Young Artists Series concerts

2004 Season
In partnership with the SunYatSen Garden, the Chan Centre and the Alliance Française Vancouver, this series showcases international and local young artists. The Young Artists Series would like to welcome everyone, specially the youth to its concerts.

To kick off a new, exciting partnership of intercultural exchange promoting young and rising musical talents, the Alliance Française of Vancouver and the Canadian Vocal Performing Arts Society are proud to present:

Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 8pm - Holy Rosary Cathedral	David Guerrier, trumpet Vincent Boucher, organist
Friday, July 2, 2004 at 7:30pm - Dr. SunYatSen Garden	Michelle Gao, Violin Margit Juhász, Piano
Friday, August 20, 2004 at 7:30pm - Dr. SunYatSen Garden	Joseph Tong, George Kamiya, Michael Cheung, and Richard Ho, Quatuor Piano Ian Wood, Piano Caitlin Wood, Piano

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Saturday, March 6, 8pm - Holy Rosary Cathedral, 646 Richards Street, Vancouver

French trumpet virtuoso David Guerrier
Canadian organist Vincent Boucher

Girolamo Fantini
C. B. Balbastre
Giovanni Viviani
J. S. Bach
Henri Tomasi
Thierry Escaich
Jean Langlais
Charles Tournemire

8 sonatas for trumpet
Marche des Marseillais and Air Ça-ira
Two sonatas for trumpet
Toccata in D minor BWV 565
Gregorian Variations
Tanz-fantasie
Pieces pour organ et trumpet
Choral improvisation on Victimae Paschali Laudes

David Guerrier
David Guerrier, at 18 years of age, has garnered a place as one of the most outstanding musicians of his generation. He won the first Young Concert Artists European Auditions held in Paris, and he then won the 2003 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York.
David Guerrier was also awarded The Saint Vincent College Concert Series Prize. He will give his first U.S. concerts this season, including his Washington, DC debut in the Young Concert Artists Series at the Kennedy Center on February 22, 2004, his New York debut in the YCA Series at the 92nd Street Y on April 13, 2004, and a recital and educational residencies at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in Olympia.
He is the 2004 winner of the best soloist at the French awards Les Victoires de la Musique for classical music.
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Vincent Boucher
Vincent Boucher is considered as one of the most promising Canadian organists of his generation. As a native of Montreal, he began his studies with harpsichordist Luc Beauséjour and organist Bernard Legacé. He later continued at the Conservatory of Music of Quebec in Montreal with Mireille Lagacé. In November 2000, Vincent won the First Prize at the John-Robb Competition of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, the oldest competition of its kind in Canada. He has also won the prestigious European Prize from the Academy of Music of Quebec, which has not been awarded to an organist for 34 years. Vincent has toured Canada, France, Austria, and has been heard several times on the air-waves of Radio-Canada. With the European prize under his belt, he has recently been able to work with Pierre Pincemaille in Paris on improvisation and composition. He is currently the joint Casavant organist at the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church in Montreal.
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Friday, July 2, 7:30pm - Dr. SunYatSen Garden, Vancouver

Michelle Gao, Violin
Bach, Chaconne
Bloch, 'Nigun' from Baal Shem Suite
Bartok, Roumanian Dances

Michelle Gao
A consistent honour student at Lord Byng Secondary School and a violin student at Amati String Studio studying under the direction of Amy Levinson, Michelle Gao was born in Canton, China. In 2001, Michelle won both Trophy and Scholarship in the BCRMTA Student Performer's Guild Festival for Intermediate Strings Classes. Two years later, she returned winning at the same festival for the Senior class. In November 2003, Michelle received the Gr. 9 Silver medal for RCM violin examinations as the top mark in BC. At Lord Byng, Michelle has received the award for top music student in Gr.9, 2002-2003. With an unprecedented mark of 100% in her school's strings program, Michelle received top Honours in 2004. First Place winner at the Kiwanis music festival with her Amati Piano Trio in 2003, Michelle's trio represented Vancouver in the Provincials placing second overall.

Michelle's other performances have included theatrical production in Visceral Visions Production at the CBC Studio in May 2003 'The Malaysia Hotel'.
Over the past year, Michelle has also had the opportunity to study with Andrew Dawes as she prepares for competitions and auditions. Upcoming events for Michelle include the ASTA Solo Competition in November 2004. With the support of her parents and grandparents Michelle's dedication and love of music continues to grow and mature through her many successes.

Margit Juhász, Piano
Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2
Chopin, Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31

Margit Juhász
Margit Juhász was born in Victoria, B.C., Canada, July 9, 1988. She received the Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, (ARCT), Piano Performance Diploma, at age fourteen, and was awarded the Gold Medal for the highest standing nationally in 2002. She is presently finishing the Associate of the Victoria Conservatory of Music, (AVCM), Piano Performance Diploma. Since 2001, she has attended private classes in New York with Dr. A. Fermin, a professor of piano in the pre-college faculty at the Juilliard School.

