RickmansworthYoung Musician of the Year

The Concert Programme

1st July 2017 - 7pm

ROTARY CLUB OF RICKMANSWORTH

THREE RIVERSMUSIC SOCIETY

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SUPPORTERS OF THE COMPETITION

RYMY acknowledges with thanks the support given to the Competition by the followingcompanies and individuals.

All the kind advertisers in this programmeRoyal Masonic School for Girls

Robsons, Estate AgentsGibbs Gillespie, Estate AgentsRotary Club of Rickmansworth

Three Rivers Music Societyand a number of anonymous donations from

individuals

THE PRIZES

Competitors are judged purely on theirtechnique, musicianship and performance. Theage of the competitor is not taken into account.

1st Prize £4002nd Prize £2003rd Prize £100

The other Finalists each receive £20

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF RICKMANSWORTH

The Rotary Club of Rickmansworth has for many years run this music competition with the help of the Three Rivers Music Society. The competition has always attracted very talented young people who have in many cases gone on to win other competitions, including the BBC Young Musician competition, as well as making careers in the musical world.

The Rotary Club organises many other youth activities, such as the Technology Tournament, Youth Speaks, Young Artist, Young Writer, Young Photographer, and Young Chef, culminating in District and National competitions. We also participate in a scheme called Dictionaries4Life for junior schools.

Rotary supports charities such as the local branches of The Alzeimers Society, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, made contribution towards a MRI Scanner at Harefield Hospital and specialist equipment for cancer patients at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. The proceeds of our Christmas street collections are always distributed to local charities and the needy in our area. This year we have raised funds for the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and the Michael Sobell Hospice. This year the Rickmansworth Rotary Club have helped sponsor a public defibrillator, which is located on the wall of the CAB Office in Northway, Rickmansworth.

We contribute yearly to the Rotary Foundation. The Foundation helps after natural & man-made disasters, with volunteers, funds or services such as Shelter Boxes (containing vital basic survival equipment such as tents, spades and water purifiers) to such areas. Recently we helped earthquake victims in Haiti and Japan, and the tsunami areas around the Indian Ocean. We also helped and supported the victims of the floods here last year, and the tragic fire only earlier this month. One specific campaign is to rid the world of Polio, a project supported by the Gates Foundation. Over many years Rotary have achieved a 99% elimination.

We are, therefore, a service club with a strong social element, meeting fortnightly for fellowship and for future project planning. We welcome new members to join us in our ventures.

INTRODUCTIONS - BRIAN D’OLIER

Isabella Flynn (13) Piano Rondo Capriccioso Op.14 Mendelssohn The Barn Owl has not flown away! Janacek Teacher: Andrew Bollough

Adelaide Harliono (12) Soprano O Mio Babbino Caro PucciniWiegenlied Brahms O Sole Mio Eduardo di Capua We’ll Gather Lilacs Ivor Novello Teacher: Vanessa Scott Accompanist: George Harliono

Rhys Evans (12) Violin Concerto in G major, lst movement Mozart Teacher: Victoria Grigoreva Accompanist: Tony Ingham

Zacharias Brandman (15) Piano Sonata in D minor Op.14 No.2 lst mvt. Prokofiev Waltz, Op.38 ScriabinTeacher: Peter Limonov

INTERVAL OF 20 MINUTES

Alexander Pullen (14) Marimba Wind Sketch Keiko Abe Czardas V. Monti Restless Rich O’Meara Teacher: Matt Dickinson Accompanist for No.2: Joanna Pullen

Tamara Redmond (12) Piano Sonata in E minor, 1st mvt. Presto Haydn Nocturne in E minor Chopin Teacher: K. Borowiak

Alex Blinko (17) Counter Tenor Vedro Con Mio Diletto Vivaldi Qui Sedes (from Gloria) Vivaldi Sleep Ivor Gurney Teacher: Tom Marandola Accompanist: Daniel Swain

George Harliono (16) Piano Un Sospiro Liszt Danse Russe Stravinsky Teacher: Vanessa Latarche

There will be a further break after Part Two to allow the Adjudicators to make their decisions.

