2023 Adjudicators

Anne Marie Page is Manager, Academic Services, a Member of the College of Examiners, and RCM Advanced Specialist, Piano and Theory for The Royal Conservatory. Ms. Page is as a member of the Visiting Faculty at the St. Andrew's Academy of Music, and Visiting Faculty at St. Anne's Academy of Music. Anne Marie coaches Piano, Organ, Voice, Flute, Theory and Composition, working with elementary through advanced-level students. Anne Marie has contributed to the Frederick Harris Study Guides, and Teacher Certification online resources, and served as a member of the Piano Syllabus, 2015 Edition Selection Committee for The Royal Conservatory. Anne Marie adjudicates for Young Artist, ORMTA, MusicFest, Rotary and Kiwanis competitions as well as being Associate Adjudicator at The Festival of Music at Canada's Wonderland.

Anne Marie has performed on television and radio for ABC, CBC, and BBC; she has conducted and performed in U.K., Europe, and throughout North America. Ms. Page is active as Organ Recitalist and Conductor, including solo performances in the UK at Ripon Cathedral, St. Chad's Shrewsbury, Chester Cathedral, Hampton Court, Chelmsford Cathedral, Yorkminster Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, and St. Paul's Cathedral, London; in Paris at L'Eglise St. Roche, Les Invalides, and The American Cathedral, in Copenhagen at the Copenhagen Conservatory of Music and Tivoli Concert Hall, and Gothenburg Cathedral in Sweden. Performances in Canada and the United States have included First Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne, First Presbyterian in Atlanta, a premiere performance at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix, Holy Trinity Church,
Toronto, St. James' Cathedral, Hamilton, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Canada, Trinity College in the University of Toronto, the Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto, and multiple performances at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall. Anne Marie adjudicates for Young Artist, ORMTA, MusicFest, Rotary and Kiwanis competitions as well as Canada's Wonderland School Music Festival. Numerous CD recordings include choral, solo, and chamber music, as well as recordings with Page Two Trumpet and Organ Duo. As Vocal Coach at St. Andrew's College, Anne Marie has worked on Spring Awakening and has coached the St. Andrew's Glee Club, including annual performances at Roy Thomson Hall.

As Repertoire Promotions Consultant for the Canadian Music Centre, Ms. Page promoted
Canadian music to orchestras, choirs, and ensembles worldwide. Ms. Page served for fourteen seasons as Accompanist and Assistant Conductor to the Stratford Concert Choir and for more than a decade, Anne Marie accompanied the award-winning St. Marys Children's Choir. She has performed with the Stratford Festival as an accompanist and keyboardist on eight productions.

Anne Marie served as a faculty member at LakeField Music (CAMMAC) for ten seasons.
Ms. Page holds an Honours Bachelor of Performance from Western University, an Associate of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and a Bachelor of Education in Vocal Music from Western University.

Ms. Page served as Director of Music Ministry, North Bramalea Presbyterian; Minister of Music at Kingsway-Lambton United Church, Toronto; Music Director at Aurora United Church, Aurora; Music Minister at St. Matthew's Anglican, Islington/Toronto; Director of Music at Eastminster United Church, Toronto, and Mount Zion Lutheran, Waterloo.
Anne Marie has composed music for the CD dramatization of Ben Johnson's Volpone, and wrote and directed a production entitled The Jester's Music, sponsored by Yamaha Canada for Stratford Summer Music. For eight years, Anne Marie was Director of Choirs and Music Theatre, and Resident Piano Tutor, at Kingsway College School, Toronto. She served as Vocal Coordinator for the 1000-voice choir at the CISMF Music Festival at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto.

Anne Marie Page is a member of Page Two trumpet and organ duo, performing eclectic
concerts from traditional to pop and jazz to new commissions, in a performance environment that is informative, interactive, and accessible.

Violinist, Irene Tandberg's career as performer and pedagogue spans four decades. She has established a vibrant private studio where students are honoured with many prestigious scholarships and awards, obtained positions at notable international & domestic schools & orchestras, and pursued distinguished solo careers.

Tandberg is the Founding Director of the Young Artists Pre-College Academy in London Ontario, an inspiration emerging from her long tenure as Co-Director of Forest City School for Talent Education. YAPCA's, www.yapca.ca, diverse programming nurtures students who are motivated to explore their full potential technically and artistically in a collegial, non-competitive environment. Weekly Performance, Chamber, Master Classes and seminars enhance the student's musical experience and exposure to community engagement.

Irene's first teacher was her grandfather, Wolf Notkin who is to be credited with nurturing her deep love of music and inspiring a life long journey of discovery through sound. In later years her principal teachers were Gwen Thompson and Dana Mazurkevich at the University of Western Ontario. Irene then went on to follow her passion and vocation for performance and teaching while concurrently pursuing Suzuki teacher training.

Past recordings and performances reflect an eclectic range of engagements on Modern and Baroquev iolin, in core, principal and solo positions with many fine orchestras and chamber groups.

Irene is a vastly experienced and fervent pedagogue who has both written and given invited talks on performance, teaching and practice strategies. She is also an active festival adjudicator, master class teacher and workshop clinician in music programs and teaching institutions across Canada.

In addition to running her private studio, acting as the Coordinator for Western 360 and Directing YAPCA, she is a faculty member in the Performance Department at the University of Western Ontario, where she is the recipient of the student council "Award of Excellence" in teaching. At FCTE she initiated partnering with Western in Community Engaged learning and Pedagogy Course mentorship which continues through the Young Artists Pre-College Academy.