PJ MUSIC NEWS

Congratulations to our award winning students and their teachers-

We are pleased to announce that Ellen Reeves (piano, voice and ensemble) Mary Jill McCulloch (flute and violin) and Lorna Bjorklund (piano, voice, band, percussion and more) just joined our studio-  they also have  produced many award winning students!

In the B.C. Registered Music Teachers' Association Provincial Music 2008 Writing Competition- Carmyn Slater received  two 2nds for junior, Sean Craig Pickersgill received 1st Placd in the Intermediate Section and Graham Roebuck received 1st  Place in the Senior  section.

Kerice Wadsworth  and Graham Roebuck received  1st place in the 2008 Jean Couthard Composition Competition and have been commissioned to write a composition for the Victoria Summer School at the University of Victoria.   Chadi Roy and Carmyn Slater received 2nd place in the 2008 Jean Couthard Composition Competition.  Carmyn Slater and Graham Roebuck  performed their commissioned works  in the Phillip T Young auditorium at the University of Victoria.

Graham Roebuck received 1st Place in the CFMTA National Composition Competition and also received the coveted Helen Dalstrom National Award for Composition.

Brenden Haws received a Silver Medal for guitar (which means highest mark in BC) and Carmyn Slater received the 2nd highest mark for piano in BC in their respective grades and disciplines. Congratulations to the many students who received First Class Honours with Distinction, First Class Honours and Honours in their exams.

Chadi Roy and Liam Roy received 1st place in the Victoria Conservatory of Music Composer’s 2008 competition in their respective age categories.

All the 1st place award winners in the 2007 Murray Adaskin Composition Competition   were our students. They were  Jacqueline Farrell, Carmen Slater and Sean Craig Pickersgill

Carmen Slater, Sean Graig Pickersgill  and Graham Roebuck won  1st place in the 2007Jean Couthard Composition Competition, University and have been commissioned to write a composition for the Victoria Summer School at the University of Victoria.  Carmen Slater and Sean Graig Pickersgill  performed in the Phillip T Young auditorium at the University of Victoria

Alissa Schmidtke (5 yrs & under), Kerice Wadsworth (7 yrs  & under), Carmyn Slater(8 yrs  & under), Liam Roy(10 yrs  & under), Sean Craig Pickersgill (Intermediate Piano and Intermediate mixed instruments), Graham Roebuck(Senior) and Ben Martin(Open)   were awarded 1st place for their compositions. Carmyn Slater and Graham Roebuck tied for the Adjudicators Choice Award (this award is for the  overall outstanding composition).  Theo Culleton received the Junior Sight Reading Award.  Sean Craig Pickersgill received the Intermediate Duet Award. Jeff Hyslop received the Intermediate Ballad award in the Voice Secion. Sophie Schmidtke, Jacquelaine Farrell Carmyn Slater, Sean Craig Pickersgill and Sung Min Jeoung performed in the Piano Honours Concert in the 2008 Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival. Luke Witt winner Belmont Cabaret Scholarship and is going to the premier music theatre school in Canada, Sheridan College. This is the second time in three years that one of Melaney's students has been the only Western Canada representative to Sheridan College

Erin Stead winner of the Marie Josephine Richaud Music scholarship, Banff 2008 and $2000 choral scholarship.

The Victoria Idol 2008 Winner  was Spencer Needham and 2nd runner-up Sydney  Needham.

Carmyn Slater and  Sean Craig Pickersgill were among the four who performed in the BCRMTA Annual Gala  Awards Luncheon.

In the B.C. Registered Music Teachers' Association Provincial Music 2007 Writing Competition- Angela Herriott received 1st  and Carmyn Slater received  two 2nds for junior, Sean Craig Pickersgill received Honourable Mention for intermediate and Graham Roebuck received 1st  Place in the Senior  section.

Graham Roebuck received 2nd Place in the BCRMTA National Composition Competition..