Music News - Musicians gear up for District Contests
26 May 2005 - 0 Comments
Music students across the country are preparing to battle it out at the District Contests of the New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest, held in fourteen centres in June.
The adjudicators for this year¹s contest are some of the country¹s best musicians, many of whom began their musical careers as participants in the contest. Adjudicating this year¹s District Contests are conductor and composer Kenneth Young, clarinettist Gretchen Dunsmore, trumpet player Iaan Wilson, pianist Catherine McKay and trumpet player Sarah Wilson.
This year the contest received a record number of entries, with 562 groups entering nationwide. Because of the high entry numbers, Kenneth Young, Gretchen Dunsmore and Iaan Wilson will be each assigned to a region, splitting the country into thirds. Catherine McKay and Sarah Wilson will co-adjudicate with the regional adjudicators where 80 groups or more are entered.
Members of the winning group at each District Contest will receive the Chamber Music New Zealand prize of $100 each. An adjudicator¹s award may be made to a group, other than the winning one, that the adjudicator considers worthy of special mention.
The contest is also a platform for New Zealand¹s up and coming composers. The contest¹s Original Composition section allows youngsters to put their music writing skills into practice, with up and coming composers encouraged to enter an original work suitable for a chamber music ensemble.
The winner of the Original Composition section will receive the SOUNZ prize of $500 and have their piece performed at the National Final alongside the competing groups.
The 19 entries in the Original Composition section will also be performed at the District Contests and will be judged by New Zealand composer Eve de Castro Robinson.
"It's intriguing to see anonymous scores, knowing they're from all over the country, and may be by male or female, beginner or advanced school age composers. I have to approach each one fresh and completely objectively", says Eve. "The standard of presentation is extremely high. As a composer who still produces handwritten scores I feel even more in a minority!"
At the conclusion of the District Contests, the adjudicators will meet to select up to eight groups nationwide to compete in the National Final to be held in the Auckland Town Hall on Saturday 6 August.
All of the District Contest sessions are open to members of the public and discounts to attend multiple sessions are available.
In presenting the New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest, Chamber Music New Zealand acknowledges funding from the New Zealand Community Trust and Creative New Zealand.
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