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32nd Music Festival in Honor of Confucius Results

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Congratulations to all who participated in the 32nd Music Festival in Honor of Confucius!  Below are the prize winners and Huang Zhong trophy recipients.  All results are final.

Please come to our Winners Concert on Sunday, April 30 at 2PM in Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute of Chicago! First place winners will be contacted individually with more information regarding the performance.

Orders for Congratulatory messages for the Winners Concert program book may be placed here. Note that these messages can be addressed to teachers and participants in addition to the performers, and 100% of the proceeds go towards to the competition scholarship fund for 2018. We greatly appreciate your support!

Comment sheets will be sent via mail directly to teachers by the end of the week. Please do not contact the CFAS Office for individual comment sheets and scores. Thank you!

Thanks again to all for participating and be on the look out for next year’s competition in Spring 2018!

Violin Youth

First Place Jasmine Horton student of Hye Sun Lee

Second Place (tie) Aiden Yu student of Lucinda E. Ali-Landing

Second Place (tie) Lauren Kim student of Injoo Choi

Honorable Mention Ava Isabella Angeles student of Lucinda E. Ali-Landing

Honorable Mention Efuru Hawa Kilolo Harmon-Miller student of Lucinda E. Ali-Landing

Violin Junior I

First Place Esme Arias-Kim student of Betty Haag Kuhnke

Second Place (tie) Ruth Kim student of Desiree Ruhstrat

Second Place (tie) Elle Cho student of Betty Haag Kuhnke

Honorable Mention Hannah Ding student of Almita Vamos

Honorable Mention Sean Lee student of Drew Lecher

Honorable Mention Kaylee Kim student of Betty Haag Kuhnke

Honorable Mention Carrie Wang student of Sang Mee Lee

Violin Junior II

First Place Claire Metcalf student of Betty Haag Kuhnke

Second Place Suminne Hong student of Desiree Ruhstrat

Honorable Mention Nicole Tong student of Desiree Ruhstrat

Honorable Mention Ariana O’Connell student of Betty Haag Kuhnke

Honorable Mention Kelly Kim student of Sang Mee Lee

Violin Senior

First Place Hannah Lin student of Desiree Ruhstrat

Second Place Micah Yoo student of Desiree Ruhstrat

Third Place Rachel Hsu student of Desiree Ruhstrat

Honorable Mention Claire Arias-Kim student of Almita Vamos

Honorable Mention Justin Lee student of Betty Haag Kuhnke

Piano Youth

First Place Freya Pang student of Sueanne Metz

Second Place Chloe Palmes student of Sueanne Metz

Third Place Claire Rong student of Sueanne Metz

Honorable Mention David He student of Faye Mao

Honorable Mention Joshua Park student of Sueanne Metz

Piano Junior I

First Place David Dai student of Christina Tio

Second Place (tie) Richelle Shi student of Brenda Huang

Second Place (tie) Angela Qian student of Sueanne Metz

Honorable Mention Melody Xu student of Sueanne Metz

Honorable Mention Audrey Yin student of Sueanne Metz

Honorable Mention Joey Zhu student of Sueanne Metz

Piano Junior II

First Place Frank Gao student of Brenda Huang

Second Place Annie Tang student of Faye Mao

Third Place Annie He student of Faye Mao

Honorable Mention Christian Choi student of Sung Hoon Mo

Honorable Mention William Zhu student of Sueanne Metz

Piano Senior

First Place Emily Cho student of Brenda Huang

Second Place John Cao student of Alan Chow

Third Place Alicia Fu student of Faye Mao

Honorable Mention Jarrett Takaki student of Sueanne Metz

Honorable Mention Julia Wood student of Faye Mao

Cello Youth

First Place Jeffery Tong student of Tanya Carey

Second Place Ella Wimbiscus student of Sanghui Wimbiscus

Third Place Laila Valenti student of Mindy Park

Cello Junior I

First Place Linus Ho student of Linc Smelser

Second Place Olivia Boe student of Mindy Park

Third Place Kai Dizon student of Martine Benmann

Honorable Mention Khalilah Muhammad student of Martine Benmann

Cello Junior II

First Place Camille Toubol student of David Cunliffe

Second Place Mia Wimbiscus student of Hans Jensen

Third Place Sajdah Muhammad student of Martine Benmann 

Honorable Mention Claudia Yoon student of David Cunliffe

Cello Senior

Second Place Ezra Escobar student of Tanya Carey

Third Place Raphael Maranon student of Nazar Dzhuryn

Honorable Mention Natasia Preys student of Paula Kosower

Chinese Instruments

Second Place Emily Zhao student of Qi Wang

Honorable Mention Angela Wang student of Qi Wang

Honorable Mention Sophia Zhao student of Qi Wang

Voice

Second Place May Coppler

Third Place Lena Valenti

Chamber Pre-College

First Place Landolfi Duo: Rabia Brooke, Camille Toubol coached by David Cunliffe

Coming Soon – Huang Zhong Trophy Awards List!