70th POWELL RIVER FESTIVAL
OF THE PERFORMING ARTS 2014
STRINGS
Sharon Stanis - Strings
Sharon Stanis has a multi-faceted career as a chamber musician, soloist, and
educator. As a co-founder of the Lafayette String Quartet, she has toured
extensively in North America and Europe. The quartet garnered prizes from the
Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and the Portsmouth (England)
International String Quartet Competition.
Ms. Stanis has appeared as soloist with the Victoria Symphony and the Palm
Court Orchestra, and has served as concertmaster of these orchestras. At Basses Loaded IV, Ms.
Stanis performed the Bottesini Grand Duo with Gary Karr. In addition to being a member of the
Galiano and Aventa Ensembles, she has performed on the Eine Kleine Summer Music Series.
A dedicated and enthusiastic teacher, Ms. Stanis is an Artist-in-Residence at the University of
Victoria, where she teaches violin and coaches chamber music. She adjudicates numerous festivals
across Canada, enjoys giving master classes throughout North America, and has coached the
violinists of the Victoria Youth Orchestra. While pursuing her graduate degree, she served as an
associate instructor in the music history department at Indiana University.
Before coming to Victoria, Ms. Stanis was a member of the Renaissance City Chamber Players in
Detroit. She was a faculty member at Oakland University and an Artist-in-Residence at the Institute
of Music and Dance in Detroit.
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Ms. Stanis studied with Linda and David Cerone, Gary Kosloski,
Henryk Kowalski, and Peter Salaff. She received her BM and MM from Indiana University, where
she coached with Rostislav Dubinsky who was integral in the formation of the Lafayette String
Quartet. Other coaches include members of the Cleveland, Alban Berg, and Amadeus Quartets.
In addition to the seven compact discs recorded with the Lafayette Quartet, Ms. Stanis has recorded
the Murray Adaskin Second Violin Sonata, the John Mills-Cockell Concerto of Deliverance, and the
soundtrack of Criminal Acts by Tobin Stokes. She is the violinist in the theme music from the
television show Bob and Margaret, composed by Patrick Godfrey. Recently, Ms. Stanis participated
in the recording of Raffi Cavoukian’s song, “Letter to a Nation”.
Sunday, March 2nd – 1:30pm
Evergreen Theatre
FIDDLE – Unaccompanied – one piece
Class 250 – 12 years and under
1
2
3
Griffin Leach
Gabriella Vautour
Carmen Miller
Spirits
Oranges in Mongolia
Tamlynn's Reel
Griffin Leach
Emilyn Stam
Trad.
Class 256 – One set – 14 years and under
1
Joseph Vautour
Cock o' the North, Reel de San
Antoine
Scottish Trad., Irish Trad.
Caribou Reel, Gullane Polka
Traditional
DUET FIDDLE
Class 261 – 14 years and under
1
Carmen Miller & Jillian Banks
DUET FIDDLE – Unaccompanied – one piece
Class 263 – Adult
1
Rafael Reghelin & Natalie
Kreter
Inisheer
FIDDLE ENSEMBLE – Two pieces
Class 270A – Open
1
2
Stringamajigs (3 in the group)
Grupo Azul
3
Powell River Fiddle Orchestra
Trad.
Adjudication Only
Val's Dream
Le Foret Sombre,
Horseshoes and Rainbows
Old Grime, Tall Man
Gordon Stobbe
Jessica Vincent,
Oliver Schroer
American, Daniel Lapp
Sunday, March 2nd – 7:00pm
Evergreen Theatre
SOLO
Class 202 – 14 years and under
1
2
3
4
Marissa Narduzzi
Joseph Vautour
Maria Vautour
David Nadalini
Class 203 –17 years and under
2
Alexander Macdonald
Joshua Grouchy
3
Jessica Vincent
1
Rodmay Trophy(class 202 & 203)
Gavotte from Mignon
Humoresque
Bourree
Concerto #5 in D Major Op. 22,
1st Mov't
A. Thomas
A. Dvorak
J.S. Bach
F. Seitz
Rodmay Trophy(class 202 & 203)
TBA
Concerto #5 in D Major Op. 22,
1st Mov't
Meditation
F. Seitz
Thais
Class 204 – Adult
1
Jessica Vincent
Sonata in G Minor - Allegro
confucco
Tartini
Monday, March 3rd – 9:00am
Evergreen Theatre
CLASSICAL GUITAR SOLO
Unaccompanied – One selection
Class 230 – 12 years and under
1
Nicolas Colasanto
Prelude in A Minor
SOLO
Class 201 – 12 years and under
1
Maya Laramee
2
3
4
5
Rafael Reghelin
Kristina Rubletz
Ying Zhong
Hannah Schweitzer
F. Carulli
Janet Bingham Trophy
Concerto #5 in D Major Op. 22,
1st Mov't
The Two Grenadiers
Long, Long Ago
Humoresque
Sicilienne
F. Seitz
Schumann
Bayly
Dvorak
Faure
DUETS, TRIOS, QUARTETS AND ENSEMBLES
Class 220 – Duets
1
2
3
Hannah & Sarah Schweitzer
Hannah & Daniel Schweitzer
Alexander Macdonald
& Daniel Schweitzer
TBA
Duet
TBA
Kummer
DUET – String and other instrument – both competitors will be graded.
Class 223 – Two instruments, one to be a bowed instrument + any other instrument
1
2
Amy & Annika Mulder
Brianna Narduzzi
& Sarina Glenn
TBA
Sur le Pont D'Avignon
P. Gallant