Fort Saskatchewan Music Festival Program March 3 – 12, 2014 Gala Concert March 16, 2014 2:30 pm Shell Theatre General Seating Admission by Donation Gala Concert Emcee: Andrew Nakonechny of Mix 107.9 FM Festival Week Program - $3.00 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Words of Welcome........................................................................................................... 4 Music Festival at a Glance .............................................................................................. 5 Executive Committee ...................................................................................................... 5 Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................... 5 Our Distinguished Sponsors Platinum Sponsors ..................................................................................................... 6 Gold Sponsors ............................................................................................................ 7 Silver Sponsors ........................................................................................................... 7 Bronze Sponsors ......................................................................................................... 8 Provincial Music Festival 2014 ....................................................................................... 9 2014 National Music Festival ........................................................................................ 9 2014 Adjudicators Laurelie Nattress – Instrumental & Band ..............................................................10 Janet Nichol – Choral/Vocal/Speech Arts ...........................................................10 Robert de Frece – HandBells …….………………………………………………...11 Bill Dimmer - Instrumental Solos & Ensembles ………………………………....11 Broderyck Olson – Strings.……...………………………………………………....12 Viola Braun-Fox - Piano ………………………………………………………….....13 EVENTS SCHEDULE Choral ...............................................................................................................................14 Instrumental Handbells .................................................................................................14 Instrumental Band ..........................................................................................................15 Piano ......................................................................................................................... 16 - 22 Instrumental Solos and Ensembles ....................................................................... 23 - 24 Instrumental Strings ............................................................................................... 25 - 26 Vocals and Speech Arts .......................................................................................... 27 - 29 3 WORDS OF WELCOME Welcome to the 55th annual Music Festival! The Fort Saskatchewan Music Festival is a local, annual event that promotes and fosters achievements of youth in music and speech arts. Our non-profit, volunteer Association plans and hosts an annual Music Festival to celebrate the musical achievements of student performers living within the Elk Island and Sturgeon School Divisions. An adjudication given by professional musicians in a workshop style follows each performance group. The mandate of our committee is to provide individual students and school groups performing in music disciplines such as piano, choir, vocal, instrumental, band, handbells and speech arts, the opportunity to develop their music ability through adjudication by a professional musician. Our events are held at two locations within Fort Saskatchewan: Dow Centennial Centre Shell Theatre 8700-84 Street Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 4P5 www.fortsask.ca First United Church 10409-100 Ave Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 1Z3 780-998-4060 www.fsunited.org Please join us for our Gala Concert on Sunday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m. in the Shell Theatre of the Dow Centennial Centre. You will enjoy performances of select winners followed by the Trophy and Awards Ceremony for winners of the festival. Andrew Nakonechny from Mix 107.9 FM will once again be our emcee. General seating. Admission by donation. Door prizes available. Enjoy the Festival! Jennifer Pollack President of the Music Festival Association 4 MUSIC FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE Monday, March 3 Choral – Shell Theatre Tuesday, March 4 Handbells – First United Church Tuesday, March 4 Band – Shell Theatre Wednesday, March 5 Band – Shell Theatre Thursday, March 6 Piano – Shell Theatre Friday, March 7 Piano – Shell Theatre Monday, March 10 Piano – Shell Theatre Monday, March 10 Instrumental Solos & Ensembles – First United Church Tuesday, March 11 Strings – First United Church Wednesday, March 