MusicFest Northwest 2023

InMemory

ShirleyYvonneEnnis

September29,1929 ~

December20,2022

ShirleywaspassionateaboutwhatMusicFestNorthwestprovidedfor youngmusiciansanddancers.Everyyearstudentsfrompastfestivals wouldreturnjusttoseeShirleyandtellherhowmuchsheencouraged theminthisannualevent,andhowtheirliveswereimpactedinsuch positivewaysbecauseofherdedicationtoensurethefestival happenedeachyear.

AdjudicatorscametoloveShirleyastheirtouchstone,asshewasnot justthefestivalcoordinator/pianodivisionchairshewasafriendto everyonewhocametoknowher.Atestamenttoherkindnessand welcomingspiritishowmanyadjudicatorswantedtoreturnsothey couldtalkwithShirley!

Thousandsofyoungpeoplehavebeenpositivelyinfluencedbytheir MFNWexperience,andShirleyEnniswasthedrivingengineforover 30years.Asshesaidinaninterviewin2016whenaskedwhatshe lovedmostaboutthefestivalheranswer, "It'sallaboutthekids.Ilove them."

RalphWaldoEmersonremarked“’Tiswonderful, howsoonapianogetsintoaloghutonthefrontier. Youwouldthinktheyfounditunderapine-stump.”

Fromthebeginning,humanbeingshaveentertained amidstcommunionwithoneanotherbygathering aroundacampfiresinging,playingmusic,dancing,or recitingstoriesandpoems.Wearecodedforcreative expression,andtoabsorbandparticipateinmusic,art,storyanddancewithandthrougheach other.Musictakesusintothespaceofour"humanbeing-ness"andprovidesmomentsofrespite, stirsourmemoriesandignitesouremotions.

Thepandemicdiminishedtheopportunitiesforlivemusic,dancelessons,masterclasses, concertsandeverythingthatgoesintocreatinglivemusicanddanceforasignificantperiodoftime. Whetherwerecognizeditornot,ourcollectivehumanspiritwasstarvedforcreativeandsocial interactionthatissuchanaturalpartofmakingartandbeinghuman.Psychologists/therapistswill often"prescribe"musicordanceaspartofthetherapeutictoolsforapatientsufferingwithanxiety ordepression.Thereissomethingalmostmagicalthathappenswhenlisteningorplayingmusic.The vibrationsoftheharmonies,melodiesandrhythmsresonatewithourveryphysiology…andourmind andheartaretransformedintoapeacefulorupliftedstate.

Musicinvitesustocreatethespaceforcuriositytobloom,forimaginationtomarinateand fuelinspiration.Musicineverygenerationandcultureinfusespeace,hope,joy,possibilityand comfortintothewoundedandwelcomingheartsofallpeople.Itcrosseseveryperceived"barrier" andallowspeoplewhodonotspeakthesamelanguage,orembracethesamepoliticalandreligious viewstoengagewitheachotherinsomethingmeaningfulthatresonatesdeepwithinthehuman heart.ThestudentsengagedinMusicFestarepartofthisvitalandvaluableforceinourworld.Music shouldneverbeconsideredan"extra-curricularactivity"butratheranessentialcomponentofany curriculum,program,business,andcommunity.

OurrecentFestivalDirector,ShirleyEnnissaidin2016:“Asthefestivalapproaches,it’sterribly busy.ButIloveit–Ido!I’vebeenthinkingforquiteawhilethatIprobablyshouldpassitonto someoneelse.Butit’shardtothinkabout,becauseIlovethisjobandthepeopleinvolvedwithitso much.It’sforthekids–period.”MusicFestNorthwesthasbeenapartoftheculturalfabricinour regionsince1945whenitwasfoundedbySpokanepianoteacherJosephineClarktocelebratethe endofWorldWarIIandto“promotetheartsofpeace”.Inspiredbythegreatmusicfestivalsof Europe,itservedasthepremiereventofitskindinNorthAmerica.Todayweproudlycontinuethis acclaimedtradition,invitingparticipantsofallagestosharetheirtalentsinmasterclassesand performances,andtoreceiveinspiredcoachingfromworld-classartists.Iwelcomeyoutothis remarkablefestival,andencourageyoutositinonclasses,attendtheconcerts,orlistentothelive streamshowsonKPBX91.1.Wearethrilledtobeback,wehopeyouareenjoyingournewbranding andwebsite,andourvisiontowardthenext75yearsasweconnect,createandcelebratetogetherat MusicFestNorthwest!

Dr.JodyGraves,BoardPresidentandDr.NicoleSonbert,Director

FromtheBoardPresidentandDirectorofMusicFestNorthwest

MusicFestNorthwestBoardandStaff

HONORARYTRUSTEES

ThomasHampson

VincetP.Slatt

VerneWindham

JamesEnnis

ShirleyEnnis(InMemoriam)

FESTIVALSTAFF

Dr.NicoleSonbert-FestivalDirector

Mr.LoganPintor-Administrative Assistant

BOARDOFTRUSTEES OFFICERS

Dr.JodyGraves-President CherylCarney-VicePresident

KarenHughes-Treasurer

AkikoKatori-Assist.Treasurer

BOARDMEMBERS

BALLET

MusicFestNorthwestBalletAdjudicator

CarolRoderickistheDirectorofDanceofthe HarttSchoolCommunityDivisionatthe UniversityofHartford,CT.Shewasanassistant professorofballetandpedagogyatColorado StateUniversity(FortCollins)previoustocoming toConnecticut.Shehastaught,coached,and trainedstudentsandteachersforprofessional companies,universities,andprestigiousschools intheUnitedStates,Canada,Japanandand Europe.

ShereceivedherearlytraininginBoston,andlateratButlerandIndiana Universities.HerformalpedagogicaltrainingwaswiththelateJürgenSchneider (BolshoiBallet,StuttgartBallet,AmericanBalletTheatre)andGabrielaKomleva (Kirov/MariinskiBallet).

ShewasamemberoftheprofessionaldivisionfacultiesofBostonBallet School,TheRoyalWinnipegBalletSchoolandTheHaridConservatory.She directedtheColoradoBalletSchool,TulsaBalletSchool,andAcademyofBallet Idaho.ShewasprincipalteacherofAISBalletinKobe,Japanfortwoyears.Shewas theProgramManagerfortheBolshoiBalletatVail,andalsoservedasballet mistressfortheCleoParkerRobinsonNewDanceEnsembleinDenver,Colorado. Formanyyears,sheranherownpre-professionaltrainingprograminDenver–ClassicalBalletEnsemble.

Ms.RoderickhasalsodevelopedherownTeacherTrainingProgram,which shepresentsannuallyattheHarttCommunityDivisionandasaguestlecturerin otherlocations.

Ballet

Tuesday, May 16

Location: Dance Studio

Adjudicator: Carol Roderick

Time 10:00am-11:30am

Class # ** B1A Young Artist Master Class

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 12:00pm-12:45pm

Class # ** B1B Young Artist Variation Performances

Ballet

Tuesday, May 16

Time 1:00pm-2:00pm

Location: Dance Studio

Adjudicator: Carol Roderick

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Class # ** B1C Young Artist Advanced Steps Adjudication Student

1 Eli Waunch

2 Tanna Harrison

3 Nadia Banka

4 Tia Herath

5 Lani Riggs

6 Avery Denney

7 Margaret Daley

8 Cassie Donally

9 Olga Loktev

10 Carter Brown

11 Ava Casteal

Time 2:00pm-2:15pm

Class # Young Artist and Adjudicators Choice Awards Presentation

Ballet

Wednesday, May 17

Location: Dance Studio

Adjudicator: Carol Roderick

Time 10:00am-10:45am

Class # ** B7 Choreography Student

1 Olga Loktev

2 Tia Herath

Aubrey Jones

Lani Riggs

Emma Sautter

Shalie Macae

3 Gracie Taylor

4 Brenna Butler

Time 10:45am-11:00am

Class # Award Presentation

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 11:15am-12:15pm

Class # B1 Ballet 1 Master Class Student

1 Sophia Lister

2 Henry Toungate

3 Magnolia Preiss

4 Hediah Hernandez

5 Lauren Pickering

6 Alice Hook

Time 12:15PM-12:30PM

Class # Certificate Presentation

Ballet

Wednesday, May 17

Location: Dance Studio

Adjudicator: Carol Roderick * Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 1:00pm-3:00pm Class # ** B4 Ballet 4 Master Class Student

1 Tanna Harrison

2 Nadia Banka

3 Sydney Frost

4 Rowan Sandstrom

5 Avery Denney

6 Olga Loktev

7 Carter Brown

8 Ava Casteal

Time 3:00pm-3:15pm

Class # Adjudicators Choice and Awards Presentation

BRASS

MusicFestNorthwestBrassAdjudicator

JoDeeDavisisprofessoroftromboneatthe UMKCConservatory.Sheisamemberofthe TrilogyBrassTrioandCrossroadsTrombone Quartet.DavishasservedonthefacultiesofKent StateUniversityandEasternWashington University.Formerlyprincipaltromboneofthe SpokaneSymphonyandsecondtromboneofthe SantaFeOpera,shehasalsoperformedwitha numberofotherorchestrasincludingtheAkron, Canton,andYoungstownSymphonyOrchestrasin Ohio,andtheSpoletoFestivalOrchestrainCharleston,SC,andSpoleto,Italy.

Currently,DavisplaysextratrombonewiththeKansasCitySymphony.She haspresentedsolorecitalsandmasterclassesthroughouttheUnitedStatesand hasperformedandgivenclinicsattheInternationalTromboneFestival,the EasternTromboneWorkshop(nowtheAmericanTromboneWorkshop),the MidwestClinic,andtheOhio,Texas,Kansas,Missouri,IowaandIllinoisMusic EducatorsConferences.Shewasamemberofthehighlyacclaimedtrombone quartetPRISMA,whichperformedatthefirstInternationalWomen’sBrass ConferenceinSt.Louis,theArizonaLowBrassSymposium,andInternational TromboneFestivalsinCleveland,Minneapolis,LasVegasandFeldkirch,Germany. InNovember2013,DavispresentedarecitalandmasterclassesattheMusik StaatlicheHochschulefürMusikTrossingen.ForherworkatUMKC,shehasbeen awardedtheMurielMcBrienKauffmanAwardforExcellenceinTeaching(2015) andtheKauffmanAwardforExcellenceinService(2021).|

DavisholdstheDoctorofMusicinbrassliteratureandperformancefrom IndianaUniversity,andtheMasterofMusicintromboneperformanceandthe BachelorofMusicinmusiceducationfromtheUniversityofNorthernIowa.She hastwosolorecordingsontheAlbanyRecordslabel:IntheMoment(2001),and TheVoicesofAir(2020).

