Grande Prairie & District Music Festival
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President’s Message Welcome to the 2018 Grande Prairie Rotary Music Festival. The volunteer board has done a tremendous amount of work to bring this time of musical excellence to fruition. I would like to thank the entire Board for their time, expertise and dedication year after year – they truly help make Grande Prairie the “greatest place to be”. Our sincere thanks to the venue providers – without the donation of the facilities the festival could not take place. The College continues to be especially supportive and we thank them for their ongoing support. This year we gratefully acknowledge the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie as the major sponsor of the Festival. We hope this is a relationship that will last for many years and we thank them for the support of the Festival and many other worthwhile organizations in our area. The musical selections you will hear throughout the next few weeks are a product of student, parent, teacher and adjudicator interactions. I congratulate the students for wisely choosing to spend a large part of their free time in exploring and developing their musical talents; the parents for their encouragement, patience and financial expenditure; the teachers for nurturing and challenging their students; and the adjudicators for providing suggestions and constructive criticism that will enable the musicians to further broaden and develop their talents. There are many sponsors and donors who support the Festival in various ways and have done so for many years. We extend our thanks to them for their commitment to the arts scene in Grande Prairie and area. We also thank the volunteers who make sure the daily sessions run smoothly during the three weeks – please recognize their efforts as you enter or leave a venue. I am sure you will enjoy the wide array of musical selections that will be presented during the next few weeks. The highlight will be the Grand Concert that will be held at the College Theatre on Sunday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m. The concert will showcase only a few of the talented young people in our area and we thank them for participating this year. The Board extends congratulations to the hundreds of students who took part in the Festival this year – you are all winners. Dennis Fedeyko The Grande Prairie and District Rotary Music Festival gratefully acknowledges the assistance and cooperation of all the public institutions and individuals who have generously donated physical facilities and services in order to make our Festival a success. We wish to acknowledge the following: LONG & McQUADE MUSIC STORE DAILY HERALD TRIBUNE ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP ASSEMBLY FORBES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH DOUGLAS J. CARDINAL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS GRANDE PRAIRIE REGIONAL COLLEGE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT 1 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Festival Financial Supporters ................................................................................. 3 Logistics Schedule .................................................................................................. 4 Festival at a Glance (Session date, time & location) .............................................. 5 Festival Venue Addresses ...................................................................................... 8 Festival Rules and Regulations .............................................................................. 9 Festival Committee ............................................................................................... 10 Festival History ..................................................................................................... 11 Past Presidents of the Music Festival................................................................... 12 Adjudicator Biographies ........................................................................................ 13 Strings .................................................................................................................. 19 Musical Composition ............................................................................................ 20 Orchestra .............................................................................................................. 24 Choral ................................................................................................................... 28 Speech Arts .......................................................................................................... 33 Voice ..................................................................................................................... 38 Woodwinds ........................................................................................................... 