Pre-Festival 2015 Festival Newsletter

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Winter 2015
2015 FESTIVAL March 2-15 & April 20-30
Jubilee Auditorium and
SAIT Polytechnic
CALGARY
PERFORMING ARTS
FESTIVAL
FORMERLY: KIWANIS FESTIVAL
IN THIS ISSUE
Festival etiquette
Rose Bowl Winner 2010 –
Scott MacIsaac
Volunteer with us!
Festival Schedule
Adjudicators
With Ron Bennie on piano, the Fearless Five – Erika Kok, Celia Niksic, Evan Lindberg,
Maddie Thompson and Krysia Ferguson – perform “Five for all Forever” from the
musical Little Women at the 2014 Musical Theatre Showcase. (La Vica Photos)
2015 – A Year of Change
The winner of the 2015 Calgary
Performing Arts Festival Rose
Bowl will be given the opportunity
to perform with the Calgary
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Spotlight: A Publication of
the Calgary Performing Arts
Festival
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MISSION STATEMENT
The Calgary Performing Arts
Festival is an integral part of
the Calgary Arts Community,
encouraging classical and
contemporary music and speech
arts performance among amateur
students of all ages and skill levels.
The Calgary Performing Arts Festival is a
registered charity: #12953 9235 RR0001.
We’ve taken on a new name and in the spirit of
evolving and expanding our range, it was with great
pleasure that we announced new classes for the
2015 Calgary Performing Arts Festival at a media
conference on November 21, 2014.
They include:
• Popular guitar solos and ensembles – otherwise
known as rock bands - for those up-and-coming
blues, jazz and folk guitarists.
• Performance piano – non-competitive with no
adjudication, just an opportunity to perform anything
from classical to popular music for a supportive
audience.
Teachers of popular guitar had suggested that the Festival
expand to showcase the talent and commitment of
students motivated by playing contemporary genres, and
we listened. Recognizing the Festival’s future relies on
a willingness to remain contemporary and relevant, our
Board has an expanded strategic mandate to welcome
a range of performance categories to the Festival stage.
The wonderful thing about the performing arts is that
it’s always changing and evolving and the Festival will
continue to evolve with it.
We’ve introduced the exciting changes for the 2015
Calgary Performing Arts Festival, but I want to briefly
touch on some important things that will remain
unchanged:
• Calgary’s festival will remain as one of the leading
amateur performing arts festivals in North America.
• Once again we will provide over 10,000 children and
young adults the opportunity to perform, compete
for scholarships, listen to their peers, and have their
performances critiqued by adjudicators of national
renown.
• We will continue to inspire and encourage amateur
performing arts in our community!
It is with great anticipation that we finalize preparations
for the 2015 Calgary Performing Arts Festival but
as we do that, it’s important to let you know that this
will be our last year at the Jube. After more than 50
years in this facility, Festival 2015 will mark our last
in the building we’ve come to know as our home. In
2016, we will be moving to the Mount Royal University
Conservatory building which is currently under
construction. Many thanks to all the staff at the Jube
for your help over the years – we will miss you.
See you at Festival!
Festival
etiquette...
DO’S &
DON’TS
BEFORE THE FESTIVAL
DO note the day, time and
location of your performance(s).
DON’T hesitate to contact
the Festival office if you have
questions.
DO mark the bars in your music
score.
DON’T bring photocopied music
or speech selections. It violates
copyright.
ON THE BIG DAY
DO give yourself plenty of
time to find parking and get to
your performance room. We
recommend arriving 15 minutes
before the start of your class.
DON’T interrupt the other
performers if you arrive late.
Hosts located outside each
performance room will ask you
to wait until a performer has
finished before letting you enter.
DO mark the appropriate page
of your selection and give it to
the adjudicator’s assistant.
DON’T engage an adjudicator
in conversation about a
performance. You will receive a
written and verbal assessment
of your performance at the end
of your class.
RESPECTING EACH OTHER
DO acknowledge each
performance with applause.
DON’T make lots of noise
between performances. The
adjudicator will be writing his or
her assessment and will need to
concentrate.
DO eat before your class.
DON’T bring food into the
performance rooms.
Most importantly, DO have
fun and enjoy the Festival!
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2010 Rose Bowl winner Scott MacIsaac has been
making waves on both sides of the Atlantic.
Q: Why is the Calgary Performing Arts Festival special
to you?
After graduating from the Yale School of Music
last spring, the 22-year-old classical pianist moved
to London, England to continue his studies at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, under the
tutelage of British piano virtuoso Ronan O’Hora.
The Festival is very special to me because it’s where
performance began for me. It was always something I
looked forward to as a child. The staff and volunteers
were so nice to me and I always looked forward to
seeing them every year.
Q: What advice would you give to our 2015 performers?
With an active touring schedule that includes
concerts in North America, Europe, and China,
MacIsaac’s performances have earned praise for
their “brio and imagination” (The New York Times).
To get the latest updates on MacIsaac’s career,
visit scottmacisaac.com.
The Festival is a great place for young performers
to learn, to work towards a goal and to make friends
who share similar interests. It’s also a great way for
young performers to share their musical gifts with the
community.
To become a talented artist requires hard work as well as
passion. If a young performer really desires to become
good they need to enter not just one or two competitions,
but many. So, my advice is to take full advantage of what
the Calgary Performing Arts Festival has to offer.
Q: How are your studies at Guildhall?
Guildhall is a great school for me after Yale. Europe
is a good place to go for classical music training
as that’s where it originated. I’ve also had the
opportunity to attend concerts featuring
incredible artists you won’t find anywhere else
in the world.
