Posted: Friday 31 October 2008
Pupils Compete for Prizes in Convivial Biggars Music Competition
Although several pupils walked away with prizes from the Annual Music Competition on 28 October, everyone was a winner in this popular event at Hutchesons'. Pupils chat excitedly amongst each other before as the event starts, comparing music and instruments. There were many singers, too, perhaps not surprisingly given that this year's adjudicator was Susan Hamilton, artistic director of the famed Dunedin Consort and a fine soprano. It's clearly a difficult task, having to choose between a pianist playing Clementi and a soprano singing a folk song, and Hamilton was keen to stress the high quality of all the participants, who had reached the finals following a series of heats earlier in the term.
Biggars Music kindly supports the Music Competition at Hutchesons'.
Winners were as follows:
Ensemble Class
S5 pupils Connor Going, Gordon Biggart, Crawford McInally-Kier, accompanied by Adam Gerber, singing 'Shenandoah' Adjudicator Susan Hamilton is on the left.
Grades 4-5
1st Seonaid Eadie (S1, Clarinet) playing Schumann's Fantasiestück No.1
2nd Andrew McPhee (S1, Euphonium) playing 'Highland Cathedral'
Grades 6-8
1st Neil Colquhoun (S6, Saxophone) playing Flamenco Jazz by Paul Harvey
2nd Hebba Benyaghla (S2, Piano) playing 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn' by Rory Boyle.