2024 AGM Great Lakes Regiohal Program

FRIDAY - April 5, 2024

SATURDAY - april 6, 2024

SUNDAY - april 7, 2024

Welcome to the 47th annual

Great Lakes Regional Contest

n behalf of the American Guild of Music’s Board of Directors and the Great Lakes Regionals Contest Committee, we are honored and delighted to extend to you all a warm and heartfelt welcome. This weekend, we come together not just to compete, but to celebrate the incredible dedication, passion, and artistry that each of you brings to the world of music.

The journey you have embarked upon is a testament to your commitment to excellence in your musical pursuits. It is no small feat to reach the level at which you now perform. The hours of practice, the determination in the face of challenges, and your unwavering love for music have brought you to this moment. For that, you deserve not just recognition, but sincere con -

This competition is a platform for you to share your talents, to learn from one another, and to experience the joy of music in a new and enriching way. Remember, while the nature of a competition implies winners and runners-up, each of you is a winner in your own right. You have won over the countless obstacles on the path to musical excellence, and you have won the hearts of those who have had the pleasure of witnessing your growth as musicians. Let the competition be a celebration of your hard work, your talent, and your dedication to the art of music.

And speaking of celebrations, don’t forget to share those shining moments! Visit the AGM photo booth and take pictures with your cell phones – then share your AGM memories by tagging us on Facebook @americanguild or on Twitter and Instagram @AGMcontests or #agmglr. Don’t forget to visit our social pages!

In closing, we want to remind you that your journey in music is just not you leave with a trophy, know that you have already achieved remarkable. You have honed your craft, you have dared to share your art, and you have joined a community of young musicians who, like you, will be the torchbearers of the musical heritage we all cherish. We invite you to continue your journey to musical excellence this summer at the National Convention in Columbus, Ohio July 11-14.

Yours in music,

Richard A. Chizmadia Contest Manager Executive Director

Gina Selvaggi Contest Director

Welcome from the AGM President

Welcome to a weekend that promises to be a remarkable journey through the world of music, filled with performances that will undoubtedly leave us all inspired. I am thrilled to see so many passionate individuals gather for our music competition.

Your dedication to your craft is the reason we are all here today. It is your love for music, your countless hours of practice, and your courage to perform that fuel our mission. This weekend is a celebration of your hard work and a testament to your commitment to excellence in the art of music.

I want each of you to know how proud we are to have you as part of this event. You are not just participants in a competition; you are vital members of a community that values the transformative power of music. Through your performances, you contribute to a legacy of artistic expression that transcends language, culture, and time.

As you prepare to take the stage, I encourage you to focus on the joy that music brings into our lives. Competitions, by their nature, highlight individual achievement, but the true essence of this weekend is about much more than awards. It is about sharing your passion, learning from one another, and celebrating the beauty of music together.

Remember, success is not solely defined by the outcome of this competition. Success is having the courage to perform, the determination to improve, and the willingness to be a part of something larger than oneself. Each note you play and each piece you perform contribute to the rich tapestry of our musical community.

Let this weekend be a memorable experience that encourages you to continue pursuing your musical dreams. Whether on stage or in the audience, let us support one another, fostering an environment of respect, learning, and inspiration.

Thank you for bringing your talents to this competition. Your performances are a gift to all who have the privilege to listen, and I am genuinely excited to witness the incredible music you will create.

Best of luck, and more importantly, enjoy every moment of this musical adventure.

With warmest regards,

Sue Pennington President

About Your Program Book

The contest schedule is arranged alphabetically by instrument. Each instrument is broken down chronologically by day and then subdivided by type of category. The title of each category will appear at the top of the category followed by the room name. If the category title and room do not appear at the top of the column in which your name appears trace UP the preceding column, as the schedule reads from left to right and the bottom of one column flows to the top of the following column. If you have a problem locating your event in the program go to the information table at the AGM Registration Area.

Awards & Score sheets

Evaluation trophies will be given at the time that the evaluation solos are performed. All other awards will be presented at the Awards on SUNDAY at the banquet. If you CANNOT attend the awards, be sure to let your teacher know so they can pick up any awards that you may receive. Unclaimed awards will NOT be shipped YOU MUST WEAR YOUR BADGE TO CLAIM ANY AWARDS Dress code is in effect for the Awards Program. No jeans, T-shirts, running shoes, shorts, or tank tops etc. No more than two seats are allowed to be saved per family for members arriving late at the Sunday Awards. Score sheets will be emailed to the teachers following the awards. You will receive them from your teacher. Ribbons will be given out to the teacher or a studio representative after the conclusion of the Sunday Awards.

Time Limits

The AGM scoring system is as follows: Outstanding : 91-100, Superior: 86-90, Excellent: 80-85, Good: 71 - 79 Fair: Below 71. It is essential for all student performances to follow the time limits set forth by the AGM. If a student’s selection goes beyond the limit set, the student may lose points and/or be stopped.

LENGTH OF STUDY & POP DIVISIONS

AGE ACHIEVEMENT

6 years old and under..........2 minutes 7& 8 year olds............3 minutes 9 & 10 year olds................5 minutes 11 - 14 year olds...........9 minutes 15 & over.......................12 minutes

Memorization & Badges

ALL SOLOS MUST BE MEMORIZED, with the exception of EVALUATION solos. Ten (10) points will be deducted if music is used. A copy of the music must be made available to the judge in all categories except Pop Solos, Battle of the Bands and Pop Combos. PLEASE REMEMBER that PHOTOCOPIES ARE NOT acceptable An exception will be made if music is not available from the publishing company with written notice.

All students should register at the Registration Desk for the American Guild of Music after checking into the Hotel. Our desk will be on the lobby Level. A BADGE is required to perform and RECEIVE AWARDS, and they must be worn at all times while in the hotel complex. Any student without a badge MAY be asked to leave by Hotel Security.

Conduct & Release Waiver

All students are asked to observe common courtesy while staying at the Westin Hotel. Please respect the other guests, and their property, and please observe the AGM curfew. The Michigan legal drinking age is 21 years old. Minors who violate this law will have their alcohol confiscated. They will also be disciplined and/or disqualified from the competition. Any damages or mischief to the hotel or hotel property will result in disqualification of the persons and/or studio involved. The American Guild of Music, it’s Executive Officers and Board of Directors, either in part or collectively cannot and will not be held responsible for said persons and their actions. No refunds will be issued in the event of disqualification.

The American Guild of Music, Executive Officers and Board of Directors, either individually and/or collectively cannot and will not be held responsible for injury, damage or loss of property occurring to any person attending an American Guild of Music function, specifically the Great Lakes Regional Convention in Romulus, Michigan. Persons attending this convention agree to release the above mentioned organization and its governing body from any liability as a result of an accident or misfortune. The American Guild will not be responsible for actions of the Westin Hotel, its employees and activity-related personnel. The American Guild and governing body will not be liable for injury, loss or damage to person and/or property as a result of the purchase of activity related tickets to events featured during the Great Lakes Regional Contest. The American Guild of Music supports the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and will make special provisions to comply in its competitions providing written notification be given prior to the event.. All performances at an AGM Contest become property of the American Guild of Music and may be used in future website, social media, film and print promotions. Your participation in the contest gives us your permission.