Brass

Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: Jepson Center, 017

Adjudicator: Dr. JoDee Davis

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 1:00pm-2:00pm

Class # BR1A Young Artist Personal Choice Student

1 Dylan Thompson

2 William Strauch

3 Nicolas Merle

4 Thomas Longhurst

Time 2:00pm-2:30pm

Class # BR1B Young Artist Sight Reading Student

1 Dylan Thompson

2 William Strauch

3 Nicolas Merle

4 Thomas Longhurst

Time 2:45pm-3:45pm

Class # BR1C Young Artist Required Piece Student

1 Dylan Thompson

2 William Strauch

3 Nicolas Merle

4 Thomas Longhurst

Time 4:00pm-4:15pm

YOUNG ARTIST WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

Time 4:15pm-5:00pm

Class # * BR4 Brass Solo Grade 9 & 10

* BR5 Brass Solo Grade 11 & 12

BR12 Brass Open Grade 6-8 Student

BR12 1 Will Semler

BR5

BR4

2 Asahel Billing

3 Daden Lewis

FLUTE

MusicFestNorthwestFluteAdjudicator

AprilClaytonisinhighdemandassoloist, recordingartist,chambermusician,orchestral playerandpedagogue.Sheperformsandteaches acrosstheU.S.andabroadandisanAwardwinningsoloistandrecordingartist.Aprilhas performedassoloistandchamberartistin London,Zurich,Paris,RivadelGarda,Leipzig, Moscow,Vancouver,NewYorkCity,and throughoutSouthKorea,MexicoandtheUS.

Forsevenyears,sheservedasdirectorof chambermusicfortheEuropeanAmericanMusicalAlliance,workinginParis alongsidemembersofthefacultyofJuilliard,theParisConservatoryandEcole NormaledeMusique,andothereliteschools.Shenowcontinuesherinternational performanceandeducationalendeavorseachsummerthroughtheDaCapo Alliance,anonprofiteducationalorganizationshefoundedin2012.

Aprilpresentedher2003debutsolorecitalinNewYork’sWeillRecitalHallat CarnegieHallasawinneroftheArtists’InternationalCompetition.Shehas performedasconcertosoloistwithseveralorchestrasinUtah,Ohio,NewYork, NewJersey,andColorado.SheisaBurkartArtist,andcurrentlyplaysonaBurkart 998Eliteflutewith14kgoldtoneholesandplatinumhead-joint.

HerdebutsoloCD,FlûteAgréable,wasreleasedontheCrystalRecordslabel in2005.April’ssecondsoloCD,FluteHorizons,isacollaborationwiththeBYU ChamberOrchestrafeaturingherassoloistinfourconcerti,twoofwhichwere writtenforher.Mostrecently,shereleasedGardenofJoysandSorrowsonthe Bridgelabelwithherflute-viola-harptrio,HatTrick.Thisrecordingreceivedanod atthe2017GrammyAwardswhenthetrio’sproducer,DavidFrost,won“Producer oftheYear,Classical.”HatTrick‘sCDwasoneofhisninerecordingcreditsforthe year.AprilistheArtisticDirectorattheGiftedMusicSchoolinSaltLakeCity.

Flute

Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: Jepson Center, 127

Adjudicator: Dr. April Clayton

Time 9:00am-9:30am

Class # F1A Young Artist Personal Choice Student

1 Jessica Morrow

2 Anthony Kandilaroff

Time 9:45am-10:00am

Class # F1B Young Artist Sight Reading Student

1 Jessica Morrow

2 Anthony Kandilaroff

Time 10:15am-10:45am

Class # F1C Young Artist Required Piece Student

1 Jessica Morrow

2 Anthony Kandilaroff

Time 11:00am-11:15am

YOUNG ARTIST WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

Time 11:30am-12:00pm

Class # * F101 Flute Ensemble 9th-College Student

1 Eva Iannelli

2 Michelle Chen Lunch 12:00pm-2:00pm

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Flute

Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: Jepson Center, 127

Adjudicator: Dr. April Clayton

Time 2:00pm-3:00pm

Class # ** F20A Adjudicators Choice Personal Choice

Student

1 Eva Iannelli

2 Michelle Chen

3 Ananya Parlapalli

4 Sol Yoon

Time 3:15pm-4:15pm

Class # ** F20B Adjudicators Choice Required Piece

Student

1 Eva Iannelli

2 Michelle Chen

3 Ananya Parlapalli

4 Sol Yoon

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Flute

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Location: Jepson Center, 127

Adjudicator: Dr. April Clayton

Time 9:00am-9:45am

Class # * F2 Flute Solo Grade 4

* F3 Flute Solo Grades 5 & 6

F2

F2

F2

F3

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Combined classes allow participants to experience group adjudication

Each class will receive medals separately

Student

1 Nora Auble

2 Genevive Stuart

3 Bonnie Lee

4 Maggie Anderson

Time 10:00am-11:30am

Class # * F4 Flute Solo Grades 7 & 8

* F5 Flute Solo Grades 9 & 10

* F6 Flute Solo Grades 11 & 12

Combined classes allow participants to experience group adjudication

Each class will receive medals separately

Student

F4

F5

F5

F5

F5

F6

1 Rachel Ji

2 Liam MacMullan

3 Elizabeth Bocardo

4 Anya Harmon

5 Autumn Keyannie

6 Miyo Sullivan

Lunch 11:30am-1:00pm

Flute

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Location: Jepson Center, 127

Adjudicator: Dr. April Clayton

Time 1:00pm-2:00pm

Class # * F8 Flute Baroque Grades 7 & 8

* F9 Flute Baroque Grades 9 & 10

* F10 Flute Baroque Grades 11 & 12

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

F8

F8

F9

F10

Combined classes allow participants to experience group adjudication

Each class will receive medals separately

Student

1 Helen Zhao

2 Helina Eskedar

3 Terra Converse

4 Miles Lewis

Time 2:15pm-3:15pm

Class # * F16 Flute Romantic/Impressionist/Contemporary Grades 7 & 8

* F17 Flute Romantic/Impressionist/Contemporary Grades 9 & 10

* F18 Flute Romantic/Impressionist/Contemporary Grades 11 & 12

Combined classes allow participants to experience group adjudication

Each class will receive medals separately

F16

F16

F17

F18

1 Helen Zhao

2 Helina Eskedar

3 Terra Converse

4 Miles Lewis

PIANO

MusicFestNorthwestPianoAdjudicators

AlanChowhasperformedtocriticalacclaimin majorvenuessuchasNewYork’sLincolnCenter andMerkinHallandChicago’sSymphonyCenter andRavinia;andwithorchestrasintheUnited StatesandAsia,includingconcertoperformances withtheNational,PanAsian,Utah,Oakland, KansasCity,andOmahaSymphoniesandthe HongKong,Shanghai,andTulsa

Philharmonics.Mr.ChowwonFirstPrizeatthe

ConcertArtistsGuildInternationalCompetition andtheSilverMedalandAudienceFavoritePrizeattheGinaBachauer

InternationalPianoCompetition.OtherawardsincludeFirstPrizesintheUCLA andPalmBeachInvitationalInternationalpianocompetitions.

Asachambermusician,Mr.ChowhascollaboratedwiththeAmerican, Pacifica,MiamiandEscherStringQuartetsandbeenaguestartistatnumerous festivals.Inaddition,heappearsinrecitalintheCheng-ChowTriowithpianists AngelaChengandhistwinbrotherAlvinChow.Mr.ChowregularlytoursAsiawith performancesinJapan,HongKong,Taiwan,Singapore,IndiaandChina.

Mr.ChowhasgivenmasterclassesthroughoutNorthAmerica,Asia,andin Europeatconservatories,universities,andsummerfestivals,andisactiveasa jurorformanypianocompetitions.HehasservedasguestprofessorattheCentral ConservatoryinBeijing,honoredvisitingprofessorattheShenyangConservatory, andVisitingAssociateProfessoratOberlinConservatory.Hisformerandcurrent studentshavebeenwinnersinmanynationalandinternationalpiano competitions.

ASteinwayArtist,Mr.ChowhasstudiedattheUniversityofMaryland,The JuilliardSchoolandIndianaUniversitywithNelitatrue,SashaGorodnitzkiand MenahemPressler.HehaspreviouslyservedontheartistfacultyofNorthwestern University’sBienenSchoolofMusicandiscurrentlyProfessorofPianoandChair ofthePianoDepartmentattheEastmanSchoolofMusic.

MusicFestNorthwestPianoAdjudicators

PianistAlvinChowhasperformedthroughout NorthAmericaandinAsiaasorchestralsoloist andrecitalist.Inaddition,heoftenperforms4handrecitalswithhiswife,AngelaCheng,andhis twinbrother,Alan.Hisappearancesassoloistwith orchestraincludetheNationalSymphony OrchestrainWashington,D.C.,Shanghai Philharmonic,Pan-AsiaSymphonyinHongKong, andtheMozarteumOrchestrainSalzburg, Austria.

Mr.Chowhaspresentednumerousmasterclassesandlecturesatmusic institutionsthroughouttheUnitedStatesandabroad,includingtheRoyal ConservatoryofMusicinToronto,HongKongAcademyforPerformingArts, ColburnSchool,EastmanSchoolofMusic,andIndianaUniversity.Mr.Chow graduatedCo-ValedictorianattheUniversityofMaryland,wherehewasastudent ofNelitaTrue.HereceivedtheprestigiousVictorHerbertPrizeinPianofromthe JuilliardSchool,wherehestudiedwithSaschaGorodnitzki,andheldtheJoseph BattistaMemorialScholarshipatIndianaUniversityasastudentofMenahem Pressler.

