Adjudicator Biographies
Teresa Allred
Teresa Allred resides in Red Deer where she is presently teaching private piano and voice. She also teaches Keyboards for Kids every Thursday at an elementary school. This is a program sponsored by the Alberta Music Education Foundation where the principals select underprivileged children to receive voluntary keyboard instruction. AMEF provides keyboards at the school and for the homes of these children.
Teresa is the treasurer of this organization as well as the past president. She is also a member of The Alberta Piano Teacher's Association and Past President of The Alberta Registered Music Teacher's Association.
Teresa received her piano/performer degree from the Western Board of Music now known as Conservatory Canada as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree-Piano/Choral from the Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She has adjudicated at festivals throughout Alberta for 15 years.
Other achievements: Music Director for several musical productions both at Hunting Hills High School and Red Deer College. Co-conductor of the Red Deer Chamber Singers.
Piano Coach for Musicamp Alberta. Accompanist.
Hobbies: Tennis and power walking.
Family: Husband is a Grade 7 French Immersion Teacher. Three married sons. One son in University and 4 and 1/2 wonderful Grandchildren.
Joan Bell
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Kathy Dornian
A native Calgarian, Kathy Dornian is a nationally respected pedagogue, chamber musician, adjudicator and examiner. She earned a Master of Music Degree in piano performance from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Education and Kodaly Fine Arts Diploma from the University of Calgary. Her education was enriched by post-graduate performance studies at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary; her teachers have included Marilyn Engle, Peter Smith and Edith Hambalko.
Since 1985, Kathy Dornian has served on faculty at Mount Royal University Conservatory where she pursues an extensive and versatile career as a musician. She has built a solid reputation over the years as a sensitive and accomplished teacher, accompanist and chamber partner. She is currently an artistic collaborator with the internationally recognized Morningside Music Bridge Program, an affiliation which has taken her to Shanghai and Poland. For many years, she served as piano coordinator of the Academy of Music, a prestigious and nationally renowned program for gifted young musicians. Through this program, she has had the opportunity to work with and closely observe many internationally respected teachers including Kum Sing Lee, Anton Kuerti, Jeno Jando, Jon Kimura Parker, Steven Kovacavich and Angela Hewitt, to name just a few. As a performer, she has been heard in concert with many prominent and distinguished musicians including James Campbell and David Schifrin. She has traveled through Canada and the US as both an adjudicator and as a senior examiner for RCM Examinations.
Kathy Dornian has cultivated her collaborative and teacher career with equal success and enthusiasm and continues to pursue her lifelong passion for excellence in music education. As a chamber partner, she is equally at home with all instruments from double bassists to vocalists and as a teacher, she has successfully worked with all levels and ages of students. Known as a kind, inspiring and imaginative educator who fosters keenness and curiosity in her students, she is certainly one of Calgary's most sought after and in-demand teachers. Her students are frequent award and scholarship winners in festivals and national competitions. They consistently achieve high results in examinations and have been accepted into programs such as Morningside Music Bridge and at post-secondary institutions. Many of her former students have forged on to create successful careers of their own in the music profession, although she is equally proud of those who have chosen other fields but continue to show support for arts.
Kathy Dornian recently became an empty nester: she is the mother of musical twins who are now off at University studying sciences and mathematics. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, gardening, and watching dance and cooking shows.
Roxanne Laycock-Bingham
Roxanne Laycock-Bingham grew up near Lethbridge, Alberta where she began her musical studies with Mrs. Bea Foster and was active in local festivals. She attended Bringham Young University in Utah and earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Pedagogy, studying with Dianne Cross and Dr. Paul Pollei. Roxanne has been a teacher at Mount Royal University Conservatory for many years and is a past Piano Area Coordinator. She has also served on the Advisory Board of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition of Salt Lake City. She adjudicates and performs regularly and has recently taken up the oboe as a new instrument. She also enjoys nature and spending time with her grandchildren.
Nancie Redekopp
Nancie is a teacher, performer, adjudicator, clinician and life-long piano enthusiast. She holds A.R.C.T. Diplomas in both performance and teaching, and and A.M.U.S. Diploma, and is a member of the Alberta Registered Music Teacher's Association. Nancie and her husband Hal toured Western Canada and the Northern United States with their nightclub band and backed up acts such as the Alllan Sisters.
Nancie has taught the Yamaha and Music for Young Children programs as well as private piano and theory lessons, and from 1997-2009 was the music teacher for the Music, Drama, Movement and Arts camp for the Calgary Arts Summer School.
She is a member of Piano Diploma Association and Music Coterie / Piano Workshop, enjoys performing solo and ensemble repertoire, and attending pedagogy workshops.
Barbara Robertson
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