Newsday - Melissa Doughty
Natasha Joseph, playing the double tenor, was "the first female to enter the Pan Ramajay competition in 1994." -
The participants will be judged on verse, chorus; melodic/motivic development; harmonic/rhythmic embellishment; dynamics; technicality; tonal quality and nuances, the release said and musicians in all categories are required to improvise.
The top soloist will receive US$,2000, second place – US$1,500 and third place – US$1,000.
The duo and quartet winners will receive US$3,000, US$2,000 and US$1,000, respectively.
Preliminary soloists, duos and quartets performed via a private live feed on June 8 and 9 and submitted a video for judging. The players performed one song from a list of five which was provided to all musicians.
Mohammed said there were 47 soloists, 17 duos and 12 quartets in the preliminaries. The semi-finalists will be announced on June 14 and there will also be a 30-minute broadcast showing some aspects of the preliminaries from 6 pm on the band’s Facebook and YouTube pages. From the preliminaries 20 soloists, ten duos and ten quartets will go on to the semi-finals, the release said. The songs for the semi-finals were distributed on June 10.
Mohammed said the preliminaries would not be broadcast as it would be far too long to do so.
The semi-finals will be held on June 15 and on June 20 the performance of the semi-final soloists will be shown. The semi-final performance of the duos will be shown on June 21 and the quartets on June 22.
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