A Report on the 2009 Queensland Clarinet & Saxophone competition….

This year’s competition was held at Somerville House at South Brisbane on the first weekend of September.  Whilst smaller than previous years, we had 65 competitors from around Queensland including Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Townsville.  Overall the weekend went smoothly and it seemed that everyone had a good time.   A big thank-you needs to go out to all the people involved in making the weekend successful.  These include Somerville House & Stephen Williams for providing the venue, the QCASS committee and adjudicators (Allison, Amy, Catherine, Claire, Danielle, David, Diana, Floyd, Jonathan, Paula, Rodger, Shane & Stefanie)  who made all the difference, the accompanists Kathy Sander & Mitchell Leigh who seem to be able play anything, MTAQ – for providing a venue for the prize winner concert, the prize sponsors; Billy Hyde Orchestral, BLOW Repairs, Brisbane Brass & Woodwind, Ellaways, Geoff Secomb and Sally Lindenberg Wind & Brass especially those who had a display up on Saturday, and finally to all the students, teachers & parents, who without your commitment, we would not have a competition.

We hope to see you all next year!!

Happy tooting!
Miranda Sue Yek
QCASS President

Clarinet Solo – 11 years & under
1st prize –  Sophie Orr
2nd prize –  Annabelle Harbison
3rd prize –  Anna Thompson
Highly commended – Sascha McMillan,
Matthew Byrne, Kelly Wright

Saxophone Solo – 11 years & under
1st prize –  Brandon Ng
2nd prize –  Jerry Shen
3rd prize –  Shirley Lu
Highly commended –  Carly Woodbine,
Brittany Perry

Clarinet Solo – 13 years & under
1st prize –  Claire Bazeley
2nd prize –  Daniel Trigger
3rd prize –  Mitchell Carrigan
Highly commended – Jasmijn Westerveld

Saxophone Solo – 13 years & under
1st prize –  Cassandre McMillan
2nd prize –  Ben Cooper
3rd prize –  Liam Ibbott
Highly commended –  Liisa Kuru

 Clarinet Solo – 15 years & under
1st prize –  James Ball
2nd prize –  Megan Scougall
3rd prize –  Alisha Fong
Highly commended –  Zoë Bloesch, Sean McLeod, Aidan Smith, Mikaela Ward

Saxophone Solo – 15 years & under
1st prize – Vanessa Mylrea
2nd prize – Sarah Henderson
3rd prize – Megan Scougall

Single Reed Solo – 17 years & under
1st prize –  Geoffrey Wu
2nd prize –  Katherine Jameson
3rd prize – Andrew Ball

Single Reed Solo – Open Age
1st prize – Geoffrey Wu
2nd prize –  Emma Di Marco
3rd prize –  Andrew Ball
Highly commended – Victoria  Bradbury