The 12 Semi-Finalists in the Instrumental Performance section are:
Alpine Trio – Auckland
Esther Leefe (soprano) – Westlake Girls' High School
Jack Davies (piano) – Kingsway College
John Jang (clarinet) – Westake Boys' High School
Performing The Shepherd on the Rock D 965 by Schubert
Concordia – Auckland
Yuan Wen (flute) – Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Rebecca Grimwood (flute) – Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Jo Yee Kok (flute) – Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Eva Ding (flute) – Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Performing Yearning for flute quartet by Crt Sojar Voglar
Diable – Auckland
Heidi Lovatt (clarinet) – St Cuthbert's College
Athene Laws (piano) – St Cuthbert's College
Azeria D'Souza (violin) – St Cuthbert's College
Performing The Soldier's Tale Suite (movements I, III, IV and V) by Stravinsky
Euphonious Quartet – Auckland
Stella Kim (violin) – Westlake Girls' High School
Eun-Ji Cho (violin) – St Cuthbert's College
Pearl Huang (viola) – Westlake Girls' High School
Sally Kim (cello) – Westlake Girls' High School
Performing String Quartet No 12 in F "American" (movements I and IV) by Dvořák
Roseberry Trio – Auckland
Lauren Bennett (violin) - Westlake Girls’ High School
Sally Kim (cello) - Westlake Girls’ High School
Sylvia Jiang (piano) - St Cuthberts College
Performing Piano Trio in E Minor (2nd and 4th movements) by Shostakovich
Sw!tch – Christchurch
Logan Glasson (baritone saxophone) – Burnside High School
Sarah Vergeer (tenor saxophone) – Burnside High School
Claire Elliott (alto saxophone) – Burnside High School
Alice Morgan (soprano saxophone) – Burnside High School
Performing A Short Suite by Philip Norman
The Genzmer Trio – Christchurch
Hugh Roberts (flute) - Christchurch Rudolph Steiner School
Todd Gibson-Cornish (bassoon) - Burnside High School
Salina Fisher (piano) - Burnside High School
Performing Trio for Flute, Bassoon & Piano (movements I, II and III) by Harald Genzmer
The Jones Trio – Christchurch
Lena Taylor (flute) – Burnside High School
Sam Jones (saxophone) – Burnside High School
Juea Park (piano) – Burnside High School
Performing L'etoile inconnue by Ghidoni
Trio 87 – Christchurch
Amy Lee (piano) – Rangi Ruru Girls' School
Francoise Hadfield (violin) – Rangi Ruru Girls' School
Sarang Leehan (cello) – Rangi Ruru Girls' School
Performing Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 by Brahms
Trio Chopin – Dunedin
Annabel Drummond (violin) - Columba College
Hannah Kim (cello) - St Hilda's Collegiate School
Modi Deng (piano) - Columba College
Performing Piano Trio in G minor (movements III and IV) by Chopin
Trio for Martinů – Auckland
Stella Kim (violin) – Westlake Girls' High School
Britta Balzat (violin) – Home School
LiXing Wei (piano) – Westlake Girls' High School
Performing Trio for two violins and piano (movements I and II) by Martinů
Troika – Hamilton
Jin Kim (violin) - Hillcrest High School
Naomi Whalley (cello) - Hillcrest High School
Amy Zhang (piano) - St Paul's Collegiate School
Performing Piano Trio Op 65 by Dvořák
The winning Original Composition was by Finn Butler from Dunedin.
The National Semi-Finals of the 2010 NZCT Chamber Music Contest will be held in Wellington on Friday 30 July, in the Ilott Theatre. Six groups will be chosen to compete in the National Final, Saturday 31 July, at the Wellington Town Hall. There will also be a performance of the winning Original Composition at the National Final.
The adjudicators at the National Finals are much-respected NZ musicians Michael Houstoun, Bridget Douglas and Wilma Smith - all of whom were once contestants themselves.
