Ryson’s Music has just finished the Kiwanis Guitar Festival for this year.  

Here is a list of our winners:

Class 401– Telstar
•    Edynn Murphy         90%
•    Josh Crysler            87%

Class 405- Kokomo
•    Nathan Hoang            92%
•    Dexter Sonier            88%
•    Noah Wright            88%
•    Maeghan Bunting        86%

Class 411- Pretty Woman
•    Jessica Campbell        90%

Class 417- Layla (duet)
•    Jessica Campbell        90%
•    Jessica Zugic            90%
•    Cameron Stewart        90%
•    Maxwell Stewart        90%

Class 407- Sunshine on Your Shoulder
•    Evan Dim            88%
•    Lindsay Fulcher        85%

Class 408- Guitar Boogie
•    Natasha Kowalenko        85%

Class 730- Stand by Me (duet)
•    Lucas Wainwright        85%
•    Noah Wainwright        85%

Class 414A- I Love Rock&Roll
•    Sarah Marshall        84%

Class 406- Free Bird
•    Evan Dim            90%
•    Dexter Sonier            90%
•    Nicholas Grude        88%
•    Trent Gilmour            88%
•    Jake Stevenson        80%

Class 412- Summer of ’69
•    Alex Bragg            84%

Class 409B- Malaguena
•    Jared Gilmour            87%
•    Lauren Lidstone        86%

Class 745- Bands
•    The Golden Hammers    94%

Class 803- Bands- Taylor Swift
•    Lucas Venneri
•    Evan Dim
•    Dexter Sonier
•    Cailen Rotz
•    Edynn Murphy
•    Josh Crysler
•    Basil Sonier
All Participants in 803 received 90%

Class 414B- I Love Rock&Roll
•    Jessica Campbell        87%

Class 410- I Shot the Sheriff
•    Emma Crawley        86%

Class 835- Bands- My Generation
•    Laura Lidstone
•    Olivia Dim
•    Graham Crawley
•    Matthew Bradley
•    Joey Bourassa
•    Mike Rogers
•    Jessie Gold
This band received 87%

Class 491-Bands- Day Tripper
•    Katie Green
•    Jared Gilmour
•    Lucas Venneri
•    Trent Gilmour
•    Gabriel Baloga
•    Noah Wright
•    Emma Stevenson
•    Jake Stevenson
This band received a mark of 91%

Class 492-Bands- Flight of Icarus
•    Alex Macpherson
•    Cameron Ethier
•    Jessica Campbell
•    Mike Merny
•    Mike Deschamps
•    Natasha Kowalenko
•    Jordan Phelan (instructor)
This band received a mark of 92%

Congratulations to all of our participants in the Kiwanis festival; well done!  A big thank-you to our judge, Guy Cayen who is an accomplished musician and school teacher.

Kiwanis Music Festival begins April 16th.

Rysons Studio of Music motto is: “The Richest Child is Poor without a Musical Education”.
That is why Rysons has supported the Kiwanis Music Festival in the Garden City for over 70 years.

Students get the opportunity to showcase their performances in music, dance, and speech arts from private teachers and from the school systems.  Kiwanis Scholarships and certificates are sponsored by the Garden City Kiwanis Music Festival which Rysons Studio has been receiving for over 70 years.  It is believed that Governor General Earl Grey advocated the establishment of the Kiwanis Music Festivals in 1908 in Edmonton.

Competitions are in voice, piano, strings, speech arts, guitar, fiddle and brass and woodwinds.  Performances can be solos, duets, trios and groups with music selected or own choice.

• All sheet music must be original; no photocopies allowed.
• A separate entry form must be filled out for each entry, solos are $12.00, duets are $15.00 and groups are $20.00.
• Entries can be dropped off at 200 Dalhousie Avenue or at Rysons Studios at 5 Court St., St. Catharines, Ont.

Each year, thousands of music students gain confidence and the ability to perform in public in addition to the opportunity to obtain scholarships, certificates and to go on to the  Kiwanis Provincials Music Festival and then on to the Kiwanis National Music Festival once they received awards in their local festival.
Garden City Kiwanis obtains highly qualified adjudicators, often from the Royal Conservatory of Music where they were or are examiners.

If you are selected from the Kiwanis Festival you will go to Provincials, from Provincials you will go to National Music Festival which will showcase the finest classical musicians.  The winner in each category will receive $1500.00 and will join a gala recital of the seven category winners.

Attendance at these competitions is free except for dance.
Volunteers are always welcome to help out the chairman of the section; if interested please join us.

Please come and join us to see our young students progress in Master Classes, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century, Chopin, Bach repertoire, Popular, Musical Theatre, Sacred Hymns, Sonata String Classes, Concerto Classes, String Ensembles, Jazz and much more.

Garden City Kiwanis Music Festival begins with Dance April 16-19, followed by Speech April 20-May 1, Piano on April 27, Brass, woodwinds, recorders and percussion May 1, Strings May 4-7, Fiddle May 7, Guitar May 8 and concludes with Vocals from May 11-15.

We believe that music has a power of forming the character and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.
At Rysons Studio we wish all the music students a great and wonderful performance, and hope you enjoy the experience.

Note to Music Students: “Don’t forget your original sheet music.“