CONGRATULATIONS!


1
March
2009
The
Division
of
Preparatory
Studies
enriching
life
through
musical
experience
CONGRATULATIONS!
Teachers
and
Prep
Studies’
students
on
the
following
in
the
MRMTA
Introductory
Scholarship
Achievements
(February
14,2009):
Teacher
Student
Discipline
Placement
Lydia
Wiebe
Hannah
Chan
Piano
First
Jane
Petroni
Alice
Yu
Piano
Honorable
Mention
Jane
Petroni
Justin
Lin
Piano
Honorable
Mention
Diane
Berger
Marlise
Ritchie
Voice
Second
Teachers
and
Prep
Studies’
students
on
the
following
Conservatory
Canada
Awards,
conferred
in
the
ceremony
hosted
by
Caron
Whitlaw‐Hiebert
on
February
21,
2009.
Teacher
Student
Discipline
Level
Kelly
Robinson
Sarah
Luby
Voice
Grade
1
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
David
Hu
Piano
Grade
1
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
Sarah
Oresnik
Piano
Grade
2
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
Frank
Yu
Piano
Grade
4
⇓
2
Richard
Tyborowski
(guitar)
performed
Sid
Robinovitch’s
Song
of
Songs
on
the
Sefarad
Marquis*EMI
CD
which
was
nominated
for
Classical
Composition
of
the
Year.
February
15
recital
Monthly
recitals
are
special
at
the
Division
of
Preparatory
Studies.
On
February
15,
approximately
140
students
including
guitarists,
violinists,
singers,
pianists,
and
flutists,
including
the
Flute
Ensemble
directed
by
Layla
Roberts,
performed,
nearly
flawlessly,
in
Eva
Clare
Hall
for
seven
hours
(divided
into
one
hour
segments)
repertoire
from
beginner
to
concert
level.
Thank
you
to
the
teachers
who
encourage
their
students
to
participate
and
prepare
them
so
well
for
the
task.
Thank
you
to
the
parents
who
so
faithfully
support
their
children
in
these
endeavours.
Prep
Studies
is
the
only
“school”
which
facilitates
the
use
of
an
accompanist
for
recitals
without
fee
to
the
student.
Thanks
to
Beryl
Racaru
who
was
the
“official”
accompanist
on
that
day.
UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY
The
Division
of
Preparatory
Studies
is
unique
in
the
city
of
Winnipeg
in
terms
of
offering
a
Piano
Concerto
Competition
with
cash
prizes.
Participation
is
restricted
to
students
registered
with
the
Division.
Those
students
designated
as
“honourable
mentions”
are
reimbursed
their
entrance
fee.
Marlene
Pauls
Laucht
was
the
adjudicator
for
the
2009
Piano
Concerto
Competition
held
February
13
&
14
in
Eva
Clare
Hall.
Marlene
brought
her
experience
as
a
pianist,
teacher,
adjudicator,
and
Senior
Examiner
for
the
RCM
Examination
system
to
this
task.
She
was
instrumental
in
the
creation
of
the
Associated
Manitoba
Arts
Festivals
Adjudicator
Training
and
Apprenticeship
Program,
maintains
a
home
studio
and
is
a
founding
member
on
the
faculty
at
the
Manitoba
Conservatory
of
Music
and
Arts.
Next
year’s
dates
for
this
event
are
expected
to
be
February
5
&
6,
2010.
The
event
is
open
to
a
public
audience
2009
PIANO
CONCERTO
COMPETITION
RESULTS
⇓
3
Age
Level
7/8
Student
Placement
Collaborative
Pianist
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
Teacher
Naomi
Tran
Winner
Concerto
in
the
Classical
Style/Mier
9/10
Justin
Lin
Winner
Concerto
in
G
Major/Haydn
Jane
Petroni
Jane
Petroni
Alice
Yu
Honourable
Mention
Concerto
No.3
Op.
50,mvt.1
Kabalevsky
Jane
Petroni
Jane
Petroni
11/12
Hannah
Zhang
Winner
Concerto
in
F
Major,
mvt.1
Williams
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
Mengjie
Qu
Honourable
Concerto
in
C
Mention
(tie)
Major/Haydn
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
Jiasi
Vicky
Zhang
Honourable
Concerto
No.19
Caron
Mention
(tie)
in
F
Major,
K459
Whitlaw‐
Mozart
Hiebert
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
13/14
Tony
Zhou
Winner
Concerto
No.