Membership

All teachers who attend the Contest or the studio that they enter from must be a member of the American Guild of Music to enroll their students in the contest An individual teacher may become a professional member for a $80.00 new member fee This allows the professional teacher to enter only their students A music studio with more than one teacher may become a studio store member for a $200.00 new member fee This fee allows all teachers at the studio to enter students Anyone can become an associate member for a fee of $50.00. Associate membership does not have voting privileges or allow you to enter students All membership fees are tax deductible All membership fees must be paid on line at americanguild. org or sent to: Rick Chizmadia, AGM Treasurer, 12877 Alpine Terrace, Cincinnati, OH 45208

Time Conflicts

R EMEMBER GROUPS COME FIRST ! !

In the event of a time conflict, A GROUP or A Duet performance takes precedence over a SOLO. If two events are scheduled at the same time, ask to go at the beginning of one division and the end of the other. The student or teacher must inform the solo room that he/she will be delayed. The judge can hold a solo division open for 30 minutes if previously notified. If two solos are scheduled at the same time, ask to be placed first in one class and last in the other.

Badges & Contest Etiquette

Badges must be worn at all times to get into all AGM events. You must wear your badge to perform and pick up awards. We suggest that you staple your badge to the holder. There is a $5.00 replacement for all lost badges.

Proper conduct and dress is expected of all contest attendees for all official AGM events. Please give courtesy to those performing by not talking or taking pictures during performances. Enter the contest rooms only after you hear applause or the Room Monitor opens the door, DO NOT KNOCK ON DOORS

Proper Dress is mandatory. No Jeans, T-shirts, running shoes or shorts will be allowed in the contest rooms unless they are the outfit for a group performance, and may be worn for the group performance only. Please turn off cellular phones & pagers when in the contest rooms. When in the contest rooms please be courteous to those performing, do not talk or move about during a performance. Please do not play instruments or talk loudly in the halls outside the contest rooms. If the Contest Etiquette rules are not obeyed by the contestants or their families, it could mean expulsion from the contest. Dress code is enforced for the Awards. Please help the AGM maintain this highest level of integrity at the AGM Contest. The AGM will not tolerate any kind of tampering with judges or score room personnel. Any attempt by a contestant, parent, teacher or studio to influence an adjudicator’s decision will be met with appropriate action.

North American Invitational Championship, Age Finals & Concerto Qulalifications

Qualifications for the North American Invitational Championship will be held on various days depending on the instrument. This is a qualification round in which the winner and runner-up on Hard Rock Guitar, Classical Guitar, Guitar , Keyboard, Sequenced Keyboard, Drum Set, Violin, Classical Piano, Pop Piano, Vocal Musical Theatre, and Vocal Classical will continue on to the final round which will be held at the nationals in Columbus this summer. These winners will join qualifiers from other AGM Regionals as well as 2023’s NAIC Final Winners & Runners Up on above mentioned instruments. Winners of top categories in competitions sanctioned by other music organizations may apply for automatic qualifications into the finals providing they contact the Contest Director in writing. The North American Invitational Championship is the AGM’s most prestigious contest, and is open competition. The NAIC Finals winners will receive a handsome trophy and perform at the Awards Banquet on Sunday of the National Contest.

The North American Age Finals takes place at the national contest To qualify for the Age Finals, you must place first through fifth in the Qualification Solo divisions. Only the top three students in every age division will receive a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place trophy.

The winners and runner up of the concerto contest will also qualify for the finals at the nationals.

Walter Truszkowski & Joyce Lucido Memorial Award

All students attending the Great Lakes Regional Contest will have an opportunity to win the Joyce Lucido - Walter Truszkowski Memorial Awards. All they have to do is compose a minimum 50 word essay entitled “What the AGM Great Lakes Regional Contest means to me”

All essays must be submitted in person to the AGM registration desk no later than 4PM on Saturday of the Great Lakes Regional.

The winning essay will be read at the Sunday Award Ceremony and the student will have $250.00 go towards their National Contest expenses. Eligible contest expenses are all entry fees, banquet fees and hotel fees up to the amount of $250.00 No cash will be awarded.

Ashley Rozanski is a proud, long time member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity Association and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre. With dual residency in both NYC and MI, Ashley has had the honor of performing at major venues in both states such as The Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Detroit Music Hall, Meadow Brook Theatre and more. Some of her favorite credits include originating the role of Mary Magdalene in the tour of The Cross and the Light, Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), Hairspray (Tracy). With countless students across the country, Ashley has run her private acting and voice studio, AR Studio, for over a decade. She specializes in general audition and MT college audition prep. She also has the honor of directing and music directing musicals at various schools across NY and MI.

Lucas Bayagich is a seasoned pianist with over 15 years of dedicated performance experience, He bring a deep understanding of technical and artistic aspects of piano playing. He has training under renowned instructors (Neill Eisenstein, Tian Tian and I-Chen Yeh) His background as a music educator equips him with the skills to provide constructive feedback that nurtures growth and excellence in pianists of all ages.

He has a keen ear for musical nuances and a passion for fostering musical talent, and earned a scholarship to Oakland University for Piano Performance. Lucas is passionate about music education and is a dedicated educator at Solich Music.

Theresa Stager is in her eleventh year of administration and currently serves as Principal of Saline High School in Saline, MI. She earned her Bachelor of Music Education from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, and a Master of Educational Administration (Assessment and Evaluation) at the University of MichiganDearborn, and is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Leadership and Innovation at Arizona State University.

Theresa taught for 8 years as a public school music educator in Anchor Bay Schools in New Baltimore, MI teaching general music, band, and was co-director of the high school vocal music program. In addition to presenting and keynoting at many state and national music, administration, and technology conferences, she is also a past AGM competitor in piano and keyboard. Theresa served as Score Room Chairperson for the American Guild of Music, was a past Board member, and currently serves as a Board member of the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP).

Dr. Robert Phelps earned his doctorate from Michigan State University, focusing on the impacts of teacher turnover on educational systems. He is a skilled pianist with a performance degree, actively involved in music through teaching, adjudication, leadership roles, and speaking engagements. He boasts extensive performing experience as both a soloist and in duos, continually enriching his craft through participation in international music festivals and organizations. Additionally, he serves as a principal at Bloomfield Hills Schools, located near Detroit, Michigan.

Sara Aylesworth graduated from Oakland University in 2009, earning a B.A. in Music with Piano as her Major having studied with Dr. RebeccaMexicotte. She earned her State Certification (SCTM) from the Michigan Music Teacher Association in 2012, her National Certification (NCTM) from the Music Teacher National Association in 2014 and earned certification as a piano teacher through the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in 2023. She is currently studying under the tutelage of concert pianist, Derek Zhi Guang Chiu, and, Benjamin Paul Schmalz, M.Mus, MA.

Sara is the current President for Metropolitan Detroit Musicians League (MDML). She holds the Presidency in MDML for her 4th consecutive year and just began her third three-year term as an active Board member. Sara was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2016 and again in 2021 by MDML, with additional recognition from the State of Michigan for her outstanding contribution to the local organization.

Sara serves the Michigan Music Teachers Association holding a position on the Board as the Newsletter Editor .Additionally, Sara is also the President of Vivace Music Club She is a homeschooling Mom who lives in Utica, MI, with her wonderful husband and three children. She has an active piano teaching studio, Music Keys 33, and, is the proud owner of Prep My Art, a virtually based business to help students spanning nine Arts disciplines.

Christopher Charboneau retired from teaching music in 2019, after a 26-year career. He is a 1993 graduate of Northern Michigan University where he received a Bachelor of Music Education degree studying both piano and percussion. He has earned graduate credits from Central Michigan University, and a Master in the Art of Teaching degree from Marygrove College in 2005. Chris spent his first five years of teaching as the Director of Bands in the Harrison Community Schools in Harrison, Michigan. He has also taught in the Birmingham Public Schools and Oak Park Public Schools. He spent his last 8 years as the Music Director/Director of Bands at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. He directed the Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band and Concert Band, while also serving as the Department Chair of Performing and Visual Arts.

