QVCF 2023 Program

Audience Entry Prices

FAMILY (two adults and any number of school aged children) $25 ADULT $15

CHILDREN/CONCESSION $10

CHILDREN (under five) Free

Foreword by the President

Welcome to the Queensland Vocal Compe on Fes val 2023, hosted by the Queensland Music Teachers’ Associa on (QMTA). This year the Queensland Vocal Compe on celebrates 21 years and launches a fresh prospec ve with the emphasis on sharing the love of classical singing and connec ng professionals and the vocal community in a spirit of mutual respect and learning. This year the Queensland Vocal Compe on ‘Fes val’ runs on May 27 and 28 at the University of Queensland Music Department.

We are privileged and excited to introduce QVC Fes val’s 2023 Ambassador, Australian opera singer, Jessica Pra . Her story and journey as one of the foremost opera c sopranos in the world is truly inspiring.

This year we welcome adjudicators Conal Coad, Jason Barry-Smith, Laine Loxlea-Danann, Bre Holland and accompanists John Woods, Leanne Warne, Hilary Jones, Jennifer Enchelmaier and Julian Wade.

A er a two year hiatus, last years inaugural Compe on was a huge success for us as organisers and also for the par cipants. We are par cularly thankful to our QVCF 2022/2023 Convenor, Marina Poša, for enthusias cally embracing this Fes val, and for helping ignite a fresh and exci ng ‘Fes val’ feel for each year’s compe on. The number of entries exceeded our expecta ons and we are looking forward to hearing all the wonderful singers that have come to share their talents, gain performance experience and support their peers.

Thank you also to our generous sponsors without whom the Fes val could not be successful. Thanks also to the QVCF commi ee and all our valuable volunteers who give their me generously. Events like QVCF are one of the many ways in which the QMTA can help advance musical culture throughout Queensland, to encourage and support the highest standard of music teaching, bringing together professionals & students to support and encourage each other in this wonderful art form.

Mark Hooper

QMTA President on behalf of all members of the QMTA

THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS

Adjudicators

Conal Coad

Opera c Aria Sec on

Conal was born in Fielding, New Zealand. He studied at the Sydney Conserva on before joining the Young Ar sts’ Programme with Opera Australia. He also studied in New York and Europe. He has performed in Brussels, Ghent, London, New York, Washington, Madrid, Valencia, Venice, Bologna, Naples, Frankfurt, Paris, Nantes, Bordeaux, Leeds, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Auckland, Wellington, Tel Aviv, Royal Opera House, Leeds, Garsington, Aldeburgh, Holland Park, Geneva, Tokyo.

He sings the bass repertoire having performed over fi y roles, specialising in Benjamin Bri en. Concert engagements include work with all major Australian orchestras, Israel Philharmonic, Royal Opera House, La Monnaie Brussels, SSO, NZSO, Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as fes vals in France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, UK, Australia and NZ.

Conal supports many chari es and has been a guest ar st in London (Kensington Palace), Australia, Belgium (Brussels and Mechelen), Tokyo and New Zealand.

Conal has worked with major conductors including Richard Bonnynge, Roberto Abbado, Simone Young, Richard Hickox, Riccardo Mu , Edo de Waart, Stuart Challender, John Eliot Gardener, Julia Jones, Peter Robinson, Richard Mills, Wyn Davies, Christopher Hogwood and Oliver von Dohnanyi. Previously Conal has performed in The Barber of Seville, Macbeth, Lucia di Lammermoor, Adriana Lecouvreur, Don Giovanni, l’Elixir of Love and Don Pasquale for State Opera South Australia. Conal adjudicates in Australia and interna onally.

Jason Barry-Smith

Open - Art song sec ons

Jason Barry-Smith’s study in Brisbane, Munich, London and Rome led him to a singing career on the Australian and New Zealand concert, music theatre, and opera c stage. With almost 40 roles in his repertoire, he’s performed in some of Opera Queensland’s most successful produc ons since 1995, and he’s also performed for the Brisbane Biennial, Brisbane Cabaret Fes val, Opera Australia (Opera on the Beach), the Tokyo Arts Founda on, the State Opera of South Australia, New Zealand Arts Fes val, and New Zealand Opera. He also created the roles of Aldo in Mimma – A Musical of War & Friendship, Samuel in Electric Lenin for NORPA and Julian in Quartet for the New Zealand Arts Fes val. He’s also a well known singing teacher, musical director, arranger, and director who specialises in regional community based arts projects.

