Wednesday, June 12th
Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group D
Adjudicator: Asher Ian Armstrong
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
Wellington Square United Church
2121 Caroline Street
Burlington, On L7R 1L7
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:9:30 AM | Name:Shixian Liu | Titles: Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:33 by Franz Joseph Haydn Arabeske, op. 18 by Robert Schumann | Home Festival:Peel |
| Time:9:50 AM | Name:Henry Li | Titles: Sonata in C Minor, op. 10, no. 1, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven Prelude, op. 3, no. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
| Time:10:10 AM | Name:Rianna van Stempvoort | Titles: Impromptu in G flat Major op. 90, no. 3 by Franz Schubert Prélude op. 3, no. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Home Festival:Lambton County |
| Time:10:25 AM | Name:Leping Ho | Titles: Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 856 by Johann Sebastian Bach Impromptu in B Flat Major, op.142, no. 3, D 935 by Franz Schubert | Home Festival:North York Live |
| Time:10:40 AM | Name:Rachel Gao | Titles: Nocturne in B flat Minor, op. 9, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin Macedonian Mountain Dance, op. 144, no. 1 by Alan Hovhaness | Home Festival:Guelph |
| Time:10:50 AM | Name:Mavis Lee | Titles: Sonata in G Major, op. 14, no. 2, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven Danzas Argentinas, op. 2, no. 2 by Alberto Ginastera | Home Festival:Unionville |
| Time:11:10 AM | Name:Marie Korolyov | Titles: Sonata in E Major op. 14, no 1, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven August (The Harvest) (no. 8) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
| Time:11:25 AM | Name:Marcus Yi | Titles: Humoresque in G major op. 10, no. 5 by Sergei Rachmaninoff Sonata in C Minor, op. 10, no. 1, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:1:00 PM | Name:Jovan Jain | Titles: Shimmer by Heather Schmidt March of the Trolls, op. 54, no. 3 by Edvard Grieg | Home Festival:London |
| Time:1:15 PM | Name:Mia Noronha | Titles: Nocturne in B Flat Minor, op. 9, no. 1, 1 by Frédéric Chopin Prelude in C Sharp Minor op. 3, no. 2, 1 by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Home Festival:Quinte |
| Time:1:30 PM | Name:Declan Yeung | Titles: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851 by Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude in C Sharp Minor, op. 3, no. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Home Festival:Yip's |
| Time:1:45 PM | Name:Joy Lu | Titles: Sonata No. 12 in F Major: K. 332, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Cat and the Mouse (Scherzo humoristique) by Aaron Copland | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
| Time:2:05 PM | Name:Erica Wang | Titles: Prelude and Fugue in G sharp Minor, BWV 863 by Johann Sebastian Bach Nocturne by Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Grammaté | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
| Time:2:20 PM | Name:Hannah Kwan | Titles: Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K332, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Waltz in E minor, op. posth. by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Peterborough |
3:00 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners – MANDATORY
Workshop will be held from approximately 3:00 pm until 4:30 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
5:00 PM - Classical Piano Level 10 Playoffs
The Level 10 Classical Piano Playoffs will be held at Wellington Square United Church - 2121 Caroline St. - from 5:00 pm to approximately 6:30 pm.