Winners 2009 | Music Department

The Competition Finals took place Saturday, May 16, 2009

Grand Prize Winners 2009

Michael Davidman, Level 1, piano

Xiadi (Mark) Zhuang, Level 2, flute

Anteo Fabris, Original Composition, Three Pieces for String Quartet

Complete List of Winners

Level I, Junior High School

First Place Winners:

Michael Davidman, piano, grade 6, NEST(NewExplorationsInScienceAndMath), NY, private study with Efrim Briskin

Bihn Sangbin Park, cello, grade 6, Welsh Valley Middle School, Narbeth, Pa., private study with Metta Watts

Second Place Winners:

Kevin Li, piano, grade 7, S.I. Technical High School, private study with KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle

Bridget Murray, flute, grade 9, S.I. Technical High School, private study with KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle

Lockwood Taylor, voice, grade 9, Nutly High School, Nutly, NJ, private study with Michael Cundari

Geoffrey Wang, piano, grade 9, S.I. Technical High Schoo, private study with Michael Thomopoulos

Third Place Winners:

Agnes Chang, violin, grade 9, Great Neck South High School, NY, private study with Ann Setzer

Songhee Han, flute, grade 9, Tottenville High School, S.I., private study with KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle

Milton Su, piano, grade 8, Rocco Laurie Intermediate School, S.I., private study with Wen-Yi Lo

Honorable Mention:

Yuree Kim, flute, grade 8, I.S. 75, S.I., NY, private study with KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle

Eun Soo Koh, piano, grade 9, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY, Manhattan School of Music(Pre-college), private study with Zenon Fishbein

Kota Nomura, violin, grade 7, Jericho Middle School, Jericho, NY, private study with David Stuckenbruck

Kira Brabhu, piano, grade 7, Columbia Middle School, Berkeley Heights, NY, private study with Johanna Chao

Level II, Senior High School

First Place Winners:

Da Som Jung, piano, grade 10, St. Agnes Academic High School, College Point, NY, private study with KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle

Xiadi (Mark) Zhua Da Som Jung, flute, grade 11, S.I Technical High School, private study with KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle

Second Place Winners:

Regina Burd, piano, grade 10, Stuyvesant High School, NY, prikvate study with Alexander Sarest

Harry Chang, violin, grade 10, Great Neck North High School, NY, private study with Ann Setzer

Ting Li Chiu, violin, grade 10, East Brunswick High School, NJ, private study with Ann Setzer

Huei Lin, alto saxophone, grade 10, Stuyvesant High School, NY, private study with Loren Stillman

Katherine Liu, violin, grade 11, LaGuardia High School, NY, private study with Susan Kim

Third Place Winners:

Man Kin (Eric) Chow, piano, grade 12, Bayside High School, NY, private study with Yuka Yoshino

Ashley Han, flute, grade 11, S.I. Technical High School, private study with Susan Kim

Katherine Liu, violin, grade 11, LaGuardia High School, NY, private study with Susan Kim

Samantha Wilson, voice, grade 10, Oceanside High School, Long Island, NY, private study with Julia and Jim Sergi

Honorable Mention

Emily Chow, piano, grade 11, S.I. Technical High School, private study with Lidia Bofuslavsky

Daniel Kim, clarinet, grade 12, S.I. Technical High School, private study with KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle

Original Composition Winners

Grand Prize Winner:

Anteo Fabris, grade 12, LaGuardia High School for Music Art and the Performing Arts, private study with Steven Sacco

Three Little Pieces for String Quartet, 3rd move.

Honorable Mention:

Andrew Poole Todd, GED, grade 11, private study with John Pospisil

Scherzo for String Quartet

Arielle Rabinowitz, Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, grade 11, Brookline, MA , private study with Alla Elana Cohen

Undercurrents for clarinet, violin, vibraphone, bassoon, Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano

Undercurrents for clarinet, violin, vibraphone, bassoon, piano is a single-movement piece that contains four contrasting sections. The first section is slow and contains a constant flowing motion. The second section is twice as fast as the first, suddenly becoming mysterious and calm. Within this section, there are three frequently repeated chords, initially stated by the piano, followed by the violin as double stops . In the third section, the tempo slows down slightly, and the mood becomes jovial and light. There is a phrase of four sixteenth notes that repeats frequently and establishes an underlying unity. The final section is the fastest of the piece, culminating in a fury of sound as the instruments reach their final gestures. Throughout the entire movement, the piece gradually grows and develops dynamically and slowly becomes more unified.

Danielle Galler-Rabinowitz, Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, grade 11, Brookline, MA, private study with Alla Elana Cohen

Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Movement III (Andante Triste) Trio

Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano, a short, three-movement piece is a conversation between three distinct voices. Each instrument speaks in a similar thematic language, but differs slightly from the other voices; this difference may be in register, inversion, or retrograde. By using these specific techniques to differentiate between the instruments, the goal was to create an atmosphere that is, in a sense, polemic: although the instruments are not constantly at odds with each other, the thematic material in each movement is utilized differently by the three voices until the ear is "exhausted" by the sounds. Aside from pitch content, the piece also contains constant rhythmic repetition that continues throughout the three movements, representing the common thread between sections.

Recording: Ernie Jackson, Anthony Babino, Jonathan Caro
Coordinators: Leanne Surace, Aneta Kielkucki
Photographs: Leanne Surace, Anthony Babino