Thursday, June 12th

Classical Upper Strings - Level 9 - Group A

Adjudicator: Meagan Turner

Classical Upper Strings - Level 9 - Group A

Canadian violist Meagan Turner is in demand as a performer throughout North America and Australia. A dedicated chamber musician, she has appeared at the Ravinia Festival (Steans Music Institute), Tippet Rise Arts Centre, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, the Luminato Festival, the Mackay Chamber Music Festival, Bangalow Festival, and Musica Viva's Morning Masters series. Additionally, Meagan performs with the Alma Moodie Quartet, and will serve as guest violist for the latter half of the Affinity Quartet's 2024 season. She has performed as guest principal violist with Sydney's Omega Ensemble and with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and Shattered Glass (NYC). In addition, Meagan has served as principal violist of the New York String Orchestra Seminar, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra. She regularly performs with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Meagan is the recipient of numerous awards, including Canada's "Hottest Musicians Under 30"

(Canadian Broadcasting Company, 2019). Additionally, she was chosen as a recipient of a Rachel Elizabeth Barton Pine Foundation Career Grant – an award intended for the advancement of young artists' performance careers – and is a past scholar and grant recipient of the Virtu Foundation. From 2018-2020, Meagan held a young artist in residence position at Carnegie Hall (Ensemble Connect), a residency designed to prepare extraordinary young classical musicians for careers combining musical excellence, teaching, community engagement, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. During her time with Ensemble Connect, Meagan worked closely with Carnegie Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson in a performance and workshop series at Sing Sing Correctional Institute in conjunction with Carnegie's Musical Connections Program.

Meagan received her Bachelor's (violin) and Performance Certificate (viola) from the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Eric Nowlin and Erika Raum, and her Master's degree from The Juilliard School as a full-scholarship student (Felix Galimir Scholarship and Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship) of Samuel Rhodes. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University, working as Eric Nowlin's Teaching Assistant. Meagan plays a viola by Giovanni Pistucci, on private loan.

Location

All Saints Anglican Church
400 Northfield Dr. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 0A6

Classical Upper Strings - Level 9 - Group A - Morning

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:9:00 AMName:Jesse Jiexi HeTitles:
Concerto No. 9 in A Minor, op. 104, 1st and 2nd Movements by Charles Auguste de Beriot
Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, Gavotte en rondeau by Johann Sebastian Bach
Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo
Time:9:20 AMName:Ruixi ZhangTitles:
Romance in F major, op. 50 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, Gavotte en Rondeau by Johann Sebastian Bach
Home Festival:Peel
Time:9:40 AMName:Sherisse LeungTitles:
Concerto No. 7 in A Minor, op. 9, 1st mvt. Moderato by Pierre Rode
Sonata in G Major, op. 30, no. 3, 1st mvt.: Allegro assai by Ludwig van Beethoven
Home Festival:London
Time:10:05 AMName:Nozomi CosbeyTitles:
Concerto No.2 in G Minor, RV 315 ("Summer") by Antonio Vivaldi
Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Home Festival:Lakehead
Time:10:30 AMName:Yoseph HollandTitles:
Mélodie, op. 42, no. 3, None by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sonata No. 8 in G Major, op. 30, no. 3, 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven
Home Festival:Barrie
Time:10:50 AMName:Dylan Yuzhen LinTitles:
Sonata in D Major, op. 12, no. 1, 1st mvt.: Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Mélodie, op. 42, no. 3 by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:11:10 AMName:Enoch LeeTitles:
Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, Gavotte en Rondeau by Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 8 in G Major, op. 30, no. 3, I. Allegro assai by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:11:30 AMName:Oliver ChuTitles:
Concerto No. 9 in A Minor, op. 104, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Charles-Auguste de Beriot
Vocalise, op 34, no. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Home Festival:Stratford

12:00 PM - Lunch Break

Classical Upper Strings - Level 9 - Group A - Afternoon

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:1:00 PMName:Ocean CamplinTitles:
Romance in F Major, op. 50 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto No. 1 in B flat Major, K 207, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Home Festival:Grey County
Time:1:25 PMName:Kelly ZhengTitles:
Concerto No. 1 in E Major (La primavera), RV 269 by Antonio Vivaldi
Romantic Pieces, op. 75 BAR; HEN , No. 1: Allegro moderato and No. 2: Allegro maestoso by Antonín Dvořák
Home Festival:Niagara
Time:1:50 PMName:Andrew Zuxiang YuTitles:
Cantabile in D Major , op. 17 by Niccolò Paganini
Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIA:1, 1st & 2nd mvts. with cadenzas by Franz Joseph Haydn
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis
Time:2:15 PMName:Kimberly LiuTitles:
Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269; op. 8, no. 1 by Antonio Vivaldi
Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Home Festival:Yip's
Time:2:40 PMName:Amelia TingTitles:
Concerto No. 1 in E Major (La Primavera), RV 269, Complete by Antonio Vivaldi
Suite No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1008, Prelude and Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Home Festival:Guelph

3:15 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm.

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

4:45 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Upper Strings - Level 9

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