Saturday, June 14th
Classical Lower Strings - Open
Adjudicator: Rachel Desoer
Rachel Desoer is a Canadian cellist. She studied at the Juilliard School, Oberlin College, McGill University and the Banff Centre. She graduated from Oberlin in 2008 with a Bachelor of Music degree.
Rachel was the cellist of the Cecilia String Quartet from 2010 to 2018. In this ensemble Rachel toured extensively around the world, recorded 4 albums on the Analekta label and taught chamber music at the University of Toronto.
Touring has allowed Rachel to perform at such inspiring venues as Wigmore Hall, The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Konzert Haus Berlin and many more. The Cecilia Quartet also made educational programming a priority and performed hundreds of presentations for schools. In 2014, the quartet created a concert series called Xenia concerts specifically designed for children on the autism spectrum and their families. Exemplifying their commitment to the equal representation of women in music, Rachel spearheaded the commissioning of 4 string quartets by Canadian women composers in 2016.
Rachel continues to play recitals and chamber music regularly. She has worked in orchestras, most notably, the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company. Currently, Rachel is the principal cellist of Symphony Nova Scotia. Rachel performs on a Vuillaume from ca. 1850, generously loaned by the Symphony Nova Scotia Society.
Location
Mount Zion Lutheran Church
29 Westmount Rd. S.
Waterloo, ON N2L 2K4
Classical Lower Strings - Open
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:9:15 AM | Name:Emma Tian | Titles: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40, III. Largo, IV. Allegro by Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, I. Allegro moderato, II. Adagio by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Home Festival:Unionville |
| Time:9:50 AM | Name:Kevin Chen | Titles: Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major, op. 107, 1st & 2nd mvts. by Dmitri Shostakovich Introduction et Polonaise Brillante in C Major, op. 3 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Pickering Rotary |
| Time:10:25 AM | Name:Wenda (David) Fan | Titles: Concerto in E Minor, op. 85, 1st & 2nd mvts. by Edward Elgar Sonata in A major, G.4, Complete by Luigi Boccherini | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:10:55 AM | Name:Vivian Hu | Titles: Sonata No. 6 in A Major, 1st & 2nd mvts. by Luigi Boccherini Concerto in E minor, op. 85, 1st & 2nd mvts. by Edward Elgar | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:11:20 AM | Name:Ryan Yin | Titles: Suite No. 4 in E flat Major, BWV 1010, Prelude and Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach Polonaise brillante, op. 3 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Unionville |
11:45 AM - Lunch Break
Classical Lower Strings - Open
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:12:45 PM | Name:Bethany Brink | Titles: Sonata No. 3 in A Major, op. 69, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33 by Peter Tchaikovsky | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:1:30 PM | Name:Jacob Kang | Titles: Concerto in B Minor, op. 104, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Antonin Dvořák Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 9, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin, transc. David Popper | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
| Time:2:05 PM | Name:Aarav Saggar | Titles: Variation on a Theme from Mose by Rossini by Niccolo Paganini Suite Itallienne, 1st, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by Igor Stravinsky | Home Festival:Hamilton |
| Time:2:30 PM | Name:Ruichen Wang | Titles: Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by César Franck Variations on a theme by Rossini by Niccolò Paganini | Home Festival:Peel |
3:15 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY
Workshop will be held from approximately 3:15 pm to 4:45 pm.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.