THE ADJUDICATORS

DAVID OLIVER, ARAM, ARCM, LRAM

David won an Open Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Professor Leslie England. His studentship was interrupted by National Service, but this was turned to good use, being served at the Royal Marines School of Music. While at the school David played several Piano Concertos with the Royal Marines Symphony Orchestra. On return to the RAM he won several prizes and was awarded the Recital Diploma. A career of concert work and teaching began and, following his appointment to the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music as an examiner, he was awarded an ARAM. David taught piano for many years at Harrow School, St. Helen’s, Northwood, the Watford School of Music and the North London Collegiate School. As an examiner, he has traveled widely, undertaking tours to Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. On some of these tours he has recorded Recital Programmes for both radio and television. He also works as an adjudicator at music festivals, including 5 visits to the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. When time permits he enjoys performing chamber music with friends and colleagues

NICHOLAS OLIVER, GRSM ARAM

Nicholas studied at the Purcell School, the RAM and the RNCM. He won the Young Pianist of the Year award in 1984 and was 2nd at the 1991 Dudley International Piano Competition. He was also winner of the Rickmansworth Young Musician of the Year Competition in 1984. His career is wide ranging. He gives numerous recitals with singers and instrumentalists throughout the UK, several times at the South Bank, Wigmore Hall and most of Britain’s major concert halls. He has undertaken recital tours in many European countries and has performed in the Americas, Australia, Asia and Africa. He has broadcast frequently on radio and released several recordings. He has been Head of Piano Accompaniment at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester since 2003 and is in much demand as an adjudicator. He is an examiner in the UK and internationally for ABRSM and is a member of the examiner Trainer panel. He is a founder member of “The Commonwealth Resounds”, an organisation dedicated to promoting music and musicians from Commonwealth countries; in that capacity he has worked in Africa, Australia, Malta, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean.

Nicholas was made an associate of the RAM in 1997 and was elected to the Royal Society of Musicians in 2000.

HEATHER BIRKS, GRSM ARNCM

Heather studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, gaining Distinction in Performance on the viola. For some years she taught both violin and viola as well as freelancing with chamber orchestras in the north before joining the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. She later moved to London and joined the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Radio Orchestra. From 1984 to 2004 she freelanced with the London Symphony and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. She has played with all the major London orchestras, at the Royal Opera and English National Opera Houses. She has taken part in many recordings with these orchestras for film, disc and television. Throughout her career she has continued to play chamber music, a repertoire which she enjoys coaching. As well as maintaining a busy teaching schedule, Heather examines for the Associated Board and adjudicates at regional festivals.

PAST WINNERS

1983 Catharine Russell (20) Flute 1984 Nicholas Oliver (17) Piano 1985 Sarah Oliver (16) Piano 1986 David Pyatt (12) French Horn 1987 Natalie Box (17) Violin 1988 Jane Nossek (18) Violin 1989 Simon Jordan (14) Violin 1990 Nicola Baxter (18) Cello 1991 Anthony Phillips (18) Guitar 1992 Howard Jacobs (18) Clarinet 1993 Susan Wallace (15) Clarinet 1994 Konstantin Ardakov (14) Piano 1995 Natalee Tomkins (18) Clarinet 1996 Michael Davidson (10) Piano 1997 Anthony Sabberton (13) Violin 1998 Jennifer Campbell (15) Harp 1999 Kodo Osada (15) Piano 2000 Anna Beryl (15) Cello 2001 Soojin Han (14) Violin 2002 Tim Thorpe (18) French Horn 2003 Saira Clegg (17) Saxophone 2004 Ashley Fripp (15) Piano 2005 Ori Epstein (11) Cello 2006 Alexander Ullman (14) Piano 2007 Savitri Grier (14) Violin 2008 Joo Yeon Sir (17) Violin 2009 Katie Kwong (13) Violin 2010 Charlotte Barbour-Condini (14) Recorder 2011 Katy Smith (18) Violin 2012 Preston Yeo (13) Violin 2013 Amy Naddermier (18) Flute 2014 Julian Trevelyan (15) Piano 2015 William Harmer (15) Piano 2016 Robert Cheung (17) Piano

Many past winners have gone on to establish themselves in successful careers either on the concert platform or in teaching. Most have web sites where you can follow their careers. For further information visit our web site: www.rickmansworthyoungmusician.co.uk

The Three Rivers Music Society (TRMS), a registered charity, was established in 1975. Its aim is to promote music by organisingconcerts and recitals not only by established, talentedperformers but also aspiring youngsters who wish to pursue musicas a career or as an amateur.

Each year, TRMS organises an annual programme of around sixevening and four lunchtime chamber concerts at the Baptist Church, in Rickmansworth High Street.

Please register your interest and receive e-mailed updates oneach of our forthcoming concerts, along with all our news.

For more details visit – www.trms.elgar.org

Three Rivers Music Societyis proud to support the

Rickmansworth Young Musician of the Year CompetitionJointly with the Rotary Club of Rickmansworth

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