richmond music festival society

It is a pleasure to present this year's line up of outstanding adjudicators, for the 5th Annual Richmond Music Festival. These adjudicators are active performers and teachers, with a wealth of knowledge and experience to bring to this year’s event.

Joining us this year is, Janice Waite, from Calgary, Alberta, for Junior Piano; Dr. Deanna Oye, from Lethbridge, Alberta for Intermediate Piano; and Dr. Judy Kehler Siebert, from Winnipeg, Manitoba for Senior/Open Piano. For the Flute division, Dr. Mary Byrne, from Victoria, B.C.; Fred Chu, a recent addition to the local music scene, for Strings; and Patrice Jegou from Lethbridge, Alberta, for Voice.

There are a couple of changes to be aware of this year. In the String and Flute Division, the syllabus has undergone extensive changes, to accommodate more class selection and provide greater clarification in piece selection. In the general awards section, there is now a $500 scholarship available to the overall best performer of all divisions, donated by our piano sponsor, Tom Lee Music.

Remember, to be eligible for scholarships of two hundred dollars and over, it is required that a candidate has participated in the quick study or sight reading class in the same division, so be sure to check award eligibility when submitting your entries this year.

Reaching us just became easier at www.rmfs.org. From this website, you can view the syllabus, download entry forms, learn of upcoming events, visit the festival archives and more. It will provide useful information throughout the year.

Looking forward to seeing you this November.

Jullin O'Scheaur
Executive Director

dates

The 2003 Festival runs from November 9th - November 22nd.

venues

Richmond Chinese Baptist Church
10311 Albion Road, Richmond, BC
Located off of No. 4 Road between Francis Road and Williams Road, behind McNair High school.

Broadmoor Baptist Church
8140 Saunders Road, Richmond, BC
Located off of No. 3 Road between Francis Road and Williams Road.

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adjudicators

Mary Byrne
Flute

Dr. Mary Byrne serves on the faculty of the Victoria Conservatory of Music where she teaches flute and flute pedagogy, as well as carries out the role of Coordinator of the Wind Faculty. She performs regularly with the Victoria Symphony and frequently appears as a solo and chamber recitalist with the many performing ensembles and concert series events in Victoria.

As a musicologist she has taught courses in flute performance practice and regularly conducts classes devoted to studies of individual composers for the Continuing Education programs of the University of Victoria. Currently on the Pedagogy Committee of the National Flute Association, she worked extensively on the recently published Selected Flute Repertoire: A Guide for Teachers and Students and has been a frequent presenter to the NFA Annual Conventions in areas of performance and pedagogy.

Dr. Byrne holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Victoria as well as B.Mus. in Wind Performance and Music Education, and M.Mus. in Flute Performance degrees from the University of Michigan. Dr. Byrne carried out her major flute studies with Keith Bryan, Lois Wynn, and Carol Kniebusch Noe, with great influence from Bonita Boyd.

Originally from Northern Virginia, Dr. Byrne now lives in Victoria, BC with her husband Mike—principal oboist with the Victoria Symphony — and their two sons, Colin (9) and Andrew (5).

Fred Sinyi Chu
Strings

Fred Sinyi Chu has a Masters of Music Degree in Performance and Education from Chicago Music College. He studied with Cyrus Forough, student of David Oistrach and assistant of Joseph Gingold.

As well as being a guest soloist for many U.S orchestras, Mr. Chu has been the concert master of, the Central Opera, in Beijing, China in 1983, Chicago Civic Orchestra under the baton of late Sr. Georg Solti in 1986, and the Northwest Indiana Symphony orchestra from 1993 to 1997, where he had the opportunity to perform with violin great Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell.

In 1995, Mr. Chu was appointed, director, of the String Department at Vandercook Conservatory of Music in Chicago. During his time in Chicago, he performed many concerts with the premier Sextet ensemble D’Accord and for the classical music station, WFMT. Mr. Chu has an extensive teaching and adjudicating career. He has taught orchestral music at the elementary and high school levels in the Seattle area, served as a faculty member at the String Festival in Avila, Spain and founded the Beverly Youth Orchestra, in Chicago

Mr. Chu recently relocated to the Pacific Northwest and now lives in Burnaby, B.C. Currently, he teaches at the Gene Nastri School in Mukilteo, Washington, and serves as concertmaster of the Everett Symphony Orchestra. He is also the author of the string method book, E-Z Strings.

Patrice Jegou
Voice

Mezzo-soprano, Patrice Jegou teaches voice at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta and is the Director of the 2003 Richard Miller Vocal Pedagogy and Performance Institute. She holds a Master of Music degree in Performance from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee where she studied voice with Dr. Shirley Zielinski and a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from the University of Calgary where she studied voice with Donald Bell.

While on scholarship as assistant in the Belmont Vocal Arts Lab in Nashville, Jegou had vocal pedagogy studies with otolaryngologist Mark Courey, M.D. at Vanderbilt Voice Centre, and instructed private and group voice at Belmont Academy, the Music School on Music Row, and Melody Music Studios.

