MusicFest showcases young talent
Here are the remaining results from the 61st annual MusicFest Northwest which was recently completed at Gonzaga University. The competition included more than 1,000 music and dance students of all ages. The abbreviation CA denotes Certificate of Award.
Wednesday, May 17
String Division
Class 28, Open, Grades 9-10: CA, Michael Woodruff, Spencer Beaudette, Mara Caskey and Ellen Bengtson.
Class 2, Solo, Level 1: CA, Gold, Alexander Radkovich; CA, Silver, Stetson Steiger.
Class 17, Open Unaccompanied Bach, Open: CA, Emily Holmes, Kegham Bedoyan and Ian Field.
Class 26, Open Intermediate, Grades 4-6: CA, Connor Gu, Elizabeth Guzman, Eun song Koh; May Lim, Hannah Young, Dong-gyun Kim, Larissa Carney and June (Chu Hyun) Kim.
Class 21, String-Piano Sonata: CA, Gold, Kegham Bedoyan; CA, Silver, Ian Cooper.
Class 10, Open Concerto, Grades 4-6: CA, Colene Michael, Kathryn Moore, Alexander Tielker and Drew Keeve.
Class 30, Open, College: CA, Maren Haynes.
Thursday, May 18
Piano Division
Class 7, Concerto, Grades 3-6: CA, Gold, Sarah Schafer and Machika Kuroda; CA, Silver, Alex Zhu.
Class 21, Romantic, Grades 1-3: CA, Carson Schmidt and Sarah Schafer.
Class 101, Ensemble, Elementary: CA, The Schafers (Julie Schafer and Lisa Schafer), K. K. and A. (Kyla Wright, Katerine Lovell and Anna Lovell), Taylor and Phebe Duo (Taylor Lewis and Phebe Akesson).
Adjudicators Choice I (Baroque and JS Bach Sections, Grades 9-12): Emily Stearns.
Adjudicators Choice II (Haydn or Mozart Sonata, Beethoven Sonata and Classical Sections, Grades 9-12): Brooke Coleman.
Adjudicators Choice III (Romantic Section, Grades 9-12): Paul Adams.
Adjudicators Choice IV (Impressionist and 20th Century Sections, Grades 9-12): Christina Liu.
Class 22.1 Romantic, Grades 4-5: CA, Gold, Machika Kuroda; CA, Silver, Madison Yamane; CA, Elise Solberg, Hannah Carlson, Lauren Dvorak, Katie Mayfield, Shawn (Si-Hyun) Kim, Jeremiah Sander, Viviana Cortez, Mike Ma and Jordan Brzezny.
Class 43, Classical Section, Grades 1-3: CA, Anna Thompson, Rose Jao, Hannah Dierdorff, Hannah Georgen and Aleah Engell.
Class 37, 20th Century, Grades 1-3: CA, Anna Apostolidis, Anna Thompson, Katherine Holmes, Julie Schafer, Nevada Harris, Emily Fields, Kyla Wright, Lisa Schafer, Jacob Rountree, James Terry, Isabel Ganz and Alex Zhu.
Class 67, Open Grades 9-10: CA, Michelle Sutherland.
Class 51, Quick Study, Upper Intermediate: CA, Gold, Emily Artzis; CA, Silver, May Lim.
Class 73.2, Sonata, Grade 8: CA, Gold, Helen Yuan; CA, Silver, Sadie Peterson and Cameron Nemeth; CA, Brayden Crump, Becky Tiffany, Andrew Scott, Kelsey McQuilkin and Stephen Grammer.
Class 64, Open, Grades 1-3: CA, Sterling Wallace, Wilson Rahn, Rebecca Morgan, Devin Richards and Liv Gruber.
Class 12, Baroque, Grades 1-3: CA, Sarah Schafer, Alex Zhu, Rose Jao and Carson Schmidt.
Class 17.1, Bach, Grade 7: CA, Silver, Liza Kravchenko and Sungyoung Lee.
Class 55, Sight Reading, Lower Intermediate: CA, Gold, Kelsey Houglum and Regan Siglin.
Class 65, Open, Grades 4-6: CA, Maxwell Gruber, Haley Momany, Rose Kunkel, Kashif Ruvasia, Caleb Richards, Cymbre Martin, Shaman Summer, Josephine Greenwood, Joshua Ross, Isaac Engell, Hannah Adams and Andrew Richards.
