of the 23rd Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition
held on Saturday 29 September 2012 at Haverhill Arts Centre
(prizes presented by Haverhill Sinfonia's Chairman, Mrs. Pat Taylor)
First Prize
Anthony Brown (Saxophone / British)
£300 donated by Wood, Wind and Reed (Cambridge)
recital: Cambridge Summer Music Festival (£225)
recital: Gresham's (£225)
recital: Haverhill Sinfonia (£225)
recital: Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society (£225)
recital: The Gower School (£250)
recital: The King's School Ely (£225)
solo work: Bedford Sinfonia (£325)
Second Prize
Samson Tsoy (Piano / Korean)
£250 donated by Rotary Club of Haverhill & District
Third Prize
Xabier Casal (Saxophone / Spanish)
£200 donated by Haverhill Research Park
Fourth Prize
James Kreiling (Piano/ British)
£175 donated by Marchant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Fifth Prize
Christopher Jacklin (Baritone / British)
£150 donated by The Herbert Group.
Sixth Prize
Tianhong Yang (Piano / Chinese)
£125 donated by Balaam's Music (Bury St. Edmunds)
Seventh Prize
Antonio Hallongren (Cello / Swedish)
£100 donated by VION Sliced Cooked Meats
Highest-placed pianist
Samson Tsoy (Piano / Korean)
recital: Bury St. Edmunds Concert Club (£300)
recital: Haywards Heath Music Society (£225)
recital: Hoddesdon Music Club (£300)
recital: Leighton Buzzard Music Club (£250)
recital: Louth & District Concert Society (£225)
recital: Pound Arts (£250)
Highest-placed string player
Antonio Hallongren (Cello / Swedish)
£200 donated by VION Sliced Cooked Meats
Highest-placed violinist
Emily Dellit (Violin / Australian)
recital: Brickwall Music and Arts Society (£225)
Highest-placed string or woodwind player
Anthony Brown (Saxophone / British)
recital: Faversham Music Club (£250)
recital: Matlock Music Society (£225)
solo work: Redhill Sinfonia (£325)
Highest-placed woodwind player
Anthony Brown (Saxophone / British)
recital: Bideford Music Club (£225)
Highest-placed woodwind or brass player
Anthony Brown (Saxophone / British)
£200 donated by Genzyme Ltd.
Highest-placed pianist, guitarist or harpist
Samson Tsoy (Piano / Korean)
recital: Linton Music Society (£225)
Highest-placed brass player
Michael Buchanan (Trombone / British)
solo work: City of Southampton Orchestra (£325)
Highest-placedprize-winner, other than pianist
Anthony Brown (Saxophone / British)
solo work: Airedale Symphony Orchestra (£325)
solo work: Lambeth Orchestra (£300)
Highest-placed prize-winner, other than singer
Anthony Brown (Saxophone / British)
recital: Brockenhurst Music Society (£250)
recital: The Church Stretton and South Shropshire Arts Festival (£275)
recital: Witney Music Society (£250)
Highest-placed prize-winner, other than brass
Anthony Brown (Saxophone / British)
recital: Derby Chamber Music Society (£275)
Best performance of a work by a British composer
Fraser Langton (Clarinet / British)
£200 donated by Evans-Pughe Strings of Hitchin Ltd.
Best performance of a work written since 1950
James Kreiling (Piano / British)
£300 donated by Music Sales Group.
Best Accompanist
Leo Nicholson
£200 donated by Mrs. Pat Taylor and Mr. Nicholas Jarman
left to right:
(official accompanist) Tom Blach
(adjudicating panel) Gary Ryan, Caroline Palmer and Kevin Hill.
Competition Adjudicators:-
Kevin Hill MBE
Music Director, Haverhill Sinfonia and Arnold Sinfonia
Caroline Palmer
Professor of Piano and Chamber Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Gary Ryan
Assistant Head of Strings & Professor of Guitar, Royal College of Music