Jegou served as Music Research Director for Roger-That Productions (Nashville) and Cort Casady Entertainment (Los Angeles) for the upcoming biographical musical King of the Road: The Wit and Wisdom of Roger Miller. Her background in figure skating led her to eventually pursue a coaching career leading to jobs in New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. She has skated professionally in Mexico for Richard Porter Productions, Las Vegas in the ice show "Hollywood On Ice," and with the Calgary Ice Theatre.

Jegou made her professional singing debut as soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in Leonard Bernstein's Mass. She twice received the Calgary Opera Company Scholarship and has collaborated with Canadian multimedia artist Ken Doren, with whom she recorded a digital opera project and two audio installations.

Jegou is also the Acting NATS (National Association of the Teachers of Singing) Advisor for the Student Chapter of NATS at the University of Lethbridge.

Deanna Oye
Intermediate Piano

Canadian pianist Deanna Oye recently completed the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, New York), where she studied with Dr. Jean Barr.Deanna is an active solo and collaborative performer in Canada and the United States. Recent performances include Calgary and Lethbridge, Alberta; Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba; Thunder Bay, Ontario; Rochester, Syracuse and Geneseo, New York; the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine; and broadcasts on Buffalo’s National Public Radio program, Opus: Classics Live. She has participated in numerous master classes including those conducted by George Crumb, Steven Isserlis, Barry Tuckwell, Roger Vignoles, Janina Fialkowska, and Anton Kuerti, and authored an article on collaborative performance published in The American Music Teacher, February/March 2001.

In fall 2002, Dr. Oye joined the University of Lethbridge Department of Music and Music Conservatory where she teaches piano, accompanying, and aural skills. She previously held teaching positions at Eastman, Brandon University, and Lakehead University Community Music School.

Judy Kehler Siebert
Senior Open Piano

Canadian pianist Judy Kehler Siebert has been praised by critics for her “interpretive brilliance” and “flashing technique” during her career as a soloist and chamber musician. Her commitment to new music is demonstrated through commissions and premiere performances of numerous compositions, many recorded for CBC broadcasts. A regular participant in Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival, Judy has premiered works by Canadian composers Heather Anne Schmidt, and T.Patrick Carrabré. The 2003 Centara New Music Festival, featuring “The Piano”, programmed Ms. Siebert together with her colleague, David Moroz and the Winnipeg Symphony to perform two, two-piano concertos as well as other multi-piano works, Andrey Boreyko, conductor.

Founding member and pianist of Quarks! Trio, a unique ensemble consisting of two saxophones and piano, she has commissioned and premiered seven compositions. During seven years of touring, Quarks! has performed over 350 concerts throughout Canada and the U.S. Judy also has two CDs to her credit; music by Randolph Peters performed with Quarks, as well as Heterophony of Two Pianos and Orchestra, a double piano concerto by Japanese composer Akira Nishimura. Other CD projects in progress will be released over the next two years. Solo and concerto performances, teaching and adjudicating have taken Judy to South America, Lithuania, and Serbia (Yugoslavia) in the past year, alongside performances in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Manitoba. In March 2003, she was a jury member of Gradus ad Parnassum II, an international piano competition in Serbia where she performed the opening concert. The spring and fall of 2003 included performances in Nova Scotia and Quebec, South America and Singapore.

A Masters graduate of the University of Toronto and a doctoral graduate of the Eastman School of Music in New York, Ms. Siebert is currently an Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Manitoba School of Music.

Janice Waite
Junior Piano

Janice Waite is well known to Calgary audiences as a versatile chamber musician. She enjoys an interesting and varied playing career as a member of the chamber music ensemble AUBADE and as guest artist with local chamber music groups such as ROSA SELVATICA, NEW WORKS CALGARY, and KENSINGTON SINFONIA. Equally comfortable on the celeste and harpsichord, she is often heard playing keyboards for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.

Janice has a long association with the Banff Festival of the Arts, where she is a founding member of the Collaborative Pianists' Faculty and has performed with many international artists, including Orford String Quartet, Gerald Stanick, Karen Tuttle, Richard Kilmer, Patrick Gallois and the percussion ensemble NEXUS.

Janice holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Unversity of Alberta. Her principle teachers include Boris Roubakine, Dr. Ernesto Lejano, Isobel Moore Rolston and Enrica Cavallo-Gulli. Her musical education was enriched by studies at Hochschule fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien (Vienna, Austria) and two years as repetiteur for the Edmonton Opera Association.

A dedicated teacher, Janice regularly adjudicates festivals and competitions across Western Canada, most recently the Medicine Hat Concerto Competition. She is a member of the Royal College of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music and President of the Instrumental Society of Calgary. Since 1983, she has been affiliated with Mount Royal College, where she teaches piano and chamber music.