STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., March 29 — The Wagner College Music Department on Thursday announced the winners of this year’s Young Musicians Competition preliminaries, which were held on Sunday.
Students from throughout the New York metropolitan area competed in two age categories — pre-high school (Category I) and high school (Category II) — and in six performance categories: keyboard, bowed strings, plucked strings, woodwinds, brass and voice.
First-place winners in Sunday’s preliminary competition were:
* Geoffrey Wang , Keyboard (Piano) I, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Helen Yao, Keyboard (Piano) I, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Jesse Burnside Murray, Bowed Strings (Cello) I, New York, N.Y.
* Manami Mizumoto, Bowed Strings (Violin) I, New York, N.Y.
* Luis Diaz, Woodwind (Flute) I, New York, N.Y.
* Chanah Elizabeth Ambuter, Plucked Strings (Harp) II, Vernon, N.J.
* Benjamin Bregman, Bowed Strings (Violin) II, Short Hills, N.J.
* Laura Kegeles, Bowed Strings (Cello) II, New York, N.Y.
First-place winners will go on to compete for the grand prize in each age category in the Young Musicians Competition finals in May. Grand-prize winners will be awarded $500 each and a solo recital next year at Wagner College.
Other winners in Sunday’s preliminary competition were:
* Yuree Kim, Honorable Mention, Woodwind (Flute) I, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Kira Elise Mathias-Prabhu, Second Place, Keyboard (Piano) I, Murray Hill, N.J.
* Matthew Fishteyn, Third Place, Keyboard (Piano) I, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Moriah Feiner Trenk, Third Place, Keyboard (Piano) I, Scarsdale, NY
* Harry Chiang, Honorable Mention, Keyboard (Piano) I, Great Neck, N.Y.
* Stephanie Sun, Honorable Mention, Keyboard (Piano) I, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Harry Chiang, Second Place, Bowed Strings (Violin) I, Great Neck, N.Y.
* Asa Capsouto, Second Place, Bowed Strings (Cello) I, New York, N.Y.
* Kira Elise Mathias-Prabhu, Third Place, Bowed Strings (Violin) I, Murray Hill, N.J.
* Tara Frances Mathias-Prabhu, Third Place, Bowed Strings (Violin) I, Murray Hill, N.J.
* Cush Solberg, Honorable Mention, Bowed Strings (Cello) I, Ellenville, NY
* Caelie M.Butler, Honorable Mention, Bowed Strings (Violin) I, Claryville, N.Y.
* Stephanie Sun, Honorable Mention, Bowed Strings (Violin) I, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Sarah-Jane Pinsky, Second Place, Voice (Voice) II, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Howard Yew, Second Place, Keyboard (Piano) II, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Irma Daunoraite, Second Place, Bowed Strings (Cello) II, Glendale, N.Y.
* Alexandra Kelly, Second Place, Bowed Strings (Viola) II, Bridgewater, N.J.
* Michael Chiang, Third Place, Bowed Strings (Cello) II, Great Neck, N.Y.
* Nicole Kilroy, Honorable Mention, Bowed Strings (Violin) II, Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
* Marcel Krasner, Honorable Mention, Bowed Strings (Cello) II, Brooklyn, N.Y.
* Sarah-Jane Pinsky, Honorable Mention, Bowed Strings (Cello) II, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Deborah Milburn, Honorable Mention, Bowed Strings (Violin) II, Brooklyn, N.Y.
* Erik Andersen, Honorable Mention, Bowed Strings (Cello) II, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Daniel Kim, Second Place, Woodwind (Clarinet) II, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Ashley Han, Second Place, Woodwind (Flute) II, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Cynthia Chon, Third Place, Woodwind (Flute) II, Staten Island, N.Y.
* Lynette Ford, Honorable Mention, Woodwind (Flute) II, Staten Island, N.Y.
For more information about the Wagner College Young Musicians Competition, visit the contest’s Web site at wagner.edu/ymc.