Sander Kostallari came from Albania to USA on March 31st. 1994. He started violin at the young age of six and pursued it through fine art school in the capital city of Tirana and later through Wayne State from which he got a bachelor’s degree in violin performance. Sander has been concertmaster and guest artist of Wayne State Symphony orchestra while studying there, then later on concertmaster of Livonia Grosse Pointe and international Symphony orchestras. Other orchestras that he is a member of are the Grand Rapids Symphony, Flint Symphony, Rochester Symphony Orchestra and many more. He also enjoyed playing at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island from May till November 2000.

Sander has been a string judge at Wayne State University judging the concerti competition and Oakland Strings concerto competition held in Oakland University

A-1 STUDIOS - WASHINGTON , MICHIGAN

ANASTASIA RIES - HOWELL, MICHIGAN*

ANN ARBOR MUSIC ACADEMY - NOVI, MICHIGAN*

BLUEBIRD PIANO STUDIO - SALINE, MICHIGAN

DENISE GREGG - ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN **

ERIKA THOMPSON - FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN

EXPRESSIONS MUSIC ACADEMY - NOVI, MICHIGAN

FAYE MAO - TROY, MICHIGAN

FORTISSIMO ACADEMY - ROCHESTER HILLS, MICHIGAN

GAIL’S MUSIC STUDIO - WHITMORE LAKE, MICHIGAN

GRAMLICH MUSIC - YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN

IRENE LIN - STERLING HTS, MICHIGAN

JAMI KRAUSE - WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN

JUDITH PARKINSON - CLINTON TWP, MICHIGAN

KAWAI LESSON STUDIO - SHELBY TWP, MICHIGAN

KEVIN CHEN - FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN*

KINGS SCHOOL OF MUSIC - TAYLOR, MICHIGAN

KYOKO KASHIWAGI - BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN

LBF PIANO & VOICE LLC - BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN

LEE CHIANG - NOVI, MICHIGAN

MANLING KWOK - LAKE ORION, MICHIGAN**

MANISHA RATHOD - NOVI, MICHIGAN

THANK YOU TO:

MARCELLO ROSSI- WARREN, MICHIGAN

MARK MCCOY MUSIC - SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN

MICHAEL EMSHWILLER - LENOX, MICHIGAN

MINGSHU ZHANG - NOVI, MICHIGAN

MIRELA COSTA - STERLING HTS, MICHIGAN**

MT CLEMENS MUSIC - MT CLEMENS, MICHIGAN

MUSAIC SCHOOL OF MUSIC - VAUGHAN, ONTARIO

MUSIC AT 1ST FINE ARTS ACADEMY - WESTLAND, MICHIGAN

NAI-WEN WANG - TROY, MICHIGAN

PELING HO - TROY, FL

PINLIN LIU - NOVI, MICHIGAN

PRELUDE MUSIC STUDIO - CANTON, MICHIGAN

RAN AN MUSIC - NOVI, MICHIGAN

SAKURANBO PIANO - ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN

SARAH KIM - TROY, MICHIGAN

SHU YU LIN - TROY, MICHIGAN

LONDON ACADEMY- ROCHESTER HILLS, MICHIGAN

WON SHIN - TROY, MICHIGAN

XIULI LU - TROY, MICHIGAN

YINGMIN LI - TROY, MICHIGAN

YUKI MUSIC - NOVI, MICHIGAN

* DENOTES NEW TEACHER

** DENOTES RETURNING TEACHER

We are celebrating our 47th anniversary together and so grateful to celebrate with you. We would like to thank those of you who volunteered your time to participate in this contest. m Hats off to the students for their hard work and dedication. m Students, give your mom and dad a big hug for their support to get you here. m Give even a bigger shout out to your teachers who prepare you for success and enter you into the contest. m

A huge thank you to Angie McGrath, Joseph Boehnlein for being the brains behind developing the scoring system. m Kiah Manthai and Jacob Chludzinski for their work assisting in the virtual score room. m To all of the volunteers who worked as room captains assisting the judges, you helped keep things running smoothly and on time. m To Julie Kopasz for assisting with awards and T-Shirt delivery. m To Ryan Ortiz, Alexander Sunga Jr, Jennifer Kowalski, Charisse and Stan Kowalski & volunteers for running the registration desk. m A big shout out to Richard Selveggi, Matt McGrath & Mark Pajakowski for all the hard work and dedication that they do to make this contest run smoothly. m To Dave Monahan and the staff at Kawai Music Gallery for finding us pianos. Karen Zakar and Brianna Zakar for your hard work providing trophies and keeping cost down. m Room monitors - Megan Spresser, Brent Ruby, Tom Rossini. m

Sue Pennington for her dedication to Music Theory.

Gina Selvaggi , Contest Director and Rick Chizmadia, Convention Manager m

PIANO CONCERTO QUALIFICATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGES: ROBERT PHELPS

SARA AYLESWORTH

2:00 PM-ELEMENTARY

Olivia Kou

VIOLIN CONCERTO QUALIFICATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: TBD

