Achievements: Musicfest Northwest selects top performers
The 69th annual Musicfest Northwest came to a close on May 18. Below are the results for the final competitions. CA denotes Certificate of Award.
Thursday Piano Division
Class 7, Concerto (Grades 3-6): CA, Gold, Alex Zhu; CA, Silver, Sarah Schafer; CA, Sarah Baik.
Class 104, Ensemble, Junior: CA, Gold, The Chamberlin’s (Weston Chamberlain, Melia Chamberlain); CA, Silver, Luke Erle, Jenna Raymond.
Adjudicators Choice I Playoff: Baroque, J.S. Bach Sections (Grades 9-12): Brooke Coleman.
Adjudicators Choice II Playoff: Haydn or Mozart Sonata, Beethoven Sonata, Classical Sections (Grades 9-12): Kim Ingebritsen.
Adjudicators Choice III Playoff: Romantic Section (Grades 9-12): Helen Yuan.
Adjudicators Choice IV Playoff: Impressionist, 20th Century Sections (Grades 9-12): Jack Joseph Sandberg.
Tony Castillo Memorial Scholarship: Lingbo Tong, Julianne Zahl.
Class 64, Open (Grades 1-3): CA, Brett Helmbrecht, Elizabeth Fisher, Tera Simpson, Alex Barrier, Blair Fairbanks, Christopher Fisher.
Class 13.2, Baroque (Grade 5): CA, Gold, David Yuan; CA, Silver, Olivia Artzis; CA, Shawn (Si-Hyun) Kim, Kate Lovell, Paul Vogeler, Andrew Chuang, Nicholas Pearson, Brian Shimanuki, Angus Weisenburger.
Class 72.2, Sonatina (Grade 8): CA, Molly Swafford, Sarah Cockey, Makayla Jamison, Stephanie Billings, Sidney Dimmel, Lauren Cosgrove, Alexis Chalmers, Janae Olson, Savannah Pintor.
Class 59, Original Composition (Grades 1-3): CA, Julie Schafer, Lisa Schafer.
Class 50, Quick Study, Lower Intermediate: CA, Gold, Samuel Thomas; CA, Silver, Jonathan Alwine; CA, Lauren Berg, Abigail Osborne.
Class 66, Open (Grades 7-8): CA, Valerie Steele, Josh Weaver, Audrey Henry, Maya Erler.
Class 38.1, 20th Century (Grade 4): CA, Gold, Alex Zhu; CA, Silver, Sydney Schlect; CA, Kenton Cleveringa, Katie Farrell, Zach Jensen, Benjamin Smith, Isabel Ganz, Liv Gruber, Jessica Korolyuk, Anna Thompson, Hannah Dierdorff, Hannah Georgen.
Class 73, Sonata (Grade 7): CA, Gold, Logan Ownbey; CA, Silver, Vishaka Muhunthan, June (Chu Hyun) Kim; CA, Jonathan Alwine, David Ross.
Class 65, Open (Grades 4-6): CA, Emily Rose Richardson, Benjamin Graham, Sara Bray, Sam Artizis.
Class 14, Baroque (Grades 7-8): CA, Gold, Elise Kinne; CA, Silver, Kevin Ma; CA, Daniel Carter, Alison Price, Britta LaVoie.
Class 37, 20th Century (Grades 1-3): CA, William Tong, Taylor Yamane, Rachel Tiffany.
Class 3, Solo, Lower Intermediate: CA, Gold, Pingbo Zhou; CA, Silver, Laura True.
Class 67, Open (Grades 9-10): CA, Ryan Larson.
Class 68, Open (Grades 11-12): CA, Jessica Ferry, Ryan DesRoches.
Class 27, Impressionist (Grades 7-8): CA, Silver, Scott Strong, Annie Qiu; CA, Gabe Jensen, Natasha Wollkind.
Class 43, Classical Section (Grades 1-3): CA, Val Wold, Lisa Schafer, Hannah Chapman-Dutton, Soren Stime.
Class 39.1, 20th Century (Grade 7): CA, Gold, Logan Ownbey; CA, Silver, Gabe Jenson; CA, Becca Mellema, June (Chu Hyun) Kim, Phillip Yan, Vishaka Muhunthan, Michaela Ives.
String Division
Class 7, Concerto, Level 2: CA, Silver, Gabriel Feng, Rose Saurette, Annie Wang.
Class 22, Open (Elementary Through Grade 3): CA, Alex Choe.
Class 32, Open, Kreisler…/other romantic miniatures: CA, Megan Clampitt.
Class 8, Concerto, Level 3: CA, Gold, Adjudicators Choice, Matthew Hu; CA, Gold, Alexander Tielker, Julia Riegel; CA, Silver, Travis Wichtendahl, Megan Clampitt, Annie Cooper, Elizabeth Kim, Brendan Loftus, Zach Bond, Philip Pintor.
