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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 Â 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 -â€œVoted Best Overall Performanceâ€ 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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CafÃ© Music â€“ Saturday 18 December 2011 at 4.00 pm

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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

â€œCafÃ©Â Music with a touch of Christmas Fun!â€

Come and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea in our â€œMusic CafÃ©â€.

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

The â€œCafÃ©Â Musicâ€ concept is a variation on the theme of â€œstudentÂ concertâ€. We decided to â€œplayâ€ this in the â€œkey of relaxedâ€. 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 cafÃ©Â opens at 4pm, Saturday 18 December at St Paulâ€™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

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Our Musicians Help Welcome Torah Bright & Our Olympians

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Title: Once Upon a Timeâ€¦â€™, 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 â€“ 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:

0404 499 348
or email: onewithyoursound@hotmail.com .
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.

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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 â€˜Little Mermaidâ€™, a classic by Hans Christian Anderson, is the inspiration behind Ivana Troseljâ€™s new work â€˜On Broken Glassâ€™. In her composition the cello adopts the voice of the little mermaid, struggling to be heard by her beloved.

â€˜The Three Sistersâ€™, a new composition by award-winning composer Marian Budos follows the beloved Slovakian folktale, â€˜Salt is More Precious than Goldâ€™: 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, â€˜Once Upon a Timeâ€¦â€™ will also be repeated at the Crisp Galleries Performance Space, at Bowning on Sunday 11^th April at 2:00 pm. The Performance Space adjoins Peter Crispâ€™s glass studio and overlooks a beautiful garden that includes a formal avenue of trees and a waterfall.

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

Last Saturday, prostate
gold medallist Torah Bright and her fellow “locally raised” Winter Olympians, therapist
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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.

: Cooma District Band at Centennial Park

: Chrs Wall composed a special song for the occassion.

: Bill McIntyre and Daniel Morassutti on side drums

: Michael Egan performed in the band and sang in the choir

: Torah meets the Cooma Harmony Chorus

: The Chorus sings “Olympic Anthem” by Chris Wall

: Our Winter Olympians enjoy the music

: Combined School Choir at the Multi-Function Centre

: Hazel & Jess help out with the Choir

: The Combined School Choir sing “Hallelujah”, Torah’s favourite song!

: Combined Schools Choir at Cooma Multi Function Centre

Cooma Harmony Chorus Sings Christmas Carols 2009

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Christmas CafÃ© was a wonderful afternoon of music

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Christmas CafÃ© 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 CafÃ©”.

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Brodie Nossiter

CHRISTMAS CAFÃ‰

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“CafÃ©Â Music with a touch of Christmas Fun!”

Come and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea in our â€œMusic CafÃ©â€. Live music will be provided by students & teachers of Cooma School of Music.

The â€œCafÃ©Â Musicâ€ concept is a bit of an experiment, mind or variation on the theme of â€œstudentÂ concertâ€. We decided to â€œplayâ€ this in the â€œkey of relaxedâ€. 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 cafÃ©Â 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!

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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!

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cafe-music1 CafÃ©Â Music was a great success last Sunday afternoon (28th June). Over 30 Â students of Cooma School of Music entertained a large and appreciative audience. The “CafÃ©Â Music” concept was a bit of an experiment, hemorrhoids or variation on the theme of “studentÂ 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 Â feedback we’ve received so far has been very positive. Â 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!