10:50 AM-ELEMENTARY

Nico Miyagawa

Liam Miyagawa

PIANO NAIC QUALIFICATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

SARA AYLESWORTH

2:10 PM-CLASSICAL

Victoria Wang

Angela Yu

Matthew Li

Michael Sun

Angel Pan

Brenda Mao

Peter Xie

2:50 PM-POP

Samuel Wong

Michael Sun

Claire Li

Peter Xie

Angel Pan

Matthew Li

Victoria Wang

Brenda Mao

VOCAL NAIC QUALIFICATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

2:10 PM-CLASSICAL

Aurora Fischer

Lydia Cuthbert

Dante Dagati

Katherine Giannetti

Jordan Mehlhose

Alexander Pavlik

7:00 PM-MUSICAL THEATRE

Heidi Langford

Abigail Lipsitz

Lydia Cuthbert

Evelyn Howes

Dante Dagati

Billy Halime

Jordan Mehlhose

Teah Duron

Ava Burton

Katherine Giannetti

Cameryn Beaty-Burnett

Alyssa Sharp

Jaden Brummel

Alexander Pavlik

Antoinette Yalo

Aurora Fischer

8:20 PM-POP

Ava Burton

Lydia Cuthbert

Jaden Brummel

Teah Duron

Antoinette Yalo

Billy Halime

Dante Dagati

Alexander Pavlik

Alyssa Sharp

Jordan Mehlhose

Katherine Giannetti

BAND INSTRUMENT

TEST LIST - Woodwinds

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: Theresa Stager

9:00 AM-LEVEL 1

Michael Sun

Alex Petras

BAND INSTRUMENT

TEST LIST - Brass

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: Theresa Stager

9:10 AM-LEVEL 3

Robert Duron

BAND INSTRUMENT

LENGTH OF STUDY

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: Theresa Stager

9:15 AM-SOPHOMORE

Robert Duron

BAND INSTRUMENT

AGE QUALIFICATION

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: Theresa Stager

9:20 AM-AGE 18

Robert Duron

BAND INSTRUMENT

EVALUATION

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: Theresa Stager

9:45 AM

Robert Duron

KEYBOARD POP

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: Theresa Stager

9:50 AM-TEACHER

Gail Boyd

CLASSICAL GUITAR TEST LIST - Classical

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: TBD

1:30 PM-LEVEL 1

Amar Khalil

GUITAR TEST LISTSATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: TBD

1:35 PM-LEVEL 2

Aveen Jain

1:40 PM-LEVEL 5

Aahan Jain

CLASSICAL GUITAR

AGE QUALIFICATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: TBD

1:45 PM-AGE 13

Amar Khalil

GUITAR AGE QUALIFICATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: TBD

1:50 PM-AGE 8

Aveen Jain

GUITAR EVALUATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: TBD

2:00 PM

Amar Khalil

Aveen Jain

Aahan Jain

DRUM SET AGE

QUALIFICATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: TBD

2:45 PM-AGE 15

Shiv Shenoy

DRUM SET

EVALUATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: TBD

2:50 PM

Shiv Shenoy

VIOLIN TEST LIST

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: SANDER KOSTALLARI

9:00 AM-LEVEL 1

Isha Shadik

9:05 AM-LEVEL 2

Eva Chaudhari

9:10 AM-LEVEL 4

Tawfiq Khalil

VIOLIN LENGTH OF STUDY

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: SANDER KOSTALLARI

9:15 AM-FRESHMEN

Nico Miyagawa

9:20 AM-INTERMEDIATE

Arianna Zhao

Eva Chaudhari

9:40 AM-SENIOR

Catherine Camacho

9:45 AM-STUDENT ARTIST

Dhruv Rathod

Tawfiq Khalil

VIOLIN POP

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: SANDER KOSTALLARI

9:55 AM-SOPHOMORE

Lila Duca

VIOLIN

AGE QUALIFICATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: SANDER

KOSTALLARI10:05 AM-AGE 7

Nico Miyagawa

10:10 AM-AGE 9

Liam Miyagawa

Lila Duca

10:20 AM-AGE 11 & 12

Tawfiq Khalil

Catherine Camacho

10:40 AM-AGE 13 & 14

Claire Billecke

Eva Chaudhari

VIOLIN EVALUATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: SANDER KOSTALLARI

