2018 Rising Stars Festival Results
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2018 Rising Stars Festival and their teachers! We are very proud of their accomplishments and wish them the best in their future musical endeavors. A big thank you goes to all the volunteers and the judges who helped make this event a success!
The winners will be featured in a recital at the 2018 CSMTA State Conference. The concert will take place on Friday, June 1 at 7:00pm, at the University of Northern Colorado - Greeley's Fraiser Hall.
See below for the 2018 Rising Stars Festival Results:
Lower Elementary Instrumental
1st: Saverio Strasser, Cello; Teacher: Katie Burns
Allegro from Sonata in E minor, Op. 1--Benedetto Marcello
Elfintanz--Ezra Jenkinson
2nd: Zack Kunhua, Violin; Teacher: Larisa Lewis
Upper Elementary Instrumental
1st: Cameron Suh, Violin; Teacher: Alexander Raab
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Jean-Baptiste Accolay
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, 1st movement, J. S. Bach
2nd: Christian Smith Pumalpa, Violin; Teacher: Alexander Raab
3rd: Valerie Xin, Violin; Teacher: Kirk Miller
HM: Ginevra Strasser, Violin; Teacher: Larisa Lewis
Junior Instrumental
1st: Julia Luyten, Violin; Teacher: Emily Ondracek
Violin Concerto, 1st movement--Samuel Barber
Sonata No. 2 for Violin Solo in A minor, BWV 1003--J. S. Bach
2nd: Arianna Tullis, Flute; Teacher: Mary Beth Norris
3rd: Nicholas Berry, Violin; Teacher: Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun
HM: Thomas Berry, Violin; Teacher: Michelle Berry
Lower Senior Instrumental
1st: Willem Luyten, Violin; Teacher: Emily Ondracek
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35, Finale--Peter Tchaikovsky
Sonata No. 1, Adagio--J.S. Bach
2nd: Roxana Haas, Violin; Teacher: Elizabeth Etsy
3rd: Jonathan May, Cello; Teacher: Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun
HM: Levy Kaminer, Violin; Teacher: Larisa Lewis
Upper Elementary Voice
1st: Ruby Taylor, Teacher: Barbara Taylor
Stepsister’s Lament (Cinderella)--Rodgers & Hammerstein II
Liza Jane--arr. Jay Althouse
Junior Voice
HM: Christina Loehr; Teacher: Barbara Taylor
Lower Senior Voice
1st: Amber Belliston; Teacher: Linda Combellick
Danza, danza fanciulla gentile--Francesco Durante
You Don’t Know This Man (Parade)--Jason Robert Brown
2nd: Shir Dallal; Teacher: Sue Brownson
3rd: Abigail Olsen; Teacher: Anita Chapman
HM: Emma Licht; Teacher: Anita Chapman
Upper Senior Voice
1st: Macy Andrus; Teacher: Barbara Taylor
Nuit d’etoiles, L. 94--Claude Debussy
With You (Ghost)--Steward & Rubin
2nd: Rachel Winnick; Teacher: Barbara Taylor
3rd: Linnea Lee; Teacher: Barbara Taylor
HM: Marina Maggi; Teacher: Sue Brownson
Lower Elementary Piano
1st: April Zhang; Teacher: Jasmine Steadman
A Short Story, Op. 27, No. 20--Dmitri Kabalevsky
The Knight Errant, Op. 100, No. 25--Friedrich Burgmuller
2nd: Sophia Dai; Teacher: June Haun
3rd: Krystal Xu; Teacher: Jasmine Steadman
HM: Annabeth Town: Teacher: Jeannette Howell
Upper Elementary Piano
1st: Jakob Perlov; Teacher: David Korevaar
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, WTC I--J. S. Bach
Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5--Rachmaninoff
2nd: Evangeline Davenport; Teacher: Eneida Larti
3rd: Madison Suh; Teacher: Jasmine Steadman
HM: Felix Nyamdorj; Teacher: Amy Lee
Junior Piano
1st: Jack Younger; Teacher: Joyce Li
Sonata No. 11, op. 22, 1st mvt--Ludwig van Beethoven
Nocturne in C minor, op. 48 no. 1--Frederic Chopin
2nd: Sarah Novak; Teacher: Beverly Holt Guth
3rd: Angelo Pan: Teacher: Jasmine Steadman
HM: Desi Silverman-Joseph; Teacher: Joyce Li
HM: Sanjana Sankholkar: Teacher: June Haun
Lower Senior Piano
1st: Benjamin Randall; Teacher: Joan Sawyer
Sonata op. 10, no. 3, 1st mvt--Beethoven
Ballade in G minor, op. 23--Chopin
Recipient of scholarship towards CU-Boulder’s Summer Music Academy
2nd: Grace Davenport; Teacher: David Korevaar
Recipient of scholarship towards CU-Boulder’s Summer Music Academy
Honorable Mention: Aurora Livingstone; Teacher: Marjorie Zollner
Upper Senior Piano
1st: James Zheng; Teacher: Errol Haun
Nocturne, op. 38--Samuel Barber
Etude Op. 10, no. 4--Frederic Chopin
2nd: Natalie Liao; Teacher: Miroslava Mintcheva
3rd: Sarah Gates; Teacher, Marjorie Zollner
Junior Ensemble
1st: Shuya Edmans, Brianna Tang; Teacher: Margaret Lo
Sonata, Op. 6 2nd movement--L. V. Beethoven
Hungarian Dance No. 1--Johannes Brahms
Lower Senior Ensemble
HM: Zoe Worrall & Madeleine Worrall; Teacher: Joyce Li
Upper Senior Ensemble
1st: Macy Andrus, Rachel Winnick, Linnea Lee, Meg Brilleslyper, Vocal Quartet; Teacher: Barbara Taylor
To Shorten Winter’s Sadness--Thomas Weelkes
Anything Goes--Cole Porter
2nd: Macy Andrus, Meg Brilleslyper, Vocal Duo; Teacher: Barbara Taylor
3rd: Amy Keisling, Whitney Waite, Piano Duet; Teacher: Dee Boatman
HM: Rachel Winnick, Linnea Lee, Vocal Duo; Teacher: Barbara Taylor