Mr.Chowhasbeenamemberoftheartist-facultyattheOberlin Conservatorysince1999,wherehecurrentlyservesasChairofthePiano

Department.HewasnamedtheRuthStricklandGardnerProfessorofMusic(201114),andalsoreceivedtheOberlinCollegeExcellenceinTeachingAward(2016-17).

MusicFestNorthwestPianoAdjudicators

KarenWalkerisProfessorEmeritaofPianoat ShenandoahConservatoryinWinchester,Virginia, USA.Overher39yearcareeratShenandoah, Karenthrivedinherworkasateachingartistand administrator.WhileservingasAssociateDean forGraduateStudies,sheredesignedthedoctoral curriculumtotargetthedevelopmentof necessaryskillsforteachingandobtaininga positioninHigherEducation—coursessuchas

TheArtistTeacherintheClassroomandCareer NavigationfortheArtistTeacherprovidedcentralizedopportunitiestohonethese professionalskillsforfutureteachingartists.Particularlyrewardingwasthe mentorshipofgraduatestudentsinallConservatoryprogramsthroughherroleas CoordinatorofGraduateandTeachingAssistantships.

SheholdsdegreesinperformanceandpedagogyfromEasternWashington University,NorthwesternUniversity,andTheCatholicUniversityofAmerica.

Karenisanactiveperformerandcollaboratorandisafrequentadjudicatorat regional,state,nationalandinternationalfestivalsandcompetitions.

Piano

Sunday, May 14

Location: Music Hall Auditorium

Adjudicator: Karen Walker Alvin Chow

Time 10:30am - 11:30am

Class # P1A Young Artist Personal Choice Student

1 Nathan Zhao

2 Jeslyn Cai

3 Thomas Ballinger

Time 11:30am - 12:30pm

Class # P1C Young Artist Required Concerto Student

1 Nathan Zhao

2 Jeslyn Cai

3 Thomas Ballinger

Lunch 12:30pm

Time 1:15pm - 1:45pm

Class # P1B Young Artist Sight Reading Student

1 Nathan Zhao

2 Jeslyn Cai

3 Thomas Ballinger

Time 2:00pm

Class # Presentation of Young Artist Award

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Sunday, May 14

Location: Music Hall Auditorium

Adjudicator: Karen Walker Alvin Chow

Time 2:30pm-4:00pm

Class # * PE106 Collegiate Piano Ensemble Student

1 Katelyn Kennedy & Margaret Francik

2 Savannah Baber & Alisa Belich

3 Kathryn Amdahl & Kristina Komarov

4 Rebecca Shaporda & Katelyn Parker

5 Jessica Heinlen & Zeke Taton

6 Angela Tokarenko & Inna Grishin

7 Eric Shaporda & Alexis Asato

Time 4:00pm-4:30pm

Class # * PCC89 Collegiate Concerto Student

1 Isaac Price

2 Alexis Asato

Time 4:30pm-5:00pm

Class # PO83 Collegiate Open Class Student

1 Jerry Liu

2 Andrew Kopets

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Sunday, May 14

Time 11:00am-11:30am

Location: Jepson 108

Adjudicator: Alan Chow

Class # * PI53 Collegiate Impressionist Student

1 Kristina Komarov

2 Eric Shaporda

Time 11:30am - 12:25pm

Class # * PJS16 Collegiate J.S. Bach Student

1 Savannah Baber

2 Rebecca Shaporda

3 Eric Shaporda

Time 12:25pm-1:00pm

Class # * PCH49 Collegiate Chopin Student

1 Isaac Price

2 Jessica Heinlen

Lunch 1:00pm

Time 2:00pm-3:45pm

Class # * PCT64 Collegiate Contemporary Student

1 Alisa Belich

2 Savannah Baber

3 Isaac Price

4 Jessica Heinlen

5 Katelyn Parker

6 Alexis Asato

7 Maggie Bick

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Sunday, May 14

Location: Jepson 108

Adjudicator: Alan Chow * Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class Time 3:45pm-5:15pm

