Andrew Ryba, violin
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Saint-Saens
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Shelly Zeiser, oboe
Oboe Concerto, Allegro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Stone Ng, piano
Nocturne, f minor, Op. 55, no.1, Frideric Chopin
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Brittany Stetson, voice
Nannetta's Aria, Falstaff,
Giuseppi Verdi
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Complete List of Winners for 2006
High School Level
First Place Winners:
Benjamin Cohen, violin, grade 11, Great Neck South High School, N.Y., private study with Natasha Lipkina
Se Eun Choi, clarinet, grade 11, John P. Stevens High School, Edison, N.J., private study with Hanna Kim
Justine Tiu, piano, grade 11, Hunter College High School, N.Y., private study with Cynthia Macias
Second Place Winners:
Yvonne Liu, violin, grade 11, Great Neck South High School, N.Y., private study Ann Setzer
Diana Miller, flute, grade 11, Tottenville High School, S. I., N.Y., private study with Keri Ann K.DiBari-Oberli
Joan Ma, piano, grade 11, Staten Island Technical High School, N, Y., private study with Yelena Khaymovich
Michele Mazzocco, voice, grade 12, St. Francis Prep, S.I., private study with Julia Sergi
Third Place Winners:
Ben Bregman, violin, grade 10, Milburn High School, Short Hills, N.J., private study with Patina Kopec
Cynthia Chon, piccolo, grade 11, Tottenville High School, S.I., N.Y., private study with Keri Ann K. DiBari-Oberli
Howard Yew, piano, grade 9, Susan Wagner High School, S.I., N.Y., private study with Wen-Yi Lo
Frank Zulferino, piano, grade 11, Msgr. Farrell High School, S.I., N.Y., private study with Janet Pranschke
Honorable Mention:
Nicole Kilroy, violin, grade 10, Poughkeepsie Day School, Poughkeepsie, NY, private study with Anna Ostrofsky
Magee Capsouto, violin, grade 10, Bard High School Early College, private study with Steven Rochen
Daniel Kim, clarinet, grade 9, Staten Island Technical High School, private study with Keri Ann K.DiBari-Oberli
Geoffrey Tsui, piano, grade 11, Stayvesant High School, N.Y., private study with Wen-Yi Lo
Teghvir Singh Sethi, piano, grade 10, Wheatly High School, Westbury, N.Y., private study with Patricia King
Pre-High School Level
First Place Winners:
Andrew Ryba, violin, grade 8, Home schooled, Fresh Meadows, N.Y., private study with Margaret Pardee
Shelly Zeiser, oboe, grade 8, Herricks Middle School, Roslyn, N.Y., private study with Ko Kaiden
Stone Ng, piano, grade 7, The Hudson School, Jersey City, N.J., private study with Esther Lee Kaplan
Brittany Stetson, voice, grade 6, Elias Bernstein Intermediate School, S.I., private study with Janet Pranschke
Second Place Winners:
Kira Elise Mathias-Prabhu, violin, grade 4, Thomas P Hughes School, Berkeley Heights, NJ, private study with Izabella Liss Stone Ng, violin, grade 7, The Hudson School, N.J., private study with Steven Rochen
Susan Lee, flute, grade 7, Palisades Park High School, N.J., private study with Keri Ann K.Bari-Oberli
David Zaks, piano, grade 8, Elysian Charter School, Hoboken, N.J., private study with Alon Nechushtan
Stephanie Blanco, voice, grade 7, Oceanside Middle School, Rockville Centre, N.Y., private study with Julia Sergi
Third Place Winners:
Tara Frances Mathias-Prabhu, violin, grade 2, Thomas P. Hughes School, Berkeley Heights, NJ, private study with Izabella Liss
Rahbeka Anderson, flute, grade 7, William A. Morris Intermediate School, SI, NY, private study with Tamara Keshecki
Yuri Kim, clarinet, grade 5, P.S. 3, S.I., N.Y., private study with Keri Ann K. DiBari-Oberli
Kira Elise Mathias-Prabhu, piano, grade 4, Thomas P. Hughes School, Berkeley Heights, NJ, private study with Min Kim
