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2007 ADJUDICATORS

 Choral  Classic Guitar  String, Chamber, Cello, Double Bass
 Choral Speech & Speech   Instrumental (Brass & Woodwind)
 String, Violin & Viola
 Creative Music  Musical Theatre   Voice

 Piano

CHORAL ADJUDICATOR

GLORIA GASSI
Gloria Gassi has been described as “vocally outstanding…with an empathy for the spirit of the song…beautiful tone and a prowess for ringing high notes" (LFP). An accomplished singer of opera, oratorio, and recital repertoire, Ms. Gassi also sang as soloist and in ensemble with the acclaimed Elmer Iseler Singers, Canada's esteemed professional choir of twenty voices.

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Ms. Gassi holds a Masters in Music with Honours in Voice Performance and Literature, a Licentiate in Voice Performance, A. Mus. in Voice Performance (Gold Medal) and an ARCT in Piano.  A recipient of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Award for Choral Conducting, Ms. Gassi’s choirs are known for their beautiful tone, proficient vocal technique and expressive artistry.   As Associate Teacher in Music Education with OISE, University of Toronto and York University, Ms. Gassi has been influential in the development and education of future music teachers.  She has adjudicated festivals in Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Alberta and is a frequent presenter of workshops in Voice and Choral Techniques.

Ms. Gassi is appointed to both the Departments of Performance Studies and Music Education at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario, where she teaches Voice, Vocal Methods, Foundations in Singing, Choral Techniques, and conducts the St. Cecilia Singers.

CHORAL SPEECH and SOLO SPEECH ADJUDICATOR

TERRY WELSH
Born and raised in Edmonton, Terry Welsh completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in theatre arts at the University of Alberta, graduating with a Master of Arts Degree in Dramatic Theory. He studied voice with Mr. David Astor and moved to Winnipeg in 1976, working in the city’s thriving theatre community as an actor, director, instructor and speech coach. He has served as Director of Outreach for Prairie Theatre Exchange, Principal of Summer Theatre School Manitoba and Drama Director for the International Music Camp in North Dakota. He assumed directorship of the Arts Branch for the Manitoba Government in 1996. After a term as Executive Director of the Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts, he returned to government where he currently oversees the work of the Tourism Secretariat. He is a frequent adjudicator at local and provincial festivals in the disciplines of speech arts and musical theatre.

CREATIVE MUSIC ADJUDICATOR

DOROTHY CHANG
The music of composer Dorothy Chang has been performed by the Aspen, Chicago Civic, Albany, Indianapolis, Queens, Seattle and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras, and by chamber ensembles including eighth blackbird, the Smith Quartet, Chicago Saxophone Quartet, Collage New Music, Music from China, Toca Loca and TONK, among others. She has received commissions from Chamber Music America, the Barlow Endowment, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council, as well as from numerous performers and ensembles.  Her music has been featured at festivals across North America and abroad, most recently at the PAN Music Festival (Seoul), Lontano Festival (UK), and the International Viola Congress in Montreal.

For the 2005-2008 concert seasons, Dorothy has been appointed composer-in-residence of the Albany Symphony Orchestra through the Music Alive program of Meet the Composer and the American Symphony Orchestra League. She is presently Assistant Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

CLASSIC GUITAR ADJUDICATOR

PATRICK ROUX
Patrick Roux won the Canadian National Guitar Competition in 1989, solidifying his reputation as one of Canada's finest guitarists. In 1992 he won 2nd place at the prestigious Concours International de Duo de Guitare Classique de Montélimar, France with partner Robert Latreille. This outstanding duo then recorded their first CD in 1993. Roux is also an accomplished composer and his works are published by Productions d'Oz. He has created a repertoire for the group Contretemps/Go, with whom he released a début compact disc in 1996 and now composes and arranges for the CGQ. Roux is often heard on CBC radio, on both the French and English networks and has performed with orchestra and played for the Queen of Jordan, the Princess of Holland, the Prime Minister and the Governor General of Canada


INSTRUMENTAL (BRASS, WOODWIND) ADJUDICATOR

KEITH ATKINSON
 Keith Atkinson has been Associate Principal Oboe of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 1985. In addition to his symphonic duties, Mr. Atkinson is an active recitalist and chamber musician. He is a founding member of the Meridian Trio which specializes in unusual wind chamber music and has a CD featuring music for flute, oboe and piano. He plays with the Bach Consort which has recorded two CDs of Bach arias and cantatas. He also performs with New Music Concerts in Toronto, the Mississauga Choral Society, and Music at Metropolitan United, Toronto, and has played Principal Oboe with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa and the Hamilton (Ontario) Philharmonic. He is on the faculties of the University of Toronto, the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. He is also the woodwind coach for the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Atkinson began piano studies at age 5, clarinet at age 9, and oboe at age 12. He earned a Bachelor of Music with High Distinction from Indiana University and a Master of Music from Northwestern University, where he was a student of Ray Still. While in graduate school, he was Principal Oboe of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and played extra with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.


MUSICAL THEATRE ADJUDICATOR

JUNE CROWLEY
June Crowley holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Toronto and is a Scholarship Winner with the Royal Conservatory of Music. She began her Musical Theatre Training at The Academy of The Shaw Festival and has been studying the Art of Musical Theatre Performance “On-The-Boards” ever since. She is currently on Staff at Sheridan College in the Music Theatre Performance Program. She has worked as a performer across Canada and The United States.