Class 66, Open, Grades 7-8: Alexander Killingsworth, Beth Ferry, Colin Cutler, Cody Heimgartner, Cody Schuler, Joseph Mouton, Nick DesRoches, Bennett Rahn, Desiree Heimgartner and Grant Nielsen.
Class 13.3, Baroque, Grade 6: CA, Gold, Jonathan Alwine; CA, Silver, June (Chu Hyun) Kim; CA, Davy Berra, Abigail Osborne and Hannah Park.
Class 5, Solo, Junior: CA, Silver, Elizabeth True.
String Division
Class 19, String-Piano Sonata, Grades 9-12: CA, Hillary Landers, Ramsey Larson and Noah Peller.
Class 7, Concerto, Level 2: CA, Gold, Sarah Baik and Annie Wang; CA, Silver, Joe Loftus and Emily Witthuhn.
Class 15, Concert Works, Concert Piece: CA, Brianna Woodruff and Isaac Pastor-Chermak.
Class 101, Chamber Music, Not Over Eighth Grade: CA, Emily Schueller (Emily Schueller and Rachel Schueller), Klassical Kids Duo (Courtney Renner and Jesse MacDonald).
Class 102, Chamber Music, Grades 9-12: Sinombre (Emily Holmes, Annie Cooper, Grace Young and Ingmar Saberi), Pullman High School Quartet (Catherine Paul, Annie Wang, David Chen and Ephram Harsh).
Class 8, Concerto, Level 3: CA, Gold, Grace Young; CA, Silver, Grace Kim; CA, Matthew Hu, Jesse MacDonald, Curtis Lan and In-Seong Cho.
Voice Division
Class 10, Solo, College: CA, Gold, Steven Yow; CA, Silver, Stephane Best.
Class 3, Open Aria, 25 and Older: CA, Gold, Carissa Simpson.
Class 6, Solo, Grade 9: CA, Silver, Delana Kromer and Logan Villarreal.
Class 2, Open Aria, Young Aria – Ages 18-24: CA, Gold, Theresa Dunigan; CA, Silver, Shannon Baker, Lisa Gilham and Christina Ashburn.
Friday, May 19
Piano Division
Class 102: Ensemble, Lower Intermediate: CA, Gold, Piano Duet, Elise Solberg and Machika Kuroda; CA, Silver, T-n-T (Thor Tangvald and Tucker Richards), Gabe and Ben (Gabe Jensen and Ben Lovell); CA, Keisha and Amber (Keisha Miller and Amber Lewis), Dos Amigos (Lily Gay and Kathryn Onley), Anna and Christi Duo (Anna Ostrom and Christi Lewallen).
Class 104, Ensemble, Junior: CA, Gold, The Sandbergs (James Sandberg and Jack Joe Sandberg); CA, Silver, Bryce and Ally (Allyson Cochrane and Bryce Fager), Gloria’s Best (Jenna Raymond and Luke Erler).
Class 61, Original Composition, Grades 7-9: CA, Gold, Alisa Jones.
Class 56, Sight Reading, Upper Intermediate: CA, Silver, Jena Moore.
Class 103, Ensemble, Upper Intermediate: CA, Gold, The LaVoie’s (Annika LaVoie and Britta LaVoie); CA, Silver, Gloria’s Girls (Maya Erler and Rachel Sullivan); CA, T and J (Jamie Welker and Tabitha Poston), Klein and Phillips (Alex Klein and Nanette Philips), Hands 4 Him (Rose Gay and Naomi Mack), Emily and Jared (Emily Geddes and Jared Onley).
Class 23.2 Romantic, Grade 8: CA, Gold, Bryce Fager; CA, Silver, Elizabeth Field and Cameron Nemeth; CA, Kylie Pybus, Sheri Tao, James McCord, Kaitlyn McCraw, Tyson Schlect, Helen Yuan, Trisha Mallett, Emily Artzis, Anna Wright, Benjamin True and Danielle Miller.
Class 65, Open Grades 4-6: CA, Michael Waitt, Danielle Jones, Lily Wright, Alan Crafton, Kayla Niska, Ryan Thayer, Polly Blakely, David Dierdorff, William Klein and Emily Barville.