11:30 AM

Catherine Camacho

Claire Billecke

Tawfiq Khalil

Eva Chaudhari

Aairah Baig

Lila Duca

PIANO TEST LIST

FRIDAY

ROOM: ARMSTRONG

JUDGE: LUCAS BAYAGICH

4:00 PM-LEVEL PREP

Phoebe Ren

Yeonseo Oh

Molly Reigle

Ryeohwan Kim

Aryan Pottammal

Victoria (Yuanxi) Peng

Graylyn Llamas

Kimia Finkel

Brian Chen

Zoe Cai

4:15 PM-LEVEL 1A

Ryan Subin

Aiden Sun

Aahana Manikandan

Nolan Yao

Henry Zhao

Ian Oudeesh

Ryeojoon Kim

Kumi Bryan

Luke Jia

4:45 PM-LEVEL 1B

Doddi Arlyn

Owen Yin

Olivia Osborne

Risha Jakka

Amy Yu

Nandini Gankidi

Aadhya Banuprakash

Deena Yang

Madison Reigle

Aadhya Ram

5:10 PM-LEVEL 2C

Naishini Tavva

Isaiah Chuang

Lillian Finkel

Ken Novin

Vespera Maro

Ethan Yu

Bryce Leddington

Shreya Bera

5:30 PM-LEVEL 3B

Isabella Brewer

Ketan Mishra

Isha Natarajan

Dan Murai

Stanley Ren

Arnav Shah

Anika Dongaonkar

Kshirja Dubey

Rose Brisbois

5:55 PM-LEVEL 4A

Derick Alzaga

Viktor Fecani-Nika

Sebastian Kidder

Saanvi Khot

Christopher Gao

Sho Nagai

Rachel Renny

6:20 PM-LEVEL 4B

Kyle Hall

Hailey Mailloux

Rahul Guruajan

Rithika Rao

Sophie Tang

Smrithi Mahesh

Vihaan Jois

Nathan Seitz

6:50 PM-LEVEL 5B

Angela Yu

Nikhil Ball

Karen Kuo

Will Stoutenburgh

Sonakshee Phukan

Rhema Lakinam

PIANO TEST LIST

FRIDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

4:00 PM-LEVEL 2A

Aaron Jiao

Alex Lundeen

William Lin

Matsuri Ishihara

Neha Rao

Helen He

Charis Fang

Shreyas Gopishetty

4:20 PM-LEVEL 2B

Sumedha Jayanth

Annabella Ma

Savannah Fang

Audrey Yu

Eason Xu

Veer Pandey

Daniel Jiao

Aarush Hebbar

Vihaan Gandla

4:45 PM-LEVEL 3A

Neha Santhoshkumar

Aadhya Sooda

Lucas Chue

Rachel Lau

Aaron Fu

Addison Qu

Sion Park

Sudhir Bera

5:10 PM-LEVEL 5A

Ethan Chemmanam

Isaac Chue

Kevin Yin

Zhixuan Shania Zhu

Vindhya Patel

Max (Yuantai) Peng

5:35 PM-LEVEL 6

Nate Filler

Hilary Lakinam

Sujana Jayanth

Yusuf Khazi

Sakina Nagai

Nidhi Rao

Ganesh Nambu

Haoyu Fang

Neel Natarajan

6:00 PM-LEVEL 7

Karen Zeng

Sho Hamawaki

Japheth Didymus

Trent Pappas

Cameron Stewart

Ruhan Nalamati

Aya Uoe

Nicole Lau

Andrea Chuang

6:30 PM-LEVEL 8

Anna Wang

Huijun Zhong

Michael Sun

Anna Fischer

Hannah Jung

Joanna Hua

Divya Desai

PIANO EVALUATION

FRIDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: LUCAS BAYAGICH

7:30 PM

Nikhil Ball

Andrea Chuang

Derick Alzaga

Doddi Arlyn

Aadhya Banuprakash

Isaiah Chuang

PIANO EVALUATION

FRIDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: TBD

4:00 PM

Sudhir Bera

Neel Natarajan

Isabella Brewer

Vihaan Gandla

Isha Natarajan

4:30 PM

Aryan Pottammal

Nate Filler

Kshirja Dubey

Molly Reigle

Madison Reigle

Vihaan Jois

5:00 PM

Rhema Lakinam

Hilary Lakinam

Saanvi Khot

Aadhya Sooda

Ryan Subin

5:30 PM

Rose Brisbois

Yeonseo Oh

Shreya Bera

Anika Dongaonkar

6:00 PM

Dhanya Guruajan

Nandini Gankidi

Lillian Finkel

Shreyas Gopishetty

Kimia Finkel

6:30 PM

Sho Hamawaki

Sujana Jayanth

Risha Jakka

Aarush Hebbar

Sumedha Jayanth

7:00 PM

Veer Pandey

Viktor Fecani-Nika

Hailey Mailloux

Vespera Maro

Ken Novin

Aya Uoe

7:30 PM

Sophie Tang

Isaac Chue

Amy Yu

Rachel Renny

Joanna Hua

Lucas Chue

PIANO LENGTH OF STUDY

SATURDAY

ROOM: ARMSTRONG

JUDGE: TBD

9:00 AM-PREPARATORY

Ella Yang

Luke Jia

Phoebe Ren

Zoe Cai

Ian Oudeesh

Kristie Chen

Aiden Sun

Brian Chen

9:15 AM-CADET A

Helen He

Harper Lu

Henry Zhao

Nolan Yao

Charis Fang

Alex Lundeen

9:35 AM-CADET B

Aadhya Ram

Matsuri Ishihara

Colette Roe

Aaron Jiao

Giorge Leong

Oliver Laverty

Cooper Roe

9:55 AM-JUNIOR A

Owen Yin

Victoria (Yuanxi) Peng

Haiden Shi

Olivia Jin

Annabella Ma

Xenia Zhang

Anne Li

Ari Pandey

Christina Cho

10:25 AM-JUNIOR B

Zufan Hu

Emma Huang

Lorie Wang

Daniel Jiao

Aaron Fu

Neha Rao

Cousino Audrey

Friedrich Wilkowski

Michi Fu

10:50 AM-JUNIOR C

Eason Jing

Sebastian Kidder

Ryan Zhu

Sho Nagai

Grace Cao

Kumi Bryan

Maria Liu

Olivia Kou

Miles Duvendeck

11:20 AM-INTERMEDIATE A

Yusuf Khazi

Addison Qu

Ketan Mishra

Everett West

Kurtis Pian

Steven Sang

Kelly Zhi

Zu’er Hu

11:45 AM-ADULT STUDENT

Cheryl Littleton

Jim Vassallo

PIANO LENGTH OF STUDY

SATURDAY

ROOM: ARMSTRONG

JUDGE: LUCAS BAYAGICH

1:00 PM-INTERMEDIATE B

Hannah Jung

Ellie Wang

Aahana Manikandan

Joanna Hua

Nikhil Ball

Christopher Banks

Zicheng Liu

Alan Yang

1:30 PM-INTERMEDIATE C

Katelyn Sullivan

Jacob Harris

Mila Dordevic

Emma Shen

Chloe Bai

Sophia Huang

Dan Murai

Zihan Qing

Samuel Smith

Abigail Chen

2:00 PM-SENIOR

Max (Yuantai) Peng

Zicheng Mu

Rayhan Shah

Trent Pappas

Daris Lasar

Aditi Saravanan

Aya Uoe

Caleb Zhang

PIANO EVALUATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: CHRIS CHARBONEAU

9:00 AM

Ananya Kalidindi

Mila Dordevic

Rayhan Shah

Diya Kalidindi

9:30 AM

Daris Lasar

Siddharth Karthi

Cooper Roe

Oliver Laverty

Colette Roe

10:00 AM

Samuel Smith

Aditi Saravanan

Keshia Senthil

Zufan Hu

Zu’er Hu

11:00 AM

Sebastian Kidder

Aaron Fu

Gary Harris

Christina Cho

Delilah Forlini

11:30 AM

Ian Oudeesh

Ketan Mishra

Yusuf Khazi

Ella Yang

Cheryl Littleton

PIANO EVALUATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: CHRIS CHARBONEAU

