Woodley Winners

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Katherine (Upper I) and Emma (Upper II) took part in the Piano Duet aged 9 and Under class. They performed with “excellent coordination and superb balance, showcasing fantastic musical awareness and effective ensemble to bring the music to life.” As a result, and despite the fact that there were many other really strong performances in the class, the adjudicator unreservedly awarded the two girls with first place with Distinction, gold medals and the Ellen Goodworth Music Trophy for the “Best Performance in the Duet Classes”. 

This makes the second year of Katherine being the winner of the duet trophy.

Katherine has also won:

  1. 1st place with Gold in the Instrumental Grade 2-3 Open class; she was “confident, captured the changes of character in the piece well, with a dramatic ending”. 
  2. 1st place with Gold in the Family Piano Duet class, with “excellent teamwork and impressive balance of tune and accompaniment”.
  3. 2nd place with Distinction, Silver Medal in the String Solo – 9 Years and Under class, with “a suitably elegant and warm tone, lovely rhythmical vitality, phrases dancing forward with much certainty. Bravo!”

Also, Katherine, Emma and Zuleyha  participated in the “Appassionato” violin group at the “Ensemble More Than 25 Players” class, with “spectacular sounds, well controlled tempo, very enjoyable, quite an achievement”, and won first place with Distinction, along with a gold medal and the “Norman Heads Trophy” for the “Best Performance by Duet and Ensemble”. The group was also invited back to the final concert of Woodley Festival for a celebrational performance on the 26 March.

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