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Winners 2008 |
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Performance Competition
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The Preliminaries were held March 15, 2008
First Place Winners 2008
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High School Level (Level II)
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Harry Chiang, violin
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Moriah Finer Trenk, piano
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Pre High School Level (Level 1)
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| Complete List of Performance Competition Winners |
High School Level (Level II)
First Place Winners
Harry Chiang, violin, grade 9, Great Neck High School, N.Y., private study with Ann Setzer
Katherine Koo, clarinet, grade 11, Academy of the Holy Angels, Old Tappan, NJ, private study with Laura Flax
James Mendelson, viola, grade 11, The Dalton School, NYC, private study with Alexander Rees
Moriah Finer Trenk, piano, grade 9, Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, N.Y., private study with Paul Ostrovsky
Second Place Winners
Benjamin Adler, clarinet, grade 12, LaGuardia High School, NYC, private study with Laurie Friedman
Howard Yew, piano, grade 11, Susan F. Wagner High School, private study with Wen-Yi Lo
Third Place Winners
Jean Baak, piano, grade 10, Susan F. Wagner High School, S.I., private study with Joyce Chung Liu
Xiadi (Mark) Zhuang, flute, grade 10, S.I. Technical High School, private study with KerriAnn Dibari-Oberle
Honorable Mention
Erik Andersen, cello, grade 11, S.I., Technical High School, private study with Madeline Caspari
Sneha Banergee, piano, grade 10, S.I. Technical High School, private study with Joyce Chung Liu
Natan Belchikov, piano, grade 9, Hunter College High School, private study with Nataliya Medvedovskaya
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Pre-High School Level (Level I)
First Place Winners
Stephanie Sun, piano, grade 6, IS 34, private study with Wen-Yi Lo
Jake Taylor, cello, grade 5, Special Music School, NYC, private study with Vladimir Panteleyev
Second Place Winners
Jean-Gabriel Reotutar, piano, grade 7, I.S. 34, S.I., private study with Joyce Chung Liu
Samantha Silverstein, violin, grade 3, Salt Brook School, New Providence, N.J., private study with Misha Kuchuk
Third Place Winners
Jeffrey Sun, piano, grade 2, P.S. 48, S.I., private study with Wen-Yi Lo
Kenta Nomura, violin, grade 3, Cantiague Elementary School, Jericho, NY, private study with Dale Stuckenbruck
Honorable Mention
Stephen Joseph Giglia, piano, grade 5, P.S. 180, Brooklyn, N.Y., private study with Elena Antimova
Bridget Murray, flute, grade 8, I.S. 24, S.I., private study with KeriAnn Dibari-Oberle
The Grand Prize Winners 2008
Level 1 Co-Winners
Stephanie Sun, piano
Stephanie Sun is currently twelve years old and attends Tottenville Intermediate
School (IS 34) on Staten Island. She is a member of ARISTA at her school and has
one of the highest grade point averages. She plays piano, violin and flute. She
also enjoys reading and writing. Her piano study wi with Wen-Yi Lo. Since six she
has been studying piano with Sanchie Bobrow is is a member of the Mighty String
Demons. Stephanie has participated in various competitions and performances. She
won Second and Third places several times in the Wagner College Young Musicians
Competition. She has also won Third place and Honorable Mention for Violin. She
took part in the Mid-Season Musicale of the Associated Music Teachers last year
and this past August she won Second Prize in the Talent Search category of the
LISMA International Music Teachers League. She also participated in the September
11 Memorial Ceremony for the Borough President. This year she played the Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 as “future musician” at the State of the Borough Address.
Jake Taylor, cello
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Recording: Ernie Jackson, Anthony Babino, Jonathan Caro
Coordinators: Leanne Surace, Aneta Kielkucki
Photographs: Leanne Surace
Special thanks to Ernie Jackson, Shirley Bock, Jeff Gutkin, Mark Farley
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