She has performed with The Stratford Festival, The Canadian Opera Company, the Shaw Festival, Drayton Entertainment and Opera Forte. As a Guest Artist she has appeared with The Windsor Symphony Orchestra, The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, The Brownville Concert Series and Orchestra London.

Her vocal stylings have been heard nationally on CBC Radio, on Canadian Cast recordings of The Phantom of the Opera, Swingstep, and The Voices of Star Bright; on film and television in The Music Man; Dracula, A Chamber Musical; Robin Hood, A Merry Family Musical; End of Summer and Fancy Dancin’. She has released her solo CD recording Favourite Things, musical theatre for kids, with kids. Please visit www.starbright.ca for more info and upcoming appearances.

PIANO ADJUDICATOR

MICHAEL OIKE
Michael Oike enjoys a diverse musical life in his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He maintains piano teaching studios at the Winnipeg and Steinbach branches of the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts; is heard in performances of chamber music and as vocal and instrumental accompanist; conducts piano and pedagogy workshops and masterclasses, and adjudicates at music festivals in Manitoba and across Canada.

Michael began his piano studies with Alice Nakauchi and Sydney McInnis in Winnipeg and later with Boris Lysenko at the Royal Conservatory of Music and University of Toronto where he was awarded the Forsythe Scholarship as the outstanding graduating pianist.  Michael has studied the piano solo and chamber repertoire with the noted pedagogue Jeaneane Dowis of New York City at her private studio and as a fellowship student at the Waterloo Festival at Princeton University.  Michael has also studied the piano/vocal repertoire with Martin Isepp at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh, England and the Banff Centre of Fine Arts, and with Rudolf Jansen at the Mountainview Festival in Alberta.

Michael is dedicated to the festival movement and its continuing support for music students– he has served as President of the Winnipeg Music Festival and Piano Syllabus Chair of the AMAF Provincial Syllabus Committee.

STRING, CHAMBER, CELLO and DOUBLE BASS ADJUDICATOR

MARK RUDOLF
Mark Rudoff is professor of cello, coordinator of chamber music and conductor of the orchestra at Brandon University.  Applauded as “an exceptionally gifted cellist,” he has appeared in solo recitals and with orchestras in Canada and the United States, and his solo and chamber performances have been recorded for broadcast on CBC. Mark performs as a member of Emerado and the Jarvis Quintet, and has performed with groups including the Music Project, Parkland Ensemble, and the Allegri Quartet, Mount Royal Quintet, and Thomas and Isobel Rolston and Friends. Mark has also served as principal cello of the Calgary Philharmonic and Saskatoon Symphony Orchestras. Besides his teaching activities at BU, Mark coaches chamber music and serves as Dean of the Quartet Program at SUNY Fredonia; and from 2002-05 was conductor of the Winnipeg Youth Symphony. Mark earned Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music degrees from the Juilliard School, graduating with the Edward Steuermann Prize. He studied there with Harvey Shapiro, Lynn Harrell and Joel Krosnick, and was appointed teaching assistant to the Juilliard Quartet. Mark also holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan, graduating with distinction in 1990. He enjoys the odd distinction of having published an article about music in the Alberta Law Review, and one with a legal slant in American String Teacher.

STRING, VIOLIN and VIOLA ADJUDICATOR

JAMES ARROWSMITH
James Arrowsmith joined the Cambrian Music Faculty in 2005 after an illustrious career as a chamber musician. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Kent State University, and has participated in the Hartt School of Music’s Artist Diploma Program, where he was also adjunct professor of viola in the school’s Community Education Division. Mr. Arrowsmith has studied and performed with many world renowned string quartets and chamber musicians, and has appeared at many leading festivals, including the BRAVO! Vail Valley Music Festival and the Strings in the Mountains Chamber Music Festival. He has won numerous first prize awards as a chamber musician. He has performed throughout the United States and Canada as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and soloist. He is an alumnus of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, and has represented Canada at the World Orchestra Festival in Japan. James is currently head of the string department at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ontario and is the music director of the Sudbury Youth Orchestra.  He is also in demand as a string adjudicator and clinician.

VOICE ADJUDICATOR

CAROLYN HART
Carolyn Hart, soprano, is a frequent performer of recital, oratorio and orchestral repertoire. She performs regularly in the Chicago area and has toured extensively throughout Canada and Great Britain. Further concerts have taken her to Hong Kong, Korea and most recently New York and Paris. She especially enjoys the collaboration of chamber music and performs with a variety of instrumental ensembles. Her CD Not Your Usual Lineup  features newly commis-sioned works for soprano, clarinet and piano. Carolyn holds degrees from the University of Toronto, and completed her Doctorate at the University of British Columbia.  Further studies have taken her to the Banff School of Fine Arts (Boris Goldovsky); Britten-Pears School (Peter Pears) in Aldeburgh, England; and the Académie de Musique (Hughes Cuenod) in Lausanne Switzerland. She has adjudicated extensively throughout Canada and has also served as juror for the Canada Council and the Eckhardt-Grammatté Competition. Dr. Hart is currently Associate Professor and Chair of Voice at Wheaton College in Chicago. 




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