Top music students honoured
Several dozen top students and a pair of longtime teachers were recognized at the Registered Music Teachers’ Association Annual Canada Music Week Recital and Student Awards Presentation, held Nov. 24.
The Lethbridge Branch of the Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association (ARMTA) combined their annual Canada Music Week recital and awards presentation with the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations’ (CFMTA) “Branching Out” initiative: Making a Difference to encourage students to participate in helping others in the community. The Lethbridge branch chose to invite students and teachers to bring non-perishable food items for the local food bank.
During the recital, 20 students performed selections by Canadian composers including Anne Crosby, Christine Donkin, Nancy Telfer, Pierre Gallant, Clifford Poole, Stephen Chatman, Jean Coulthard and Oscar Peterson.
At the conclusion of the recital, 44 awards totalling over $2,000 were presented to students for the highest marks in practical and theory exams during the December 2017August 2018 examination sessions, including the ARMTA Recognition Fund awards given to five students with the highest marks in both a practical and theory exam — Joel Siebert, Reuben Peters, Jessica Morton, Hannah Birrell and Jessie Irwin.
The Lethbridge branch also recognized former member James Ringland, the designer of the Lethbridge branch logo. A card and gift were presented to thank him for sharing his talents by providing such a beautiful design for the branch to use to represent the group in the community.
In addition, the following ARMTA Milestone recipients were recognized for their years of provincial membership during the presentation: Marilyn Sinclair, 55 years, and Linda Dickey, 45 years.
STUDENT AWARDS 2018
*denotes first place, **denotes second place. All other students have attained First Class Honors Standing.
PIANO
Prep B *Brishti Das 87 Level 1 *Bobby Zhao 90 *Dora Jin 90 **Emily Jin 88 Alex Chong 86 Carter Kain 84 Level 2 *Alyk Vander Linden 92 *Melora Bowie 92 **Selina Sun 91 Amy Lorenz 85 Shayleen Mann 85 Tristan Bissett 84 Level 3 *Deanna Neels 86 **Keitaro Tatsuno 85 **Avaneesh Mullapudi 85 **Zachary Birrell 85 Amy Quan 83 Level 4 *Jiarui Wang 86 **Joel Siebert 83 (ARMTA) Reuben Peters 82 (ARMTA) Level 5 *Patricia Ceban 89 **Allison Baptista 88 Jessica Morton 80 (ARMTA) Level 6 *Karen He 87 MLV **Masataro Tatsuno 85 Jessie Irwin 82 (ARMTA) Hannah Birrell 82 (ARMTA) Level 7 *Alexander Ceban 85 **Madelyn Thornton 81 Level 8 *Nathan Lockwood 83 **Tanner Lockwood 81 **Steven Yang 81 Level 9 *Wenyu Chen 80 Level 10 *Cali Wright 90 **Emily Han 86 Nathan Steed 82
CELLO
Level 2: *Stephanie de Jager 81
VIOLIN
Level 4: *Emily Verhoef 84 Level 6: *Joshua Morphis 88 **Alexis Morphis 87 Level 7: *Julia Verhoef 83 Level10: *Isaiah Rommele 80
THEORY
Level 5 *Amy Quan 94 **Reuben Peters 93 (ARMTA) Tamara Moens 92 Kristen Lea 90 Cara Parsons 88 Joel Siebert 84 (ARMTA) Level 6 *Jessie Irwin 95 (ARMTA) **Jessica Morton 88 (ARMTA) Level 8 *Hannah Birrell 82 (ARMTA) Level 9 Harmony *Zitong Wu 86 Level 9 Keyboard Harmony *Michelle Wu 85 **Anna Jeong 84 Level 9 History *Alice Zhang 92 Level 10 Harmony and Counterpoint *Andy Sun 93 Level 10 History *Andy Sun 100 **Katherine Van Tol 90 ARCT Harmony and Counterpoint *Andy Sun 92
ARMTA STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARDS
Joel Siebert Reuben Peters Jessica Morton Jessie Irwin Hannah Birrell