B10 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 25, 1990

Practise succeeds for
Patrick Phillips

by Betty Barton

As a follow-up to the successful
25th anniversary of the Pacific
Northwest Music Festival, the
Terrace Review in coming weeks
will interview snd profile some
of the competitors involyed in
this year’s festival.

Patrick Phillips, in Grade 7 at
Veritas and Grade VII in piano,
is representing the Northwest.in
junior piano at the B.C. Festival
of the Arts.

Patrick, now 13, began piano
lessons with Marylin Davies just

before his fourth birthday. So

. competition is not new to him.
Patrick says, ‘‘It doesn’t really
bother me.”? His mother Norah
interjects, ‘‘I’m the one who’s a
wreck when they perform.’’ The
Phillips family has four musical
boys.

At the Pacific Northwest
Music Festival this year, Patrick
was awarded two prizes: an
Omineca Medical Laboratory
Award of $75 for highest mark,
Canadian Composer, Grades 5
to open; and a Northwest
Academy of Performing Arts
award of $100 for most promis-
ing junior piano student, ages 12
and under.

All of Patrick’s award moneys
go into a savings account for
university.

At the B.C. Festival of the
Arts in the junior piano
category, Patrick will play one
of the pieces for which he won
an award. And he is learning
two new pieces to perform in
Saanich, as well. It is a require-
ment of the Festival of the Arts
that at least one piece must have
been played in the regional com-
petition.

At the Pacific Northwest
Music Festival this spring,
Patrick performed Beret by

Telieman, Sonatina by Kuhlau,
Nocturne by Marsden, and a
Northern Calypso duet with his
brother Tim. The Calypso was
written by local band instructor
Jim Ryan. .

Jim Ryan also teaches Patrick
clarinet. Patrick plays his
clarinet in the Veritas Elemen-
tary Band.

In addition to his skills on the
piano, clarinet and recorder,
Patrick would like to learn to
play a low brass instrument like
a tuba. Science and math are
Patrick’s best subjects in school,
but the one he enjoys most is
gym class. Patrick especially
likes soccer and skiing or playing
tennis, and fishing with his dad,
Dr. Barrie Phillips.

.The whole family, except
eldest brother Matthew, will go
to the Festival of the Arts.
Patrick has been twice before as
an observer, and to keep Mat-
thew company when he’s per-
formed. Tim will go down as an
observer, either sponsored by
the Northwest Music Festival or
unofficially, by his family.
Patrick’s festival friends are in-
volved in speech arts, so he
doesn’t expect to see them down
there.

Patrick tries to practise 45
minutes each day, although that
doesn’t always happen. “I’m
committed, but I’m not organiz-
ed at all.’’ His mother attributes
this trait to the fact that he’s
number two son. Patrick
definitely has an aptitude for
hard work: in June he will write
his Grade VII practical piano ex-
am plus his Grade II theory
exam.

Patrick’s advise to any aspir-
ing musician is ‘‘only start if you
like music and can stand to prac-
tise. You can only succeed if
your practise.”’

A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS in music for Terrace’s Patrick Phillips includes 45 minutes a day at

the keyboard. He'll ba representing the Northwest at the B.C. Festival of the Performing Arts In
junior piano at the end of May.

OPEN HOUSE

Centennial Christian School
3608 Sparks Street, Terrace, B.C.
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Everyone is invited to visit our school,
sit in on classes, take a look at the
programs and view student work.

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a ts eee —-

Emerson Medical Clinic
is pleased to announce

Dr. Teresa M. Nicholl

will replace

Dr. Roger Page (who has retired) As events gather momentum for the 1990 Miss Terrace pageant, Miss Terrace 1989 recently

Effective June 1, 1990 enjoyed one of the more pleasant responsibilities of her reign: a free trip to Toronto from Canadian

—— : ? j Airlines International. Lyn Lagace and her mother are shown here ready to depart a couple of
Interim coverage will be provided. waeks ago.

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