Saturday, June 14th

Classical Upper Strings - Open - Group C

Adjudicator: Woosol Cho

Classical Upper Strings - Open - Group C

Woosol Cho currently resides in Toronto where she maintains a busy schedule of performer and teaching. As a teacher, her students have been accepted into renowned programs such as the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Ottawa Youth Orchestra, and have been offered full scholarships to post secondary institutions such the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario. In addition to her private teaching, Woosol has taught at the Preparatory Program at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston Texas.

Miss Cho teaches violin and viola both at the North York Suzuki School of Music and privately out of her home in Toronto. She has adjudicated throughout Ontario and is a recurring adjudicator at the prestigious Hong Kong Schools Music Festival in Hong Kong

As a performer, Woosol formerly held the position of Principal Viola of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra where she appeared as a featured soloist performing Paul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher concerto for Viola and Orchestra. She has also performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company, the National Ballet of Canada, the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, and as guest Principal Viola with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.

When not teaching or performing, Woosol works as the orchestra manager for the Brott Music Festival and the National Academy Orchestra or Canada, Canada's premier training orchestra. In this role, Woosol is responsible for helping to train Canada's most talented young musicians and works to prepare them for successful careers in the orchestral world.

Woosol received her Masters Degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and her prominent teachers have included Teng Li, James Dunham, and Rennie Regehr.

Location

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Choir Room
54 Queen St. N.
Kitchener, ON N2H 2H2

Classical Upper Strings - Open - Group C - Morning

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:9:15 AMName:Spencer ChuTitles:
Concerto in E Minor, op. 1, Complete by Julius Conus
Caprice No. 5 by Niccolo Paganini
Home Festival:Stratford
Time:9:45 AMName:Marion Cha-KangTitles:
Concerto in D Minor, 1st mvt. by Aram Khachaturian
Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo
Time:10:20 AMName:Yuna NohTitles:
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op. 28 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto in E minor, op. 64, 1st mvt. by Felix Mendelssohn
Home Festival:London
Time:10:55 AMName:Ryan YuTitles:
Sonata in A major, op. 13, no. 1, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Gabriel Fauré
Sonata No. 2 in A minor, op. 27, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Eugène Ysaÿe
Home Festival:Hamilton
Time:11:25 AMName:Hannah KwanTitles:
Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002, Allemande and Double by Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in E Minor, op. 64, 1st mvt. by Felix Mendelsohn
Home Festival:Peterborough

11:50 AM - Lunch Break

Classical Upper Strings - Open - Group C - Afternoon

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:12:50 PMName:Layla-Björt Jóhönnudóttir TaherzadehTitles:
Concerto in D Minor, op. 22, 1st & 2nd mvts. by Henryk Wieniawski
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001, 1st & 2nd mvts. by Johann Sebastian Bach
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:1:25 PMName:Logan RichardsonTitles:
Scherzo tarantella in G Minor, op. 16 by Henryk Wieniawski
Concerto in D Minor, 1st mvt. by Aram Khachaturian
Home Festival:Windsor-Essex
Time:1:55 PMName:Arianna KloostermanTitles:
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001, Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, op. 61, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Camille Saint Saëns
Home Festival:Peterborough

2:45 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm.

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

4:40 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Upper Strings - Open

The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at All Saints Anglican Church
400 Northfield Dr. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 0A6