Bre Holland

Novice and Emerging Sec ons

Bre Holland holds a Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium, Graduate Diploma Educa on at QUT and Master of Philosophy (Music) from the University of Queensland. Bre ’s conduc ng voca on started with conduc ng large choral and orchestral works as a young graduate when he was music director for the Queensland University Musical Society; and, as a Masters Candidate he con nued that path despite a focus on singing studying conduc ng with John Dingle and Dr John Nickson. He has sung professionally with Opera Queensland, Opera Australia and as the Bass Soloist for many works, concerts and numerous ensembles over the last 20 years. Some of Bre ’s recent engagements for Opera Queensland were the roles of Caiaphas (St Ma hew Passion), King Ivan (Candide) and Il Commissario (Madame Bu erfly). Bre returns to adjudicate at QVC Fes val for a second year, enthusias c to encourage our next genera on of singers.

Laine Loxlea-Danann

Music Theatre Sec ons

Laine Loxlea-Danann has an absolute passion for music, theatre and art. Performance is Laine’s mo va ng force that has propelled her successful career and keeps her inspired. She is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Musical Arts at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University. She holds the qualifica ons of Master of Music Studies – Vocal Pedagogy Strand majoring in Contemporary Voice, a Graduate Cer ficate in Performance and a Diploma of Music majoring in Voice, and a second study in Composi on. She has a Double Diploma in Voca onal Educa on and Training and Training Design and Development and Cert IV in Training and Assessing. Laine is the Head of Academy and Singing at the Brisbane Academy of Musical Theatre (BAMT). Laine has taught at ter ary level as a singing and voice teacher for the Popular Music, the Musical Theatre, Under-Grad Jazz and the Post-Grad Vocal Pedagogy Department at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University.

ACCOMPANISTS

Leanne Warne - Novice

A freelance pianist and vocal accompanist based on the north side of Brisbane. Her accompanying has included playing for such events as the 4MBS Fes val of Classics, Shakespeare Fes val and Classical Cruise to New Zealand in 2017.

Hilary Jones - Emerging

Educated at the Royal Manchester College of Music, the University of London Ins tute of Educa on and Queensland University of Technology, Hilary has for many years been on staff at Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium as an Accompanist Choral and Musical Director, Chorus Master and Vocal Coach. In addi on Hilary has worked as a Music Educator and AMEB Examiner.

John Woods - Open

John studied at The Royal Sco sh Academy of Music and Drama and at The Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. He has worked for the RNCM, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and since 1992 for the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

Jennifer

Enchelmaier

- Open

A sought-a er collabora ve pianist, having developed a love of accompaniment work from an early age. In 2022 she was appointed to sessional staff at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and recorded the complete solo works of Australian composer Tom Henry for Move Records in Melbourne.

Julian Wade - Music Theatre

Julian Wade is a classically trained pianist based in Brisbane. In 2013, he was accepted into the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and was a recipient of the Sir Samuel Griffith Scholarship. He majored in classical piano studies under the tutelage of Natasha Vlassenko and Oleg Stepanov. During these years, Julian collaborated with several musicians from other departments and found great interest in chamber music and art song repertoire. He graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Music degree and in 2023 started his Masters of Music in piano at the University of Queensland.

The Commi ee would like to thank the following Sponsors, QMTA Members and Friends for their generous and willing support in sponsoring this compe on. Such an occasion provides a valuable service in giving non-professional singers of all ages the opportunity to explore the benefits of public performance and of being judged by an expert. Without their generous support, this success story would not be possible:

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BRONZE SPONSORS

Section 2

Novice Australian Composer

Room 460

Saturday 27 May at 12:00pm

Adjudicator: Bre Holland

Accompanist: Leanne Warne

Start 12:00pm

1 Aria Bertram

2 Ella Harris

3 Anais Moore

4 Virat Krishna Kumar

5 Jasmine Harris

Finish 12:30pm

1st:…………………………………..

2nd…………………………………..

3rd…………………………………... Prizes

1st Place $50 and trophy

2nd Place $25 and trophy

3rd Place $15 and trophy

Section 3

Novice English Art Song

Room 460

Saturday 27 May at 12:40pm

Adjudicator: Bre Holland

Accompanist: Leanne Warne

Start 12:40pm

1 Aria Bertram

2 Anais Moore

3 Virat Krishna Kumar

4 WITHDRAWN

5 Maddalen Higgins

Finish 1:10pm

1st:…………………………………..

2nd…………………………………..

3rd…………………………………... Prizes

1st Place $50 and trophy

2nd Place $25 and trophy

3rd Place $15 and trophy

Section 4

Novice Sacred Song

Room 460

Saturday 27 May at 1:20pm

Adjudicator: Bre Holland

Accompanist: Leanne Warne

Start 1:20pm

Finish 1:40pm

1 Aria Bertram

2 Virat Krishna Kumar

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….………..