Kalibrie Piano Trio - Kathryn Amdahl, Jane Emehiser, Sofyia Vinnikova

Des Colores Piano Trio – Kristina

Komarov, Gloria Miller, Yun-ju Cho

Triple A Piano Trio – Alisa Belich, Adeline Kovell, Andrea Borders

Amaryllis Piano Trio – Katelyn

Kennedy, Kellen Arajuo, Grace Ahola

Whitworth Trio - Isaac Price, Robert Weener, and Mu Mu Dun 5

Piano

Sunday, May 14

Time 2:30pm-3:45pm

Location: Jepson 122

Adjudicator: Alvin Chow

Class # * PBE24 Collegiate Beethoven Student

1 Maggie Bick

2 Elsa Michelsen

3 Katelyn Kennedy

4 Garrett Heathman

Time 3:45pm-5:15pm

Class # * PR42 Collegiate Romantic Student

1 Alisa Belich

2 Zeke Taton

3 Alexis Asato

4 Elsa Michelsen

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: Music Hall Auditorium

Adjudicator: Alan Chow

Time 9:00am-10:15am

Class # PO78 Open Class Gr. 1-3 Student

1 Serena Grace

2 Madhavi Baht

3 Sophia Grace

4 Rylie Hicks

5 Clayton Kenison

6 Yvette Petersen

7 Edmond Wesley Reese

Time 10:15am-12:00pm

Class # * PB07 Baroque grade 8 Student

1 Abigail Jones Van Eych

2 Xiaoyong (Tom) Li

3 Norah Jones Van Eyck

4 Sheba Hisa Chen

5 Veronica Nikulin

6 Jet Yang

7 Abigail Jones Van Eych

8 Jennifer Tian

Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Time 1:00pm-2:00pm

Class # * PB06 Baroque Gr 7 Student

1 Caede Lutz

2 Avilla Sun

3 Linda Jiang

4 Jesse Bauer

Time 2:00pm-2:45pm

Class # ** PCT60 Contemporary grade 9 Student

1 Daniel Beal

2 Maddux Raugust

3 Ivan Malov

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Monday, May 15, 2023

Break 2:45pm

Location: Music Hall Auditorium

Adjudicator: Alan Chow

Time 3:00pm-4:00pm Class # ** PI51 Impressionist grade 9-10 Student

1 Lillian Williams

2 Livia Koh

3 Emma Stuart

4 Theo Goodwin

Time 4:00pm-5:00pm Class # ** PCT62 Contemporary grade 11 Student

1 Kevin Thomas

2 Ella Melin

3 Andrew Nikulin

4 Hannah Buchmann

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Monday, May 15

Time 9:00am-9:30am

Location: Jepson 108

Adjudicator: Alvin Chow

Class # PC25 Classical Grade 1-3 Student

1 Nadine Sung

2 Julia Beal

3 Kayal Sankaralingam

Time 9:30am-10:30am

Class # * PCT55 Contemporary Grade 4 Student

1 Takeru Lutz

2 Edwin Wu

3 Samuel Kuropatkin

4 Estelle Chang

5 Viktoria Novitskiy

6 Matthew Barclay

Break 10:30am

Time 10:45am-12:00pm

Class # * PCT56 Contemporary grade 5 Student

1 Jacob Nikulin

2 Lavinia Suparschi

3 Maddux Raugust

4 Lily Yang

5 Roman Zhan

6 Lavinia Suparschi

7 Tiffany Tian

Time 12:00pm-12:30pm

Class # * PST69 Sonatina Grade 5 Student

1 Maddux Raugust

2 Leslie Ke

3 Roman Zhan

4 Tiffany Tian

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Monday, May 15

Lunch 12:30pm

Time 1:30pm-2:30pm

Location: Jepson 108

Adjudicator: Alvin Chow

Class # * PR35 Romantic Grade 6 Student

1 Bennett McKell

2 Matthew Huang

3 Olivia Shane

4 Clara Samsell

Time 2:30pm-3:00pm Class # ** PHM19 Haydn/Mozart Grade 11-12 Student

1 Jeslyn Cai

2 Kathryn Bauer

Break 3:00pm

Time 3:15pm-3:30pm

Class # ** PHM17 Haydn/Mozart Grade 9 Student

1 Daniel Beal

Time 3:30pm-5:00pm Class # ** PR41 Romantic grade 12 Student

1 Yasmine Tehrani

2 Andrew Kopets

3 Declan Gilman

4 Eli Sabata

5 Zachary L Bjurstrom

6 Cody Moore-Ontiveros

Time 5:00pm-5:15pm Class # ** PC31 Classical grade 11-12

Student

1 Andrew Kopets

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Monday, May 15

Time 9:00am-9:45am

Location: Jepson 122

Adjudicator: Karen Walker

Class # * PST68 Sonatina grade 4 Student

1 Estelle Chang

2 Mila Hipp

3 Noah Ping Zhuo

4 Christopher Lee Anderson

Time 9:45am-10:45am

Class # * PB02 Baroque Grade 1-3 Student

1 Teah Li

2 Alexia Gantukh

3 Theo Jones Van Eyck

4 Ethan Zhou

5 Stella Xu

6 Julia Beal

Time 10:45am-12:15pm

Class # * PR34 Romantic grade 4-5 Student

1 Christopher Lee Anderson

2 Edwin Wu

3 Maren Parker

4 Estelle Chang

5 Bryan Zhou

6 Lily Yang

7 Matthew Barclay

8 Jacob Nikulin

Lunch 12:15pm

Time 1:15pm-2:15pm

Class # * PCH43 Chopin grade 7 Student

1 Avilla Sun

2 Anika Fomenko

3 Linda Jiang

4 Andrew Sun

5 Caede Lutz

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Monday, May 15

Break 2:15pm

Time 2:30pm-5:00pm

Location: Jepson 122

Adjudicator: Karen Walker

Class # PCT54 Contemporary Grade 1-3 Student

1 Emilia Demko

2 Jonathan Cheng

3 Serena Grace

4 Ella Nikulin

5 Nadine Sung

6 Ethan Zhou

7 Stella Xu

8 Jeremiah Nikulin

9 Nathaniel Savchenko

10 Dalia Kost

11 Kevin Nikulin

12 Stephen Barclay

13 Emerie Wu

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Tuesday, May 16

Location: Music Hall Auditorium

Adjudicator: Alvin Chow

Time 9:00am-9:30am

Class # * PE101 Ens Grade 1-3

Student

1 Emerie Wu & Edwin Wu

2 Emilia Demko & Dalia Kost

Time 9:30am-11:00am

Class # * PE102 Ens Grade 4-6

Student

1 Samuel Kuropatkin & Alec Kuropatkin

2 Bryan Zhou & Ethan Zhou

3 Ethan Chang & Estelle Chang

4 Julia Beal & Daniel Beal

5 Neva Xu & Stella Xu

6 Maddux Raugust & Jack Barter

7 Jacob Nikulin & Ella Nikulin

Time 11:15am-11:45am

Class # * PE103 Ens Grade 7-8

Student

1 Cornelia Busuioc & Melissa Zberea

2 Jennifer Tian & Ari Izon

Time 11:45am-12:00pm

Class # * PE104 ENS Grade 9-10 Student

1 Daniel Beal & Andrew Nikulin

Time 12:00pm-12:15pm

Class # * PCC86 Concerto grade 7-8 Student

1 Brielle Bryant

Time 12:15pm-12:30pm

Class # * PCC87 Concerto grade 9-10 Student

1 Daniel Beal

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Tuesday, May 16

Lunch 12:30pm

Location: Music Hall Auditorium

Adjudicator: Alvin Chow

Time 1:30pm-1:45pm

Class # * PE105 Ens Grade 11-12 Student

1 Alesia Levchenko & Tatyana Zdanevskaia

Time 1:45pm-2:00pm

Class # * PSR98 Sight reading Grade 9-12 Student

1 Jade Frias

2 Daniel Beal

Break 2:00pm

Time 2:15pm-4:45pm

Class # ** PI52 Impressionist Grade 11-12 Student

1 Tessa Kimmel

2 Livia Doberman

3 Asia Borges

4 Abigail Jones Van Eych

5 Issac Mallahan

6 Jesse Tang

7 Julia Petersen

8 Katherine Bauer

9 Aaron Wilcox

10 Levi Hill

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Tuesday, May 16

Time 9:00am-10:50am

Location: Jepson 108

Adjudicator: Alan Chow

Class # PR33 Romantic grade 1-3 Student

1 Ella Nikulin

2 Jonathan Cheng

3 Esther Doroshkin

4 Stella Xu

5 Jeremiah Nikulin

6 Julia Beal

7 Ethan Zhou

8 Kevin Nikulin

9 Karolina Nadyuk

10 Stephen Barclay

11 Emerie Wu

Time 11:00am-12:00pm

Class # * PB04 Baroque grade 5 Student

1 Maren Parker

2 Bryan Zhou

3 Lily Yang

4 Roman Zhan

5 Tiffany Tian

Time 12:00pm-12:30pm

Class # * PB03 Baroque Grade 4 Student

1 Amelia Sun

2 Takeru Lutz

3 Mila Hipp

Lunch 12:30pm

Time 1:30pm-2:15pm

Class # ** PCT61 Contemporary Grade 10 Student

1 Sophia Ji

2 Zachary Jenner

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Tuesday, May 16

Time 2:15pm-3:30pm

Location: Jepson 108

Adjudicator: Alan Chow

Class # ** PCT63 Contemporary Grade 12 Student

1 Declan Gilman

2 Eli Sabata

3 Logan Wehr

4 Tessa Kimmel

Break 3:30pm

Time 3:45pm-4:30pm

Class # ** PCH48 Chopin Grade 12 Student

1 Tessa Kimmel

2 Sofia Kozlova

3 Levi Hill

Time 4:30pm-5:00pm

Class # ** PJS14 JS Bach Grade 9-10 Student

1 Natalie Clay

2 Sophia Ji

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Tuesday, May 16

Time 9:00am-9:10am

Location: Jepson 122

Adjudicator: Karen Walker

Class # * PST70 Sonatina grade 6

Student

1 Ethan Chang

Time 9:10am-9:20am

Class # * PST71 Sonatina Gr 7

Student

1 Jack Barter

Time 9:20am-9:45am

Class # * PST72 Sonatina Gr 8

Student

1 Rylinn Bishop

2 Veronica Nikulin

Time 9:45am-10:10am

Class # * PJS13 JSBach Gr 7-8

Student

1 Ari Izon

2 Andrew Sun

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Tuesday, May 16

Time 10:15am-12:30pm

Location: Jepson 122

Adjudicator: Karen Walker

Class # * PC29 Classical Gr 7-8 Student

1 Pearl Druffel

2 Lillie Dance

3 Gloria Anderson

4 Adrienne Warnick

5 Emma Pakkianathan

6 Cornelia Busuioc

7 Xiaoyong (Tom) Li

8 Linda Jiang

9 Wyatt Gilman

10 Kevin Wang

11 Helen Zhao

12 Andrew Sun

13 Jennifer Tian

Lunch 12:30pm

Time 1:30pm-2:30pm

Class # ** PB09 Baroque Gr 10 Student

1 Asalyn Zierenberg

2 Alina Shevchuk

3 Ava Mounts

4 Patrick Nguyen

Break 2:30pm

Time 2:45pm-4:30pm

Class # ** PCH47 Chopin Grade 11 Student

1 Isaac Warnick

2 Ella Melin

3 Riley Shaw

4 Tatyana Zdanevskaia

5 Julia Petersen

6 Livia Doberman

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Tuesday, May 16

Time 4:30pm-5:00pm

Location: Jepson 122

Adjudicator: Karen Walker

Class # * POC76 Original Comp Gr 10-12 Student

1 Nathan Zhao

2 Issac Mallahan

Time 5:00pm-5:15pm

Class # * POC75 Original Comp Gr 7-9 Student

1 Theo Goodwin

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Wednesday, May 17

Location: Music Hall Auditorium

Adjudicator: Alan Chow

Time 9:00am-9:30am

Class # * PC27 Classical Gr 5 Student

1 Bryan Zhou

2 Victoria Watkins

3 Bristol Bates

Time 9:30am-10:30am

Class # * PC28 Classical Gr 6 Student

1 Olivia Shane

2 Claire Semler

3 Bennett McKell

4 Serena Kimmel

5 Antonio Talarico

6 Gideon Jones

7 Elena Wirthlin

8 Claire Samsell

Time 10:30am-12:00pm

Class # * PB05 Baroque Gr 6 Student

1 Claire Semler

2 Serena Kimmel

3 Steven Cheng

4 Matthew Huang

5 Olivia Shane

6 Claire Samsell

7 Elena Wirthlin

Lunch 12:00pm

Time 1:00pm-2:00pm

Class # ** PBE21 Beethoven Sonata Gr. 9 Student

1 Lillian Williams

2 Daniel Beal

3 Solomon Clive Chen

4 Ariel Little

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Wednesday, May 17

Location: Music Hall Auditorium

Adjudicator: Alan Chow

Time 2:00pm-3:30pm Class # ** PC30 Classical Gr 9-10 Student

1 Isabella Sun

2 Jesse Tang

3 Raymond Bai

4 Zachary Jenner

5 Justin Tang

Break 3:30pm

Time 3:45pm-4:00pm Class # * PQ94 Quick Study Gr 11-12 Student

1 Tessa Kimmel

Time 4:00pm-5:00pm Class # ** PR40 Romantic Gr 11 Student

1 Kevin Thomas

2 Caleb Baker

3 Andrew Nikulin

4 Samuel Honeycutt

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Wednesday, May 17

Time 9:00am-10:15am

Location: Jepson 108

Adjudicator: Karen Walker

Class # ** PB08 Baroque grade 9 Student

1 Isabella Sun

2 Daniel Beal

3 Solomon Clive Chen

4 Zane Heathman

5 Theo Goodwin

Time 10:15am-11:00am

Class # * PC26 Classical Gr 4 Student

1 Amelia Sun

2 Summer Dance

3 Takeru Lutz

4 Edwin Wu

5 Bonnie Lee

6 Noah Ping Zhuo

7 Christopher Lee Anderson

Time 11:30am - 12:00pm

Class # * PQ90 Quick Study Gr 1-3 Student

1 Ethan Zhou

2 Julia Beal

3 Stella Xu

Lunch 12:00pm

Time 1:00pm-2:30pm

Class # ** PCH45 Chopin Gr 9 Student

1 Isabella Sun

2 Daniel Beal

3 Solomon Clive Chen

4 Ava Payne

5 Maximus Raugust

6 Zane Heathman

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Wednesday, May 17

Break 2:30pm

Time 2:45pm-3:00pm

Location: Jepson 108

Adjudicator: Karen Walker

Class # PO81 Open Gr 9-10 Student

1 Emily Jones

Time 3:00pm-3:30pm

Class # PO82 Open Gr 11-12 Student

1 Abbigail Schmutz

2 Ilsa Groff

Time 3:30pm-3:45pm Class # ** PB10 Baroque Gr 11 Student

1 Elena Carter

Time 3:45pm-4:45pm

Class # ** PB11 Baroque Gr 12 Student

1 Jeslyn Cai

2 Aaron Wilcox

3 Zachary L Bjurstrom

4 Ilsa Groff

Time 4:45pm-5:05pm

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Class # * PQ91 Quick Study Lower Intermediate Gr 4-6 Student

