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Bombala CMA 19th Annual Talent Quest – Saturday 25 February 2012

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Invite you to attend a

Valentine’s Day Music Train Trip

 

Historic Train ride return Cooma to Chakola, concert at Chakola Hall by string quartet

BYO Picnic

Tuesday 14th February 2012

Train leaves Cooma Railway Station at 6pm

Cost: $35.00 per person

Reserve your ticket by contacting

0408 488 749

info@clancymusic.com.au

or for more information see

www.clancymusic.com.au

This is made possible by the Cooma Monaro Railway Inc.

www.cmrailway.org.au

 


It’s that time of year again – Bombala Talent Quest time!

The good people of the Bombala and District Country Music Association Inc. are once again presenting the Annual Talent Quest. This is their 19th year now and they’re getting pretty good at this. It’s an extremely well run event and needless to say a huge event for the Association and Bombala.

There’s heaps of different Sections including:

  1. Veterans (50 and over)
  2. Open Australian (must be an Australian composition)
  3. Sub-Junior (12 years and under)
  4. Open Instrumental
  5. Junior Vocal (13-17 years)
  6. Senior Gospel
  7. Open Junior Gospel ( To 17 years)
  8. Senior Vocal
  9. Open Singer/Songwriter
  10. Open Duo or Group
  11. Open Country Rock

There’s cash prizes and trophies to be won.

  • When: Saturday 26th February 2011, neuropathologist
    starting at 9.00 am
  • Where: Bombala R.S.L Club Auditorium
The general public welcome.
Tickets: $10 Single/ $5 Pensioners/ $25 Family
Enquiries:
02 6458 2021
02 6458 3431

 

Cooma Music Competition 2011 – A Great Success!

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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, pilule 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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New Piano Prize for Cooma Music Competition

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The Peter de Jager Piano Prize

This year’s Cooma Music Competition will have a new piano prize:

Peter de Jager - Concert Pianist & Composer

The Peter de Jager Piano Prize. (incudes $200 cash)

Peter de Jager lived in Cooma for a time and learnt the piano from his mother, store Helen, ed at Cooma School of Music. Peter has gone on to achieve great success in his music career. This year he won the International Chopin Piano Competition. On seeing Peter do so well at this competition Viv Minell, recuperation a local music lover and pianist, decided to honour Peter by naming this award after him. Viv also wanted inspire up and coming piano students to new heights.

Peter de Jager used to be just another little kid going to Cooma North Primary and now he is a world class concert pianist and composer. (Click here to read more about Peter de Jager)

The Cooma Music Competition will be held this year on Sunday the 18th of September.

Cooma Music Competition 2011 is now in it’s sixth year. This year’s competition 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 amateur musicians are welcome to participate not just students of Cooma School of Music.

Prizes will include trophies and cash. Certificates of Participation will be awarded to all competitors.

The Peter de Jager Piano Prize includes $200 cash and is exclusively for piano students.

For more information contact Allan Spencer:

  • (02) 6452 6067
  • allan@coomamusic.com.au

Peter de Jager wins Australian International 2011 Chopin Piano Competition!

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Peter de Jager - Concert Pianist & Composer

Peter de Jager was born in South Africa on December 1st, treatment 1989, his family relocating to Australia in 1992. Soon after, Peter lived in Cooma with his mother Helen, his father John, and his sister Ruth until he was 7 years old.

Helen de Jager taught piano with us at Cooma School of Music. Peter and Ruth were great mates with our children Leon and Hannah. They all went to Cooma North Primary School together.

It was obvious from a very early age that Peter was a gifted child with a remarkable musical talent. He was totally in love with the piano.

In 1997, the de Jager family moved from Cooma to pursue educational and career opportunities. After moving to Melbourne, Peter studied piano for five years with Nehama Patkin, then two years with Professor Stephen McIntyre, with whom he achieved his LMusA in 2003, at 11 years of age.

From 2007, Peter spent two years in the Australian National Academy of Music’s Advanced Performance Program, studying with Rita Reichman. These years brought him into contact with many international visiting artists, and exposed him to many performance opportunities.

In 2007 Peter participated in the Lev Vlassenko Piano competition, winning the inaugural Enid Lane Memorial Prize for best performance of a work by Mozart. He has twice been finalist in the Academy’s internal concerto competition, on the second occasion performing Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand with Orchestra Victoria.

Today, Peter is 21 and has already achieved so much in music. He is not only an outstanding pianist but he is also a dedicated composer, with a great interest in early music. Currently, he is undertaking a Bachelor of Music in harpsichord and composition, studying with Ann Morgan at the University of Melbourne.

Here’s some photos from the Chopin Competition:

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Click here for more information about the Australian International Chopin Piano Competition

Australian International Chopin Piano Competition 2011

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Peter de Jager - Concert Pianist & Composer

Peter de Jager was born in South Africa in 1989, viagra here his family relocating to Australia in 1992. Soon after Peter lived in Cooma with his mother, information pills Helen his father, more John and his sister, Ruth until he was 7 years old.

Helen de Jager taught piano for us at Cooma School of Music. Peter and Ruth were great mates with our children Leon and Hannah. They all went to Cooma North Primary School together.

It was obvious from an  very early age that Peter was a gifted child with a remarkable musical talent. He was totally in love with the piano.

