2021 MSM Precollege Graduation Program

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STARS MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRECOLLEGE DIVISION GRADUATION 2021

Saturday, May 15, 2021 | 5:45 pm

MA N H AT TA N SC HOOL OF MUSIC P R E C O L L E G E D I VI SI ON GRADUAT ION Congratulations and Well Wishes Prelude

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1809–1847) Overture (excerpt) FELIX MENDELSSOHN

MSM Precollege Philharmonic Orchestra Performed February 8, 2020

Greetings from the Director of the Precollege Tiffany Bizup

Greetings from the Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Joyce Griggs

Greetings from the President Dr. James Gandre

Greetings from the Parents Association Michael Steger

Presentation of Graduates Postlude

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Overture (excerpt) FELIX MENDELSSOHN

MSM Precollege Philharmonic Orchestra Performed February 8, 2020

N AME D SC HOLA RSHI PS Alex Assoian Music Project Precollege Endowed Scholarship Kendall Gonzales Drake Owen Smith

Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation Precollege Scholarship Ryan Kim

Andrew Goodman Memorial Precollege Scholarship Kearston Gonzales

Carl Owen Memorial Scholarship Jacob Shin Emiliya Lytvynova-Mullerman

Constance Keene Precollege Piano Scholarship Jiayang Jin Zoe Pian-Chowdhury

Cuker/Stern Endowed Precollege Scholarship Jane Lim

CWKH Precollege Scholarship Iris Chang

Dianne Danese Flagello Scholarship Felicia Ambrogi Katherine Kim Lena Jin

Dorothy Hales Gary Scholarship Ethan Jiang Kenny Kim

Dr. Michelle Solarz August Precollege Endowed Scholarship Aiden Hyun

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Elva Van Gelder Memorial Piano Scholarship Qiyaqin Zhang

Hansoree Scholarship Minji Kim Matthew Kang

Jazz Scholarship Vasiliy Bolgov

Jocelyn Gertel Precollege Scholarship Emily Jung

Jonathan and Conrad Strasser Memorial Scholarship Helena Steger

Josephine Luby Precollege Scholarship Jeffrey Kishinevsky

Karen Beardsley and Maitland Peters Precollege Scholarship Brandon Lim Charlotte Bazzle

Kate Bamberger Memorial Scholarship Sara Yamada Cedar-Rose Newman

Marion Feldman Scholarship Jaeho Lee Nicholas Kim

Mary B. Lenom Scholarship Wilson Li

Matilda Cascio Endowed Precollege Scholarship Kaelem Michel

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Nana’s Way Scholarship Taku Murakami Julian Rogai Dustin Zhao Aidan Doyle

Patinka Kopec Precollege Violin Scholarship SoHyun Ko Genesis Kang

Precollege Parents Scholarship Susanna Lo

Rita and Morris Relson Scholarship Yunus Hokkaci

Robert and Amy McGraw Precollege Scholarship Ilana Grollman

The Rochlis Family Foundation Precollege Scholarship Anthony Reznikovsky

Rosetta Goodkind Scholarship Eugene Hong Amy Liu

Sassa Maniotis Scholarship Anna Patnaik Yiwen Zhang

Earl Carter Precollege Theory Scholarship Catherine Xie

Frank and Jean Zhang Scholarship Elizabeth Williams

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D E AN ’ S LI ST Dean’s List recognition is given to students having a GPA of 3.9 or higher for the entire academic year.

Molly Arnuk

Alexander Nam

Mia Bernard

Angie Okano

Aimee Chang

Aidan Pan

Iris Chang

Zoe Pian-Chowdhury

Stella Chen

Anthony Reznikovsky

Aiden Coleman

Riley Schultz

Serena Deng

Jacob Shin

Aidan Doyle

Jack Towse

Dylan Goodman

Yvonne Tucker

Zachary Hommel

Joanna Wang

Ethan Jiang

Jack Wei

Matthew Kang

Andreas Welch

Kayla Kessler

Elizabeth Williams

Susanna Lo

Lilian Xu

Wesley Miller

Ivan Yang

Taku Murakami

Sean Zhang

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2 02 1 G R AD UATE S Graduate

