Nor'West News: August 12, 2021

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Awards for young musicians
• By Fiona Ellis
TWO YOUNG musicians
have struck the right note
with the Dame Malvina Major
Foundation, winning awards to
help them further their careers.
Pianist Siyu Sun won the
foundation’s $5000 Christchurch
Arts Excellence Award
2021.
The 24-year-old former Bishopdale
resident will put this
toward the cost of her studies
at London’s Guildhall School of
Music & Drama.
Casebrook violinist Rose
Light is the winner of the
foundation’s Cecily Maccoll
High Achiever Award 2021, of
$1000.
The 16-year-old also won a
discretionary award of $2000 to
assist with expenses including
training and competitions.
Sun, who had 19 years of
piano playing behind her, said
she was pleased to learn of her
win.
“When I won the award, I
was very excited, and I called
my family straight away, in
spite of the 11-hour time difference,”
Sun said.
Her studies in London were
going well in spite of the challenge
of Covid-19 restrictions,
she said.
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AWARD-WINNERS: Dame Malvina Major Foundation Christchurch Arts Excellence
Award 2021 recipient Siyu Sun (left) and Cecily Maccoll Award 2021 recipient Rose
Light plan to pursue musical careers. ​
“From March, the
Guildhall school finally
returned to in-person again,
and I was able to compete in
the finals of the Guildhall Romantic
Prize competition
at Milton Court concert
hall.”
It was her first live performance
after months of
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lockdown, and she won the
competition.
“It was particularly touching
to . . . have that emotional connection
of performing to a live
audience, and to experience the
thrill, magic, and imagination
of creating music in the moment.”
Rose also enjoyed performing
and sharing music with audiences,
she said.
She had been playing the
violin since age nine, where it
was a compulsory instrument
in her Australian school.
She did not come from a
musical family but quickly took
the instrument, and planned to
study music at university.
Initiative formed
to spread
information
•From page 1
Social media posts about crime may
have given a perception that the issue
was more of a problem than it was.
The safety initiative was formed
earlier this year after Avonhead,
Russley and Bishopdale were
identified as hotspots for vehiclebreak-ins,
stolen cars, smashed
windows and other petty crimes.
The survey aimed to gather information,
and had been successful in
this, she said.
It also helped to spread information.
At 71 per cent, many people were
not aware of an active Neighbourhood
Support group in their area, and
the survey had raised awareness of
groups residents could turn to.
“That in itself is wonderful.”
The majority of respondents of
people wanted to hear information on
the results and impact of the survey,
at 65 per cent.
A community meeting for the
initiative to discuss results with residents
would be held at a date yet to be
confirmed.
The survey might be replicated in
other areas within the community
board area in future, Williams said.
“We have had a lot of community
interest from Bishopdale and
Strowan. We haven’t confirmed that
yet but it’s on our radar.”
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