Eleven-year old Julia Pandolfo began her violin studies at the tender age
of three and a half with Mrs. Janet Wilchfort. Competing at the National
level since she was six, Julia has since won many first place awards,
trophies and scholarships in local, provincial and national competitions.
She has been a Canadian Music Competition (dubbed the "Olympics of
Canadian Classical Music") National Finalist for the last 4 years -
winning 1st place in her age group for the last 3 consecutive years, and
receiving National Scholarships every year for her high marks attained .
She has received the Grand Prize of Recital Classes and the Grand Prize of
Sonata classes at Yip's Music Festival in 2007. At the Arts Richmond Hill
Music Festival, she has received the Junior Age Achievement award for 2006
and 2007. At the Toronto Music Competition, she won the Grand Prize for
the Strings Junior Division in 2006 and the Star Trophy for Age
Achievement (10 and under) in 2008. She is a consistent scholarship
award winner at the Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival. In 2008, she was
awarded the Pidkowich Junior Violin Award - given to the Most Promising
Violinist 10 or under.
Julia plays 1st violin with the Brampton Youth Symphony Orchestra. Over
the last year, she was featured twice as the soloist in their concert
series. She continues to study with Mrs. Janet Wilchfort, Dr. Conrad
Chow and with Mr. Stewart Lai, who is both her accompanist and her piano
teacher.
Equally strong academically, Julia is currently in Grade 5. In her spare
time, she enjoys swimming, ballet, reading, chess, arts and crafts and
soccer.
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Hugo Lee is a grade nine student in the Arts York program at Unionville
High School. He began studying
piano at
age five, and he has briefly studied violin and recorder. At the age of
ten, Hugo began his oboe studies with Wendy Bornstein. He has received
several awards, including those presented by the Canadian Contemporary
Music Showcase, the Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association and the
Kiwanis Music Festival. In 2008, Hugo performed as a soloist with the
Toronto Cultural Youth Orchestra and the Toronto Sinfonietta as winner of
their annual concerto competition. In addition to being a member of
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra and Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra,
he frequently performs with various community orchestras and symphonic
bands by invitation. He is currently studying with Keith Atkinson.
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Melinda Kinney is 16 years old, and is completing her grade 10 RCM flute
exam this June. She is a member of the Arts York music program at
Unionville High School and plays in many of their bands and orchestras.
She was the principal flute in the pit orchestra of their school’s
production of “Les Miserables” where she received a most valuable player
award. Melinda has been selected to compete in the Ontario Music
Festivals’ Provincial music competition, after competing in Toronto’s
Kiwanis Music Festival. She is very thankful for receiving many other
awards, including a scholarship to the University of Toronto’s Power Music
Camp, and becoming a semi finalist in the York Region Celebration of the
Arts in 2008. Melinda currently studies with Stephen Tam, and this summer
she has the opportunity to study with Trevor Wye and Julliard’s Carol
Wincenc, as a result of being accepted to study at the Centre d’Arts
Orford in Quebec.
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