1:00 PM

Miles Duvendeck

Nidhi Rao

Isaac Cousino

Neha Rao

Jacob Harris

1:30 PM

Helen He

Hannah Jung

Zicheng Liu

Aadhya Ram

Luke Jia

2:00 PM

Aaron Jiao

Steven Sang

Sophia Huang

Eason Jing

Henry Zhao

2:30 PM

Shreya Shetty

Nolan Yao

Charis Fang

Xenia Zhang

Everett West

Dan Murai

3:00 PM

Cousino Audrey

Aahana Manikandan

Anjila Bhatia

Cian Ewen

Matteo Caputo

Veena Karthik

Ari Pandey

3:30 PM

Giorge Leong

Pranav Kadam

Olivia Osborne

Neha Santhoshkumar

Graylyn Llamas

PIANOLENGTH OF STUDY

SATURDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

9:00 AM-ADVANCED A

Vindhya Patel

Huijun Zhong

Gary Harris

Sophia Jin

Amanda Yee

Haoyu Fang

Alicia Zhu

Joyce Cao

Emily Li

9:40 AM-ADVANCED B

Zhixuan Shania Zhu

Siddharth Karthi

Isaac Cousino

Delilah Forlini

Yushi Bai

Jessica Kou

Kevin Yin

Angelina Ma

Shreya Shetty

10:20 AM-STUDENT ARTIST

Diya Kalidindi

Dhruv Rathod

Veena Karthik

Angela Yu

Christopher Gao

Samuel Wong

Keshia Senthil

Nidhi Rao

Michael Sun

Will Stoutenburgh

Katie Luo

11:10 AM-OPEN A

Julia Liang

Ananya Kalidindi

Karthik Prasant

Brenda Mao

Karen Zeng

Peter Xie

Matthew Li

PIANO LENGTH OF STUDY

SATURDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

1:00 PM-OPEN B

Claire Li

Angel Pan

Divya Desai

Victoria Wang

Anna Wang

Himawari Ishihara

PIANO EVALUATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

3:30 PM

Sahas Singaraju

Naishini Tavva

Jessie Xu

Eric Yang

Friedrich Wilkowski

PIANO AGE QUALIFICATION

SUNDAY

ROOM: ARMSTRONG

JUDGE: SARAH AYLESWORTH

9:00 AM-AGE 5

Harper Lu

Phoebe Ren

Victoria (Yuanxi) Peng

Alex Lundeen

9:15 AM-AGE 6

Ian Oudeesh

Matsuri Ishihara

Henry Zhao

Aaron Jiao

Peter Lian

Zoe Cai

Ella Yang

Charis Fang

9:35 AM-AGE 7

Kristie Chen

Neha Rao

Michi Fu

Kumi Bryan

Brian Chen

Helen He

Bibi Wu

Nolan Yao

Aahana Manikandan

10:05 AM-AGE 8B

Emma Huang

Stanley Wang

Aimee Cheng

Grace Cao

Olivia Kou

Ella Zhao

10:40 AM-AGE 9B

Abigail Chen

Addison Qu

Jayden Zheng

Jacob Harris

Christopher Gao

Ethan Wang

Henry Wen

Steven Sang

Adela Jing

PIANO POP

SUNDAY

ROOM: ARMSTRONG

JUDGE: SARAH AYLESWORTH

11:30 AM-PERFORMER

Adia Jiang

Max (Yuantai) Peng

Stanley Ren

11:50 AM-PLAYER

Isaac Cousino

Gary Harris

Angelina Ma

Haoyu Fang

Huijun Zhong

Zhixuan Shania Zhu

Pranav Kadam

Delilah Forlini

Kevin Yin

Alicia Zhu

PIANO AGE QUALIFICATION

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: THERESA STAGER

10:00 AM-AGE 8A

Sion Park

Aadhya Ram

Jieni Yang

Owen Yin

Eason Xu

Annabella Ma

10:30 AM-AGE 9A

Olivia Jin

Haiden Shi

Eason Jing

Miles Duvendeck

Daniel Jiao

Heather Choi

Maria Liu

Ryan Zhu

PIANO EVALUATION

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: THERESA STAGER

11:30 AM

Brian Chen

Haiden Shi

Eason Xu

Zoe Cai

Heather Cho

Laila Zamlut

12:00 PM

Varsha Karthik

Will Stoutenburgh

Jim Vassallo

Lara Zamlut

Varna Jayaraman

Jeet Anil

PIANO POP

SUNDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

9:00 AM-ARTIST

Michael Sun

Will Stoutenburgh

Katie Luo

Samuel Wong

Christopher Gao

Nidhi Rao

Angela Yu

9:40 AM-PRO

Matthew Li

Shawn Li

Angel Pan

Claire Li

Peter Xie

Brenda Mao

Shriya Kanna

Nithya Kannan

Himawari Ishihara

Victoria Wang

PIANO POP

SUNDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: LUCAS BAYAGICH

10:30 AM-ADULT STUDENT

Jim Vassallo

Cheryl Littleton

10:35 AM-ADULT TEACHER

Gail Boyd

PIANO AGE QUALIFICATION

SUNDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: LUCAS BAYAGICH

10:40 AM-AGE 13

Angela Yu

Michael Sun

Jeet Anil

Nidhi Rao

Himawari Ishihara

Huijun Zhong

11:10 AM-AGE 14 & 15

Amanda Yee

Veena Karthik

Yushi Bai

11:25 AM-AGE 16

Shreya Shetty

Anna Wang

Angel Pan

Divya Desai

Karthik Prasant

Julia Liang

Victoria Wang

PIANO AGE QUALIFICATION

SUNDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: LUCAS BAYAGICH

1:00 PM-AGE 17

Matthew Li

Claire Li

Peter Xie

Madelyn Witulski

Brenda Mao

1:30 PM-ADULT STUDENT

Annette Abdelfatah

PIANO POP

SUNDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

9:00 AM-FRESHMEN A

Xenia Zhang

Bryce Leddington

Ryan Zhu

Victoria (Yuanxi) Peng

Amy Yu

Neha Rao

Annabella Ma

Owen Yin

9:25 AM-FRESHMEN B

Daniel Jiao

Miles Duvendeck

Ketan Mishra

Aaron Fu

Naishini Tavva

Cousino Audrey

Steven Sang

Mark Li

9:55 AM-SOPHOMORE

Rithika Rao

Jacob Harris

Isabella Brewer

Aahana Manikandan

Ethan Wang

Yusuf Khazi

Addison Qu

Smrithi Mahesh

Varsha Karthik

Sophia Huang

10:20 AM-NOVICE

Zoe Cai

Luke Jia

10:40 AM-ELEMENTARY

Aadhya Ram

Brian Chen

Aaron Jiao

Giorge Leong

Nolan Yao

Peter Lian

Deena Yang

Charis Fang

Henry Zhao

Ian Oudeesh

PIANO AGE QUALIFICATION

SUNDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

11:10 AM-AGE 10

Rachel Sun

Xenia Zhang

Alicia Zhu

Zufan Hu

Max (Yuantai) Peng

Joanna Hua

11:40 AM-AGE 11

Lara Zamlut

Zu’er Hu

Sophia Huang

Joyce Cao

Hannah Jung

Emma Shen

Chloe Bai

Delilah Forlini

Caleb Zhang

Ari Pandey

PIANO

AGE QUALIFICATION

SUNDAY

ROOM: HUDSON

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

1:00 PM-AGE 12A

Trent Pappas

Katelyn Sullivan

Varna Jayaraman

Haoyu Fang

Sophia Jin

Laila Zamlut

Zicheng Mu

1:30 PM-AGE 12B

Angelina Ma

Samuel Wong

Karen Kuo

Kevin Yin

Zhixuan Shania Zhu

Jessica Kou

Katie Luo

PIANOS PROVIDED BY

KAWAI PIANO GALLERY OF MICHIGAN

VOCAL TEST LIST - Art Songs

FRIDAY ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

4:00 PM-LEVEL 2

Millie Sorenson

4:05 PM-LEVEL 3

Madeline Spagnolo

4:10 PM-LEVEL 6

Anika Lindstrom

Lexi Stapula

Will Stoutenburgh

4:20 PM-LEVEL 8

Zoey Cerniglia

Erin Burgess

Katherine Giannetti

Ahnala McDonald

4:25 PM-LEVEL 9

Dante Dagati

Reece Welliver

Isaiah Gifford

VOCAL TEST LIST - Musical Theatre

FRIDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

4:45 PM-LEVEL 2

Ava Stephenson

Emmeline Lyons

4:55 PM-LEVEL 3

Madeline Spagnolo

Alana Jefferson

5:00 PM-LEVEL 5

Madeline Hawkins

Rosie Cao (Liu)

5:10 PM-LEVEL 6

Will Stoutenburgh

Evelyn Howes

5:20 PM-LEVEL 7

Kayla Sinclair

Erin Burgess

Abigial Lipsitz

5:30 PM-LEVEL 8

Cameryn Beaty-Burnett

Anika Lindstrom

Isaiah Gifford

Alyssa Sharp

Zach Haddad

6:00 PM-LEVEL 9

Aurora Fischer

Jordon Mehlhose

Katherine Giannetti

6:20 PM-LEVEL 10

Lydia Cuthbert

VOCAL EVALUATION

FRIDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

6:45 PM

Katherine Giannetti

Will Stoutenburgh

Dante Dagati

Madeline Spagnolo

Jordon Mehlhose

7:15 PM

Dante Dagati

Emmeline Lyons

Katherine Giannetti

Liberty Steege

Jordon Mehlhose

VOCAL AGE QUALIFICATION - Musical Theatre

SATURDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

9:00 AM-AGE 9 & 10

Alana Jefferson

Emma Lu

Millie Sorenson

Ava Stephenson

Emmeline Lyons

RaeLynn Mayrand

9:15 AM-AGE 11 & 12

Nuala Bishu

Anya Sarma

Rosie Cao (Liu)

Madeline Spagnolo

9:30 AM-AGE 13

Will Stoutenburgh

Mehulee Mondal

Liberty Steege

Lexi Stapula

Siya Karani

9:50 AM-AGE 14

Ava Burton

Kayla Sinclair

Sonia Reddy

Madeline Hawkins

Sofia Lomonaco

10:10 AM-AGE 15

Alaina Chon

Alexandra Matthews

Reece Welliver

Abigail Lipsitz

10:20 AM-AGE 16

Iulia Costa

Cameryn Beaty-Burnett

Isabel Ribick

Emily Ascencio

Zach Haddad

Jordon Mehlhose

10:40 AM-AGE 17

Alyssa Sharp

Ava Allen

Anastasia Nevelev

Dante Dagati

Zoey Cerniglia

Heidi Langford

Erin Burgess

Lydia Cuthbert

Aurora Fischer

11:15 AM-AGE 18 - 21

Jaden Brummel

Katherine Giannetti

Alexander Pavlik

Billy Halime

Isaiah Gifford

11:40 AM-ADULT STUDENT

Jacob Schroeder

Peter Dedaj

VOCAL

AGE QUALIFICATIONClassical

SATURDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

11:45 AM-AGE 9 - 11

RaeLynn Mayrand

Millie Sorenson

Madeline Spagnolo

VOCAL

AGE QUALIFICATIONClassical

SATURDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

1:00 PM-AGE 13

Liberty Steege

Mehulee Mondal

Will Stoutenburgh

Lexi Stapula

1:10 PM-AGE 14 & 15

Madeline Hawkins

Reece Welliver

Abigial Lipsitz

Kayla Sinclair

Anika Lindstrom

Ahnala McDonald

Evelyn Howes

1:25 PM-AGE 16 & 17

Lydia Cuthbert

Isabel Ribick

Dante Dagati

Jordon Mehlhose

Cameryn Beaty-Burnett

1:40 PM-AGE 18 - 21

Isaiah Gifford

Alexander Pavlik

Billy Halime

Teah Duron

Katherine Giannetti

1:55 PM-ADULT STUDENT

Jacob Schroeder

Peter Dedaj

VOCAL EVALUATION

SATURDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

2:45 PM

Ava Allen

Alyssa Sharp

Sohan Gubba

Iulia Costa

Antoinette Yalo

3:15 PM

Jaden Brummel

Jacob Schroeder

Alexander Pavlik

Teah Duron

Billy Halime

3:45 PM

Billy Halime

Jaden Brummel

Alexander Pavlik

Peter Dedaj

Alyssa Sharp

4:15 PM

Teah Duron

Peter Dedaj

Jacob Schroeder

VOCAL

SELF-ACCOMPANIED

SUNDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

9:00 AM-AGE 13

Siya Karani

Dhruv Rathod

9:10 AM-AGE 15

Alexandra Matthews

VOCAL POP

SUNDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

9:40 AM-AGE 10 & 11

Madeline Spagnolo

Pranusha Prabakaran

Nuala Bishu

Emma Lu

Rosie Cao (Liu)