She made her premiere public recital at age nine and her concert debut with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra at age twelve, as soloist in the "Symphony Splash 2000", performing the Grieg Piano Concerto to an audience of 40,000 people. In 2003, at age 14, she appeared at Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium, for a series of eight performances with the St Luke's Orchestra, David Loebel conducting. She had performed under the direction of conductors David Loebel, Harry Newstone, Peter McCoppin, Stephen Brown, Brian Jackson, Norman Nelson, Norris Berg, and Larry de la Haye. Presently, she is preparing a new concerto to perform in 2005 for Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival.

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Friday, August 20, 7:30pm - Dr. SunYatSen Garden, Vancouver - Programme

Quatuor Piano
Joseph Tong, George Kamiya, Michael Cheung, Richard Ho

Multi-awards winning pianists individually, Joseph Tong, George Kamiya, Michael Cheung, and Richard Ho formed the Quatuor Piano under the direction of Jean Lyons. They recently won first prize with a mark of 92 at the Kiwanis Music Festival 2004.

Joseph is a grade 11 student at Prince of Wales Secondary School. He is an ARCT pupil of May Lim at Jean Lyons School of Music. He is an accompanist of the church choirs and an organist at his church. He offers his time at senior homes and at concerts for the Vancouver Recital Society. Joseph received 94% on his 2003 Royal Conservatory of Music grade 10 piano examination, earning him the highest mark in Vancouver.

George is currently a student of the University of British Columbia studying and aiming for a career in the sciences. Outside of school, he explores his passion for music, which began at the age of four. His journey with the piano has won him numerous prizes and scholarships in local festivals and allowed him to compete as a CMC National Finalist in 2001. George received his ARCT diploma in 2002, studying under Jean Brown at the Jean Lyons School of Music. When away from the piano, he enjoys playing baseball and golf.

Michael is currently under the guidance of May Lim at the Jean Lyons School of Music where he has gained recognition for his musical talents both locally and internationally. Since obtaining his ARCT Diploma at the age of 14, Michael has placed first in his age category at the Canadian Music Competitions, won the grand prize for the Seattle Young Artists Competition, and had been chosen overall winner of the Vancouver Women's Musical Society Piano Scholarship Competition. He has also performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Seattle. He aspires to make an appearance at Carnegie Hall one day!

Richard is 14 years old and has been studying at Jean Lyons School of Music as a pupil of Angela Barbour since the age of five. Currently at the ARCT level, Richard has won numerous awards including the Richmond Music Festival Scholarship and the Grand Prize of the Chinese-Canadian Medical Society Talent Competition, 2003. He place fourth in the 2002 CMC National Finals and more recently, accumulated the highest mark among all candidates in the London College LLCM Diploma examination.

Ian and Caitlin Wood
Piano

12- year old Ian Wood was born on September 28, 1991 in Vancouver, B.C. Ian started the piano at age five and violin at age six. Currently, he is a piano student of Prof. Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver Academy of Music and a violin student of Mr. Rafail Matyukov.
Ian is the recipient of many awards and scholarships in many local and national competitions. In the 2001 Canadian Music National Competition in Quebec, Ian was the First Prize winner in piano and Second place winner in Violin. In the same year, he became the youngest winner in two major Concerto Competitions and performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO).
In June 2001, Ian (at age 9) made his debut at the Orpheum Theatre, performing the D Minor Piano Concerto by J.S. Bach with the VSO under the baton of Maestro Bramwell Tovey and again in November of the same year.
January 2003, Ian performed at Mstislav Rostropovich's private party as a special guest. After his performance, Maestro Rostropovich described Ian as, "…extremely talented…one (Rostropovich) is so glad to have a chance to hear…" February saw Ian and his sister Caitlin performed J. S. Bach's Concerto in D minor for two violins with the VSO at the VSO Fundraising Gala Concert. In March, the two played the same piece at the Orpheum Theatre. April 2003, Ian made his debut with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra performing Mozart's Piano Concerto in A major.
In 2004, Ian performed Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra in March and with the B.C. Chamber Orchestra at the Vancouver Playhouse in May.

10-year old Caitlin Wood was born on February 14, 1994 in Vancouver, B.C. She began learning both the piano and violin at age 4. Currently, she is a piano student of Prof. Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver Academy of Music, and a violin student of Mr. Rafail Matyukov.
Caitlin has participated in many local and national competitions and is the winner of many awards and scholarships. In the 2001 Canadian Music National competition in Quebec, Caitlin was First Place winner in both the piano and violin disciplines.
In February 2003, Caitlin (at age 8) made her debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO), performing J. S. Bach's Concerto in D minor for two violins with her brother Ian. In March 2003, Caitlin and Ian were invited again to perform with the VSO at the Orpheum Theatre.
This year in the Vancouver Kiwanis music Festival, Caitlin is the winner of numerous scholarships in piano. She is also the recipient of the "Most Outstanding Performance Award".

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