Tuesday, June 10th

Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group B

Adjudicator: Connor O'Kane

Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group B

Dr. Connor O'Kane is a highly sought-after pianist, teacher, chamber musician, and conductor. Since his concerto debut with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in 2014, he has appeared as a recitalist in the United States, France, and across Canada. A laureate of major competitions, he was awarded the Canimex Second Prize and top award for piano at the Canadian Music Competition's prestigious Stepping Stone. He has performed in a variety of concert series including Ottawa's Chamberfest, Chateau Windrush, and the KW Chamber Music Society, and has appeared as a guest artist in faculty concerts at Western University, Brock University, and The University of Waterloo.

A passionate collaborative musician with an affinity for opera, Connor has worked on over 20 opera productions in a variety of roles. In 2024 he conducted opera performances at Western University (Britten's Albert Herring), Toronto City Opera (Bizet's Carmen), and at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music, where he served as music director and conductor of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges and Debussy's Prodigal Son. In 2025 he has further opera-related engagements with the Glenn Gould School and the Banff Centre.

Connor holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from Western University, where he studied with Stéphan Sylvestre. His doctoral research focused on the piano transcriptions of Sergei Prokofiev, particularly with relation to the ballets Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella. He has been awarded the SSHRC doctoral fellowship, the Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-M), and the Canada Council Explore and Create grant. Connor also studied with David Jalbert, Heather Taves, and Joan Walker, with additional training at the Conservatoire de Lyon in the studio of Manuel Schweizer. He is a passionate and dedicated piano teacher, and an enthusiastic adjudicator at music festivals.

Location

Conrad Grebel University College - Great Hall
140 Westmount Rd. N.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6

Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group B - Morning

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:9:00 AMName:Samuel HanTitles:
Arabesque No. 1 by Claude Debussy
Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 850 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Home Festival:Guelph
Time:9:15 AMName:Daniel ThiessenTitles:
Sonata in B flat Major, op. 47, no. 2, 1st and 2nd mvt.. by Muzio Clementi
Scherzo-Valse (no. 10) by Emmanuel Chabrier
Home Festival:London
Time:9:35 AMName:Naomi WilliamsTitles:
Nocturne in E Minor, op. posth. 72, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Danza de la moza donosa, op. 2, no. 2 by Alberto Ginastera
Home Festival:South Simcoe
Time:9:50 AMName:Liam BestTitles:
Arabesque No. 1 by Claude Debussy
Solace by Scott Joplin
Home Festival:Lambton County
Time:10:05 AMName:Julia ZhuTitles:
Wedding Day At Troldhaugen, op. 65, no. 6 by Edvard Grieg
Sonata in F Major, K 332, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Home Festival:Peel
Time:10:25 AMName:Raymond LiuTitles:
Sonata in F Major, K 280 (189e), 2nd and 3rd mvts. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arabesque No. 2 by Claude Debussy
Home Festival:Unionville
Time:10:45 AMName:Cheryl GaoTitles:
Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 861 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in B flat Major, K 281, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Home Festival:Hamilton
Time:11:00 AMName:Fiona Irgengioro-WuTitles:
In Summer by Christine Donkin
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (no. 1) by Claude Debussy
Home Festival:Take the Stage
Time:11:10 AMName:Cecilia WangTitles:
Bridal Procession, op. 19, no. 2, Scenes of Country Life by Edvard Grieg
Prélude, op. 3, no. 2, Morceaux de fantaisie by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Home Festival:Star-MVP
Time:11:25 AMName:Ella QiTitles:
Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31, complete by Franz Joseph Haydn
La plus que lente by Claude Debussy
Home Festival:Ottawa Piano

12:00 PM - Lunch Break

Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group B - Afternoon

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:1:00 PMName:Alexandria XuTitles:
Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31, complete by Franz Joseph Haydn
November (In the Troika), The Seasons, op. 37b, no. 11 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Home Festival:Kingston
Time:1:15 PMName:Hongan LeiTitles:
Sonata in F Minor, op. 2, no. 1, 1st and 2nd movements by Ludwig van Beethoven
Nocturne in B flat Minor, op. 9, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Pickering GTA
Time:1:35 PMName:Morgan ChuiTitles:
Aufschwung, Fantasiestucke, op. 12, no. 2 by Robert Schumann
Mist by Court Stone
Home Festival:Yip's
Time:1:50 PMName:Yisong WanTitles:
Sonata in E flat Major, K 282, Complete by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nocturne in A flat Major, op. 32, no.2 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo
Time:2:10 PMName:Jason LuTitles:
Consolation No. 3 by Franz Liszt
Rondo No. 1, Three Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes, op. 84 by Béla Bartók
Home Festival:Niagara
Time:2:25 PMName:Justin KoskiTitles:
Overture in the French Style, BWV 831, Sarabande and Echo by Johann Sebastian Bach
Nocturne in B flat Minor, op. 9, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Barrie
Time:2:40 PMName:Jolene ZhaoTitles:
Sonata in G Major, op. 14, no. 2, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Shimmer by Heather Schmidt
Home Festival:North York Live

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

Workshop will be held from approximately 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm.

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

5:00 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Piano - Level 10

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