Music educators have a chance to win an Essex EGP-155C Classic Steinway Piano

Conn-Selmer Inc., the largest manufacturer of band and orchestral instruments in the United States, in cooperation with Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc., is pleased to announce that music educators have a chance to win an Essex EGP-155C Classic Steinway Piano for their school or institution. The contest will start September 2nd and end November 15^th.

Grant Johnston

ducation Manager

Conn-Selmer Inc.

(574) 523-0701 Office

(574) 295-5405

NAC extends deadline for 40th Anniversary Prelude cover contest and offers a cash prize to the selected artists

Canada’s National Arts Centre announced today that they are extending the deadline for the 40^th anniversary Prelude cover contest to June 30, 2009 and, with the encouragement of the artistic community, the NAC will also be awarding the selected artists a $500.00 prize.

In celebration of its upcoming 40^th anniversary season, Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) is inviting visual artists from across Canada to submit cover artwork for the 2009-2010 season of its Prelude Magazine.

The NAC turns 40 on June 2^nd, 2009.

The National Arts Centre is looking for creative variations on the theme of “The Arts are Alive in Canada” through visual representation of any or all disciplines presented at the Centre—Theatre, Dance and Music— while also representing the cultural fabric of our country from coast to coast to coast.

Prelude Magazine is the National Arts Centre’s performing arts publication, distributed to patrons attending presentations at the NAC in the disciplines of music, theatre and dance. It is published four times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. It has an average annual distribution of 300,000 copies.

For further information regarding the call for submission, contest guidelines and submission requirements, please visit www.nac-cna.ca/preludecontest. This contest is open to all Canadian residents. The contest is not open to staff or immediate families of the National Arts Centre, the NAC Foundation, St. Joseph Communications, Dollco Printing or anyone associated with the production of Prelude.

Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2009 at 5 p.m. EST.

Go to COC.CA to become a Diva for a Day

The Canadian Opera Company’s popular Diva for a Day contest gives one lucky winner the opportunity to be wined, dined and pampered – Japanese style – with a grand prize package valued at $4,000.

The COC’s interactive contest, which closes at midnight on May 25, invites users to take a cyber journey to the new, eye-catching Madama Butterfly Historical Journey. Visitors travel behind-the-scenes through the COC archives and discover the making of this production of Madama Butterfly. Once the journey is complete, contestants must correctly answer five COC-related questions to be randomly selected to win one of 12 diva-worthy prize packs.

One Grand Prize Package includes:

· Grand Ring level seats with on-air personality Alexa Petrenko to the opening night performance of Madama Butterfly

· An invitation to the Madama Butterfly opening night cast party

· Accommodations, dinner and breakfast for two at Hilton Toronto

· A complimentary limousine return trip courtesy of Rosedale Livery

· Dinner for two at Yuzu Sushi and Sake Bar

· A LI’TYA Kodo body massage treatment at Elmwood Spa

· And much more…

One Second Prize Package:

· A CD/DVD gift package valued at $500 courtesy of Decca

Ten Third Prize Packages:

· A 15-disc compilation Puccini: The Great Opera Collection, courtesy of Decca

Presented in partnership with Classical 96.3 FM, the contest closes at midnight on May 25, 2009.

For contest details and entry visit www.coc.ca .

Queen Elisabeth Competition - Results Singing 2008

SINGING 2008

RESULTS

1st Prize Szabolcs BRICKNER tenor	2nd Prize Isabelle DRUET mezzo-soprano	3rd Prize Bernadetta GRABIAS mezzo-soprano
4th Prize Anna KASYAN soprano	5th Prize Yury HARADZETSKI tenor	6th Prize Gabrielle PHILIPONET soprano
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unranked laureates :	Elizabeth BAILEY soprano	Michèle LOSIER mezzo-soprano
	Layla CLAIRE soprano	Tatiana TRENOGINA soprano
	LIM Changhan baritone	YOON Jung Nan soprano

VOD (video on demand) of the final and the semi-final
until 15 September 2008 on www.qeimc.be

Order your 2 CD box live : www.cd-elisabeth.be