UMass Young Artist Awards 2021
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Young Artist Award Winners, Spring 2021
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VOICE
Category 1 (9th & 10th Grade):
1st place: Frederic Gondek (Teacher: Elisabeth Gondek)
2nd place: Sydney Palmer (Teacher: Carol Cybulska)
3rd place: Ilan Balzac (Teacher: Renée Tatum)
Category 2 (11th & 12th Grade):
1st place: Sam Higgins (Teacher: Corey Hart)
2nd place: Isabelle Bouvier (Teacher: Marjorie Melnick)
3rd place: Kelly McMahan (Teacher: Gina Beck)
Jury: William Hite, Marjorie Melnick, Jamie-Rose Guarrine
PIANO
1st place: Gaeun Lee (Teacher: Niva Fried)
2nd place: Jason Vu (Teacher: Victor Cayres)
3rd place: Benjamin Wolfson (Teacher: Natalia Harlap)
Honorable Mentions:
Alessandra Mariano, Colby Kramer
Jury: Christopher Guzman, Alpin Hong, Eric Huebner, Gilles Vonsattel
STRINGS
1st place: Melanie Chen, cello (Teacher: Andrew Mark)
2nd place: John Matters, violin (Teachers: Lynn Chang, Naoko Tanaka)
3rd place: Allison Jiang, violin (Teacher: Desiree Ruhstrat)
Honorable Mentions (Gift certificates from Stamell Strings):
Henry Ayanna, Olga Kaminsky, Xavier Ip
Jury: Edward Arron, Elizabeth Chang, Kathryn Lockwood, Morihiko Nakahara
WINDS BRASS PERCUSSION
1st prize: Emily DeNucci, flute (Teacher: Greig Shearer)
2nd prize: Alicia Kim, flute (Teacher: Ann Bobo)
3rd prize: Yelim Song, oboe (Teacher: Amanda Hardy)
Finalists: Jasmine Chen, horn; Emily DeNucci, flute; Joseph Iantosca, percussion; Alicia Kim, flute; Sophie Richardson, trombone; Yelim Song, oboe; Joshua Zhang, trombone
Brass area awards:
Sophie Richardson, trombone: Yamaha-Silent Brass, Virtuosity-Gift Certificate, S.E. Shires-Swag Bag
Jasmine Chen, horn: Virtuosity- Gift Certificate
Joshua Zhang, trombone: Virtuosity- Gift Certificate
Sam Bean, horn: Osmun Music-Free consultation and ½ hour of repair
Matthew Beaty, trombone: Gerry’s Music Shop- Gift Certificate
Zachary Stowe-Alekman, trumpet: David French Music-Free Ultrasonic Cleaning
Emily Riker, horn: David French Music-Free Ultrasonic Cleaning
Samuel Wilson, trumpet: David French Music-Free Ultrasonic Cleaning
Ryan Fernandes, trumpet: S.E. Shires-Swag Bag
Wind area awards:
Jason Chen, clarinet: Gerry’s Music Shop- Gift Certificate
Anna Lin, clarinet: Gerry’s Music Shop- Gift Certificate
Kate Park, flute: Gerry’s Music Shop- Gift Certificate
Percussion area award:
Joseph Iantosca: two pairs of mallets from Vic Firth, Gerry’s Music Shop- Gift Certificate
Winds Brass Percussion Juries:
First Round
Winds: Fredric Cohen, Cobus du Toit, Romie de Guise-Langlois, Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, Rémy Taghavi
Brass: Eric Berlin, Joshua Michal, Gregory Spiridopoulos, John Bottomley
Percussion: Matthew Gold, Ayano Kataoka
Final Round:
Cobus du Toit, Romie de Guise-Langlois, Joshua Michal, Gregory Spiridopoulos, Matthew Westgate, Matthew Gold, Ayano Kataoka
