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I can’t believe summer vacation is over and it’s almost the end of the 2nd week of school.  I had a great summer teaching in California and Hawaii.  I was the assistant director of the Young Artist Program at Songfest in Malibu, California and Voice & Collaborative Piano Faculty at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival in Waimea, Hawaii.  I worked with a lot of very talented students from all over North America and it has been a great summer overall.

With the beginning of the school year, a lot of new things are happening and it is truly exciting.  On the 28th of November, I am going to be the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Mass in C minor with the Toronto Sinfonietta under the baton of maestro Matthew Jaskiewicz.  Here are the details of the concert and I hope many of you will be able to come:

Date:             Saturday, 28th November, 2009

Time:            7:30pm

Place:           Christ Church Deer park (1570 Yonge Street, Toronto ON)

Ticket info:  (416) 410-4379 or tickets@torontosinfonietta.com

Hope to see you all there!!!

I cannot believe it’s almost the end of the school year again!!!  It’s been a great year for competitions and I would like to congratulate the following students for making it to the OMFA provincial competitions this year which will be held in Peterborough this June:

Patricia Auchterlony – Gr 8 voice and Senior Musical Theatre representing Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival

Alicia Ault – Gr 8 voice and Intermediate Musical Theatre representing Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival

Amanda Ault – Gr 9 voice representing Peel Music Festival

Priscilla Chan – Gr 10 piano representing Burlington Rotary Music Festival

Tiffany Chan – Gr 10 piano representing Burlington Rotary Music Festival

Grace Lee – Gr 10 voice representing Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival

Lydia Lim – Gr 9 voice representing Peel Music Festival

Candace Miles – Gr 8 voice representing Burlington Rotary Music Festival

Jennifer Sullivan – Open voice representing Burlington Rotary Music Festival 

I am so proud of all of you and good luck!!

I can’t believe this is the second time I have been in Hawaii within the last 2 months!!!  I was on a family cruise vacation at the end of May.  Now I am back on the Big Island…but I am actually working this time.  I am on faculty at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival which runs from July 1st to 29th.  

I just finished teaching in the “Lifelong Singer” program (July 1st – 6th) where adult singers (ranging from serious hobbyists to voice teachers) gather to have lessons, master classes and performances.  It was a truly enjoyable experience for all.  The next program, which is the main part of the festival, starts on July 10th.  So for the last few days, I have been hanging out with a couple of my students, Jennifer and Kimberley, at the Hilton Waikoloa Village.  We went swimming in the enormous pools, went shopping and had tappanyaki dinner.  Tonight, we went to a luau (dinner and show) that was hosted by the hotel.  The food was buffet style with wide varieties ranging from salads to poké to braised pork ribs to cream pies…it was yummy!!!  Then, a highly entertaining show with different types of traditional island dances, from the Hula dance to the famous “fire dance”!!!  We had a lot of fun and are ready for the hard work that is ahead of us in the next three weeks!!  

My student Kimberley -Rose Pefhany, a runner-up in Grade 8 voice at the 2008 provincial competitions hosted by OMFA, has been accepted into the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival for this summer!!  She is hosting a fundraising recital this Friday.  It’s going to be a fun concert, I hope you can be there!!

Date: 20th June, 2008

Time: 7:30pm

Place: Islington United Church, 25 Burnhamthorpe Road, Toronto

Tickets: Adults $15, Students & Seniors $10

Purchase Tickets at the Door…see you there!!

As soon as I got back from my Hawaiian vacation, it was time to dive right into the excitement of the provincial competitions hosted by the Ontario Music Festivals Association. Music and Speech Arts students all over Ontario who were recommended by adjudicators at their local festivals (maximum 2 people per level per festival from RCM Grades 7-ARCT and Open) came together for a 2nd-round battle in which one first-place, one runner-up and some honourable-mentions were given out. This year’s battleground was at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s temporary home: 90 Croatia Street, Toronto.

I had 9 students representing several local music festivals (Burlington Rotary Music Festival, Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto and Peel Music Festival) in multiple number of disciplines (Piano, voice and musical theatre). Everyone worked hard and I am so happy that they all performed so well!! Congratulations for making it this far!!

Alicia Ault – Represented Burlington Rotary Music Festival for Junior Musical Theatre and Grade 8 voice

Amanda Ault -Represented Burlington Rotary Music Festival for Intermediate Musical Theatre and Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto for Grade 8 voice

Priscilla Chan – Represented Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto for Grade 9 piano

Katherine Jin – Represented Peel Music Festival for Grade 9 piano

Grace Lee – Represented Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto for Grade 9 voice and Peel Music Festival for Grade 10 piano

Lydia Lim – Represented Peel Music Festival for Grade 8 voice

Candace Miles – Represented Burlington Rotary Music Festival for Junior Musical Theatre and Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto for Grade 7 voice

Kimberley Rose Pefhany – Represented Burlington Rotary Music Festival for Grade 8 voice

Jennifer Sullivan – Represented Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto for Open Musical Theatre and Diploma (ARCT) voice

Now, a further congratulations to the following prize-winners:

Priscilla Chan - Honourable Mention in Grade 9 piano

Katherine Jin – Honourable Mention in Grade 9 piano

Grace Lee – Runner-up in Grade 9 voice

Candace Miles – Winner in Grade 7 voice and Honourable Mention in Junior Musical Theatre

Kimberley Rose Pefhany – Runner-up in Grade 8 voice

Jennifer Sullivan – Runner-up in Diploma (ARCT) voice

Thank you again for all your hard work this year and there are no words that can describe how proud I am of each and everyone of you!!! Keep it up!!!

I cannot believe it has been one year already since the last AllTV music competition!! After much preparation with my student Grace Lee, she competed in the senior divisions of both piano and voice, while I was away on vacation in Hawaii. Indeed, she was well rewarded for her hard work: 1st overall in voice and 3rd overall in piano. Congratulations to Grace!!! Stay tuned for her upcoming youtube videos!!

2007 was the first year that I entered students into the AllTV competition. I was so thrilled that they both did so well. Here are the clips of their performances at the awards ceremony:

Grace Lee – First Place Overall Vocal Winner AllTV Competition 2007

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=rpOT8XtwCzw

Lydia Lim – Second Place Overall Vocal Winner AllTV Competition 2007

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=bckpLoyPR2c

Thank you for visiting my site.  I am so excited that you take time out of your busy schedules to look at this.  I am currently working on my Curriculum Vitae and will be added to the site as soon as it is done.  Please feel free to browse around and check back often as I will keep updating my personal and musical activities  Enjoy!!