YAA 2015 Winners - Raleigh Piano Teachers Association
Raleigh Piano Teachers Association Young Artist Auditions 2015 We are pleased to announce the winners of the YAA 2015 Honors and Composition Divisions. Concerto 1 1st Place - Ellie Kim – student of Juhee Kim 2nd Place – Jason Lee – student of Juhee Kim 3rd Place – Evan Zhu – student of Medea Kiknadze-Toumadjanov Honorable Mention – Madison Chen – student of Juhee Kim Concerto 2 1st Place – Alex Niu – student of Juhee Kim 2nd Place – Reghan White – student of Christene Vaughan 3rd Place – Corbin Edwards – student of Christene Vaughan Honorable Mention – Jackson Klauke – student of Judith Ko-Ruggero Concerto 3 1st Place – Hanson Zhang – student of Juhee Kim 2nd Place – Hrishikesh Ram – student of John Herrmann 3rd Place – Christianna Swift – student of Zinaida Astrakhan Honorable Mention – Rachel Li – student of Medea Kiknadze-Toumadjanov Concerto 4 1st Place – Grace He – student of Teddy Robie 2nd Place – Jessica Zhong – student of Medea Kiknadze-Toumadjanov 3rd Place - Josephine Niu – Florence Hsiu Ko Honorable Mention – Allison Hoerler – student of Welkin Yang Prince 1st Place – Kevin Xu – student of Florence Hsiu Ko 2nd Place – Jerry Xu – student of Florence Hsiu Ko 3rd Place – Brenden Li – student of Brenda Bruce Princess 1st Place – Caroline Wang – student of Brenda Bruce 2nd Place – Sydney Tai – student of Zinaida Astrakhan 3rd Place – Michelle Gan – student of Clara Yang Honorable Mention – Karen Guo – student of Florence Hsiu Ko King 1st Place – Kevin Zhou – student of Margaret Evans 2nd Place – Stephen Li – student of Florence Hsiu Ko 3rd Place – Kenny Hoang - student of Margaret Evans Honorable Mention – Luke Knudsen – student of Margaret Anne Smith Queen 1st Place – Emily Xu – student of Florence Hsiu Ko 2nd Place – Julianna M. Versola – student of Olga Urick Page 1 Young Artist II 1st Place – Pranay Tankala – student of Zinaida Astrakhan 2nd Place – Sichenz Zeng – student of Florence Hsiu Ko 3rd Place – Daniel Zhang – student of Florence Hsiu Ko Honorable Mention – Alice Yu – student of Brenda Bruce Young Artist I – Room 206 1st Place – Sophia Luo – student of Svetlana Mungalov 2nd Place – April Wang – student of Kerry Henry 3rd Place – Sherry Liu – student of Florence Hsiu Ko Honorable Mention – Harrison Chen – student of Kent Lyman Young Artist I – Room 209 1st Place – Michelle Dai – student of Jeanine Skinner 2nd Place – David Niu – student of Florence Hsiu Ko 3rd Place – Julie Mook – student of Welkin Yang Honorable Mention – Jonathon Song – student of Florence Hsiu Ko Senior II – Carswell 1st Place - Maho Yamanaka – student of Kellis Dryer 2nd Place – Jennifer Shen – student of Xiauxuan Yu 3rd Place – Estelle He – student of Terry Elizabeth Thompson Honorable Mention – Eric Y Wang – student of Olga Urick Senior II – Room 205 1st Place – Jackson Cowsert – student of Judith Ko-Ruggero 2nd Place - William Aarons – student of Brenda Bruce 3rd Place - Alexander Gordh – student of Margaret Evans Honorable Mention – Lillian Liu – student of Terry Elizabeth Thompson Senior I – Room 206 1st Place – Melanie Nguyen – student of Alma Sparks 2nd Place – Katherine Wan – student of Svetlana Mungalov 3rd Place – Tanya Qu – student of Medea Kiknadze-Toumadjanov Honorable Mention – Siddhartha Das – student of Nadine Miedreich Senior I – Room 209 1st Place – Claire Brown – student of Svetlana Mungalove 2nd Place – Arthur Vu – student of Pin Pin Jong 3rd Place – Laura Sultan – student of Amy Gardner Honorable Mention – Kevin Lin Chen – student of Xiauxuan Yu Senior I – Room 218 1st Place – Megan Pramojaney – student of Nadine Miedreich 2nd Place – Caroline Baker – student of Mary DeBoy 3rd Place – Luke Duan – student of Florence Hsiu Ko Honorable Mention – Rebecca Davis – student of Welkin Yang Page 2 Senior I – Room 224 1st Place Savarni Sanka – student of Angela Stephenson 2nd Place – Eric Hoang – student of Margaret Evans 3rd Place – Leon Gu – student of Nadine Miedreich Honorable Mention – Maggie Zhang – student of Olga Urick Intermediate II – Room 213 1st