2008 Adjudicator - Dr John Hopkins OBE
 

Professor Hopkin’s distinguished career spans 60 years and includes orchestral, administrative and academic positions in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. In the 1950s he became the youngest person to conduct a major British orchestra and in the 1960s he was Federal Director of Music for the ABC.

Other career highlights include being the founding Dean of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts, followed by six years as Director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium. His recordings include numerous Australian works as well as six albums devoted to Percy Grainger.

Professor Hopkins has conducted the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras on overseas tours and orchestras in Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, the USSR, Canada, the USA, South Africa and Japan. Professor Hopkins is currently Head of Conducting and an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Music at the University of Melbourne.
Professor John Hopkins, OBE, was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of Melbourne on 20^th August 2007
 

Section 1 – Open

Townsville City Council Prize   1st Prize  $4,000

James Cook University Prize  2nd - $2000  SantaLucia Property Group Prize  3rd - $1000

4th, 5th  - $500

1st  Ji Won Kim (Violin – Melbourne)

2^nd Philip Eames (Piano – Brisbane)

3rd Halina Leung (Piano -- Sydney)

Remaining Finalists: 

  Amy Chang (Piano – Melbourne);  Jennen Ngiau-Keng (Violin – Melbourne)

Section 2 – Australiana

Santalucia Property Group Prize  !st - $1,000    2nd - $500    3rd - $250

Section Cancelled due to insufficient entries

Section 3 – Piano & Instrumental

Loloma Jewellers Prize 1st - $500     2nd - $300     3rd - $200

1^st        Jennen Ngiau-Keng (Violin – Melbourne)

2^nd       Allana Wales (Violin – Brisbane)

3^rd        Philip Eames (Piano – Brisbane)
 

Section 4 – Vocal

Parry Nissan Prize  1st - $500     2nd - $300     3rd - $200  

1^st        Jon Maskell (Toowoomba)

2^nd       Caitlin McNab (Melbourne)

3^rd        Alison Saunders (Brisbane)

Highly Commended:   Siobhan Patrick (Sydney); Naomi Drogemuller (Brisbane)

Section 5 – Young Performers Soloists

Townsville & District Music Teachers' Association Prize  1st - $100   2nd - $75   3rd - $50

1^st        Melinda Frewen-Lord (Cello – Townsville)

2^nd      Margot Doherty (Violin – Townsville)

3^rd        Emma Gregan (Horn – Brisbane)

Highly Commended:  Bianca  Parison (Townsville); Andrew Fong (Townsville);  Alex Raineri (Brisbane)

 
Section 6 - Open Ensembles

Santalucia Property Group Prize  !st - $1,000    2nd - $600    3rd - $400

1st    Allembic Piano Quartet (Brisbane)

2nd    Robertson Trio (Brisbane)

3rd    Rosella Quintet (Townsville)

Section 7 - School Ensembles

Townsville City Council Prize   1st - $400   2nd - $300   3rd - $200  4th - $100

 1^st        Palmer Octet (Townsville)

2^nd       Quattro Dolce (Townsville)

3^rd        Octango (Townsville)

4^th    Bel Canto Chamber Orchestra (Townsville)   

Highly Commended:  Trio By Two (Townsville)

Special Awards

Joy Rutledge Prize for the Most Outstanding Musician from North Queensland - $500 -

Melinda Frewen-Lord (Cello - Townsville)

Norton Challenor Award and Perpetual Trophy for the Most Promising Vocalist  $200 –

Morag McNichol (Townsville)

Frank Carroll Memorial Award for the Most Promising Pianist $200 –

Alex Raineri (Brisbane)

Australian Strings Association (NQ Branch) Prize for the Most Promising String Player $200 –

Francesca Hiew (Violin - Brisbane)

Most Promising Brass or Woodwind Player  $200 -

Emma Gregan (Horn - Brisbane)

Print Music Encouragement Awards (Under 20 years)  4 @ $50 -

Margot Doherty (Violin - Townsville)
Liam Mooney (Clarinet - Townsville)
Bianca Parison (Violin - Townsville)
Andrew Fong (Clarinet - Townsville)

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