46 Junior & Senior High Bands ................................................................................. 48 Brass .................................................................................................................... 51 Percussion ............................................................................................................ 51 Elementary Bands ................................................................................................ 52 Musical Theatre .................................................................................................... 56 Senior Piano ......................................................................................................... 61 Intermediate Piano ............................................................................................... 70 Junior Piano .......................................................................................................... 79 Guitar .................................................................................................................... 88 Handbells .............................................................................................................. 92 Harp ...................................................................................................................... 92 “In Music Festivals, the object is not to gain a prize, nor to defeat a rival, but to pace one another on the road to excellence.” . Sir H. Walford Davies 2 We Celebrate the Contributions of our Community to the Festival SPONSOR ($15,000+) Rotary Club of Grande Prairie BENEFACTOR ($5,000- $14,999) City of Grande Prairie PATRON ($3,000 - $4,999) DONOR ($1,000 - $2,999) Better Than Fred’s Seven Generations Energy CONTRIBUTOR ($500 - $999) Grande Prairie Elks Lodge # 285 Royal Canadian Legion Branch #54 Dr. Brad Martin & Dr. Alex Noga Alberta Society of Music Festival Friends SUPPORTER ($300 - $499) Grande Prairie Animal Hospital Noteworthy Piano Centre Long & McQuade Musical Instruments Royal Canadian Legion (Sexsmith) Bill Bowes Family Ken and Marge Riley Liu Family FRIEND (up to $299) John & Leslie Ann McCloskey Dr. Chip Ingraham 3 Grande Prairie Music Festival - 2018 Logistics Day Date College College College College CFA St. Paul’s Forbes Theatre L106 L104 L123 United Church Sat am Strings pm March 24 Strings eve Strings Sun am pm March 25 eve Strings Mon am Orchestra pm March 26 Orchestra eve Tue am Orchestra pm March 27 Orchestra eve Orchestra Wed am Orchestra pm March 28 Orchestra eve Sun am pm April 8 eve Mon am Choral pm April 9 Choral eve Choral Tue am Choral pm April 10 Choral eve Wed am Choral Speech Arts pm April 11 Speech Arts eve Thu am Speech Arts Voice pm April 12 Speech Arts Voice eve Speech Arts Voice Fri am Voice pm April 13 Voice eve Sat am Voice pm April 14 Voice eve Sun am pm April 15 Woodwinds eve Woodwinds Mon am Jr/Sr Band pm April 16 Jr/Sr Band eve Jr/Sr Band Tue am Jr/Sr Band pm April 17 Jr/Sr Band Brass eve Percussion Wed am Elem Bands pm April 18 Elem Bands eve Thu am Elem Bands Mus Thtr pm April 19 Elem Bands Mus Thtr eve Fri am Mus Thtr pm April 20 Mus Thtr eve Sr. Piano Mus Thtr Sat am Sr. Piano Int. Piano Jr. Piano pm April 21 Sr. Piano Int. Piano Jr. Piano eve Sr. Piano Int. Piano Jr. Piano Sun am pm April 22 Sr. Piano Int. Piano Jr. Piano Guitar eve Sr. Piano Int. Piano Jr. Piano Guitar Mon am Sr. Piano Int. Piano Jr. Piano Guitar pm April 23 Sr. Piano Int. Piano Jr. Piano Guitar eve Sr. Piano Int. Piano Jr. Piano Tue am Handbells Int. Piano Jr. Piano pm April 24 eve Harp GRAND CONCERT – Sunday, April 29 at 7:00 pm – College Theatre 4 2018 FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE STRINGS – MARIA MEDLOW Saturday, March 24 9:00 AM Forbes Presbyterian Church 1:30 PM Forbes Presbyterian Church MUSICAL COMPOSITION 4:00 PM Forbes Presbyterian Church 6:30 PM Forbes Presbyterian Church Sunday, March 25 7:00 PM Forbes Presbyterian Church ORCHESTRA – MARIA MEDLOW Monday, March 26 9:15 AM – 2:30 PM College Theatre Tuesday, March 27 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM College Theatre 7:00 PM College Theatre Wednesday, March 28 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM College Theatre CHORAL – SUSAN FARRELL Monday, April 9 1:00 PM Christian Fellowship Assembly 6:30 PM Christian Fellowship Assembly Tuesday, April 10 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM Christian Fellowship Assembly Wednesday, April 11 9:30 AM Christian Fellowship Assembly SPEECH ARTS – MONICA MADDAFORD Wednesday, April 11 10:00 AM St. Paul’s United Church 1:30 PM St. Paul’s United Church Thursday, April 12 9:00 AM St. Paul’s United Church 1:30 PM St. Paul’s United Church 6:30 PM St. Paul’s United Church JUNIOR & SENIOR VOICE – ADAM ROBERTSON Thursday, April 12 9:00 AM Forbes Presbyterian Church 1:30 PM Forbes Presbyterian Church 6:30 PM Forbes Presbyterian Church Friday, April 13 9:00 AM Forbes Presbyterian Church 1:30 PM Forbes Presbyterian Church Saturday, April 14 9:00 AM Forbes Presbyterian