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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, December 6, 2013 | 22 All the world's a stage for performing phenom Vienna by Dennis Smith Special to the Beaver Artscene "Connected to your Community" Vienna Micallef Del Mastro, 9, sings, dances, plays piano and "wears her emotions on her sleeve." Chemayne Micallef said she and husband David were moved to tears when their daughter Vienna played Nocturne on piano last April. "She has musicality that is definitely beyond her years," said Micallef, a composer/ pianist. "She can convey her emotions extremely deeply." The Oakville girl won double scholarships at two events in 2013. Vienna earned four gold medals, plus voice and piano scholarships at the Peel Music Festival. She scored 95 for her performance of Nocturne there. Most recently, Vienna won scholarships for piano and musical theatre at the Rotary Burlington Music Festival. She won seven of nine classes there. "She likes the stage, loves to perform and likes to compete," said Micallef. "She's a kid who handles pressure very well." Vienna has a busy routine of practising, competing and doing homework. She's in Grade 4 at Fern Hill School in Oakville, but is completing the Grade 5 advanced curriculum. "It's a lot to juggle. We kind of take it as it comes," said Micallef. "She's a creative person and it's her outlet, so we can't see taking this from her." Vienna studies piano with Olga Chichova and Micallef, who's a classical concert pianist. "Children learn what they live," said Micallef, a platinum-certified recording artist. Vienna Micallef Del Mastro has plenty to celebrate -- the nine-year-old Oakville resident recently won scholarships for piano and musical theatre at the Rotary Burlington Music Festival. | submitted photo "She walks through the door and sees the albums on the shelf, so it's kind of inspiring." Vienna has reached Grade 6 piano level after just three years. Her teachers intend to have her compete at the national level in the future. Vienna has studied voice with Linda Fletcher for less than a year. "She is very organized and disciplined when it comes to the arts," said Micallef about her daughter. "She's competitive. She makes it a personal challenge. She knows what she wants and she gets it." One of Vienna's next events could be the Chinese Music Festival, slated for February in Toronto. She placed first and second in piano in the 2013 festival. The YouTube video of her playing Nocturne at the festival's Rising Stars Concert drew notice from singer Remigio Periera. "Check out this young talent... musicality at a young age," tweeted Periera, a member of The Tenors. Vienna is also on the pre-junior competitive dance team at Oakville's Canadian Dance Company. She'll travel to New York in the spring to compete in dance. "She needs to dance like I need to breathe," said Micallef. She believes film or musical theatre are among future possibilities for Vienna. "She has excelled in musical theatre," said Micallef. "She's a dramatic child, without question." She thinks her daughter will probably go to an arts high school. "She's a very artistic, out-of-the-box type of child, she's not a typical child," said Micallef. She said Vienna is very good at acting and has previously done commercials and modeling. Micallef said her daughter will be nominated as a young artist for an Oakville Art Council award. Vienna also supports animal rights and saving animals. "She really has got a passion for that," said Micallef. "She can't stop rescuing kittens." Vienna raises money on her birthday to donate to The Charlie Fund of the Oakville & Milton Humane Society. It provides emergency and specialized veterinary care to homeless animals in the care of the organization's shelter. Vienna also does Taekwondo in the summer. She has earned a purple belt and won medals. To view her YouTube video, visit http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rI4pl2r_ rc=youtu.be. Busy season for Oakville Children's Choir The Oakville Children's Choir (OCC) is ringing in the Christmas season with a series of concerts in coming weeks. This Saturday, the group will perform Celebrate the Season at St. John's United Church, 262 Randall St. Special guest soloist Ann Sullivan, and OCC alumnus, will perform. The concert, sponsored by First Ontario Credit Union, starts at 7 p.m. OCC will be featured at the Community Carol Concert on Dec. 15 at St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca St. They will be joined by the OCC parent chorus, ErinoakKids Glee Club, Accent Music Therapy Musicians and guest organist, Simon Walker. The show starts at 3 p.m. Tickets for Celebrate the Season and Community Carol Concert are $25 for adults or $15 for children and seniors, and can be purchased on the OCC website, http:// oakvillechildrenschoir.or/index.php?id=84. On Sunday, Dec. 15, the OCC will join the Oakville Symphony Orchestra for two one-hour shows starting at 1:30 and 4 p.m. at the Oakville Centre for Performing Arts (130 Navy St.). Additional appearances by the OCC during this busy time of year include a guest performance with the Burlington Welsh Male Choir tonight (Dec. 6) at 8 p.m. at Wellington Square United Church, 2121 Caroline St. in Burlington. As well, the Intermediate choir will be featured in Symphony on the Bay's opera in concert, Hansel & Gretel, at the Burlington Centre for the Performing Arts, 440 Locust St., on Sunday (Dec. 8) at 3 p.m. The Intermediate choir will also sing at the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital cafeteria from 6-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 10. For details or ticket information on all performances, visit www.oakvillechildrenschoir. org or call 905-337-7104. A J O Y F U L N O I S E The Circle of Harmony ­ Oakville's chapter of Sweet Adeline's International performed to the delight of shoppers on Saturday in the Food Court at Oakville Place. | photo by Nikki Wesley ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog)