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2014 Winners

Confucius

Congratulations to all who participated in the 30th Annual Music Festival in Honor of Confucius! The judges this year were all very impressed by the level of playing, so everyone should be proud of the work they did in preparation for this competition!

All results are final. First place winners will be featured at our Winners Concert on Sunday, November 23 at Gottlieb Hall, and will be contacted individually with more information regarding the performance. Congratulatory messages for the Winners Concert program book are available here. Comment sheets will be sent via mail directly to teachers by the end of the week, so please do not contact the CFAS Office for individual comment sheets and scores.

 

PIANO – YOUTH (ages 8 and under)
1st Place: Emmie Guo,   student of Sueanne Metz
2nd Place: Melody Xu,   student of Brenda Huang
3rd Place: Freya Pang,   student of Sueanne Metz
Honorable Mention: Kene Obiaya,   student of Bethany Stefaunt
Honorable Mention: Lingfei Tang,   student of Regina Syrkin

PIANO – JUNIOR 1A (ages 9 – 11)
1st Place: Kimiko Darcy,   student of Brenda Huang
2nd Place: Brooklyn Mao,   student of Brenda Huang
3rd Place: Lilian Xu,   student of Sueanne Metz

PIANO – JUNIOR 1B (ages 9 – 11)
1st Place: Emily Cho,   student of Brenda Huang
2nd Place: Frank Gao,   student of Brenda Huang
3rd Place: Isabel Chen,   student of Inah Chiu

PIANO – JUNIOR 2 (ages 12 – 14)
1st Place: Yuelin Zhong,   student of William Goldenberg
2nd Place: Jonathan Li,   student of Julia Tsien
3rd Place: Samuel Liu,   student of Brenda Huang
Honorable Mention: Colin Song,   student of Inah Chiu
Honorable Mention: Joseph Shin,   student of Sueanne Metz

PIANO – SENIOR (ages 15 – 18)
1st Place: Yerin Yang,   student of Brenda Huang
2nd Place: Derek Chung,   student of Sueanne Metz
3rd Place: Michael Lee,   student of Brenda Huang

VIOLIN – YOUTH (ages 8 and under)
1st Place: Esme Arias-Kim,   student of Betty Haag-Kuhnke
2nd Place: Mingshi Xia,   student of Lucinda Ali-Landing
3rd Place: Elle Cho,   student of Betty Haag-Kuhnke
Honorable Mention: Chrissy Jung,   student of Jenny Jung
Honorable Mention: Hannah Ding,   student of David Dai
Honorable Mention: Bianca Ciubancan,  student of Corina Lobont
Honorable Mention: Ava Isabella Angeles,  student of Catherine Crilly

VIOLIN – JUNIOR 1 (ages 9 – 11)
1st Place: Chizuru Tanaka,   student of Desiree Ruhstrat
2nd Place: Isabella Brown,   student of Almita Vamos
3rd Place: Suminne Hong,   student of Betty Haag-Kuhnke

VIOLIN – JUNIOR 2 (ages 12 – 14)
1st Place: Joshua Brown,   student of Almita Vamos
3rd Place: Jamie Zhang,   student of Nan Zhou

VIOLIN – SENIOR (ages 15 – 18)
1st Place: Shannon Kollasch,   student of Desiree Ruhstrat
2nd Place: Nicholas Brown,   student of Almita Vamos
3rd Place: Tabby Rhee,   student of Hye Sun Lee
Honorable Mention: Ellie Kim,   student of Sang Mee Lee

CELLO – YOUTH (ages 8 and under)
1st Place: Joey Zhu,   student of Nazar Dzhuryn
2nd Place: Linus Ho,   student of Cecilia Ham
3rd Place: Ronald Chen,   student of Martine Benmann
Honorable Mention: Angelika Wang,   student of Martine Benmann

CELLO – JUNIOR 1 (ages 9 – 11)
1st Place: William Tan,   student of Sally Gross
2nd Place: Mia Wimbiscus,   student of Gilda Barston and Hans Jensen
3rd Place: Claudia Yoon,   student of David Cunliffe
Honorable Mention: Manou Chakravorty,    student of  Karen Schulz-Harmon

CELLO – JUNIOR 2 (ages 12 – 14)
1st Place: Adam Lee,   student of Hans Jensen
2nd Place: Yuyu Katahira,   student of Hans Jensen
3rd Place: Claire Lee,   student of Hans Jensen
Honorable Mention: Alexander Li,   student of Gilda Barston

CELLO – SENIOR (ages 15 – 18)
1st Place: Josiah Yoo,   student of Hans Jensen
2nd Place (tie): Annamarie Wellems,   student of Tanya Carey
2nd Place (tie): Nathan Mo,   student of Hans Jensen

CHINESE INSTRUMENTS
3rd Place (tie): Meilin Chan,   student of Yuqi Deng
3rd Place (tie): Angela Wang,   student of Qi Wang
Honorable Mention: Ruijing Han,   student of Yuqi Deng

CHAMBER MUSIC
VIRGINIA GEYSER BEHRENDT SCHOLARSHIP
2nd Place: Tong Yu (violin), Kaiming Yu (piano),   students of Minghuan Xu
3rd Place: Chizuru Tanaka (violin), Claudia Yoon (cello), Anya Liu (piano),   students of Desiree Ruhstrat

Thank you all again for participating and be on the look out for next year’s competition in Spring 2015!