Stephanie Sun, piano, grade 4 P.S. 48, S. I., N.Y., private study with Wen-Yi Lo
Honorable Mention:
Stephanie Sun, violin, grade 4, P.S. 48, S. I., N.Y., private study with Sanchie Bobrow
Cush Solberg, cello, grade 5, Home schooled, Ellenville, N.Y., private study with Susan Seligman
Stephen Joseph Giglia, clarinet, grade 5, P.S. 23, S.I., private study with Mary Parassimo
Justin Joo, piano grade 8, Englewood Cliffs Upper School, N.J., private study with Michael Thomopoulos
Geoffrey Wang, piano, grade 6, St. Joseph Hill Academy, S.I., private study with Michael Thomopoulos
The Grand Prize Winners 2006 were selected at the Competition Finals
Saturday, May 20, 2006
The Grand Prize Winners 2006
Each winner will receive $500 and will be presented in a solo recital at
Wagner College, Campus Hall Performance Center
SeEun Choi, High School Level, clarinet
SeEun Choi was born in AnYang, South Korea. She moved to the United States when she was four years old, and started playing the clarinet when she was eight years old. A year after moving to Edison, she began studying with Mr..Hana Kim, who has been a guiding force in both her playing and in her life. She has been accepted into the Central Jersey Region Bands in the middle school and high school levels for the last five years. She was also accepted in the New Jersey All State Bands for the last two years and the New Jersey All State Orchestra in 2006. SeEun Choi is now a junior at the John P. Stevens High School in Edison, New Jersey. At her high school, she is part of the concert and marching bands, which are under the direction of Mr. Andrew DeNicola and Mr.John Zazzalli. She has been selected to be one of the three drums majors for the marching band season of 2006.
Stone Ng, Pre-High School Level, piano
Stone Ng is 13 years old. He studies piano with Esther Lee Kaplan at Third Street Music School Settlement. He has performed in Christ and St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Peter Norton Symphony Space, The Pierre Hotel, Saint Marks Church, and Steinway Hall. Stone has won 1st place in the 2004 Nicholas Flagello Piano Competition, and Grand Prize in the 2006 Wagner Young Musicians Competition. Apart from solo piano, Stone also plays chamber music in the Third Street Music School Settlement, New York Youth Symphony, and The Hudson School. He is also a member of the Third Street Music School Settlement’s Philharmonia Orchestra. Stone has been in master classes taught by Carol Wincenc, Ida Kavafian, Phyllis Lehrer, Lang Lang, Ernest Salem and The Shanghai Quartet. Stone also plays the violin at the Third Street Music School Settlement. Stone has attended Port Milford Music Camp and Kinhaven Music Camp, Meadowmount School of Music, and will be attending Interlochen Center for the Arts. Stone attends the eighth grade at The Hudson School in Hoboken, New Jersey. Apart from music, Stone’s interests include tennis and skiing. Stone presented his recital at Wagner at 3:00 p.m., May 20, 2007.
Prelude and Fugue in D minor.....................Johann Sebastian Bach
(Well-tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 875)
Sonata no. 11 in A Major, K. 330............Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante grazioso, Minuetto, Alla Turca
Nocturne in F minor, op. 55, no. 1...........................Frédéric Chopin
Sonata in D Major for Flute and Piano.....Johann Nepomuk Hummel
with Sophie Meislin, flute
Étude de Virtuosité, op. 72, no. 6, in F Major ................Moritz Moszkowski
Original Composition Competition
First Place Winner
Eric Xu
Recording Engineers, Ernie Jackson, Mitch Sims, Jeff Cavorley
Photographs, Jeff Cavorley, Mitch Sims
Assistants, Jim Mauro, Astrid Baran
