Monday, June 9th

Classical Brass - All Levels

Adjudicator: Guy Few

Classical Brass - All Levels

Guy Few's instrumental versatility and fearless interpretations have been noted by the international press, "outrageous...simply phenomenal" (Le Devoir, Montreal) and "sheer brilliance" (L.A. Times). He has performed with many Canadian and US symphonies as a trumpet, piano and vocal soloist, remains a committed chamber artist in ensembles Few Mara duo, Sounding Thunder and Spirit 20 and has been a guest at many summer festivals including The Festival of the Sound, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Tanglewood, Takefu International Music Festival, The Oregon Bach Festival and Stratford Summer Music. A prolific recording artist, Guy has released CDs on numerous labels
including Arsis Classics, Naxos, MSR Classics and the Hänssler Classics labels. Awards include Best Classical Orchestral Album, JPFMA, Nashville, (guy and nadina/TCO/Kevin Mallon/MSR), JUNO finalist, (guy & nadina/g27/Paetkau/MSR) and CAPACOA Touring Artist of the Year. Guy has appeared on CBC-TV, CTV, BRAVO, TV5 and European television broadcasts and is heard regularly on CBC Radio, NPR and SiriusXM.

Guy has adjudicated throughout Canada for festivals in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and PEI, judging piano and brass through bands, chamber music and music theatre. Judging has extended to orchestral concerto competitions, series artist selection and Conservatoire Concours in Regina, Kitchener Waterloo, New York City and Lyon, France. Guy's expertise and perspective has also been an essential element of panels for OAC and CCA. His festival adjudications have been enjoyed at the local, provincial and National levels. "Share the joy" is his motto. Festivals should be fun!

Guy is a sessional lecturer at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, where he inspires as a collaborative pianist/coach (classical voice) and studio trumpet teacher. Her is a gold medal graduate of Laurier and holds a Fellowship Diploma from Trinity College, London, England. Guy is the Artistic Director of NUMUS Concerts, Kitchener, Ontario

Location

St. Matthew's Lutheran Church - Chapel
54 Benton St.
Kitchener, ON N2G 3H2

Classical Brass - Level 2

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:9:30 AMName:Sophia CicciTitles:
Tafta Hindi by Traditional
German Dance in D Major, Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn, arr Jason Noble
Home Festival:Brant
Time:9:40 AMName:Felix VirtueTitles:
When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Patrick S. Gilmore, arr. Mark Mrozinski
Ode to Newfoundland by Hubert Parry, arr. Christine Donkin
Home Festival:London
Time:9:50 AMName:Samuel LevineTitles:
Ecossaise, WoO 86 by Ludwig van Beethoven
German Dance - Deutscher Tanz, WoO 13; No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Home Festival:Toronto

Classical Brass - Level 3

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:10:00 AMName:Ethan ChenTitles:
Toreador Song, from Carmen by Georges Bizet
Theme from Swan Lake, op. 20, act 2, no. 10 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Home Festival:Windsor-Essex
Time:10:10 AMName:Caleb VirtueTitles:
I’se the B’y that Builds the Boat, Newfoundland Folk Song by arr. Christine Donkin
Shenandoah, American Folk Song by arr. Jason Gray
Home Festival:London

Classical Brass - Level 4

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:10:20 AMName:Derrick TownsonTitles:
Habanera, Carmen, Act 1 by Georges Bizet arr. by Stephen Chatman
The Victor by Raymond Milford Endresen
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis

10:45 AM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 10:45 am to 11:45 am

Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.

12:00 PM - Lunch Break

Classical Brass - Level 6

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:1:00 PMName:Branek CicciTitles:
Arioso by Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Trombone, Second Movement by Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Home Festival:Brant
Time:1:15 PMName:Samuel FullerTitles:
Largo and Presto by Bendetto Marcello (arr. Donald C. Little)
Romance and Scherzo by Sol B. Cohen
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis

Classical Brass - Level 7

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:1:35 PMName:Avery PapadorTitles:
Andante et Allegretto by Guillaume Balay
A Trumpeter's Lullaby by Leroy Anderson
Home Festival:Windsor-Essex
Time:1:50 PMName:Zayne RutledgeTitles:
Andante et Allegro by Joseph Guy Ropartz
Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis

Classical Brass - Level 9

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:2:10 PMName:Yip de BruijnTitles:
Caprice by Joseph Turrin
Aria Con Variazioni by George Friedrich Händel
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis

Classical Brass - Level 10

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:2:50 PMName:Eleanor FerreiraTitles:
Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, op. 17 , 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Home Festival:Guelph
Time:3:10 PMName:Riley ChongTitles:
Romance for French Horn by Elizabeth Raum
Rondo from Horn Quintet, K 407 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr, Mason Jones
Home Festival:Toronto

3:30 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm.

Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.