Years Studied

College Attending in Fall 2021

Luke Actie, bass trombone

2

University of Hartford

Adam Ali, trumpet

4

Unknown

Molly Arnuk, composition

2

Royal College of Music

Adithi Balasubramanian, jazz alto saxophone

1

UCLA

Mia Kim Bernard, cello

6

The Juilliard School

Claudius Betz, piano

2

Unknown

Alexander Cha, clarinet 5

Indiana University – Jacobs School of Music

Aimee Chang, piano

6

Yale University

Iris Chang, clarinet

5

Columbia University

Jocelyn Chang, piano

9.5

Unknown

Stella Chen, violin

4

Brown University

Elizabeth Chun, violin

3

Dartmouth College

Aiden Coleman, jazz tenor trombone

1

Unknown

Lita Neumann Crichton, oboe

5

Brown University

Oliver D’Avolio, jazz piano

4

Unknown

Serena Deng, violin

9

Columbia University

Aidan Doyle, jazz tenor trombone

2

New England Conservatory

Dylan Goodman, percussion 4

Harvard College/ Berklee School of Music

Ilana Grollman, percussion

2

Emerson College

Emily Nicole Hansen, voice

3

Harvard College

Yunus Hokkaci, piano

4

Brown University

Damon Hollenbeck, viola

4

Cornell University

Zachary William Hommel, trumpet

1

Northwestern University

8

Graduate

Years Studied

College Attending in Fall 2021

Julianne Huang, piano

3

Unknown

Ethan Jiang, piano

3

Unknown

Lena Jin, flute

5

Vanderbilt University

Matthew Bumjoon Kang, clarinet

4

Columbia University

Kayla Kessler, jazz double bass 2

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

Kenny Kim, clarinet

2

Amherst College

Hunter Kui, viola

5

Vassar College

Katherine Lavin, voice

4

Unknown

Zachary Levine, jazz percussion 2

Frost School of Music

Jia Li, violin

Unknown

1

Johann Li, violin 5 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Susanna Lo, piano

3

Eastman School of Music

Emiliya Lytvynova-Mullerman, 5 piano

Unknown

Prairwaa Madden, piano

Oberlin Conservatory

2

Wesley Miller, piano 1

Case Western Reserve University

Taku Murakami, 4 jazz alto saxophone

William Paterson University (Honors College)

Alexander Nam, piano

5

Yale University

Angie Okano, cello

1

Royal College of Music

Aidan Pan, oboe

2

Manhattan School of Music

Joel Pang, bassoon

1

Cornell University

Junsang Park, piano 4 Pennsylvania State University Zoe Pian-Chowdhury, piano

11

Yale University

Brendon Rapushaj, voice

1

Manhattan School of Music

9

Graduate

Years Studied

College Attending in Fall 2021

Anthony Reznikovsky, piano

9.5

Oliver Thomas Rivera, piano

2

Manhattan College

Mateusz Rogowski, voice

4

Lebanon Valley College

Lynca Saito, piano

3

Unknown

Ashley Nicole Schlusselberg, voice

2

Unknown

Riley Schultz, double bass

2

Manhattan School of Music

Jacob Shin, viola

6

Yale University

Unknown

Maximilian Stuart, piano 4

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Jack Robert Towse, jazz trumpet

6

The Juilliard School

Lynna Tsai, piano

7.5

Boston College

Yvonne Tucker, trumpet

1

Ithaca College

Joanna Wang, piano

5

Unknown

Tiffany Wang, composition

4

Unknown

Jack Wei, piano

7

Carnegie Mellon University

Andreas Welch, piano

5

Columbia University

Elizabeth Williams, piano

4

University of Chicago

Aaron Xia, piano

4

University of Chicago

Lilian Xu, piano 3.5

University of California - Berkeley

Sydney Yan, violin

1.5

Unknown

Ivan Yang, piano

3

Boston University

Mengjun Yao, piano

3

Unknown

Sean Zhang, bassoon

3

Purdue University

Vivian Ivy Zhang, violin

3

Unknown

Yiwen Zhang, piano

3

Manhattan School of Music

Jiamin Zhao, piano

3

Manhattan School of Music

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Precollege Administration

Tiffany Bizup, Director Catherine Heiba, Performance Coordinator Corinna Waggoner, Administrative Assistant Olivia Pidi, Part-time Administrative Assistant

Parents Association Officers Michael Steger Guowei Li Duane Williams Anna Chang

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Prelude & Postlude

MS M P R E C OLLE G E PHILHARMONIC O R C H E STRA SPRI N G 2020 Nathan Hetherington, conductor VIOLIN I

Kyoko Saito, co-concertmaster Peiyu Yang, co-concertmaster David Clarke Bangjun Xia Adrian Trachsel Brian Wang Lena-Marie Stoger Matthew Steinbaum VIOLIN II

Cedar-Rose Newman, principal Eric Baw Serena Deng Sara Yamada Benjamin Lerman Alexandra Wong Chelsea Lu Sydney Yan VIOLA

Kevin Wallace, principal Hunter Kui Jacob Shin Kristine Bartley Ge Xu

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CELLO

Maxwell Remmer, principal Oren Tirschwell Kyle Pinzon Giorgio Poma Andrew Wallace Mia Kim Bernard Ian Maloney Connor Tsui Layla Rafimayeri Taegyu Ha Gloria Kang DOUBLE BASS

Kyle Perea, principal Bennett Norris* Conor O’Hale* Ryan Sujdak* FLUTE

Carolyn Lau Sam Vukic Brooke Walden Hope Zhang OBOE

Julie Baty William Belfor Sophia Chen Hailey Unger

CLARINET

Alexander Cha Iris Chang Matthew Kang Kenny Kim BASSOON

Morgan Davison* Michael Lamar* FRENCH HORN

Benjamin Rossen Thomas Viola TRUMPET

Matthew Davis Jack Towse TUBA

Daniel Horn TIMPANI

Dylan Goodman HARP

Emily-Rose Matskows * Guest artist