Place – Xiye Chen – student of Medea Kiknadze-Toumadjanov 2nd Place – Eric Song – student of Juhee Kim 3rd Place – Aaron Barrett – student of John Herrmann Honorable Mention – David Kim – student of Judith Ko-Ruggero Intermediate II – Room 223 1st Place – Hannah Qu – student of Lindsay Brooks 2nd Place – James Vanhille – student of Florence Hsiu Ko 3rd Place – Jonathan Chen – student of Kent Lyman Honorable Mention – Jennifer Ye – student of Anne V. Scoggin Intermediate II – Room 233 1st Place – Daniel Hong – student of Jeanine Skinner 2nd Place – Katherine He – student of Florence Hsiu Ko 3rd Place - Heidi Segars – student of Chris Dodson Honorable Mention – Isaac Luther – student of Brenda Bruce Intermediate II – Room P5 1st Place - Caroline Webber – student Sheila Dacus 2nd Place – Jolie Duquene – student of Galina Scholten-Makarevitch 3rd Place – Ethan Huang – student of Olga Urick Honorable Mention – Kevin Hu – student of Nadine Miedreich Intermediate II – Room P7 1st Place – Kyler Chen – student of Margaret Evans 2nd Place – Benjamin Luo – student of Florence Hsiu Ko 3rd Place – Hwaran Kim – student of Juhee Kim Honorable Mention – Alina Yang – student of Florence Hsiu Ko Intermediate I – Room 219 Rachel Wang – student of Juhee Kim Ethan He – student of Nadine Meidreich Jeb Brown – student of Sharon Haigler Valentin Panasevich – student of Natalia Selezneva Intermediate I – Room 215 Georgia Kate Edgerton – student of Dara Edwards Andy Sun – student of Xiauxuan Yu Anh Nguyen – student of Alma Sparks Elizabeth Davis – student of Helen Dietz Page 3 Intermediate I – Room 106 Ryan Chen – student of Svetlana Mungalov Nicholas Wiguna – student of John Herrmann Eric Xie – student of John Herrmann Anna Fox – student of Kerry Henry Intermediate I – Room 221 Dhruv Ranganath – student of Loogwah Kradlak Edward Zhang – student of Lindsay Brooks Shakira Qian – student of Rui Gong Shefali Pai – student of Pin Pin Jong Intermediate I – Room P3 Catie Cannon – student of Becky Jorgenson Isabella Xu – student of Svetlana Mungalov Olivia Liu – student of Xiauxuan Yu Kevin Sun – student of Xiauxuan Yu Intermediate I – Room P4 Abigal Xu – student of Xiauxuan Yu Felicia Yan – student of Victoria Zhao Hans Khatri – student of Kerry Henry Daniel Joo – student of Juhee Kim Composition Winners: Young Artist - Ezra Frazier "Yellow Bricks" Winner – student of Machiko Saegusa-Cole Senior - Alexander McKeveny "Fantasy in G Minor" Winner – student of Bonnie B. Walker Intermediate 1st Place - Colin Lay "Theme and Variation on Turkish Melody" - student of Machiko Saegusa-Cole 2nd Place - Zora Weir-Gertzog "Topple Down Clown" - student of Chrissy Ricker 3rd Place – Rusheel Gupta - "Nocturne" - student of Becky Jorgenson Elementary 1st Place - Adrian Tong "Bouncy" – student of Zinaida Astrakhan 2nd Place - Srikant Vasudevan "Hungerless" – student of Margaret Fontiveros 3rd Place - Ankita Karuturi "Ghost Night" – student of Tina Lyons-Bowman Concerto 1st Place Winners will perform at the Concerto Honors Recital, Friday March 20 th, 7:00 p.m. at Ruggero Piano. 2nd, 3rd and H.M. Concerto Winners will be honored and receive their awards after the Concerto Honors Recital. All Royalty, Young Artist I & II, Senior I & II, Young Artist Composition and Senior Composition 1 st Place Winners will perform on Honors Recital 1, Sunday March 22nd, 2:00 pm at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1725 N. New Hope Road, Raleigh NC. 27604. All 2nd, 3rd and H. M. winners will be honored and receive their awards after the Honors 1 Recital All Intermediate II 1st Place Winners, Intermediate I Winners, Intermediate Composition 1st Place and Elementary Composition 1st Place Winners will perform on Honors Recital II, Sunday March 22nd, 4:15 pm at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1725 N. New Hope Road, Raleigh NC, 27604. All 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention Intermediate II and Composition Winners will be honored and receive their award after the recital.
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