1 Serena Kimmel

2 Bryan Zhou

Time 5:05pm-5:15pm

Class # * PQ92 Quick Study Upper Intermediate Gr 7-8 Student

1 Xiaoyong (Tom) Li

Piano

Wednesday, May 17

Time 9:00am-9:20am

Location: Jepson 122

Adjudicator: Alvin Chow

Class # * PSR95 Sight reading Gr 1-3 Student

1 Ethan Zhou

2 Stella Xu

Time 9:20am-9:30am

Class # * PSR96 Sight reading Gr 4-5

Student

1 Bryan Zhou

Time 9:30am-9:50am

Class # * PSR97 Sight reading GR 6-8 Student

1 Xiaoyong (Tom) Li

Time 10:00am-11:00am

Class # * PCH44 Chopin Gr 8 Student

1 Gracilyn Young

2 Rachel Ji

3 Veronica Nikulin

4 Joseph Call

5 Olivia Wehr

6 Grace Parker

Break 11:00am

Time 11:15am-11:45am

Class # * PI50 Impressionist Gr 7-8 Student

1 Rowan Hastings

2 Avilla Sun

3 Sheba Hisa Chen

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Wednesday, May 17

Location: Jepson 122

Adjudicator: Alvin Chow

Time 11:45am-12:00pm Class # ** PBE22 Beethoven Gr 10 Student

1 Nathan Zhou

Lunch 12:00pm

Time 1:00pm-3:15pm Class # ** PBE23 Beethoven Gr 11-12 Student

1 Kevin Thomas

2 Ella Melin

3 Jeslyn Cai

4 Justus Piazza

5 Andrew Nikulin

6 Livia Doberman

7 Zachary L Bjurstrom

8 Samuel Honeycutt

Break 3:15pm

Time 3:30pm-4:45pm Class # ** PCH46 Chopin Gr 10 Student

1 Ava Mounts

2 Ming Yan

3 Nathan Zhou

4 Patrick Nguyen

5 Sophia Ji

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Thursday, May 18

Location: Music Hall Auditorium

Adjudicator: Karen Walker

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 9:00am-9:30am

Class # PO80 Open Class Gr 7-8 Student

1 Claire Huber

2 Srividya Baht

3 Amelia Reese

Time 9:30am-11:00am

Class # * PCT57 Contemporary Gr 6 Student

1 Claire Semler

2 Evanessa Rotari

3 Naomi Savchenko

4 Steven Cheng

5 Jillian Flake

6 Antonio Talarico

7 Ethan Chang

8 Karl Petersen

9 Claire Samsell

Break 11:00am

Time 11:15am-12:15pm

Class # * PCT58 Contemporary Gr 7 Student

1 Caede Lutz

2 Cornelia Busuioc

3 Kevin Nikulin

4 Helen Zhao

Lunch 12:15pm

Time 1:45pm-5:00pm

Class # Adjudicator Playoffs - Music Hall Auditorium

Piano

Thursday, May 18

Time 9:00am-10:00am

Location: Jepson 108

Adjudicator: Alvin Chow

Class # * PCT59 Contemporary grade 8

Student

1 Prairie Hust

2 Adrienne Warnick

3 Brielle Bryant

4 Wyatt Gilman

5 Grace Parker

6 Lila Buchmann

Time 10:00am-10:45am

Class # * PR36 Romantic Gr 7 Student

1 Jack Barter

2 Lily Payne

3 Leroy Koh

4 Jesse Bauer

Break 10:45am

Time 11:00am-12:15pm

Class # * PR37 Romantic Gr 8 Student

1 Xiaoyong (Tom) Li

2 Rylinn Bishop

3 Ari Izon

4 Lila Buchmann

5 Ben Schultz

6 Prairie Hust

Lunch 12:15pm-2:00pm

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Piano

Thursday, May 18

Time 9:00am-10:30am

Location: Jepson 122

Adjudicator: Alan Chow

Class # ** PR38 Romantic Gr 9 Student

1 Emily Jones

2 Daniel Beal

3 Anna Borodulin

4 Ariel Little

5 Ivan Malov

6 Theo Goodwin

Break 10:30am

Time 10:45am-11:15am

Class # PO79 Open Class Gr 4-6 Student

1 Gabriella Bambino

2 Elijah Bauer

3 Julianne Pearl Reese

Time 11:15am-12:15pm

Class # ** PR39 Romantic Gr 10 Student

1 Diana Bezruchenko

2 Lily Tun

3 Brigitte Petersen

4 Chase Wehr

Lunch 12:15pm

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

REED

MusicFestNorthwestReedAdjudicator

NermisMiesesistheAssociateProfessorof OboeatMichiganStateUniversityandfacultyat SewaneeMusicFestival.

Formerly,shetaughtatBowlingGreenState University,performedasPrincipalOboeof MichiganOperaTheatre,andservedasChairof theIDRSGillet-FoxInternationalCompetitionfor Oboe.Sheisthewinnerofvariousprizesand awardssuchastheUniversityofMichiganPaul BoylanAlumniAward,BarbirolliInternational OboeCompetition,FirstInternationalOboeCompetitionofFEMUSCandothers. ShefrequentlyperformswiththeinternationallyrenownedSphinxandChineke! orchestrasandisanactiverecitalistthroughouttheAmericanContinentand Europe.Herdebutasasoloistcametoherattheageof15,inhernativecountry, withtheOrquestaSinfónicadePuertoRico.SheobtainedherBMfromthe ConservatoryofMusicofPuertoRico,andboth,MMandDMAdegreesfromthe UniversityofMichigan.

Reed

Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: Jepson Center, 014

Adjudicator: Dr. Nermis Mieses

Time 9:00am-10:45am

Class # R1A Young Artist Personal Choice Student

Clarinet 1 Liam Cameron

Bassoon 2 Jacob Campbell

Bassoon 3 Karl Falskow

Saxophone 4 Melissa Jones

Saxophone 5 Antonio Jarvey

Saxophone 6 Avery Pierce-Garnett

Time 11:00am-11:45am

Class # R1B Young Artist Sight Reading Student

Clarinet 1 Liam Cameron

Bassoon 2 Jacob Campbell

Bassoon 3 Karl Falskow

Saxophone 4 Melissa Jones

Saxophone 5 Antonio Jarvey

Saxophone 6 Avery Pierce-Garnett

Lunch 11:45am-1:00pm

Time 1:00pm-2:45pm

Class # R1C Young Artist Required Piece Student

Clarinet 1 Liam Cameron

Bassoon 2 Jacob Campbell

Bassoon 3 Karl Falskow

Saxophone 4 Melissa Jones

Saxophone 5 Antonio Jarvey

Saxophone 6 Avery Pierce-Garnett

Time 3:00pm-3:15pm

YOUNG ARTIST WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Reed

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Location: Jepson Center, 014

Adjudicator: Dr. Nermis Mieses

* Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 9:00am-9:45am

Class # * R3 Reed Solo Grade 6-8

Student

Bassoon 1 Caede Lutz

Saxophone 2 Cole Cullen

Saxophone 3 Eloise Benson

Time 10:00am-11:00am

Class # * R4 Reed Solo Grades 9 & 10

Student

Oboe 1 Autumn Keyannie

Oboe 2 Beth Hendricks

Oboe 3 Isaac Ojennus

Saxophone 4 Abigail DeWinter

Time 11:15am-12:00pm

Class # * R6 Reed Solo College/Adult

Student

Oboe 1 Rachel Noriega

Oboe/EH 2 Andrew Carder

Oboe 3 Elsa Michelsen

Lunch 12:00pm-1:30pm

Time 1:30pm-2:45pm

Class # * R7 Reed Concerto Grades 9-12 * R8 Reed Concerto College/Adult

Combined classes allow participants to experience group adjudication

Each class will receive medals separately

Student

Oboe R7 1 Atutumn Keyannie

Oboe R7 2 Isaac Ojennus

Clarinet R7 3 Colin Chen

Oboe/EH R8 4 Andrew Carder

Reed

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Location: Jepson Center, 014

Adjudicator: Dr. Nermis Mieses

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 3:00pm-3:30pm

Class # R12 Reed Open Class Grades 7-8

R13 Reed Open Class Grades 9-10

Combined classes allow participants to experience group adjudication

Each class will receive medals separately

Student

Oboe 1 Akemi Sarah Grogan

Oboe 2 Beth Hendricks

STRING

MusicFestNorthwestStringAdjudicator

Overthepast40years,MargaretPressleyhas servedasoneofthecountry’sforemost instructorsofpre-collegemusicians.Ms.Pressley establishedthePressleyViolinStudioand foundedtheSeattleConservatoryofMusic,the firstofitskindinthePacificNorthwest.Forher exceptionalsupport,inspiration,andoutstanding contributionstowardthegrowthand developmentofmusiceducation,Ms.Pressleyhas receivedhonors,includingaMusicTeachers NationalAssociation’sNationalFellowAward,aWashingtonStateOutstanding StudioTeacheroftheYearAward(AmericanStringTeacherAssociation),a prestigiousDorothyRichardStarlingViolinFoundationGrant,andinductioninto theWashingtonStateMusicTeacherAssociation’sHallofFame.Shewasalsogiven theSeattleYouthSymphony’sDistinguishedAlumniAwardforhercontributionsto musicandtheSYSOcommunity.

ConservatoryandStudioalumnihavebeenacceptedintoeverymajor collegiatemusicschoolinthecountry.Theycurrentlyworkaschambermusicians, membersoforchestras,internationalsoloists,professorsofviolin,andfree-lance musicians.Ms.PressleyhasservedasMasterClassTeachersandCompetition Adjudicators.ShehasservedasScholar-in-Residence,LecturerandAdjunct ProfessorsatColoradoandWashingtonStateUniversities.Currentlysheresidesin ColoradoSprings.

String Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

Time 10:00am-12:45pm

Class # S1A Young Artist Personal Choice Student

1 Yekatarina Slyusarev

2 Adeline Kovell

3 Joseph Linde

4 Grace Ahola

5 Michelle Johnson

6 Amanda Kitto

7 Samuel Parker

8 Julian Conigliaro

9 Sidney Tovey Lofthouse

10 Wyatt Wireman

Lunch 12:45pm-1:45pm

Time 1:45pm-2:45pm

Class # S1B Young Artist Sight Reading Student

1 Yekatarina Slyusarev

2 Adeline Kovell

3 Joseph Linde

4 Grace Ahola

5 Michelle Johnson

6 Amanda Kitto

7 Samuel Parker

8 Julian Conigliaro

9 Sidney Tovey Lofthouse

10 Wyatt Wireman

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

String

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

Time 3:00pm-5:45pm

Class # S1C Young Artist Required Piece Student

1 Yekatarina Slyusarev

2 Adeline Kovell

3 Joseph Linde

4 Grace Ahola

5 Michelle Johnson

6 Amanda Kitto

7 Samuel Parker

8 Julian Conigliaro

9 Sidney Tovey Lofthouse

10 Wyatt Wireman

Time 6:00pm-6:15pm

YOUNG ARTIST WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

String

Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 9:45am-11:00am

Class # * S10 String-Piano Sonata Grade 9-12 Student

1 Sarah Talb

2 Iris DePaolo

3 Dane Hendrickson

4 Seth Collins

5 Vicky Chen

Time 11:00am-12:10pm

Class # * S5 Solo Level 2B Student

1 Aurelia Krenrich

2 Lucas Pan

3 Amiah Van Hill

4 Rosalie Nguyen

5 Saskia Hohenlohe

6 Christopher Lee Anderson

Lunch 12:10pm-1:10pm

Time 1:10pm-2:10pm

Class # S31 String Open Grade 11-12 Student

1 Sophia Kayler

2 Stephanie Saw

3 Micah Mei Hall

4 Thomas Longhurst

Time 2:10pm-3:10pm

Class # * S9 String-Piano Sonata Grade 1-8 Student

1 Neva Xu

2 Lucas Pan

3 Christopher Lee Anderson

4 Rosalie Nguyen

String

Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 3:15pm-3:45pm

Class # S33 String Open Adult Beginner Student

1 Amy Anderson

2 Brandi Epps

3 Duet: Amy Anderson and Brandi Epps

Time 3:45pm-4:10pm

Class # * S103 College/Adult String Ensemble Student

1 Abigail Stephens

Gigi Williams

Alli McGuire

Emma Largen

Darian Burkhart

Haley Croom

Teagan Hayes

Karsten Towery

Stephanie Saw

Faith Griffin

Time 4:10pm-4:45pm

Class # S16 7-8 Grade Open Concerto Student

1 Matthew Smith

2 Pearl McClintock

3 Sonja Minatre

Time 4:45pm-5:30pm

Class # SO String Open General Class, Section 1 Student

1 Jack McNally

2 Duet: Karsten Towery and Abigail Stphens

3 Lucy Schenkenberger

4 Drew Eichstadt

String

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

Time 9:45am-10:20am

Class # ** S6 Solo Level 3A

Student

1 Sage Sorensen

2 Jessie Morozov

3 Carrie Samsen

4 Owen Felt

5 Olive Pete

6 Kieran Hillyer-McVey

7 Seth Collins

Time 10:20am-11:30am

Class # * S34 34 Kreisler, Section 1

Student

1 Sage Sorensen

2 Ravi Ke

3 Amiah Van Hill

4 Neva Xu

5 Benjamin Bryant

6 Christopher Lee Anderson

Time 11:30am-12:00pm

Class # ** S7 Solo Level 3B

Student

1 Jessie Morozov

2 Yunju Cho

Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

String

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

Time 1:00pm-2:10pm

Class # * S34 34 Kreisler, Section 2 Student

1 Jane Emehiser

2 Anna Ellis

3 Olive Pete

4 Vicky Chen

5 Andrey Berlov

6 Lori Petroske

Time 2:15pm-4:05pm

Class # * S8 String Advanced Unaccompanied Bach Student

1 Sage Sorensen

2 Jihye Kim

3 Sofiya Vinnikova

4 Jessie Morozov

5 Samuel Miller

6 Kieran Hillyer-McVey

7 Kate Sanchez

8 Gabrielle Bedolla

9 John DesRosier 10 Sam Lodge

Time 4:15pm-5:15pm

Class # S23 Unaccompanied Bach Open Student

1 Anna Ellis

2 Elise Wirthlin

3 Calista Edwards

4 Caroline Gallus

5 Dane Hendrickson

6 Isobelle O'Reilly

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

String

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 9:30am-9:45am

Class # SO String Open General Class, Section 2 Student

1 Smith Carpenter

Time 9:45am-10:30am

Class # * S101 Not over 8th Grade String Ensemble Student

1 Estelle Chang

Neva Xu

2 Abigael Carpenter

Lily Heinrich

Alice Kakazu

Smith Carpenter

3 Liam Dwyer

Sophie Dwyer

Time 10:30am-12:10pm

Class # * S102 9-12 Grade String Ensemble Student

1 Everett Skubinna

Inés Reglero Durán

Tula Webber

Justin Park

Ariel Little

Kari Choo

2 Everett Skubinna

Justin Park

Jeslyn Cai

Tula Webber

3 Cole Featherstone

Charlie Wood

4 Elisha Amend

Seth Collins

Lunch 12:10-1:10pm

String

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 1:10pm-3:20pm

Class # * S37 Advanced Concerto

Student

1 Abigael Carpenter

2 Gigi Williams

3 Amiah Van Hill

4 Liam Dwyer

5 Samuel Song

6 Alex Zanas

7 Cole Featherstone

Time 3:35pm-4:55pm

Class # * S4 Solo Level 2A Student

1 Caitlyn Ewasko

2 Craig Collar

3 Bella Mitchell

4 Bernard Briones

5 Katelyn Confer

6 Asher Wu

String

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

Time 9:45am-10:15am

Class # S17 9-10 Grade Open Concerto Student

1 Troy Slack

2 Sophia Ji

Time 10:15am-11:00am

Class # S18 11-12 Grade Open Concerto Student

1 Sarah Lines

2 Chloe Zheng

3 Victoria Hern

Time 11:10am-12:00pm

Class # * S2 Solo Level 1A Student

1 Liam Gump

2 Madilyn Dinning

3 Ryan Lancaster

4 Owen Pickett

Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Time 1:00pm-1:45pm

Class # S30 String Open Grade 9-10 Student

1 Ella Grishin

2 Owen Peterman

3 Joy Willard

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

String

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

Time 1:45pm-2:45pm

Class # * S5 Solo Level 2B

Student

1 Matthew Smith

2 Alpha Gao

3 Paige Dance

4 Matthew Yan

5 Madilyn Danaraj

Time 2:45pm-4:15pm

Class # S29 Solo Open Intermediate 7-8

Student

1 Elyse Westfall

2 Prairie Hust

3 Elizabeth Hoare

4 Eleasa Molsee

5 Kasten Towery

6 Libby Schuster

7 Ashlyn Ordelheide

8 Bridget Chappell

Time 4:15pm-5:30pm

Class # * S3 Solo Level 1B

Student

1 William "Henry" Ramey

2 Estelle Chang

3 London Dance

4 Michael Quigley

5 Erik Pierce

6 Aiden McCarthy-Scheef

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

String

Friday, May 19, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

Time 9:45am-11:10am

Class # * S11 String-Piano Sonata College Student

1 Grace Ahola

2 Jane Emehiser

3 Bailie Jansons

4 Gloria Miller

Kristina Komarov

5 Katelyn Kennedy

Kellen Araujo

Time 11:15am-11:30am

Class # SO String Open General Class, Section 3 Student

1 Esther Griffin

Time 11:30am-12:00pm

Class # * S36 36 Paganini Caprice Student

1 Olive Pete

2 Samuel Song

Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Time 1:00pm-2:00pm

Class # S24 Open Elementary through 3rd Grade Student

1 Roslyn Swanson

2 Chantelle Beerman

3 Jeannie Lee

4 Grace Moon

5 Maezey Salerno

6 Vivianne Griffin

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

String

Friday, May 19, 2023

Location: Music Annex, 001

Adjudicator: Margaret Pressley

Time 2:00pm-3:20pm

Class # S27 String Open Intermediate Grade 3 and below S28 String Open Intermediate Grade 4-6 Student

1 Hunter Singleton

2 Luci Salerno

3 Alice Rogers-Brunt

4 Addison Creutzburg

5 Dru Salerno

6 Adelie Joreteg

Time 3:35pm-3:55pm

Class # S25 Elementary through 4-6 Student

1 Bridget McNamee

2 Samuel Sabestinas

Time 4:00pm-4:25pm

Class # S13 String Open Solo Student

1 Emma Largen

2 Sophie Capodagli

Time 4:35pm-5:20pm

Class # S19 College/Adult Open Concerto Student

1 Samarra Salcid

2 Harrison Gaal

3 John DesRosier

Time 5:20pm-5:35pm

Class # S32 String Open College Student

1 Cristina Showalter

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

VOICE

MusicFestNorthwestVoiceAdjudicator

Singer/MasterTeacherByronJonesiswellknowntoWashingtonDC-areaaudiences,having performedregularlyformorethanthreedecades inopera,concert,recital,andintimatecabaret settings.Joneshasreceivedcriticalpraiseforhis warmthoftoneandclear,expressiveuseof language.AspecialistinFrenchmusic,he appearedinJacquesBrel:SongsfromhisWorld withtheINSeriesatWashington’sSourceTheatre in2017.

HisoperaticrepertoireincludesrolesbyMozart,Puccini,Ullmann,Floyd, Mollicone,andmore.Asaconcertsinger,Joneshasperformedmajorworksby Monteverdi,Bach,Mozart,Haydn,Beethoven,Mahler,Verdi,Berlioz,Orff,Fauré, Hailstork,Finzi,andBritten.

Jones’scomprehensivesongrepertoireincludesmajorcyclesbySchubert, Schumann,Ravel,Debussy,Poulenc,andBarber.Hisdeepcommitmentto AmericanartsongincludeseverythingfromIvestoOwensandbeyond.InOctober 2022,hetraveledtoIrvineCAfortheAfricanAmericanArtSongAlliance ConferencetopresentanewlycommissionedworkbyAndreMyers.InDecember, JonesmadehisLyricFest(Philadelphia)debutwithaprogramofsongsbyArne DørumsgaardwithpianistLauraWard.