In 1997, the de Jager family moved from Cooma to pursue educational and career opportunities. After moving to Melbourne, Peter studied piano for five years with Nehama Patkin, then two years with Professor Stephen McIntyre, with whom he achieved his LMusA in 2003. From 2007, Peter spent two years in the Australian National Academy of Music’s Advanced Performance Program, studying with Rita Reichman. These years brought him into contact with many international visiting artists, and exposed him to many performance opportunities.

In 2007 Peter participated in the Lev Vlassenko Piano competition, winning the inaugural Enid Lane Memorial Prize for best performance of a work by Mozart. He has twice been finalist in the Academy’s internal concerto competition, on the second occasion performing Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand with Orchestra Victoria.

Today, Peter is 21 and has already achieved so much in music. He is not only an outstanding pianist but he is also a dedicated composer, with a great interest in early music. He is undertaking a Bachelor of Music in harpsichord and composition, studying with Ann Morgan at the University of Melbourne.

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ANU School of Music, cheap Canberra
1-8 May 2011

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The Tim Draxl Performing Arts Scholarship

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Congratulations to the winners and participates of the inaugural Tim Draxl Performing Arts Scholarship 2011.

The winners of this year’s scholarship were:

  • Kayla Gay
  • Karl Svenson
  • Lillie Siegenthaler
Background
Singer, online pianist and actor Tim Draxl grew up in Berridale and enjoyed wonderful support from
the Snowy River Shire community as a young performer.  Having experienced
success both in Australia and abroad, medicine Tim wanted to give something back to the
community he grew up in.
The Tim Draxl Performing Arts Scholarship was established in response. The
scholarship is designed to support young Snowy River Shire residents in pursuing the
performing arts by providing financial support for workshops, conferences, and
other crucial learning experiences.

Bombala CMA 18th Annual Talent Quest – Saturday 26 February

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It’s that time of year again – Bombala Talent Quest time!

The good people of the Bombala and District Country Music Association Inc. are once again presenting the Annual Talent Quest. This is their 18th year now and they’re getting pretty good at this. It’s an extremely well run event and needless to say a huge event for the Association and Bombala.

There’s heaps of different Sections including:

  1. Veterans (50 and over)
  2. Open Australian (must be an Australian composition)
  3. Sub-Junior (12 years and under)
  4. Open Instrumental
  5. Junior Vocal (13-17 years)
  6. Senior Gospel
  7. Open Junior Gospel ( To 17 years)
  8. Senior Vocal
  9. Open Singer/Songwriter
  10. Open Duo or Group
  11. Open Country Rock

There’s cash prizes and trophies to be won.

  • When: Saturday 26th February 2011, pills starting at 9.00 am
  • Where: Bombala R.S.L Club Auditorium
  • Why: Why Not!

For more information and to download entry forms click here.

ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2011

Contact: M. Giles (02) 6458 2021 & Irene (02) 6458 3431


Cooma Music Competition Was A Great Success

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Well, stomach what a huge day and evening it was on Sunday. But it was fun!

We had over 55 performances in the heats during the afternoon and 16 performances in the Finals Concert.

A special thanks again to the judges, Glenyss Allen, Matt Charlesworth, Marián Budoŝ and Ivana Troŝelj. Our wonderful Glenyss judged the solo piano heats and Matt, Marián and Ivana judged the rest of the heats and Finals Concert. Thanks too to Paul Mackay for all the great work he did on the PA system.

and the winners in the heats were…
  • Mia Mrsic – Piano Primary
  • Nicole Goggin – Piano Secondary
  • Esther Lachmund – Solo Voice Secondary
  • Karen Klima – Solo Voice Open
  • Tim Cooke – Original Composition Secondary/Open
  • Mark Salvestro & Miranda Evans – Vocal Group Secondary/Open
  • India & Jade Old – Instrumental Primary
  • Nick Tugwell & Alex Wiles – Instrumental Secondary
  • Darcy Clayton – Classical Guitar Primary
  • Esa Janara – Classical Guitar Secondary/Open
  • Madeleine Rooney – Solo Instrumental Primary
  • Alex Wiles – Solo Instrumental Secondary
The 5 “Wild Cards” were:
  • Lucky (Instrumental Ensemble)
  • Annaka Dykstra (Acoustic Guitar)
  • Sarah Lachmund (Clarinet)
  • Daniel Morassutti (Drums)
  • Tamara John-Natley (Violin)
and the overall winners from the Finals Concert were:
  • Daniel Morassutti (Drums) – Frank Scott Music Award Trophy
  • Annaka Dykstra (Guitar) – Russell & Jackie Fox Music Award Trophy
  • Tim Clooke (Vocal) – Ron Cox Music Award Trophy
  • Esa Janara  – Narrawong Classical Guitar Award Trophy

Congratulations to all the winners and all the performers for a wonderful competition and concert. This year was particularly difficult for the judges as the scores were so close (often by just one point or dead heat, even with three judges!). As a result, there was a record number of “Wild Card”entries into the Finals Concert. The judges also commented that the performances in the evening were a real improvement on the heats; the contestants had obviously put into practice some of the suggestions made in the afternoon. They were very impressed by the high standard of the performances.
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