3,
Carole
Pollard
Op.
26
mvt.3/Prokofiev
David
Moroz
Benjamin
Wang
Honourable
Mention
Concerto
in
G
Minor,
Op.25
mvt.1
Mendelssohn
Yunqiao
Wang
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
15/16
Yue
Chang
Winner
Concerto
in
A
Minor/Grieg
Darryl
Friesen
David
Moroz
Amanda
Lee
Honourable
Mention
Concerto
No.
23
Jacqueline
Ryz
in
A
Major,
K
488/Mozart
Repertoire
⇓
Caron
Whitlaw‐
Hiebert
Jacqueline
Ryz
4
THANK YOU!
Clinicians
and
teachers,
who
advanced
the
skills
of
the
students
in
the
following:
Karin
Erhardt,
Masterclass
for
Strings,
February
15
Karin’s
manner
with
the
participants
immediately
put
them
at
ease.
The
tone
was
fun;
the
work
was
serious!
Karin
encouraged
the
students
to
keep
in
mind
the
ultimate
musical
goals
of
the
repertoire,
even
when
working
on
sections.
Karin
had
them
experiment
with
bow
speed
to
find
the
“nice
silky
sound.”
She
explored
the
notion
of
rhythmic
dynamism,
recommending
holding
onto
the
notes
“as
long
as
you
dare,”
and
conceiving
of
the
smallest
notes
as
the
densest,
requiring
especially
focused
precision.
Other
points
of
address
included
pulling
the
sound
out
of
the
instrument;
using
all
the
bow;
isolating
the
melody
when
practicing
double‐stop
passages;
achieving
momentum
in
a
still
line;
collaborating
with
the
piano;
use
of
imagination
to
enhance
expression
and
make
it
‘convincing’.
Clearly
the
students
came
to
the
masterclass,
secure
in
the
learning
process
established
by
their
teachers,
with
the
ability
and
willingness
to
“try
new
things”.
Daniel
Bolshoy,
Guitar
Masterclass,
February
20
at
MCMA
The
Division
of
Preparatory
studies
was
pleased
to
make
it
possible
for
our
guitar
students
in
the
Enrichment
Program
to
participate
in
the
masterclass
with
Daniel
Bolshoy,
who
was
in
Winnipeg
to
perform
with
the
Winnipeg
Classical
Guitar
Society
on
Saturday,
February
21.
One
participant
described
the
experience
as
follows:
“Daniel
was
very
approachable,
had
good
thoughtful
comments,
and
gave
clear
explanations.
Matters
of
musical
interpretation
and
technique
were
given
due
consideration.
Daniel's
work
with
the
younger
players
was
just
as
insightful
as
with
the
older
players.
It
was
a
nice
touch
that
when
he
was
demonstrating
tone
production
that
he
did
both
on
his
guitar
and
the
student's
guitar
to
show
what
the
student's
instrument
was
capable
of.”
David
Moroz,
Enrichment
Program
Piano
Masterclass
(Junior
&
Intermediate
Levels),
February
22
David’s
masterclasses
are
unfailingly
insightful,
entertaining,
and
inspiring.
He
joked
with
the
students
about
the
effect
of
the
combination
of
caffeine
and
tobacco
on
the
metronome
markings
of
such
composers
as
Bartok,
and
suggested
that
even
Beethoven’s
markings
might
be
scrutinized
in
terms
of
his
deafness
and
the
metronome
being
a
new
invention
at
the
time.
David
also
referenced
fine
cuisine,
telling
the
students
there
is
no
“Chicken
with
40
cloves
of
garlic”
recipe
in
French
cooking,
and
likewise
no
such
seasoning
in
Debussy.
The
pianissimos
in
Debussy
are
as
much
indicative
of
mood
as
dynamic,
and
still
requiring
firm
fingers.
David
helped
the
students
discover
how
to
‘manage
the
piano’
rather
than
have
the
piano
manage
them,
something
which
often
requires
quick
thinking
in
the
context
of
performance
on
an
unknown
instrument.
