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Cooma Music Competition 2011 – A Great Success!

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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Café Music – Saturday 18 December 2011 at 4.00 pm

Cooma’s University of the Third Age (U3A) presents an afternoon of music appreciation by the Snowy Mountains Ensemble.

The programme includes music by: Purcell, resuscitation Handel, visit this site Holst, myocarditis Broadwater and more.

  • When: Saturday 3 September 2011 at 2.00 pm
  • Where: Cooma Public School Hall, Soho Street Cooma
  • Cost: Gold Coin Donation to assist this young orchestra.

 

Snowy Mountains Ensemble

 

“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, discount 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

 

 

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Title: Once Upon a Time…’, mycoplasmosis David Pereira Cello Series, Program 2
Location: Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit Forrest ACT
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Description: Friday 9 April 7:30pm David Pereira Cello Series 2010, Program II – featuring Budos: The Three Sisters and Troselj: Walking on Broken Glass. Musicians include Marian Budos (guitar and composer), Ivana Troselj (composer), Niels Rosendahl (tenor sax), David Pereira (cello) and Alice Giles (harp).

Advance ticket purchase:

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  • Adults $30, concession $25, Friends of Wesley $22, students $15, children $10.
  • Tickets also available at the door.

Dates: Friday 9th April, 7:30 pm, Wesley Music Centre, 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest ACT.

Saturday 10th April, 3:00 pm, Wesley Music Centre, 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest ACT.

Sunday 11th April, 2:00 pm, Performance Space, Crisp Galleries, Gap Range, Bowning NSW. The Galleries are located 14kms south of the Yass Service Centre on the road to Gundagai.

    More about…

    The magical tradition of storytelling, puppetry and live music will come to life in the next David Pereira Cello Series.

    Catherine Roach, a Canberra-based theatre director and puppeteer, will be joined by Cathy Petocz to create a new puppetry performance illustrating new works by Marian Budos and Ivana Troselj.

    The story of the ‘Little Mermaid’, a classic by Hans Christian Anderson, is the inspiration behind Ivana Troselj’s new work ‘On Broken Glass’. In her composition the cello adopts the voice of the little mermaid, struggling to be heard by her beloved.

    ‘The Three Sisters’, a new composition by award-winning composer Marian Budos follows the beloved Slovakian folktale, ‘Salt is More Precious than Gold’: A story of three princesses proving the extent of their love for their father.

    Both works will be narrated and are written especially for Alice Giles (harp), Niels Rosendahl (saxophone), Marian Budos (guitar) and David Pereira (cello).

    Other musical items on the program include an Australian premiere of a terrific duo for harp and cello by Kikta and improvisations for cello and saxophone.

    For those fond of a Sunday drive, ‘Once Upon a Time…’ will also be repeated at the Crisp Galleries Performance Space, at Bowning on Sunday 11th April at 2:00 pm. The Performance Space adjoins Peter Crisp’s glass studio and overlooks a beautiful garden that includes a formal avenue of trees and a waterfall.

    The concerts coincide with Hans Christian Anderson’s birthday celebrations; International Childrens’ Book Day; and National Youth Week (9-18 April). The project is also being promoted by the Childrens’ Book Council of Australia.


    Last Saturday, prostate
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    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.

    Christmas Café was a wonderful afternoon of music

    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

    santa and keyboard“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, mind 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!

    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, discount Numeralla Fingerplunkers, gerontologist 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!

    cafe-music1Café 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, hemorrhoids 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, treatment read the Sunday papers, psychotherapist 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!

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    (This photo by Mic Clayton)

    Aidan

    Aidan

    Alex

    Alex

    Alexei & Judith

    Alexei & Judith

    Amy

    Amy

    Angela & Chloe

    Angela & Chloe

    Brodie

    Brodie (This photo by Mic Clayton)

    A relaxed afternoon at the "Cafe Music"

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

    Chloe

    Chloe

    Chris

    Chris

    Clinton

    Clinton (This photo by Mic Clayton)

    Connor

    Connor

    Darcy

    Darcy (This photo by Mic Clayton)

    Dayna

    Dayna

    Esa

    Esa

    Esa & Lucas

    Esa & Lucas

    Imogen

    Imogen

    Jack

    Jack (This photo by Mic Clayton)

    Jasmine

    Jasmine (This photo by Mic Clayton)

    Jesse

    Jesse

    Joshua

    Joshua

    Kim

    Kim

    Luke

    Luke (This photo by Mic Clayton)

    Matthew

    Matthew

    Matthew & Caitlin

    Matthew & Caitlin

    Mollie

    Mollie

    Noah

    Noah

    Rowena & Frances

    Rowena & Frances (This photo by Mic Clayton)

    Tanika

    Tanika

    Teresa

    Teresa

    Tina & Madeleine (Daughter & Mother)

    Tina & Madeleine (Daughter & Mother)

    Viki

    Viki