Monday, June 9th

Classical Piano - Open - Group F

Adjudicator: Brett Kingsbury

Classical Piano - Open - Group F

Brett Kingsbury enjoys a diverse performing career as both a soloist and a collaborative artist. He is he has worked with many ensembles and performers including the Madawaska String Quartet, Magisterra Soloists, London Symphonia, the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, and members of the Hamilton Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony Orchestras. He is very active as an adjudicator and masterclass clinician, working frequently with pianists across the province. His doctoral dissertation was written on Busoni's Fantasia Contrappuntistica, a rarely heard work he has performed on numerous occasions. He has also been involved in the world of opera as a repetiteur for Vancouver Opera, TrypTych concert and opera, Opera York, and other companies in Ontario.

Brett is currently a member of the piano faculty at the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University, where he teaches studio piano, Performance Research, Piano Literature. His research and teaching focus on exploring ways in which music theory and history can enlighten and enhance the performer's understanding of music in performance. Brett is also a former faculty member at the University of Toronto Scarborough and at Brock University, and he is very active as an adjudicator for festivals across the province. While a student at the University of British Columbia, he was named R. Howard Webster Fellow at Green College. Brett studied with Leslie Kinton at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and he received his Doctor of Musical Arts while studying with Robert Silverman at the University of British Columbia.

Location

Wilfrid Laurier University - Room M2001
75 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

Classical Piano - Open - Group F - Morning

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:9:00 AMName:Erica WangTitles:
Impromptu in F minor, op. 31 no. 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Barcarolle in F sharp Major, op. 60 by Frédéric Chopin
In Memoriam to Victims of Chernobyl by Larysa Kuzmenko
Home Festival:Windsor-Essex
Time:9:25 AMName:Samuel MaoTitles:
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, op. 118, no. 3 by Frédéric Chopin
Prelude and Fugue in B flat Minor, BWV 867 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Paganini Jazz by Fazil Say
Home Festival:North York Live
Time:9:50 AMName:Takashi NewTitles:
Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826, Sinfonia by Johann Sebastian Bach
Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S171 by Franz Liszt
Jeux d'eau by Maurice Ravel
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis
Time:10:20 AMName:Parker WellmanTitles:
Etude, op. 10, no. 6 in E flat minor by Frédéric Chopin
Etude, op. 25, no. 5 in E Minor by Frédéric Chopin
Intermezzo, op. 118, No. 1 and No. 2 by Johannes Brahms
Home Festival:Kingston
Time:10:40 AMName:Sophia YaoTitles:
Sonata in D Minor, op. 31, no. 2 ("Tempest"), 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Partita in B-Flat Major, BWV 825, Praeludium, Sarabande, and Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonatina, Sz. 55, BB. 69, I- Bagpipes II- Bear Dance III- Finale by Béla Bartók
Home Festival:Peel
Time:11:10 AMName:Liam LaiTitles:
Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor, BWV 849 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Etude in E, op. 10, no. 3 by Frédéric Chopin
La cathédrale engloutie by Claude Debussy
Home Festival:North York Virtual

11:45 AM - Lunch Break

Classical Piano - Open - Group F - Afternoon

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:12:45 PMName:Kevin KangTitles:
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, op. 23 by Frédéric Chopin
Transcendental Etude No. 4 in D minor (Mazeppa) by Franz Liszt
Home Festival:Guelph
Time:1:10 PMName:Sebastian BrunnerTitles:
Sonata No. 14 in C sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 2, complete by Ludwig von Beethoven
3 Intermezzi, op. 117 by Johannes Brahms
Home Festival:Pickering Rotary
Time:1:45 PMName:Arthur QuTitles:
Sonata in D Minor, op. 31. no. 2 ("Tempest"), 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Prelude in G minor, op. 23, no. 5 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Desperate measures (Paganin variations), op. 48 by Robert Muczynski
Home Festival:Star-MVP

2:30 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm.

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

4:15 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Piano - Open

The top competitor from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at Conrad Grebel University College - Chapel
140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6