Clas 70, Sonatina, Grade 4: CA, Gold, Elise Solberg; CA, Silver, Andrew Chuang and Ji-Yoon Shin; CA, Breanna Thieren, Maya Spencer and Lily Wright.
Class 38.3, 20th Century, Grade 6: CA, Gold, Rachel Jo and May Lim; CA, Silver, Susan Burchett and Alison Price; CA, Gabe Jensen, Megan Davis, Christine Reid, Ben Lovell, Emily Gardner, Zachery Williams, Margaret Cowles and Katie Larson.
Class 17.2, Bach, Grade 8: CA, Silver, Sheri Tao; CA, Elizabeth Field, Matthew Kougl and James Korolev.
Class 44.2, Classical Section, Grade 6: CA, Gold, May Lim; CA, Silver, Rachel Jo; CA, Alison Price, Evan Cook, David Ross, Molly Cole, Logan Ownbey and Danielle Jones.
Class 45, Classical Section, Grades 7-8: CA, Gold, Jack Joseph Sandberg; CA, Silver, Kelsey Houglum and Sadie Peterson; CA, Sean Dvorak, James Korolev, Dustin Pierce and Sarah Cockey.
Class 67, Open, Grades 9-10: CA, Jacob DesRoches, Rebekah Brown, Kayla Schroetlin and Ryan DesRoches.
Class 50, Quick Study, Lower Intermediate: CA, Gold, Emily Liu; Ca, Silver, Laura True; CA, Katherine Holmes and Jordan Nichols.
Class 14, Baroque, Grades 7-8: CA, Gold, Natasha Black; CA, Silver, Cameron Nemeth and Helen Yuan; CA, Jacob Minter, MacKenzie Krell, Zach Gardner, Inan Harsh, Courtney Renner, Elizabeth Morris, Kylie Pybus, Emmet Stackelberg and Becky Tiffany.
Class 39.2, 20th Century, Grade 8: CA, Silver, Emily Artzis, Inan Harsh, Bryce Fager and Janeczka Marcum; CA, Andrew Scott, Matthew Kougl, McKenzie Momany, Jacob Minter, Emmet Stackelberg, Zach Gardner, Louisa Shiva, James McCord, Tanner Smith, Ashley Ward and Stephen Grammer.
Class 13.1, Baroque, Grade 4: CA, Gold, Soon-Ho Hwang; CA, Silver, Andrew Chuang, Kate Lovell, Shawn (Si-Hyun) Kim; CA, Ji-Yoon Shin and Gabrielle Ilenstine.
Class 3, Solo, Lower Intermediate: CA, Gold, Elise Solberg; CA, Silver, Pingbo Zhou; CA, Sidney Dimmel.
Class 66, Open, Grades 7-8: CA, Anna Wright and Weston Chamberlain.
String Division
Class 27, Open, Intermediate, Grades 7-8: CA, Heidi Spady, Dana Thompson, Tony Wang, Brianna Woodruff and Erin Witthuhn.
Class 3, Solo, Level 2: CA, Gold, Ian Field; CA, Silver, Megan Clampitt and Bethany Davis; CA, Michelle Sutherland.
Class 6, Concerto, Level 1: CA, Gold, Shawn (Si-Hyun) Kim; CA, Silver, Emily Schueller, Rachel Witthuhn, Jaeyoung Heo and Emily Field.
Class 23, Open, Elementary, Grades 4-6: CA, Emily Field.
Class 9, Open Concerto, Grades 1-3: CA, Changheon (Ben) Lee.
Voice Division
Class 4, Solo, Grade 7: CA, Silver, Megan Kelley and Brianna Young.
Class 17, Italian, Grades 7-8: CA, Gold, Emily Peragine.
Class 24, Musical Theater, Grades 7-8: CA, Gold, Emily Peragine.
Class 130, Ensemble, Grades 9-12: CA, Gold, Koontz and Dahlstrom Duet (Tasha Koontz and Britta Dahlstrom), Koontz/Dahlstrom/Randolph Trio (Tasha Koontz, Britta Dahlstrom and Lauren Randolph).
Class 131, Ensemble, College and Adults: CA, Silver, Yow and Baker (Steven Yow and Shannon Baker).