Adjudicators for the 2012 Festival

 

 

Dance: Traci Stevenson Her dance career has taken her all over the world. She performed professionally with National Ballet of the Czech Republic, Ballet North, Ontario Ballet Theatre and Banff Festival Ballet. While training at the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver, Traci had the opportunity to perform at the Recontres Internationales de la Danse Festival in La Baule, France and the Beijing Dance Festival. Traci began her teaching career in Japan with Haga Ballet Academy as part of an exchange program with the Goh Ballet. She is thrilled to be frequently invited back to Japan as a guest teacher and choreographer. Traci now makes her home in Penticton, BC where she is the Artistic Director of Okanagan Dance Studios. She is committed to training confident, well -rounded young dancers. Her students have gone on to dance professionally with Ballet BC, Toronto Dance Theatre and on Broadway. Her students have been winners and runner-ups at the BC Festival of the Arts and have been accepted to train at Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet of Canada and Royal Winnipeg Ballet Schools. . Traci continues to perfect her craft by attending workshops and training seminars all over the world.

 

Strings: James Malmberg A graduate of the University of BC School of Music, James Malmberg enjoys a career of teaching, conducting and performing. He is on the faculty of the Richmond Music School where he teaches violin and viola. He is the conductor of the Richmond Orchestra and the Delta Youth Orchestra. He has spent his summers teaching at the Yukon Summer Music Festival in Whitehorse, the UBC Summer Music Institute, the Edmonton Suzuki Institute, the Langley Suzuki Institute and the Valhalla Suzuki Institute in New Denver BC. He has adjudicated at the Langley Community Music School, Powell River Festival for the Performing Arts, the Sechelt Kiwanis Music Festival and the Kootney Music Festival. He has also been a guest teacher with the Bulkley Valley Classical Strings Society in Smithers BC. As a performer he is a member of the Sinfonia of the North Shore in North Vancouver and has performed with the Vancouver Opera and the Kamloops, Okanagan and Vancouver Island Symphonies. Since graduating from UBC he has continued his studies in Suzuki Pedagogy in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Edmonton.

 

Piano: Ina Dykstra Ms. Ina Dykstra received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at the University of Alberta, where she studied under the inspirational pedagogue, Dr. Ernesto Lejano, as well as Dr. Helmut Brauss. She also went on to complete Graduate Degree courses in Art Song, Accompaniment, Chamber Music and Solo Performance. Ms. Dykstra holds a degree in Music Therapy from Capilano College in Vancouver, and has worked with a wide variety of students of all ages and all abilities, from the very gifted to those with various special needs. Ms. Dykstra has studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts (Chamber Music) and worked for the Yamaha School of Music. She has also examined extensively across the country for Conservatory Canada. Ina has recorded for CBC radio, and has been member and clinician for both APTA and ARMTA teaching associations. She continues to do workshops for teachers across the prairie provinces, and has a special interest in duet, 2-piano and concerto music, which she explores daily in her teaching adventures! Every summer, Ina teaches a course for young teachers which has been well received by teachers all over Alberta. Ina has a deep commitment to furthering musical education, creativity, and artistry. She feels very blessed to work with each and every student, and hopes to inspire and encourage players young and old! She resides in St. Albert, Alberta, and has over 30 years experience as an accompanist, performer, clinician, examiner, adjudicator, and inspiring teacher.

 

Vocal/Speech Arts: Adele Clark Adele has directed Musical Theatre programs for several years and has adjudicated at music festivals across Canada since 1992. Her enthusiasm and positive approach keep her in demand as a clinician, director and recital lecturer.