Prizes

1st Place $50 and trophy

2nd Place $25 and trophy

Section 6

Emerging Australian Composer

Room 460

Saturday 27 May at 2:30pm

Adjudicator: Bre Holland

Accompanist: Hilary Jones

Start 2:30pm

1 WITHDRAWN

2 Leah Bridges

4 Samantha Forsyth

4 Hudson Bertram

Finish 3:00pm

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….………..

Prizes

1st Place $65 and trophy

2nd Place $35 and trophy

3rd Place $25 and trophy

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY 27 May 2023

Nickson Room

Adjudicator JASON BARRY-SMITH

Accompanist: JENNIFER ENCHELMAIER

1.30pm - 2.20pm OPEN Australian composer

2.30pm - 3.30pm OPEN Sacred song

BREAK

Adjudicator JASON BARRY-SMITH

Accompanist: JOHN WOODS

4.00pm - 5.00pm OPEN English Art Song (Part 1)

5.10pm - 6.10pm OPEN English Art Song (Part 2)

6.20pm OPEN English Art Song award presenta on with Maggie Noonan

Room 460

Adjudicator BRETT HOLLAND

Accompanist: LEANNE WARNE

12pm - 12.30pm NOVICE Australian Composer

12.40pm - 1.10pm NOVICE English Art Song

1.20pm - 1.40pm NOVICE Sacred Song

BREAK

Adjudicator BRETT HOLLAND

Accompanist: HILARY JONES

2.30pm - 3.00pm EMERGING Australian Composer

3.10pm - 3.40pm EMERGING English Art Song

3.50 - 4.20pm EMERGING Sacred Song

4.30 - 4.50pm EMERGING Classical Foreign Art song

SCHEDULE

SUNDAY 28 May 2023

Nickson Room

Adjudicator LAINE LOXLEA-DANANN

Accompanist JULIAN WADE

9.00am - 10.00am OPEN Music Theatre

Adjudicator JASON BARRY-SMITH

Accompanist JENNIFER ENCHELMAIER

10.30am - 11.30am OPEN Classical Foreign Art Song (Part 1)

11:40am – 12:40pm OPEN Classical Foreign Art Song (Part 2) AWARD PRESENTATION

BREAK

Adjudicator CONAL COAD

Accompanist JOHN WOODS

1.30pm – 2.30pm OPEN Opera c Aria, Part 1

2:40pm – 3.40pm OPEN Opera c Aria, Part 2

BREAK

3:50pm – end OPEN Opera c Aria, Final AWARD PRESENTATION

Room 460

Adjudicator LAINE LOXLEA-DANANN

Accompanist JULIAN WADE

10:30am - 11:30am NOVICE Music Theatre

11:40am - 1:00pm EMERGING Music Theatre

Section 7

Emerging English Art Song

Room 460

Saturday 27 May at 3:10pm

Adjudicator: Bre Holland

Accompanist: Hilary Jones

Start 3:10pm

1 WITHDRAWN

2 Madeleine Cooke

3 Hudson Bertram

4 Zoe Harris

5 Anthony Diakos-Masters

Finish 3.40pm

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….………..

Prizes

1st Place $65 and trophy

2nd Place $35 and trophy

3rd Place $25 and trophy

Section 9

Emerging Sacred Song

Room 460

Saturday 27 May at 3:50pm

Adjudicator: Bre Holland

Accompanist: Hilary Jones

Start 3:50pm

Finish 4:20pm

1 WITHDRAWN

2 Madeleine Cooke

3 Hudson Bertram

4 Zoe Harris

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….………..

Prizes

1st Place $65 and trophy

2nd Place $35 and trophy

3rd Place $25 and trophy

Sec on 8

Emerging Classical Foreign Art Song

Room 460

Saturday 27 May at 4:30pm

Adjudicator: Bre Holland

Accompanist: Hilary Jones

Start 4:30pm

1 WITHDRAWN

2 Madeleine Cooke

3 Anthony Diakos-Masters

Finish 4:50pm

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….……….. Prizes

1st Place $65 and trophy

2nd Place $35 and trophy

Section 11

Open Australian Composer

Nickson Room

Saturday 27 May at 1:30pm

Adjudicator: Jason Barry-Smith

Accompanist: Jennifer Enchelmaier

Start 1:30pm

1 Louisa Nelson

2 Jacalyn Adcock

3 Kate Lockyer

4 Kristel Suess

5 Ma lda Smith

Finish 2:20pm

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….………..

Prizes

1st Place $90 and trophy

2nd Place $45 and trophy

3rd Place $30 and trophy

Nickson Room

Saturday 27 May at 2.30pm

Adjudicator: Jason Barry-Smith

Accompanist: Jennifer Enchelmaier

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3

4

5

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1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….………..

