/2016

St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall 136 Commissioner Street Cooma

Starts: 12 noon
FINALS CONCERT STARTS AT 7.00 PM

For Timetable click on link below:

TIMETABLE _ COOMA MUSIC COMPETITION 2016

Download ENTRY FORM here: ENTRY FORM COOMA MUSIC COMPETITION 2016_02

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Cooma Music Competition 2016, now in its 11th year, will provide an opportunity for musicians of all ages and skills to perform and compete. We hope this competition will be as inclusive as possible. The competition will be open to all instruments and voice. Although the competition will be conducted by Cooma School of Music, all musicians are welcome to perform.

Entry is open to all.

Heats will comence at 12 noon on Sunday 24^th July

A timetable of Heats and Competitors will be sent to all the participants before the day.

The winners of the heats will then be invited to perform in a Finals Concert that will then be held on the same day in the evening starting at 7pm. Time allowing, specially invited guests (non- competitors) will also be invited to perform in the Finals Concert.

Venue: St Pauls Anglican Church Hall, 136 Commissioner Street, Cooma NSW 2630

Performers for this concert will be drawn from the winners of the heats as well as invited guest performers.

The major sections will be:

1. Solo (unaccompanied or accompanied). Solos may be accompanied by a pianist or a guitarist, or other musician or CD backing track. Performers may organize their own accompanist or a piano accompanist will available at the hall if required. (However, please indicate on your entry form if you will need to be provided with an accompanist). CD backing tracks (“Play-along”) will be accepted by prior arrangement.
2. Small Instrumental Ensembles-any instrumental combination up to and including 6 players.
3. Large Instrumental Ensembles-any instrumental combination over 6 players.
4. Vocal Groups-including small to large choirs.
5. Rock Groups-includes all styles. (eg Country, Blues, Jazz, Alternative, etc)
6. Original Composition – A Song or Instrumental Item-(any style)

Each major section will be subdivided into 3 age groups:

1. Primary-primary school aged
2. Secondary-secondary school aged
3. Open

If there are not enough competitors in the younger age groups, younger players may be invited to compete in an older age group.

The Solos section will also be divided into types of instrument if possible.

These instrumental sub-categories will be:

• Piano/Keyboard
• Classical Guitar
• Modern Guitar (Steel string, acoustic or electric)
• Strings (Violin, Viola, Cello or Double Bass)
• Woodwind & Brass
• Drums
• Singing
• Miscellaneous (any musical instruments not listed above. For example, harmonica, bagpipes, mandolin, banjo, harp, etc)
• Original Composition (A song or instrumental item)

If there are not enough competitors in any of the heats , performers may be invited to compete in a heat of another instrumental sub-category.

All competitors will receive a Certificate of Participation. Winners of their heats will receive awards.

We will be happy to accept donations and assistance from businesses and individuals to make this competition possible.

We welcome any comments or advice that may help make this competition an exciting and useful event.

FINAL CONCERT AWARDS:

• Narrawong Classical Guitar Award – Trophy & $200 in value
• Peter de Jager Piano Prize – Trophy & $200 in value
• Ron Cox Music Award _Vocal – Trophy & $100  in value
• Original Award Composition – Certificate & $100  in value
• Frank Scott Music Award _Woodwind, Brass or Drums – Trophy & $50  in value
• Russell & Jackie Fox Music Award –Trophy & $50  in value
• P D Murphy Strings Award_Violin, Viola, Cello or Double Bass – Trophy & $50  in value
• The People’s Choice Award – Trophy & $100  in value

Download ENTRY FORM here: ENTRY FORM COOMA MUSIC COMPETITION 2016_02