2018 Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winners

Winners will be posted Monday, March 5, 2018. First place winners will be notified by phone. Critique sheets will be mailed to all contestants.

Awards for 1st, 2nd and honorable mention in each category are at the judges’ discretion. If a category does not have a contestant that averages a score with the appropriate minimum, it is possible that that category will not have a 1st place winner (or 2nd or Honorable Mention).

Competition Category	Award	Student	Teacher
College Advanced Voice	1st place	Josey Poppin	Richard Joseph
	2nd place	Annie Tillotson	Carol Eikum
	Honorable Mention	Paul Capparelli	Joy Amel

College Intermediate Voice	1st place	Tessa Larson	Anne Nash
	2nd place	Molly Hayes	Joy Amel
	Honorable Mention	Harper Atchison	Carol Eikum

College Strings	1st place	Sofia Schutte	Sally O'Reilly
	2nd place	Mary Alice Hutton	Sally O'Reilly
	Honorable Mention	Olivia Martin	Tanya Remenikova

College Piano	1st place	Daniel Eras	Alexander Braginsky
	2nd place	Bowen Liu	Richard Lange
	Honorable Mention	Ines Guanchez	Alexander Braginsky

College Woodwinds/brass	1st place tie	Hui Zhang	John Miller
	1st place tie	Matthew Pilmer	Preston Duncan
	Honorable Mention	Annika Johnson	Andrew Harris

High School Voice	1st place	Sarah Butler	Vicki Fingalson-Madison
	2nd place	Caitlin Sparks	Judy Bender
	Honorable Mention	Hannah Quick	Judy Bender

High School Strings	1st place tie	Madeline Sheard	Mina Fisher
	1st place tie	Katia Tesarczyk	Sally O'Reilly
	2nd place	Joyce Zhao	Sally O'Reilly
	Honorable Mention	Laura Aldana	Sally O'Reilly

High School Piano	1st place	Kimberly Shen	Alexander Braginsky
	2nd place tie	Brianne Ulrich	Dr. Paul Wirth
	2nd place tie	Kiril Nazarov	Alexander Braginsky
	Honorable Mention	Chen Chen	Denis Evstuhin

High School Winds/Brass	1st place	Rebecca Tank	Nancy McMillan
	2nd place	Charles Gannon	Preston Duncan
	Honorable Mention	Andrea Kloehn	Immanuel Davis

Junior High Strings	1st place	James Thompson	Sally O'Reilly
	2nd place	Andrea Wallick	Tanya Remenikova
	Honorable Mention	Emily Kleiber	Wendy Tangen-Foster
	Honorable Mention	Jennifer Lee	Sally O'Reilly

Junior High Piano	1st place	Jacob Taggart	Dr. Reid Smith
	2nd place	Skyler Chan	Alexander Braginsky
	Honorable Mention	Sarah Zhang	Jessica Hong

Junior High Winds/Brass	1st place	Kalina Lee	Carrie Vecchione

Judges

Category	Judge
College Advanced Voice	Monica Murray
College Advanced, College Intermediate, & Senior High Voice	Larry Weller
College Advanced, College Intermediate, & Senior High Voice	Melyssa Rice
College Intermediate, & HS Voice	Harriet McCleary
College Piano	Dr. Kevin Hobbs
College Piano	Heather McLaughlin
Junior & Senior High Piano	Dr. Yumiko Oshima-Ryan
Junior High Piano	Dr. Grace Choi
Junior High Piano	Elizabeth Karelse
Junior High Strings	Aja Majkrzak
Junior, Senior High & College Woodwinds/Brass	Aaron Hedenstrom
Junior, Senior High & College Woodwinds/Brass	Carson King-Fournier
Junior, Senior High & College Woodwinds/Brass	Cynthia Stokes
Junior, Sr. High & College Strings	Ewa Bujak
Junior, Sr. High & College Strings	Ruth Marshall
Senior High and College Strings	Rolf Haas
Senior High Piano	Amy Grinsteiner
Senior High Piano	Narissa Strong Bach