Victoria Chanwai has been selected as a 1st violinists for the 2016 NZ Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra (NZSSSO).
The orchestra will gather in April in Christchurch for a week long workshop which will conclude with two public performances.
As part of the audition process, Chanwai submitted a recording of an excerpt from the orchestral piece The Planets by Holst and a solo piece of her own choice. She chose Preludium & Allegro by Kriesler which was part of the recital programme for her Trinity College Violin Advanced Certificate (post Grade 8) examination.
She sat the exam last year as a Year 10 student and passed with distinction and a 98% grade. She is currently preparing for her Trinity College Violin ATCL Diploma exam which she will sit later in the year as a Year 11 student. This exam is the equivalent of a first year university undergraduate student.
Chanwai also completed the Trinity College Piano Grade 8 at the end of last year and is hoping to sit a Trinity College Organ exam sometime this year.