10:00 AM-AGE 12 & 13

Anya Sarma

Siya Karani

Will Stoutenburgh

Dhruv Rathod

Mehulee Mondal

10:20 AM-AGE 14

Ahnala McDonald

Sofia Lomonaco

Shravani Gurunath

Evelyn Howes

Sonia Reddy

Ava Burton

10:45 AM-AGE 15 & 16

Nithya Kannan

Cameryn Beaty-Burnett

Zach Haddad

Alexandra Matthews

Isabel Ribick

Shriya Kannan

Jordon Mehlhose

11:15 AM-AGE 17

Alyssa Sharp

Zoey Cerniglia

Erin Burgess

Rianna Gjoka

Ava Allen

Heidi Langford

Dante Dagati

Lydia Cuthbert

Anastasia Nevelev

VOCAL POP

SUNDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

12:45 PM-AGE 18 - 21

Teah Duron

Jaden Brummel

Alexander Pavlik

Billy Halime

Katherine Giannetti

1:15 PM-ADULT STUDENT

Jacob Schroeder

Peter Dedaj

BAND INSTRUMENT

DUET - Woodwinds

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: THERESA STAGER

9:25 AM-INTERMEDIATE

Michael Sun & Alex Petra

BAND INSTRUMENT

DUET - Brass

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: Theresa Stager

9:30AM-STUDENT/TEACHER

Aiden Evans & Lance Vechinski

BAND INSTRUMENT

ENSEMBLE-Woodwinds

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: THERESA STAGERr

9:35 AM-STUDENT/TEACHER

Clarinet Trio

BAND INSTRUMENT

ENSEMBLE - Brass

SUNDAY

ROOM: DESOTO

JUDGE: THERESA STAGER

9:40 AM-STUDENT/TEACHER

Beauty and the Beasts

PIANO DUET - Classical

SATURDAY

ROOM: ARMSTRONG

JUDGE: LUCAS BAYAGICH

2:40 PM-CADET

Audrey Yu & Sumedha Jayanth

2:45 PM-JUNIOR

Saanvi Khot & Anika Dongaonkar

Rahul Guruajan & Dhanya Guruajan

Aadhya Banuprakash & Ken Novin

2:55 PM-INTERMEDIATE

Rithika Rao & Rachel Renny

Rithika Rao & Smrithi Mahesh

3:05 PM-ADVANCED

Rishan Patel & Vindhya Patel

Sonakshee Phukan & Maria Lee

Samuel Smith & Isaac Chue

3:15 PM-OPEN

Angel Pan & Claire Li

PIANO DUET - Pop

SATURDAY

ROOM: ARMSTRONG

JUDGE: LUCAS BAYAGICH

3:25 PM-ELEMENTARY

Henry Zhao & Charis Fang

3:30 PM-FRESHMEN

Audrey Yu & Ethan Yu

Doddi Arlyn & Aarush Hebbar

Rachel Lau & Aadhya Sooda

Aadhya Sooda & Ken Novin

Rachel Lau & Aadhya Sooda

Aaron Fu & Baron Fu

Doddi Arlyn & Arnav Shah

3:50 PM-SOPHOMORE

Rhema Lakinam & Naishini Tavva

Sophie Tang & Anika Dongaonkar

4:00 PM-PLAYER

Isaiah Chuang & Bonne Chuang

4:05 PM-PRO

Nithya Kannan & Shriya Kannan

Shawn Li & Claire Li

Shawn Li & Peter Xie

Matthew Li & Brenda Mao

PIANO DUOS

SATURDAY

ROOM: EARHART

JUDGE: ROBERT PHELPS

1:35 PM-JUNIOR

Rachel Lau & Aadhya Sooda

Saanvi Khot & Anika Dongaonkar

Doddi Arlyn & Aarush Hebbar

Rithika Rao & Naishini Tavva

1:50 PM-INTERMEDIATE

Sujana Jayanth & Aya Uoe

Sophie Tang & Anika Dongaonkar

Rachel Renny & Smrithi Mahesh

VOCAL

ENSEMBLE

SATURDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

4:40 PM-AGE 16 & 17

Vibrant Voices

VOCAL DUET

SUNDAY

ROOM: WRIGHT

JUDGE: ASHLEY ROZANSKI

9:20 AM-AGES 14 & 15

Sofia Lomonaco & Alexandra

Matthews

Ava Allen & Will Stoutenburgh

9:30 AM-AGES 17 & 18

Jaden Brummel & Alexander Pavlik

Erin Burgess & Heidi Langford

Meet Your AGM Board

Suzanne Pennington (Romulus, Michigan) - President has been an active member of American Guild of Music since 1989. She began her music studies on piano and organ study at Wyandotte Conservatory of Music with Professor Arnold. She has worked as church musician, accompanist and Member of Michigan State Band and Orchestra Association for 19 years. Sue is accredited Schaum Clinician and has conducted hundreds of teacher clinics around the country including one for music dealers for NAMM. She has published teaching curriculum for keyboard classes using Schaum materials in addition to the theory workbook series. She has maintained a full private studio in her home for 50 years.

Gina Selvaggi (Vaughan, Ontario)Past President & Contest Director Owner and music director of Musaic School of Music, Virginia Gina Selvaggi received the R.A.V.E award as 2012 Music Educator from the City of Vaughan. Virginia earned her degree in Mathematics from York University while continuing her studies in music through the Royal Conservatory of Music. With 27 years of teaching and performance experience, Virginia has also taken on roles as adjudicator and clinician. Virginia has been the Contest Director for the American Guild of Music since 2010 and currently sits on the Board of Directors as the 1st Vice President.

Julie Kopasz (Harrison Twp, Michigan)

-1st Vice President had been a board member since 2009 and has sent her students to AGM Contests for 20 years. She teaches piano at Evola Music and Privately. Julie is the Banquet Chairman, Syllabus Chairman, Judges Liaison, Practice Room Chairman, Co Director of the Cadet teachers and Volunteer Co-ordinator.

Rick Chizmadia (Cincinnati, Ohio)

-Executive Director, Treasurer, Past President has been at the helm of AGM for 45 years and began his relationship with AGM as a young child competing on accordion and piano. Rick was the first AGM Student Council president. He was Convention Orchestra director from 1990 to 2002 and currently holds the positions of President, Convention Manger and Newsletter Editor at the American Guild of Music. Rick toured Europe several times with a 30 piece accordion orchestra and performed with several groups over his lifetime. He has as BA in Music from Oakland University and Master of Arts degree in Communications and Multimedia from Saginaw Valley State University. He has instructed hundreds of champion piano, keyboard, accordion and vocal students over his vast teaching career and is the owner of Keyboard Centre.