He
encouraged
them
to
‘stay
in
the
moment’
when
performing
and
draw
the
audience
in
by
their
own
wrapt
attention
to
the
music.
⇓
5
Favorite
anecdote
of
the
day:
What
is
an
ostinato?
Obstinate!
It
is
so
sure
of
itself,
that
it
keeps
repeating
itself
until
we
are
all
convinced
of
what
it
has
to
say!)
Laura
Loewen,
Enrichment
Program
Ensemble
Masterclass,
March
1
Laura’s
ensemble
class
focused
on
listening
and
hearing
–
on
attuning
the
ear
to
what
is
happening
and
what
one
wants
to
be
happening.
She
spoke
learnedly
and
enthusiastically
about
the
composers’
musical
intentions
and
their
methods
and
means
of
communication,
from
the
angularity
of
the
Spanish
themes
to
the
relative
‘stresslessness’
of
Debussy.
She
engaged
the
students
in
the
awareness
and
sensing
of
the
subdivision
of
each
beat
throughout
the
piece
in
order
to
achieve
rhythmic
precision.
Laura
had
each
student
to
sing
the
other
person’s
part
to
“have
it
in
the
body”
when
playing
their
own
part.
She
also
had
them
excerpt
structural
parts
for
alignment
of
the
whole,
and
treated
chordal
passages
as
the
one‐to
one
counterpoint
they
are.
Laura
also
worked
to
match
touch
and
dynamics,
in
the
same
way
as
choral
music
demands
the
matching
of
vowels.
A
good
tip
for
disciplining
crescendos
is
to
decide
the
volume
at
either
end,
then
plot
the
path
from
one
to
the
other.
Laura’s
enlightened
and
loving
approach
to
music
and
to
teaching
really
shone
through
making
this
the
best
in
collaboration,
all
around!
TAKE
NOTICE!
We
are
so
pleased
to
bring
to
your
attention
the
following
past
and
future
events:
Music
‘N’
Mavens:
Rembrandt
String
Quartet
Andrea
Bell
(cello),
Daniel
Scholz
(viola)
Simon
MacDonald
and
Rodica
Jeffrey
(violin)
performed
at
the
Rady
Jewish
Community
Centre
on
February
26.
Virtuosi
Concerts:
The
Classical
Saxophone
Allen
Harrington
(saxophone)
and
David
Moroz
(piano)
performed
in
the
Virtuosi
Concert
series
Eckhardt
Grammate
Hall
on
February
21.
The
Festival
de
Voyageur
Costume
Ball
The
Festival
de
Voyageur
Quartet
featuring
Natalia
Zelinski,
Kristjana
Oleson,
(violin)
Anna
Bond
(violin),
and
Andrea
Bell
(cello)
performed
at
the
costume
ball
in
the
recent
festival.
Music
Baroque
Series:
Double
your
Pleasure
This
concert
featuring
Michelle
Miller
(flute),
Laurel
Ridd
(flute),
Karin
Erhardt
(cello)
is
slated
for
Sunday
May
31,
7:30
PM
at
the
Cathedral
Church
of
St
John.
⇓
6
From
Stressed
to
Serene,
a
playshop,
at
CMU
on
March
21,
includes
a
session
on
Body
Mapping
by
Chantal
Touchette
(piano).
Other
sessions
will
include
Leading
with
Laughter,
Mindfulness
Based
Stress
Reduction,
The
Brain
Gym,
and
Focusing.
ALUMNI
NEWS
Nina
Zhou,
Prep
Studies’
alumnus
and
sister
of
Tony
Zhou,
student
of
David
Moroz,
will
be
performing
with
the
Women's
Musical
Club
of
Winnipeg
on
April
5
at
the
Winnipeg
Art
Gallery.
Nina
graduated
from
Oberlin
last
summer
and
is
currently
pursuing
her
master’s
degree
in
piano
performance
at
Indiana
University
Jacobs
School
of
Music.
CHANGE
OF
DATE
The
composition
workshop
date
has
been
changed
to
March
22,
beginning
at
2:00
PM
in
room
308
of
the
Faculty
of
Music.