Dr.JonesisProfessorofVoiceatShenandoahConservatoryinWinchester, VA.HehasbeenamemberofthevoicefacultyatSeagleFestivalinSchroonLake NYsince2012.

Voice Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: St. Gregory's Hall, 110

Adjudicator: Dr. Byron Jones * Medal Class ** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 1:00pm-1:30pm Class # V1A Young Artist Personal Choice Student

1 Aries Maier

2 Malinda Wagstaff

Time 1:45pm-2:15pm Class # V1B Young Artist Sight Reading Student

1 Aries Maier

2 Malinda Wagstaff

Time 2:30pm-3:00pm Class # V1C Young Artist Required Piece Student

1 Aries Maier

2 Malinda Wagstaff

Time 3:15pm-3:30pm YOUNG ARTIST WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

Time 3:45pm-4:30pm Class # ** V5 Light Opera/Operetta Grade 11-12 Student

1 Jessie Palmer

2 Mia Kubicek

3 Denise Raymond

Time 4:30pm-4:45pm Class # V17 Open College/Adult Student

1 Elisheva Miller

Voice Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: St. Gregory's Hall, 110

Adjudicator: Dr. Byron Jones

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 4:45pm-5:00pm

Class # * V20 Foreign Language Art Song College/Adult Student

1 Cascade Donally

Time 5:00pm-5:15pm

Class # * V107 Musical Theatre College/Adult Student

1 Jayden Salazar

Voice Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: St. Gregory's Hall, 110

Adjudicator: Dr. Byron Jones

* Medal Class

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

Time 9:00am-9:45am

Class # * V105 Musical Theatre Grade 9-10

Student

1 Elouise Dimmel

2 Sadie Overstreet

3 Max Romoff

Time 10:00am-11:00am

Class # ** V106 Musical Theatre Grade 11-12

Student

1 Emma Allington

2 Julia Stewart

3 Mia Kubicek

4 Denise Raymond

Time 11:00am-11:15am

Class # * V102 Small Ensemble Grade 9-12

Student

1 Sienna Whitehead

Shannon Whitehead

Time 11:30am-11:45am

Class # * V28 Italian Art/Aria Song Grade 10

Student

1 Jubilant DuVall

Time 11:45am-12:15pm

Class # * V30 Italian Art/Aria Song Grade 12 Student

1 Emma Allington

2 Victoria Diana

Voice Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: St. Gregory's Hall, 110

Time 1:00pm-1:45pm

Class # * V18 Foreign Language Art Song Grade 9-10

Student

1 Sadie Overstreet

2 Max Romoff

3 Shannon Whitehead

Adjudicator: Dr. Byron Jones * Medal Class

Time 1:45pm-2:45pm Class # ** V19 Foreign Language Art Song Grade 11-12

Student

1 Jade Frias

2 Faith Nolander

3 Nash McFarlane

4 Sienna Whitehead

Time 3:30pm-5:00pm

OPEN MASTERCLASS

Sponsored by Eastern Washington University

** Adjudicator's Choice Class

SisterMariettaCoyle VocalStudiesAward

Thisawardistoassistavoicestudentto continuevoicestudiesinthenextyear.The choiceofwinnerisbasedonthepotential, promise,responsibility,andmusicianship shownbyastudentwhoalsodesiresto pursueaprofessionalmusiccareer.

TheVoiceDivisionadjudicatornamesthewinner. Thewinnerreceives$400andmustperformat theFestivalHighlightsConcertonFriday eveningoffestivalweek.

Thisawardisgivenintributetoand inlovingmemoryofSisterMarietta CoylebyThomasHampson,a formerstudentofSisterMarietta. Shewashisfirstsingingteacherand thepersonhecreditswithopening upthepossibilitiesofmusicforhim. Mr.Hampsonwasthe1979Young ArtistwinnerintheVoiceDivision andtherecipientoftheJosephine ForrestClarkAwardin1980.

ThomasHampson,America’sforemostbaritone,hailsfrom Spokane,Washington.Hehasreceivedmanyhonorsandawards forhisprobingartistryandculturalleadership.Heenjoysa singularinternationalcareerasanoperasinger,recordingartist, and“ambassadorofsong,”maintaininganactiveinterestin research,education,musicaloutreach,andtechnology. Comprisingmorethan150albums,hisdiscographyincludes winnersofaGrammyAward,fiveEdisonAwards,andtheGrand PrixduDisque.

In2017,Mr.Hampsonsaid,“IcarrySpokaneproudlyinmy biographyandinmyheart…Mymusical,maturelifestartedin Spokane.Ibecameandfoundouttherewassomethingnamed “ThomasHampson”inSpokane,Washington,andIwillnever forgetthat.”

RULES

FestivalRules&Regulations

EntryRules

1.MusicFestNorthwestisopentoparticipantsofallages.Pleaseseerespectiveclassdetailsin thefestivalpage,foreligibility.

2.Classesareopentoanypersonwhoseprincipalmeansoflivelihoodisobtainedfromnonmusicalwork,eventhoughhe/she/theyacceptsstipendorhonorariumfromtimetotime frommusicalservicesrendered.

3.Noonepieceofmusicmaybeperformedbythesamepersonintwodifferentclasses.

4.Whereindicatedforaclass,entriesarelimitedtostudentsofthespecifiedage,school grade,orlevel.

5.Inthosesectionsthatrequiremorethanoneperformer(duos,trios,etc.)astudentmaybea memberofmorethanonegroupinthesameclass.

6.MusicFestdoesnotprovidepianistaccompanistforparticipants.Participantswillbe responsibleforsecuringtheirownaccompanistsandarranginganyfees/rehearsals.Ifyou needhelpingacquiringanaccompanist,pleaseseeourlocalaccompanistlistunder additionalresourcesinyourdivisionpage.

7.YoungArtistwinnersarenoteligibletocompeteasaYoungArtistinthesamedivisionin anysubsequentfestival;however,winnersmayenterthesamedivisionYoungArtistSection foradjudicationonlyandwillbeadjudicatedafterthewinnerischosen.

8.YoungArtistparticipantsmaynotparticipateinmultipleYoungArtistdivisionsinthesame festivalyear.YoungArtistparticipantsmayparticipateinAdjudicatorChoiceclasses, howevertheywillnotbeeligibleforanAdjudicatorChoiceAwardiftheyhavebeenselected aswinnerintheirYoungArtistclass.IndividualsparticipatinginbothYoungArtistand AdjudicatorChoiceclassesmaynotperformtherequiredrepertoirefromtheirYoungArtist sectionintheirAdjudicatorChoiceclass.

9.ExceptfortheBalletDivision,norecordedmusicwillbeallowedforaccompaniment.

10.Participantsareresponsibleforhiringtheirownaccompanists.Accompanistsarenot classifiedasparticipants,exceptinChamberMusicwherethepianoisanintegral componentratherthananaccompanyingparticipantsoallmemberswillbeadjudicated.

11.Nolateentrieswillbeaccepted

12.MusicFestNorthwesthasaNoRefundPolicy

•Anyexceptionsmustbeaddressedbysendingalettertotheadministrativeteamfor MusicFestNorthwest.Anyapprovedrefundwillnotincludeperipheralfees.

13.MusicFestNorthwestreservestherighttocloseanyparticulardivisionorclassintheevent oflowenrollment,andrefundswillbeissuedasseenfitbytheadministrativeteam.

14.ByenteringtheMusicFestNorthwestfestivalyouunderstandthatyourimage,videoor audiomaybeusedinthemediaorinmarketingmaterial.YouaregivingMusicFest Northwestandtheiragentstherighttousethoseimagesandlikenesses.Ifyouwishtonot haveyourimageused,pleasecontactourofficeat509-327-3455.

FestivalRules&Regulations

AdjudicationRules

1.MusicFestNorthwestrequireslegallyobtainedmusicscores.Itistheresponsibilityof teachersandstudentstobesuretheirmusicisincompliancewithcopyrightlaws.Ifyou havequestionsaboutusingscoresdownloadedfromsourcessuchasIMSLP,pleasereferto theASCAPLicensingwebpage:https://www.ascap.com/help/ascap-licensing.

2.ParticipantsmustreporttotheirCheck-indesk15minutesbeforethetimespecifiedintheir schedule.Forvariousreasonsaparticipant’sorderofperformanceasassignedbytheChair mightchangewithoutnotice.

3.Participantsmustgiveacopyoftheirmusictothecheck-inAssistantwhentheyreport, openedattheproperpagewithmeasuresnumbered.

4.Oncetheclasshasallstarted,allparticipantsmuststayfortheentiretyoftheclass.

5.Whencalledforadjudication,instrumentalistsandvoiceparticipantswilltakethestageand waitfortheAdjudicator’ssignaltobeginperforming.

6.Timelimitsaremaximum;lesstimemaybeusedbutnotmore.Ifaselectionexceedsthe timelimit,theadjudicatormaystoptheperformance.

7.Inalladjudicationrooms,cellphonesandpagersmustbein“donotdisturb”modeor “airplane”mode.Flashphotographyisnotpermitted.Allvideo,photoandaudiorecording duringclasssessionsisstrictlyprohibited,exceptbytheofficialMusicFestNorthwest photographers.Photosmaybetakenaftertheclassisconcluded.

8.InDivisionsandClasseswherememorizationisrequired,participantschoosingtousetheir musicmaybeheardforadjudicationonly.

9.Grading:

•Superior,97-100

•Excellent,94-96

•VeryGood,90-93

•Good,80-89

•Fair75-79

10.BalletandVoiceDivisionsuseequivalentratingsbutnonumericalgrades.

11.ACertificateofMeritisgiventoallparticipantsfora“Superior”performance.

Questionsorconcernsregardingadjudication,gradingorawardsshouldnotbediscussedwith theAdjudicatorandmustbeinwritingtotheFestivalDirector.

FestivalRules&Regulations

GeneralAwardRules

1.Tobeeligibleforanawardinanyclass,theentrantmustbeadjudicatedduringthatclass.All YoungArtistparticipantsmustbeadjudicatedinallthreeclasses(1A,1B,and1C)atthetime scheduledbytheDivisionChair.

