2021 Adjudicators
piano - Jamie Syer
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Now living in Alberta, Dr. JAMIE SYER was Dean of the Victoria Conservatory of Music until 2012. He also served as Head of the Conservatory’s Keyboard Department, and taught at the School of Music, University of Victoria. As a lecturer for UVic’s Faculty of Continuing Education, he led two arts related travel tours to France. Dr. Syer completed his graduate degrees at the Yale University School of Music as a student of Claude Frank and Ward Davenny. He has taught at universities and colleges in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and New Brunswick. |
Jamie Syer is the founder of the Victoria Conservatory’s Young Artists Collegium program, which continues to offer an enriched curriculum for talented young singers, pianists and instrumentalists. He has performed many times in Europe: in Scotland, Ireland, Hungary, France, and England, as well as closer to home in recital venues across Canada. Last season, he was a featured concerto soloist with the Sidney Classical Orchestra.
Dr. Syer is known for his imaginative recital programming, and his artistic, energetic playing. He is a popular adjudicator and workshop clinician, who enjoys working with teachers’ groups and with students of all ages. In addition to his musical activities, Jamie is a skilled letterpress printer, former Manager of his local public library, and Musical Director for a production of Matilda: the Musical.
Dr. Syer is known for his imaginative recital programming, and his artistic, energetic playing. He is a popular adjudicator and workshop clinician, who enjoys working with teachers’ groups and with students of all ages. In addition to his musical activities, Jamie is a skilled letterpress printer, former Manager of his local public library, and Musical Director for a production of Matilda: the Musical.
strings - Jeremy van Dieman
Jeremy vanDieman began violin studies under Dr. Charles Davis at the Suzuki Violin School of Andrews University, Michigan. He holds a B.A. in Music (Honors) from Thayer Conservatory of Atlantic Union College, a private institution in South Lancaster, Massachusettes, under Dr. Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse. He was a recipient of the Music Department Award from Atlantic Union College, and is listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. He holds a MMus in Violin Performance from the University of Calgary under Edmond Agopian, and was a recipient of two Province of Alberta Prizes.
Jeremy has performed as a violinist in 27 countries and territories on 5 continents. He has performed as a soloist at the Aegean Festival in Greece, and the Salzburg Festival in Austria. He has participated as a 1st violinist in performances of the chamber music of British composer, John Rutter, in Windsor Castle, England, under the baton of John Rutter. He was a 1st violinist in the world premiere of “Vision of the Apocalypse”, a large-scale oratorio composed by his Teacher and Mentor, Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, in Carnegie Hall, New York. He will be Concertmaster of the American premiere of another Rittenhouse oratorio, “Song of the Redeemed”, at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. in October, 2020. Jeremy has performed as a soloist for a number of dignitaries, including U.S. President, Gerald Ford, U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, and Polish Communist Party Leader, Edward Gierek, at Vilanov Palace, Poland; Archbishop Felixberto Camacho Flores in Agana, Guam; and Her Royal Highness, Princess Siriwanwareenareerat (“Glorious Light”) of Thailand, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Jeremy has been a featured violin soloist for Child Find Alberta, as well as the Canadian-Austrian Society in Calgary under the auspices of Austrian Ambassador, Otto Ditz and Alberta Premier, Ralph Klein. He has free-lanced with a number of local and regional ensembles including Calgary Opera, Red Deer Symphony, Okanagan Symphony, Kamloops Symphony, and Lethbridge Symphony. Jeremy is Assistant Concertmaster with the Kootenay Symphony in Cranbrook, B.C., and was the soloist in three of the four concertos in the Vivaldi Four Seasons series for the Kootenay Symphony’s
2017 -1018 concert season. He has been Director of Junior Strings at the Conservatory of Mount Royal University in Calgary (2008-2019), and has twice served as Director of the Advanced String Institute of Alberta Suzuki String Institute in Calgary. Jeremy has adjudicated in music festivals throughout Alberta and B.C., including the Provincial Festival in Chilliwack, B.C. in 2013, and the Provincial Festival in Victoria, B.C. in 2018. He a member of Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association, Canadian Music Festival Adjudicators’ Association, College Orchestra Directors Association, Suzuki Association of the Americas, and is listed in Montclair’s Who’s Who in North America. Jeremy is an Examiner with the College of Examiners of the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in Toronto.
Jeremy has performed as a violinist in 27 countries and territories on 5 continents. He has performed as a soloist at the Aegean Festival in Greece, and the Salzburg Festival in Austria. He has participated as a 1st violinist in performances of the chamber music of British composer, John Rutter, in Windsor Castle, England, under the baton of John Rutter. He was a 1st violinist in the world premiere of “Vision of the Apocalypse”, a large-scale oratorio composed by his Teacher and Mentor, Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, in Carnegie Hall, New York. He will be Concertmaster of the American premiere of another Rittenhouse oratorio, “Song of the Redeemed”, at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. in October, 2020. Jeremy has performed as a soloist for a number of dignitaries, including U.S. President, Gerald Ford, U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, and Polish Communist Party Leader, Edward Gierek, at Vilanov Palace, Poland; Archbishop Felixberto Camacho Flores in Agana, Guam; and Her Royal Highness, Princess Siriwanwareenareerat (“Glorious Light”) of Thailand, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Jeremy has been a featured violin soloist for Child Find Alberta, as well as the Canadian-Austrian Society in Calgary under the auspices of Austrian Ambassador, Otto Ditz and Alberta Premier, Ralph Klein. He has free-lanced with a number of local and regional ensembles including Calgary Opera, Red Deer Symphony, Okanagan Symphony, Kamloops Symphony, and Lethbridge Symphony. Jeremy is Assistant Concertmaster with the Kootenay Symphony in Cranbrook, B.C., and was the soloist in three of the four concertos in the Vivaldi Four Seasons series for the Kootenay Symphony’s
2017 -1018 concert season. He has been Director of Junior Strings at the Conservatory of Mount Royal University in Calgary (2008-2019), and has twice served as Director of the Advanced String Institute of Alberta Suzuki String Institute in Calgary. Jeremy has adjudicated in music festivals throughout Alberta and B.C., including the Provincial Festival in Chilliwack, B.C. in 2013, and the Provincial Festival in Victoria, B.C. in 2018. He a member of Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association, Canadian Music Festival Adjudicators’ Association, College Orchestra Directors Association, Suzuki Association of the Americas, and is listed in Montclair’s Who’s Who in North America. Jeremy is an Examiner with the College of Examiners of the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in Toronto.
