Tuesday, June 11th

Classical Piano - Level 6 - Group A

Adjudicator: Asher Ian Armstrong

Classical Piano - Level 6 - Group A

Asher maintains an active concert career: notable recent engagements include solo recital performances at the Walton Arts Center, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Royal College of Music in London (UK), as well as appearances as concerto soloist with Pax Christi Chorale and the Mozart Players of Toronto, and with the North York Concert Orchestra.

A passionate, committed teacher, Asher is on the Piano Faculty of the University of Toronto where he is a Lecturer of Piano and Chamber Music. Prior to this appointment Asher served as an Assistant professor of Piano at the University of Arkansas, and Asher has also taught at the Interlochen School for the Arts.

Asher serves as an adjudicator and masterclass clinician at many festivals and competitions throughout North America, and internationally, and is also a proud member of the Royal Conservatory's College of Examiners. As a scholar, Asher's work has been published by Cambridge University Press's Tempo, as well as Clavier/Piano Magazine, American Music Teacher, the European Piano Teachers Association Piano Journal, Canadian Music Teacher, MTNA's E-Journal, the Kaprálová Society Journal, and others.

Location

Knox Presbyterian Church
461 Elizabeth St.
Burlington, ON L7R 4B1

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:10:00 AMName:Helen MaTitles:
Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., B150 by Frédéric Chopin
Viennese Sonatina in C Major, 4th mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Home Festival:Hamilton
Time:10:10 AMName:Summer ChungTitles:
Sonatina in A Minor, op. 3 by Georg Anton Benda
On the Lake, op. 77, no. 12 by Heinrich Hofmann
Home Festival:North York Live
Time:10:20 AMName:Holly HuTitles:
Aria in G Major by Georg Philipp Telemann
Jasmine Flower by arr.Edward Han Jiang
Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo
Time:10:30 AMName:Bowen ChenTitles:
As Swift as a Deer by Daniel Gottlob Turk
Moto perpetuo by Tom Gerou
Home Festival:Kingston
Time:10:40 AMName:Lucas LeeTitles:
Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 by J.S. Bach
Dance of the Tiger Cubs (no. 3) by Vincent Ho
Home Festival:Yip's
Time:10:50 AMName:Leonidas PanagopoulosTitles:
Sonatina in G Major op.19/20, no.1, 1st mvt. by Jan Ladislav Dussek
Waltz in A Minor op. posth., B 150 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Pickering GTA
Time:11:00 AMName:Noah BoxTitles:
Math Whiz by Bradley Sowash
Miimii by Barbara Assiginaak
Home Festival:Barrie
Time:11:10 AMName:Livlyn LiTitles:
Sonatina in D Minor, (no.6) by Georg Anton Benda
Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., B150 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Chatham
Time:11:20 AMName:Thomas Paul PerroneTitles:
Waltz in A Minor, op. 124, no. 4 by Robert Schumann
Minuet in G Minor by Gottfried Heinrich Stozel
Home Festival:Grey County
Time:11:30 AMName:Sullivan FallsTitles:
Happy Time Jazz by Martha Mier
Sonatina in A Minor (no. 3) by Georg Anton Benda
Home Festival:Guelph
Time:1:00 PMName:Jonathan LiddleTitles:
Dance of the Tiger Cubs by Vincent Ho
Aria in G Major, TWV 32:13 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Home Festival:Stirling
Time:1:10 PMName:Ava WangTitles:
Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1, 3rd movement by Anton Diabelli
Spanish, op. 55, no. 5 by Agethe Backer-Grondahl
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis
Time:1:20 PMName:Danielle ArkuTitles:
Sonatina in A Minor (no. 3) by Georg Anton Benda
Running for the Bus by Alexina Louie
Home Festival:London
Time:1:30 PMName:Elizabeth BeilbyTitles:
Minuet in G Minor by Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel
Meditation in the Rain by Timothy Brown
Home Festival:South Simcoe
Time:1:40 PMName:Aiden WuTitles:
Aria in G major, TWV 32:13 by Georg Phillipp Telemann
Sonatina in G Major, op. 88, no. 2, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau
Home Festival:Ottawa Piano
Time:1:50 PMName:Ella GooleyTitles:
Gentle Breeze by Joanne Bender
River City Blues by Martha Mier
Home Festival:North Hastings

2:15 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners – MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm until 3:45 pm.

Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.

4:30 PM - Level 6 Classical Piano Playoffs

The Level 6 Piano Playoffs will be held at Wellington Square United Church - 2121 Caroline Street - from 4:30 pm to approximately 6:00 pm.

Playoff competitors will have to travel to Wellington Square United Church.