2.Inordertobeconsideredforanawardinvolvingpublicperformanceand/ormonetary compensation,aparticipantmustbeavailableforrehearsalsandperformancesas scheduled.Ifthewinneroftheclasscannottakeadvantageofanaward,itmaybeofferedto aqualifiedalternate,asdeterminedbytheadjudicator.

3.ParticipantsmayreceiveonlyonemonetaryawardgivenbyMusicFestNorthwestinthe sameyear.

4.AparticipantmayperforminonlyoneFestivalconcertinthesameyear.Thisruledoesnot pertaintoradioperformances.

5.Theadjudicatoristhesolejudge,andthatdecisionisfinal.If,intheopinionofthe Adjudicator,noentrantinanawardclassmeetsthestandardofperformance,theaward shallnotbegiven.

6.GradingSystem:Superior(97–100),Excellent(94–96),VeryGood(90–93),Good(80–89), Fair(75–79),Incomplete(>75)

7.InallAwardClasses:

•One(1)GoldMedalmaybegivenwithagradeof97orabove(Superior)

•One(1)SilverMedalmaybegivenwithagradeof94orabove(Excellent)

•InClasseswhereaCashAwardisgiven,tiesarenotallowed

Anyfirstplaceperformancereceivingagradeof94-96(Excellent)canonlyreceiveaSilver MedalandisnoteligibleforanyCashAwardorfestivalhighlights.

FestivalRules&Regulations

AdjudicatorsChoiceClass

MusicFestFestivalHighlightsConcertwilltakeplaceonFriday,May19th,2023at7:30PM

1.Therearenoadditionalfeesforindividualsparticipatingintheseclasses.

2.TheGoldMedalwinner(s)withthehighestscoreinEACHAdjudicator’sChoiceClasswillbe invitedtoperformattheFestivalHighlightsconcert.IfnoGoldMedalisawarded,atthe adjudicator’sdiscretion,theclasswillnotberepresentedattheFestivalHighlightsConcert.

3.ParticipantsinAdjudicator’sChoiceclassesmayentertheYoungArtistsectionwithinthe samefestivalyear,howeveriftheyareselectedasaYoungArtistwinner,theywillnolonger beeligiblefortheAdjudicatorChoiceAward.

4.ForBrass,Flute,Reed,StringandVoiceDivisions,winnersin“AdjudicatorsChoice”Classes areselectedtoperformintheFestivalHighlightsconcert.Allclassesdesignatedasan Adjudicator’sChoiceClasswillbeheldonMonday,Tuesday&Wednesdayoffestivalweek.

5.ForthePianoDivisionthewinnerofeachplayoffgroupwillperformattheFestival HighlightsConcertonFriday,May19,2023.Adjudicatorsmayselectonewinnerfromeach groupofthefollowingclasses:BaroqueClasses(PB08,PB09,PB10,PB11,PJS14andPJS15), ClassicalClasses(PHM17,PHM18,PHM19,PBE21,PBE22,PBE23,PC30andPC31),Romantic/ ChopinClasses(PR38,PR39,PR40,PR41,PCH45,PCH46,PCH47andPCH48),Impressionist/ ContemporaryClasses(PI51,PI52,PCT60,PCT61,PCT62andPCT63).Playoffsforthepiano divisionAdjudicatorChoiceAwardswilltakeplaceonThursdayafternoon,May18th,2023, scheduleTBD.

6.InordertobeeligiblefortheAdjudicatorChoiceAward,participantsmustbeavailableto performattheFestivalHighlightsConcert,onFriday,May19th,2023.

7.Eachdivisionwillhavespecificdivisionspecificrules/regulations.Pleaseseeeachdivision formoreinformation.

FestivalRules&Regulations

TiersintheFestival

1.YoungArtistDivision(Medals/Cashprize/performancewiththeSpokaneSymphony OrchestraattheFoxTheatreonWednesdaynight)

2.Adjudicator’sChoiceAwards(Medals/performanceattheFestivalHighlightsConcerton Fridaynight)

3.MedalsClasses(Medals/performanceopportunityonKPBXPublicRadio)

4.AdjudicationClasses(feedbackopportunityoutsideofprivatestudio)

CLASS INDEX

Piano PI52-ImpressionistGrade11-12 Tuesday,May16 2:00PM-4:45PM

ElijahBauer Piano PO79-OpenGrade4-6 Thursday,May18 10:45AM-11:15AM

JesseBauer Piano PR36-RomanticGrade7

JesseBauer Piano PB06-BaroqueGrade7

JuliaBeal Piano PB02-BaroqueGrade1-3

DanielBeal Piano PB08-BaroqueGrade9

JuliaBeal Piano PC25-ClassicalGrade1-3

DanielBeal Piano PCC87-ConcertoGrade9-10

DanielBeal Piano PCH45-ChopinGrade9

Thursday,May18 10:00AM-10:45AM

Monday,May15 1:00PM-2:00PM

Monday,May15 9:45AM-10:45AM

Wednesday,May17 9:00AM-10:15AM

Monday,May15 9:00AM-9:30AM

Tuesday,May16 12:15PM-12:30PM

Wednesday,May17 1:00PM-2:30PM

DanielBeal Piano PCT60-ContemporaryGrade9 Monday,May15 2:00PM-2:45PM

LeviHill Piano PI52-ImpressionistGrade11-12

KieranHillyer-McVey String S6-SoloLevel3A

KieranHillyer-McVey String S8-StringAdvancedUnaccompaniedBach

MilaHipp Piano PB03-BaroqueGrade4

MilaHipp Piano PST68-SonatinaGrade4

ElizabethHoare String S29-SoloOpenIntermediate7-8

SaskiaHohenlohe String S5-SoloLevel2B

SamuelHoneycutt Piano PBE23-BeethovenSonataGrade11-12

SamuelHoneycutt Piano PR40-RomanticGrade11

Tuesday,May16 2:00PM-4:45PM

Tuesday,May16 9:45AM-10:20AM

Tuesday,May16 2:15PM-4:05PM

Tuesday,May16 12:00PM-12:30PM

Monday,May15 9:00AM-9:45AM

Thursday,May18 2:45PM-4:15PM

Monday,May15 11:00AM-12:10PM

Wednesday,May17 1:00PM-3:15PM

Wednesday,May17 4:00PM-5:00PM

AliceHook Ballet B1-BalletMasterClass1 Wednesday,May17 12:30PM-2:30PM

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AdelieJoreteg String S28-StringOpenIntermediate4-6

AliceKakazu String S101-NotOver8thGradeStringEnsemble

10:15AM-12:00PM

2:00PM-3:20PM

9:45AM-10:30AM

9:00-9:30AM

9:45-10:00AM

AnthonyKandilaroff Flute F1C-YoungArtistsPersonalChoice Monday,May15 10:15-10:45AM

SophiaKayler String S31-StringOpenGrade11-12

RaviKe String S34-34Kreisler,Section1

LeslieKe Piano PST69-SonatinaGrade5

ClaytonKenison Piano PO78-OpenClassGrade1-3

KatelynKennedy String S11-String-PianoSonataCollge

KatelynKennedy Piano PBE24-CollegiateBeethoven

KatelynKennedy Piano PE106-CollegiatePianoEnsemble

Monday,May15 1:10PM-2:10PM

Tuesday,May16 10:20AM-11:30AM

Monday,May15 12:00PM-12:30PM

Monday,May15 9:00AM-10:15AM

Friday,May19 9:45AM-11:10AM

Sunday,May14 2:30PM-3:45PM

2:30PM-4:00PM

KatelynKennedy Piano PCO202-CollegiateCollaborative Sunday,May14 3:45PM-5:15PM

AutumnKeyannie Reed R4-ReedSoloGrade9/10 Tuesday,May16 10:00-11:00AM

AutumnKeyannie Reed R7-ReedConcertoGrade9/12

AutumnKeyannie Flute F5-SoloGrade9&10

Tuesday,May16 1:30-2:45PM

10:00-11:30AM

JosephLinde String S1A-YoungArtistPersonalChoice

JosephLinde String S1B-YoungArtistSightReading

JosephLinde String S1C-YoungArtistRequired

SarahLines String S18-11-12GradeOpenConcerto

SophiaLister Ballet B1-BalletMasterClass1

ArielLittle String S102-9-12thGradeStringEnsemble

ArielLittle Piano PBE21-BeethovenSonataGrade9

ArielLittle Piano PR38-RomanticGrade9

JerryLiu Piano PO83-OpenCollege/Adult

SamLodge String S8-StringAdvancedUnaccompaniedBach

OlgaLoktev Ballet B1A-YoungArtistMasterClass

9:45AM-10:45AM JepsonCenter122

Sunday,May14 10:00AM-12:45PM MusicAnnex001

Sunday,May14 1:45PM-2:45PM MusicAnnex001

Sunday,May14 3:00PM-5:45PM MusicAnnex001

Thursday,May18 10:15AM-11:00AM

Wednesday,May17 12:30PM-2:30PM

Wednesday,May17 10:30AM-12:10PM MusicAnnex001

Wednesday,May17 1:00PM-2:00PM MusicHallAuditorium

Thursday,May18 9:00AM-10:30AM JepsonCenter122

Sunday,May14 4:30PM-5:00PM

Tuesday,May16 2:15PM-4:05PM

Tuesday,May16 10:00AM-11:30AM

PST69-SonatinaGrade5

MadduxRaugust Piano PCT56-ContemporaryGrade5

Monday,May15 12:00PM-12:30PM

Monday,May15 10:45AM-12:00PM

MadduxRaugust Piano PE102-EnsembleGrade4-6 Tuesday,May16 9:30AM-11:00AM

TatyanaZdanevskaia Piano PE105-EnsembleGrade11-12

RomanZhan Piano PCT56-ContemporaryGrade5 Monday,May15 10:45AM-12:00PM

RomanZhan Piano PST69-SonatinaGrade5 Monday,May15 12:00PM-12:30PM

RomanZhan Piano PB04-BaroqueGrade5 Tuesday,May16 11:00AM-12:00PM

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