Section 12

Open English Art Song

Nickson Room

Saturday 27 May at 4:00pm

Adjudicator: Jason Barry-Smith

Accompanist: John Woods Part 1 Start 4:00pm Part 2

1 Ryan Lawrence

2 Harrison Hamme

3 Claire McCann

4 Lauren Towns

5 Ma lda Smith

6 Xanthe Allen

7 Sarah Hubbard

8 Jacalyn Adcock

9 Kate Lockyer

10 Jia-Peng Yeung

11 Shirly Wong

12 Imogen-Kate Bye

13 Zachary Vella

14 Charlo e Wright

15 Madeleine Short

16 Rebekah Smith

17 Vikram Goonawardena

18 Kevin Gomez

19 Rebecca Munroe

20 Kristel Suess

5:10pm Break 5:00pm Finish 6:10pm

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….……….. Prizes

1st Place $150 and trophy

2nd Place $75 and trophy

3rd Place $50 and trophy

Start 9:00am

Section 10

Open Music Theatre

Nickson Room, Sunday 28 May at 9:00am

Adjudicator: Laine Loxlea-Danann

Accompanist: Julian Wade

1 Oliver King

2 Mia Ambrosi

3 Breanna

4 Chloe Shaw

5 Kate

6 Ebony Smith

7 Madeleine Short

8 Rex Cho

9 Kristel Suess

Finish 10:00am

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….………..

Prizes

1st Place $90 and trophy

2nd Place $45 and trophy

3rd Place $30 and trophy

Ebert

Lockyer

Section 1

Novice Music Theatre Section

Room 460

Sunday 28 May at 10:30am

Adjudicator: Laine Loxlea-Danann

Accompanist: Julian Wade

Start 10:30am

1 Aria Bertram

2 Ella Harris

3 WITHDRAWN

4 Sebas an Lucas

5 Anais Moore

6 Mila Park

7 Virat Krishna Kumar

8 Jasmine Harris

9 Claudia Lee

10 Ishaaya Chand

11 Cici Ma

Finish 11.30am

1st:…………………………………..

2nd…………………………………..

3rd…………………………………... Prizes

1st Place $50 and trophy

2nd Place $25 and trophy

3rd Place $15 and trophy

Section 5

Emerging Music Theatre

Room 460

Sunday 28 May at 11:40am

Adjudicator:

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….………..

Open Classical Foreign Art Song

Nickson Room

Sunday 28 May at 10:30am

Adjudicator: Jason Barry-Smith

Accompanist: Jennifer Enchelmaier

Part 1 Start 10:30am

1 Oliver King

2 Ryan Lawrence

3 Eline van Bruggen

4 Harrison Hamme

5 Claire McCann

6 Riley Morton

7 Lauren Towns

8 Monique Grima

9 Ma lda Smith

10 Xanthe Allen

11 SarahÊHubbard

Part 2 Start 11:40m

12 Jacalyn Adcock

13 Kate Lockyer

14 Kira Dooner

15 Jia-Peng Yeung

16 Imogen-Kate Bye

17 Zachary Vella

18 Charlo e Wright

19 Madeleine Short

20 Vikram Goonawardena

21 Kevin Gomez

22 Jake Lyle

Finish 12:40pm

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….……….. Prizes

1st Place $90 and trophy

2nd Place $45 and trophy

3rd Place $30 and trophy

*** Open Operatic Aria Prize ***

Nickson Room

Sunday 28 May at 1:30pm

Adjudicators: Conal Coad

Accompanist: John Woods

Part 1 Start 1:30pm Part 2 2:40pm

1 Ryan Lawrence

2 Eline van Bruggen

3 Harrison Hamme

4 Riley Morton

5 Lauren Towns

6 WITHDRAWN

7 Monique Grima

8 Ma lda Smith

9 Xanthe Allen

10 Sarah Hubbard

11 WITHDRAWN

12 Jacalyn Adcock

13 Kira Dooner

14 Jia-Peng Yeung

15 Zachary Vella

16 Charlo e Wright

17 Madeleine Short

18 Rebekah Smith

19 Vikram Goonawardena

20 Kevin Gomez

21 Robyn Kelly

22 Jake Lyle

Part 1 break 2:30pm Heats finish 3:40pm

FINALS START 3:50pm

1st………………………….……………

2nd…………………………….………..

3rd…………………………….………..

Prizes

1st Place $400 and trophy

2nd Place $180 and trophy

3rd Place $80 and trophy

*The Jessica Pra Encouragement Award $250*

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