12 Vocal/Speech Arts – First United Church Sunday, March 16 GALA Concert – Shell Theatre EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Helen Akerboom Mike Akerboom Sharon Cameron Erin Gott Sharon Hart Kim Heatherington Joan Orchard Jennifer Pollack - Abram Melanie Smith Doderai David Spearing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Fort Saskatchewan Music Festival Association would like to express our sincere THANKS to the many individuals, merchants, and organizations who have contributed towards making the Fort Saskatchewan Music Festival a success. Thank you to all Festival participants, their parents and teachers. The adjudicators for teaching and encouraging the participants. All volunteers who graciously give of their time. Thank you to the City of Fort Saskatchewan and First United Church for letting us use their facilities. The Music Festival would not be possible without your donations. If you would like to support us, please go to www.fortsaskmusicfestival.com for more information. 5 PLATINUM SPONSORS $1000.00 plus PROUD PLATINUM SPONSOR OF THE FORT SASKATCHEWAN MUSIC FESTIVAL Music Enrichment Society of Fort Saskatchewan Proud Platinum Sponsor of the Fort Saskatchewan Music Festival Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 27 Proud Platinum Sponsor of the Fort Saskatchewan Music Festival 6 GOLD SPONSORS $500.00 - $999.99 Pam Tycholaz RE/MAX Real Estate Proud GOLD Sponsor of the Proud GOLD Fort Saskatchewan Sponsor of the Proud GOLD Music Festival Sponsor of the Fort Saskatchewan Fort Saskatchewan Music Festival Music Festival SILVER SPONSORS Alberta Royal Purple Lodges Association #212 David and Freda Spearing Fort Saskatchewan Community Band Fotty Stevenson Wilson Gaumont Financial Service Moira Buck Servus Credit Union Sharon and Keith Cameron Twice But Nice Sherritt International Corp. is pleased to support the Shirley Yakimets Fort Saskatchewan Smith Insurance Music Festival 7 BRONZE SPONSORS Anglican Church Women ARMTA Edmonton Branch BECJM Enterprises Beta Sigma Phi Preceptor Pi Beta Sigma Phi Xi Tau Peggy Bjerke Brooke E. Karach Professional Corp. BSH Engineering Drayden Insurance Murray & Kathleen Faris Fort Saskatchewan Veterinary Clinic Gott the Gift Music Studio Gunther Construction (1988)Ltd Sharon Hart James Mowat School Parent Advisory Assoc. Yvonne Jenkins Josephburg Choral Society Majestic Chapter #126 of Eastern Star Pioneer Singers Rudolph Hennig Junior High School Mary Totman Victoria Lodge #13 A.F. & A.M. 8 [9] 2014 Adjudicators Laurelie Nattress – Instrumental, Band Laurelie Nattress is a southern Alberta native, born in Lethbridge and raised in Milk River. She holds baccalaureate degrees in Science, Music, and Education from the University of Alberta, a graduate diploma in Wind Band Literature and Conducting from the University of Calgary, and a master’s degree in Band Conducting from the University of Oregon. Laurelie’s teaching experience includes all levels of musicians, from kindergarten through university and beyond, working with adult students. She was the conductor and music director of the St. Albert Community Band for 14 years. Under Laurelie’s baton, the organization received recognition and awards at local, provincial, and national levels. Laurelie has been active as an adjudicator, teacher, private instructor, and saxophonist. She is a member of the Edmonton Musicians’ Association, the Alberta Teachers’ Association and Phi Beta Mu, an international honorary organization of band directors. Janet Nichol – Vocal/Choral/Speech Arts/Musical Theatre Janet Nichol is an established vocal teacher, clinician, and performer. Ms. Nichol obtained a Music Degree in Voice from the University of Alberta, and then continued her studies at the Mannes College of Music in New York, the Mozarteum in Salzburg Austria, and at Oberlin College. In 2012, Ms. Nichol retired from Grant MacEwan University where she was an instructor for 28 years in the Music program and 21 years in the Music Theatre program. She was Vocal Director for more than 50 musical productions and taught individual voice lessons and performance classes in both programs. Ms. Nichol served on the National Board of The National Association of Teachers of Singing from 2002 - 2005 and is a Past President of the North Central Alberta Chapter of NATS in Edmonton. For five years, she was the Vocal Advisor with the Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Board. Ms. Nichol maintains a private voice studio and performs in the genres of musical theatre, opera, and jazz/pop music. [10] 2014 Adjudicators Robert deFrece– Handbells Robert de Frece retired in 2008 from his position as Professor of Music and Music Education at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where he continues to direct the Greenwood Singers, the University of Alberta Mixed Chorus and the Faculty of Education