Strings

 

Discipline Chair           Kathleen Hovey                               604-885-1066

Bowed Strings                       Adjudicator                             Barbara McDougall

Session Dates                        April 28 & 29, 2008

Venue                                     St. Hilda’s Anglican Church, Sechelt

Plucked Strings         Adjudicator                             Don Hlus

Session Dates                        May 2, 2008

Venue                                     Gibson’s United Church 

 

State instrument on entry form.

 

Refer to the general rules and procedures.

 

Solo Violin selections shall be chosen from the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts Official Selection List, or the current Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus except where indicated. The official list and Syllabus are on reserve at at the Gibsons or Sechelt public libraries.  You can also contact your discipline chair, the Festival President or Vice-President.

 

Selections not found on the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts Official Selection List must have documented level of difficulty from either the Royal Conservatory of Music, Conservatory Canada, The Associated Board or The Victoria Conservatory of Music.  Attach this documentation to your entry form.

 

All other strings instruments must choose their selections from the Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus.

 

Material from method books may be used in Pre Grade One classes only. 

 

Repeat signs should not be observed with the exception of D.C. 

 

Folk, sacred and performer’s choice classes do not have to be from an approved list.  Selections must meet the accepted standard for suitability of style and level of difficulty.

 

REMEMBER: Teachers are responsible for entering selections in the correct class.  If you have any questions please contact your discipline chair.

 

MEMORIZATION is desirable but not mandatory.  Sonatas need not be memorized.  Competitors should be aware that an adjudicator's decision may be influenced by memorization.

 

String Classes

Baroque - includes J.S.Bach, Purcell, Telemann, Handel, Vivaldi, etc.

Classical - includes Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn,

Romantic - includes Brahms, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schubert

Canadian Composers - includes G. Coutts, J. Coulthard, V. Archer, J. Ethridge, D. Duke

20th and 21st Century -  Not Canadian

 

Performer’s Choice – Folk/Modern/Popular


Composition - Any string instrument with or without accompaniment. The composer or a performer or performer(s) of his/her choice may perform the work. The composer, not the performer, is adjudicated.


Ensembles I –

Folk/Popular/Modern: - TWO CONTRASTING SELECTIONS - any combination of string instruments - piano may be included. Instruments, ages and grade levels of performers must be stated in the entry form.

Ensembles II –

Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc. -  TWO CONTRASTING SELECTIONS - any combination of string instruments. Piano may be included.  Instruments, ages and grade levels of performers must be stated in the entry form.


Open Classes – Please see under General Rules

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