Class 29, Open (Grades 11-12): CA, Spencer Beaudette, David Chen, Grace Evans, Ellen Bamberger.
Class 3, Solo, Level 2: CA, Gold, Sarah Baik, Alexandra Radakovich, Austin Buscher, Bethany Davis, Rachel Witthuhn, Melissa Kersh; CA, Silver, Heidi Rice, Stephen Burgess, Brandon Moss.
Voice Division
Class 6, Solo (Grade 9): CA, Gold, Austin Tanner; CA, Silver, Kiley Koehler, Caroline Martin, Theresa Morin, Monica Powers.
Class 7, Solo (Grade 10): CA, Gold, Cynthia Bauder; CA, Silver, James Powers, Logan Villarreal.
Class 25, Musical Theater (Grades 9-10): CA, Gold, Chelsea Yarbro; CA, Silver, Anastasia Mouser.
Class 11, Solo (Other Adults): CA, Gold, Penny Steinman; CA, Silver, Arlington Albertson.
Adjudicators Choice: Emily Autrey.
Sister Marietta Coyle Award: Shannon Baker.
Friday Piano Division
Class 102, Ensemble, Lower Intermediate: CA, Gold, Double A (Ashley McKinney, Anica Akesson); CA, Silver, The Wright Group (Kyla Wright, Anna Lovell, Kate Lovell).
Class 38.2, 20th Century (Grade 5): CA, Gold, Nicholas Pearson; CA, Silver, Gabriel Soileau; CA, Joshua Ross, Gabrielle Ilenstine, David Yuan, Andrew Chuang.
Class 65, Open (Grades 4-6): CA, Anna Thompson,Caleb Richards, Riley Cox.
Class 5, Solo, Junior: CA, Gold, Kaitlyn McCraw; CA, Silver, Angela Lee.
Class 64, Open (Grades 1-3): CA, Justin Cai, Karisa Mitchell.
Class 17.2, Bach (Grade 8): CA, Gold, Yihao Jiang; CA, Silver, Liza Kravchenko; CA, Dongyang Chen, Scott Strong.
Class 61, Original Composition (Grades 7-9): CA, Gold, Becca Mellema; CA, Silver, Grant Nielsen.
Class 45, Classical Section (Grades 7-8): CA, Gold, Stephen Grammer; CA, Silver, Eric Shumaker; CA, Alison Price, Eun-Song Koh, Cassandra Noe, Marta Nelson, Valerie Steele, Lauren Berg, Nicole Nelson, Evan Cook.
Class 66, Open (Grades 7-8): CA, Eric Schumaker, Ben Lovell, Desiree Heimgartner, Shadrach Kelly, Danielle Jones, Grant Nielsen, Sydney Kersten, Emma Ellis, Hannah Young.
Class 23.1, Romantic (Grade 7): CA, Gold, Rachel Jo, Logan Ownbey; CA, Zachery Williams, Lauren Berg, Evan Cooke, Elizabeth Ellis, Laura Wehr, May Lim, Sarah Tiffany, Aaron Wittrock.
Class 67, Open (Grades 9-10): CA, Cody Heimgartner, Austin Walker, Kari Gosline.
Class 22.1, Romantic (Grades 4-5): CA, Gold, Alicia Kwon, Shawn (Si-Hyun) Kim; CA, Silver, Sarah Schafer, Kay Potter; CA, David Yuan, Lauren Dvorak, Hannah Ewert, Natalie Williams, Gabrielle Chang.
Class 62, Original Composition (Grades 10-12): CA, Gold, Brendan Littlefield; CA, Silver, Garrett Rook.
Class 44.1, Classical Section (Grades 4-5): CA, Gold, Lauren Dvorak; CA, Silver, Shawn (Si-Hyun) Kim; CA, Anna Thompson, Brian Shimanuki, Hannah Dierdorff, Zach Jensen, Priyanka Muhunthan.
Class 17.1, Bach (Grade 7): CA, Gold, Rachel Jo; CA, Silver, Emma Leithart; CA, Laura True, June (Chu Huyn) Kim, Dain Lloyd, Zachery Williams, Danek Black, Kaleigh Sing, Tom Loftus, Alexander Moses, Devin Richards.
String Division
Class 27, Open, Intermediate (Grades 7-8): CA, Theresa Burgess, May Lim, Melita Schmeckpeper, Rebecca Sodergerg, Hannah Young, Ariana Corcoran, Jennifer Kersh, Sebastian Mortimer.
Class 30, Open (College): CA, Jeannette Procunier.
Class 6, Concerto, Level 1: CA, Gold, Rachel Schueller, Jaeyoung Heo, Erin Witthuhn; CA, Silver, Kate Hindman, Patrick Loftus, David Wang, Erica Garvin.