2009 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  Loloma Prize  3rd - $1000

4th, 5th  - $500

1st  Rebecca Chan (Violin – Melbourne)

2^nd Minah Choe (Violoncello – Sydney)

3rd Van-anh Nguyen (Piano -- Sydney)

Remaining Finalists: 

  Elina Yasumoto (Piano – Melbourne);  James Wannan (Viola – Sydney)

Section 2 – Australiana

Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition Prize  1st - $500    2nd - $300    3rd - $200

1st Steven Cadell (Viola - Townsville)

2nd Alyssa Oliveri (Vocal - Townsville)

Section 3 – Piano & Instrumental

Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition Prize  1st - $500    2nd - $300    3rd - $200

1^st        Thomas Lo (Violin – Melbourne)

2^nd       Sonja Schebeck (Violin – Sydney)

3^rd        Claire Rumuscak (Bassoon – Melbourne)

Highly Commended:    Melinda Frewen-Lord (Townsville); Josephine Pollicina (Brisbane); Steven Cadell (Townsville)
 

Section 4 – Vocal

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

1^st        Greta Sherriff (Sydney)

2^nd       Jessica Maskell (Toowoomba)

3^rd        Alyssa Oliveri (Townsville)

Highly Commended:   Blake Parham (Brighton SA); Nicholas Turnbull (Townsville)

Section 5 – Young Performers Soloists

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

1^st        Margot Doherty (Violin – Townsville)

2^nd      Michelle Liu (Violin – Townsville)

3^rd        Alisha Fong (Clarinet – Townsville)

Highly Commended:  Rebecca Chong (Townsville); Jesse Lee (Townsville);  Nicholas Robinson (Townsville)

 
Section 6 - Open Ensembles

Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition Prize  !st - $1,000    2nd - $600    
David & Elizabeth Pearse Prize    3rd - $400

1st    Allembic Trio (Brisbane)

2nd    Sixteen Strings (Brisbane)

3rd    Paradise Trio (Townsville)

Section 7 - School Ensembles

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

 1^st        Orpheus Octet (PSHS Townsville)

2^nd       St Margaret Mary's Guitar Ensemble (Townsville)

3^rd        Pimlico Flute Quartet (PSHS Townsville)

4^th    Townsville Grammar School Recorder Trio (Townsville)   

Highly Commended:  Bel Arco (St Margaret Mary's College Townsville)

Special Awards

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

Steven Cadell (Viola - Townsville)

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

Greta Sherriff (Sydney)

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

Halina Leung (Sydney)

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

Sonja Schebeck (Violin - Sydney)

Most Promising Brass or Woodwind Player  $200 -

Claire Ramuscak (Bassoon - Melbourne)

Triple T Classic Music Team Audience Choice Award $200

Van-anh Nguyen (Piano - Sydney)

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

Margot Doherty (Violin - Townsville)
Melinda Frewen-Lord (Violoncello - Townsville)
Michelle Liu (Violin - Townsville)
Alisha Fong (Clarinet - Townsville)

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