Q: How has the Calgary Performing Arts
Festival helped prepare you for a career as a
concert pianist?
I started competing in Festival when I was
eight years old. Participating in the Festival year
after year provided me with goals to achieve, as
well as a platform to improve my artistic skill
set. The years of competition and performance
experience were great in helping me to gain
entrance into Yale.
Q: What performances do you have coming up?
I just played some Chopin pieces in Milton
Court, which is a very new concert hall with great
acoustics. I will be playing some solo pieces in
France in February and then a Chopin 1st concerto
in London. I am performing with a pianist from New
York in a Russian Duo Piano Concert in early May,
which should be really fun. I am also scheduled to
play a solo recital here in London in the middle of
June.
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Schedule and Venues
March 2-15
Jubilee Auditorium and SAIT Polytechnic
& April 20-30 FREE ADMISSION to all classes!
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we are able to offer free admission to all classes.
The details of the classes appear in the Event Schedule, located online at cpafestival.ca
CATEGORYDATESVENUE
CATEGORYDATESVENUE
Band MARCH 2-6Jubilee
Brass MARCH 4-5Jubilee
Int./Senior Musical APRIL 20-25SAIT
Theatre
Chamber MARCH 7-14Jubilee
Orchestra MARCH 8-9Jubilee
Chinese Ethnic Instruments MARCH 10-11Jubilee
Percussion MARCH 3-6Jubilee
Choral
MARCH 11-12Jubilee
Piano MARCH 2-15Jubilee/SAIT
Choral Speech APRIL 20-24SAIT
Speech Arts
APRIL 20-25SAIT
Performance Piano APRIL 20-24SAIT
Guitar APRIL 20-25SAIT/
St. Barnabas
Composition
MARCH 7Jubilee
Handbells APRIL 28-29SAIT
Junior Musical MARCH 3-6SAIT
Theatre
Speech APRIL 20-27SAIT
String MARCH 2-13Jubilee
Vocal MARCH 2-14
Jubilee, SAIT
Woodwind MARCH 2-6
Jubilee, SAIT
the 2015 adjudicators
Michel Fournier – Piano
Morin-Heights, QC
Ann Chow – String
Montreal, QC
Donna Fletcher – Musical Theatre
Winnipeg, MB
John Burge – Piano
Kingston, ON
Katharine Rapoport – String, Chamber
Toronto, ON
Speech adjudicator TBA
Peggy L’Hoir – Piano
Biggar, SK
Carey Cheney – String, Chamber
Salt Lake City, UT
Richard Boulanger – Piano
Moncton, NB
Claude Lapalme – Chamber, Orchestra
Red Deer, AB
Ross Osmun – Piano
Sherbrooke, QC
Barbara Collier – Vocal
Stratford, ON
Greg Caisley – Piano
Vancouver, BC
Lisa Cosens Brillon
– Vocal Musical Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Joan Woodrow – Piano
St. John’s, NL
Karl Stobbe – String, Chamber
Winnipeg, MB
Sir William Hughes – Woodwinds/Band
Princeton, ON
Michael Scholfield – Band
Calgary, AB
Bill Wahl – Brass/Band
Medicine Hat, AB
Greg Baker - Percussion
Calgary, AB
Deborah Rice – Handbells
Edmonton, AB
Kim Mattice Wanat – Vocal
Edmonton, AB
Julien Bisaillon – Guitar
Gatineau, QC
Sandra Meister – Choral
Maple Ridge, BC
Shang-E Fan – Chinese Ethnic Instruments
Toronto, ON
Festival’s Fines
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MUSICAL THE
Friday, May 1, 7
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SCHOLARSHI
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Scholarship Sp
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Gar y Miller Mem
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OUTSTANDIN
Friday, May 8, 7
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p.m.
R FO R M E R S S
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Saturday, May
WEBBER ACAD
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2, 7 p.m.
EMY THEATRE
Join us as we hi
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performers. Th
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the talents and
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potential of the
10,000 compe
winner(s) of the
tit
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s. The
very prestigious
Rose Bowl and
Scholarship(s)
Ro
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will be announce
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the concert.
SCHOLARSHI
P(S) TO BE AW
ARDED $ 5,0
Scholarship Sp
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onsor Kiwanis C
lubs of Calgary
H OW CA S E
The Registered
Speech Teache
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Performing Art
Alberta joins th
s Festival in ho
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sting the eighth
Performers Show
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case. Promising
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young speech an
unique program
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of the world’s gr
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eat classics and
exciting new wor
SCHOLARSHI
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P(S) TO BE AW
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onsor Dorothy
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For ticket inform
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Thank-you!
t our website, cp
afestival.ca
2015 Corporate
Sponsors and Donors
Alberta Culture
Alberta Lottery Fund
Calgary Arts Development
Canadian Natural Resources
GLJ Petroleum Consultants
Kiwanis Clubs of Calgary
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
The Calgary Foundation−
Esther Honens Fund
Exclusive Piano Sponsor
St. John’s Music Ltd. /Yamaha
Band Instrument Sponsor
St. John’s Music Ltd./Yamaha
Media Sponsor
Fairchild Radio
Services and Gifts in Kind
Budget Rent-a-Car
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Holiday Inn – Macleod Trail
Independent Print Inc.
La Vica Photos
Meyers Norris Penny
Momentum Communications
Piano Technicians Guild
Red Rose Florist
Office Concepts
Turn Key Computer Solutions
A complete list of donors will appear in our 2015 program.