Included in CBC Music's 2017 edition of "30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians under 30," Paul Williamson has established himself as one of Canada's promising young pianists. He received first prize at both the 2014 Canadian National Music Festival and the 2017 Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Association National Piano Competition in addition to three semifinal awards. He is also a prizewinner of the 2020 WMC McLellan Competition and received 3rd prize at the 2022 Shean Piano Competition and the 2023 Bader and Overton Canadian Piano Competition.
Currently a Doctor of Musical Arts degree candidate at Northwestern University, Williamson also holds degrees from the Colburn School (AD, Mmus) and the University of Manitoba (Bmus). He has studied under James Giles, Fabio Bidini, David Moroz, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Williamson has participated in the following festivals: Morningside Music Bridge, Aspen, Orford, Music Academy of the West, Scotia, Creative Dialogue XIII; and held residency at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. In the spring of 2023, Williamson recorded his debut solo album featuring the music of Franz Liszt for Naxos Records. He has also recorded an album of the music of Canadian composer Tristan Zaba alongside Canadian soprano Mckenzie Warriner for the Centrediscs label. Williamson is grateful to have his career supported by the Amron-Sutherland Grant for Young Pianists from the Colburn School and for the support of the BC Arts Council.
St. Christopher's Anglican Church
662 Guelph Line
Burlington, On L7R 3M8
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:00 AM | Name:Blayke Taylor | Titles: Sonatina in E flat Major, op. 4, no. 7 by Samuel Wesley Little Nocturne by Jakub Metelka | Home Festival:South Simcoe |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Christian Forbes | Titles: Sonata in G Major Hob. XVI:G1 , 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn Whirlwind by Dennis Alexander | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Lukas Kodrat | Titles: Song of the Cavalry op. 27, no. 29 by Dmitri Kabalevsky Sonatina in F Major op. 168, no. 1, 3rd mvt. by Anton Diabelli | Home Festival:Pickering Rotary |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Robert Hu | Titles: Little Prelude in C Minor, BMV 934 by J.S. Bach Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., B150 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Alexander Burgess | Titles: Moto Perpetuo by Tom Gerou Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., B 150 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Kingston |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Linda Li | Titles: Sweet Mister Jelly Roll by Valerie Capers Giga in G Major from Sonata No. 1 by Elisabetta de Gambarini | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Ava Quennell | Titles: Little Nocturne by Jakub Metelka Sonatina in A Minor, no. 3 by Georg Anton Benda | Home Festival:Midwestern |
Time:11:10 AM | Name:Katherine Xu | Titles: Jasmine Flower by Edward Han Jiang Sonata in G Major Hob. XVI:G1, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:11:20 AM | Name:Eamon Moore | Titles: Sonatina in G Major op.19/20. no. 1, 1st mvt. by Jan Ladislav Dussek Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., B 150, 1st mvt. by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Jenica Su | Titles: Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:G1, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn Dance of the Tiger Cubs by Vincent Ho | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:1:10 PM | Name:Yiming Zhang | Titles: Little Prelude in D Minor, BWV 926 by Johann Sebastian Bach Sonatina in G Major, op.19/20, no.1, 1st mvt. by Jan Ladislav Dussek | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:1:20 PM | Name:Margaret Whitelaw | Titles: Sonata in B flat Major, K 440 by Domenico Scarlatti Happy Time Jazz by Martha Mier | Home Festival:Chatham |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Jason Hao | Titles: Courante in F Major, HWV 488 by George Frideric Handel Zigzag by Dennis Alexander | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:1:40 PM | Name:Menglan Yong | Titles: Sonatina in G Major, op. 19/20, no. 1, 1st mvt. by Jan Ladislav Dussek On the Lake, op. 77, no. 12 by Heinrich Hofmann | Home Festival:St. Thomas |
Time:1:50 PM | Name:Elise Fan | Titles: Aria in G Major, from Overture in G Major, TWV 32:13 by Georg Phillip Telemann Sweet Mister Jelly Roll by Valerie Capers | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
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.
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.