Angelique Antoon (St. Clair Shores, Michigan) - Director - Angie is a past American Guild of Music competitor turned Board Member. After competing for many years, she began as a volunteer. Working all positions from Room Captain and Registration, to helping in the Score Room, and finally earning a spot as a Board Member. Angelique is currently working in the Score Room for our Virtual Competition

Michael Emshwiller (Lenox, Michigan) - Director is a Private Music Instructor, teaching Voice, all Woodwinds and Middle Brass and Piano, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Humanities and Music at Macomb College. Michael also serves as the Minister of Music at Faith Macomb United Methodist Church. He holds a M.A. in Pastoral Liturgical Studies from St. Joseph’s College, and two Bachelor’s of Music of Applied Music in Voice and Bassoon from the University of South Dakota. Michael has served on the Board since 2016, and it is indeed a pleasure to serve on the Board for the American Guild of Music.

Adriane Galea (Allen Park, Michigan)2nd Vice President, Assistant Contest Director –Adriane Galea is a vocal and piano instructor from Allen Park, Michigan. In addition to teaching, Adriane runs a non-profit performing arts initiative and serves on several arts-based boards of directors, mentors high school students wishing to pursue theatre/musical theatre at the collegiate level for their college auditions, and is a company member of several Detroit-area professional theatres where she has worked as an actor, director, music director, and stage manager. Adriane holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Michigan.

Nicole Tolentino (Chicago, Illinois) - Director

Nicole (Nikki) Tolentino grew up in Carol Stream, Illinois. She began taking private piano lessons with Perla Cudal in the fifth grade, and began competing in the National Conventions and eventually the Regional Convention in Detroit with the American Guild of Music a year later. From age eleven to age eighteen, she has participated in several divisions of piano, voice, and keyboard. She began volunteering as a room monitor after she entered college, and then the following year joined the Board. She has since then taken the responsibilities of registration and ombudsperson. She now attends Northern Illinois University, pursuing a degree in vocal music education.

Alyssa Phelps (Mt Clemons, Michigan ) - Director

Alyssa is a professional singer, vocal, and piano instructor with an Associates of Arts degree in vocal performance from Macomb Community College. She is the current lead singer of Cosmic Groove Band. Alyssa also sings with Steve King and the Dittilies and The Sound Alternative Band. She started as a student competitor at AGM in 2008, became a teacher member in 2016 and was nominated to the American Guild of Music Board of Directors in 2019. Alyssa has judged many other competitions. . As an AGM student competitor Alyssa was awarded the 2011 Vocal All-Around Winner as well as 42 various trophies. Since graduating Alyssa has performed as a comedy improvisation actress as well as acted in various community theater productions. As a vocalist and teacher her goal is to teach every student the fundamentals of vocal performing as well as that Vocal Health Matters!!

Jacob Chludzinski (Washington, DC) - Director

Jacob attended his first AGM at the age of 5 as a student in drums and guitar, going on to compete for over a decade. Throughout his years competing, Jacob won two NAIC Championships for drum set, was the first recipient of the Terry Breese Memorial Award, competed with percussion and guitar ensembles, and took first place in several Battle of the Bands. In 2020, Jacob graduated from the University of Michigan where he received a minor in music and was also the section leader of the Michigan Marching Band Drumline.

Meet Your AGM Board

Ryan Ortiz (Chicago, Illinois) - Director

iRyan started his AGM journey at a young age when he began taking piano lessons from Perla Cudal Studio and keyboard lessons from Nikki Tolentino in Carol Stream, Illinois. Throughout his years competing, Ryan received numerous trophies and medals for both piano and keyboard, the Myrtle Robinson Memorial Award, and three N.A.I.C. Championships on keyboard. Ryan continued his AGM journey in 2017 by working as a volunteer helping out at the registration desk, being a room monitor, and assisting the Convention Orchestra when needed. Ryan is currently studying at the University of Illinois Chicago pursuing a degree in DataDriven Marketing and Business Analytics.

Joe Boehnlein (Sterling Hts, Michigan)Director was a very successful competitor in AGM and holds a bachelor degree from Oakland University. Joe has served on various AGM committees, including Student Council, Volunteer recruitment, Registration and Scoreroom. Joe is currently is the All Around Contest Chair at Nationals.

Daren Peplinski (Sterling Hts, Michigan)

- Past President Daren Peplinski began playing drums in 1969. Over the next dozen years Daren learned a variety of percussion instruments including rudimental snare, drum set, tympani and mallet instruments such as marimba and vibraphone. After several years of competitive playing, he embarked upon a successful career as performer and instructor, working the gambit of musical styles from classical to pop, theater to experimental, and all points in between. His students captured awards from many local and national music organizations including three NAIC winners and one All Around champion at American Guild of Music national competitions. Having competed, taught and adjudicated in the AGM since 1974, he joined the board of directors in 1999.

Kiah Manthei - Director (Belleville, Michigan) is a past American Guild of Music competitor and holds a Master of Social Work from Wayne State University. She started volunteering as a room captain while still participating in contests and never stopped! You might also find her at registration, in the score room, or with student council. She is a vocalist and actress and performs in various community theaters around the Metro Detroit Area. Kiah also has experience in stage managing and directing.

Perla Cudal (Carol Stream, Illinois)Past President – Perla owns and operates her own studio in Carol Sream, Illinois. She joined the American Guild of Music in 1983 and was elected to the board of directors in 1995. Perla is a very dedicated and valuable member. She holds the positions of being the director of practice rooms, and the banquet chairperson.

Perla obatained her Bachelor of Music from Laperal Music Academy in the Philippines. She also has a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from far Eastern University also in the Philippines. She is the Musical Director for Manila Central University Medical Choral Group and is a hall of fame awardee for her musical contributions in the Fillipino-American Association of Chicago.

Leonard Mostek (Omaha, Nebraska)Past President – Leonard is no stranger to AGM, as he served many years on the board of directors, was past president and past contest director. Leonard studied at the Universtiy of Nebraska at Lincoln under Harvey Hinshaw. Later hed studied at U of N- Omaha under Julliard gratuate Clarke Mullen. He is frequently called to judge piano and voice throught out the USA and Canada. He maintains a studio in Omaha, Nebraska

Lorelei Eccleston (Toronto, Ontario)Past President

Lorelei began competing in the American Guild of Music Nationals at the age of 9. During her competitive years with AGM she won the North American Invitational Championships 6 times, and the All Around Award once. She was 12 years old when she won her first NAIC. Upon retirement from competitions she moved on to adjudicate for AGM. Lorelei was appointed to the Board of Directors and went on to become President for a short term. She is now a Past President but continues active involvement with the American Guild of Music Association where she assists with membership and convention choir. In addition to her musical career, Lorelei is an elementary school Principal at an inner city school in Toronto. She has 4 webisode commercials on Smart Steps for Parents with the Bank of Montreal. Lorelei is a busy mom to her 5 children: Tyler, Courtney Maxwell, Jenna and Lauren.

Tracey King (Taylor, Michigan) - Past President, began AGM participation with students in 1991, and joined the board of directors in 2002. Her students have repeatedly won NAICs and All-Around Awards in Voice and Piano. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Music (Cleveland State U/Spring Arbor U-1980) and has forty-one years of teaching privately (piano/vocal); is the founder of studio ‘King School of Music.

She served as: Recording Secretary from 20022010; Treasurer: 2009-2014; and Co-Secretary (communications) 2010-present She created the first Vocal test list with assistance from Adriane Galea and works on updating the piano and vocal sight-reading test lists, etc. Tracey accompanies (ocassionally directs) the National Convention Choir.

Not Pictured are living past presidents

Dick Pavlov, Joanne Darby, Barry Carr and Linda Lucido

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