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Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Tyler Taylor
May 9, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lorna & Jack Flynn Tyler Taylor (1992) is a composer-performer living in Louisville, Kentucky. His recent pieces are explorations of the different ways identity can be expressed in musical scenarios. Common among these pieces is a sense of contradiction – sometimes whimsical, sometimes alarming – that comes from the interac ...

Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Tyler Taylor
May 9, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lorna & Jack Flynn Tyler Taylor (1992) is a composer-performer living in Louisville, Kentucky. His recent pieces are explorations of the different ways identity can be expressed in musical scenarios. Common among these pieces is a sense of contradiction – sometimes whimsical, sometimes alarming – that comes from the interac ...

Ming-Li Liu
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Taiwanese pianist Ming-Li Liu started piano playing at the age of four. After receiving her B.A. at Soochow University in Taiwan, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She has earned two Master’s degrees in solo piano and collaborative piano, and will study her DMA in piano performa ...

Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Tyler Taylor
May 9, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lorna & Jack Flynn Tyler Taylor (1992) is a composer-performer living in Louisville, Kentucky. His recent pieces are explorations of the different ways identity can be expressed in musical scenarios. Common among these pieces is a sense of contradiction – sometimes whimsical, sometimes alarming – that comes from the interac ...

Ming-Li Liu
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Taiwanese pianist Ming-Li Liu started piano playing at the age of four. After receiving her B.A. at Soochow University in Taiwan, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She has earned two Master’s degrees in solo piano and collaborative piano, and will study her DMA in piano performa ...

Ye Jin Min
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Patricia Brown Violin virtuoso and multiple competition prize winner Ye Jin Min is currently a Doctor of Music candidate at Yale School of Music, Yale University, under Professor Syoko Aki. Ye Jin completed her undergraduate studies in Australia at the Sydney Conservatorium under Professor Goetz Richter and a Masters Degree at Yale ...

Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Tyler Taylor
May 9, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lorna & Jack Flynn Tyler Taylor (1992) is a composer-performer living in Louisville, Kentucky. His recent pieces are explorations of the different ways identity can be expressed in musical scenarios. Common among these pieces is a sense of contradiction – sometimes whimsical, sometimes alarming – that comes from the interac ...

Ming-Li Liu
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Taiwanese pianist Ming-Li Liu started piano playing at the age of four. After receiving her B.A. at Soochow University in Taiwan, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She has earned two Master’s degrees in solo piano and collaborative piano, and will study her DMA in piano performa ...

Ye Jin Min
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Patricia Brown Violin virtuoso and multiple competition prize winner Ye Jin Min is currently a Doctor of Music candidate at Yale School of Music, Yale University, under Professor Syoko Aki. Ye Jin completed her undergraduate studies in Australia at the Sydney Conservatorium under Professor Goetz Richter and a Masters Degree at Yale ...

Sory Park
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Claudia & Michael Spies Violinist Sory Park is from Gwangju, South Korea. She began to play the violin at the age of five under the instruction of her aunt who is also a violinist. She was awarded the third prize at the 2019 Stulberg International String Competition and the second prize at 2017 Ilona Feher International Violin C ...

Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Tyler Taylor
May 9, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lorna & Jack Flynn Tyler Taylor (1992) is a composer-performer living in Louisville, Kentucky. His recent pieces are explorations of the different ways identity can be expressed in musical scenarios. Common among these pieces is a sense of contradiction – sometimes whimsical, sometimes alarming – that comes from the interac ...

Ming-Li Liu
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Taiwanese pianist Ming-Li Liu started piano playing at the age of four. After receiving her B.A. at Soochow University in Taiwan, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She has earned two Master’s degrees in solo piano and collaborative piano, and will study her DMA in piano performa ...

Ye Jin Min
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Patricia Brown Violin virtuoso and multiple competition prize winner Ye Jin Min is currently a Doctor of Music candidate at Yale School of Music, Yale University, under Professor Syoko Aki. Ye Jin completed her undergraduate studies in Australia at the Sydney Conservatorium under Professor Goetz Richter and a Masters Degree at Yale ...

Sory Park
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Claudia & Michael Spies Violinist Sory Park is from Gwangju, South Korea. She began to play the violin at the age of five under the instruction of her aunt who is also a violinist. She was awarded the third prize at the 2019 Stulberg International String Competition and the second prize at 2017 Ilona Feher International Violin C ...

Lucy Zeng
May 8, 2021
Recipient of the Richard & Maryan F. Chapin Scholarship As a pianist growing up in New Zealand, Lucy Zeng was a featured artist in NZ Music Month 2020. Her national competition successes included 2nd prize at the NZ Mazda Foundation Young Performer of The Year 2008, Lewis Eady Charitable trust's National Award Emerging Artists series in 2011. Her intern ...

Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Tyler Taylor
May 9, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lorna & Jack Flynn Tyler Taylor (1992) is a composer-performer living in Louisville, Kentucky. His recent pieces are explorations of the different ways identity can be expressed in musical scenarios. Common among these pieces is a sense of contradiction – sometimes whimsical, sometimes alarming – that comes from the interac ...

Ming-Li Liu
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Taiwanese pianist Ming-Li Liu started piano playing at the age of four. After receiving her B.A. at Soochow University in Taiwan, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She has earned two Master’s degrees in solo piano and collaborative piano, and will study her DMA in piano performa ...

Ye Jin Min
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Patricia Brown Violin virtuoso and multiple competition prize winner Ye Jin Min is currently a Doctor of Music candidate at Yale School of Music, Yale University, under Professor Syoko Aki. Ye Jin completed her undergraduate studies in Australia at the Sydney Conservatorium under Professor Goetz Richter and a Masters Degree at Yale ...

Sory Park
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Claudia & Michael Spies Violinist Sory Park is from Gwangju, South Korea. She began to play the violin at the age of five under the instruction of her aunt who is also a violinist. She was awarded the third prize at the 2019 Stulberg International String Competition and the second prize at 2017 Ilona Feher International Violin C ...

Lucy Zeng
May 8, 2021
Recipient of the Richard & Maryan F. Chapin Scholarship As a pianist growing up in New Zealand, Lucy Zeng was a featured artist in NZ Music Month 2020. Her national competition successes included 2nd prize at the NZ Mazda Foundation Young Performer of The Year 2008, Lewis Eady Charitable trust's National Award Emerging Artists series in 2011. Her intern ...

Chris Soong
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Toronto native Chris Soong began his piano studies at the age of five with Professor Nancy Hou and received his ARCT in Piano Performance with Honours in 2009. Chris completed both his Bachelor (16’) and Master of Music (18’) degrees in Piano Performance at the University of Toronto, having studied with Pr ...

Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Tyler Taylor
May 9, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lorna & Jack Flynn Tyler Taylor (1992) is a composer-performer living in Louisville, Kentucky. His recent pieces are explorations of the different ways identity can be expressed in musical scenarios. Common among these pieces is a sense of contradiction – sometimes whimsical, sometimes alarming – that comes from the interac ...

Ming-Li Liu
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Taiwanese pianist Ming-Li Liu started piano playing at the age of four. After receiving her B.A. at Soochow University in Taiwan, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She has earned two Master’s degrees in solo piano and collaborative piano, and will study her DMA in piano performa ...

Ye Jin Min
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Patricia Brown Violin virtuoso and multiple competition prize winner Ye Jin Min is currently a Doctor of Music candidate at Yale School of Music, Yale University, under Professor Syoko Aki. Ye Jin completed her undergraduate studies in Australia at the Sydney Conservatorium under Professor Goetz Richter and a Masters Degree at Yale ...

Sory Park
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Claudia & Michael Spies Violinist Sory Park is from Gwangju, South Korea. She began to play the violin at the age of five under the instruction of her aunt who is also a violinist. She was awarded the third prize at the 2019 Stulberg International String Competition and the second prize at 2017 Ilona Feher International Violin C ...

Lucy Zeng
May 8, 2021
Recipient of the Richard & Maryan F. Chapin Scholarship As a pianist growing up in New Zealand, Lucy Zeng was a featured artist in NZ Music Month 2020. Her national competition successes included 2nd prize at the NZ Mazda Foundation Young Performer of The Year 2008, Lewis Eady Charitable trust's National Award Emerging Artists series in 2011. Her intern ...

Chris Soong
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Toronto native Chris Soong began his piano studies at the age of five with Professor Nancy Hou and received his ARCT in Piano Performance with Honours in 2009. Chris completed both his Bachelor (16’) and Master of Music (18’) degrees in Piano Performance at the University of Toronto, having studied with Pr ...

Dana Rath
May 8, 2021
Dana Rath is a senior at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance and a minor in Art History. She has been playing the cello since she was four years old. She currently studies with Professor Richard Aaron and previously studied with Daniel Veis, Martin Storey, and Julian B ...

Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Tyler Taylor
May 9, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lorna & Jack Flynn Tyler Taylor (1992) is a composer-performer living in Louisville, Kentucky. His recent pieces are explorations of the different ways identity can be expressed in musical scenarios. Common among these pieces is a sense of contradiction – sometimes whimsical, sometimes alarming – that comes from the interac ...

Ming-Li Liu
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Taiwanese pianist Ming-Li Liu started piano playing at the age of four. After receiving her B.A. at Soochow University in Taiwan, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She has earned two Master’s degrees in solo piano and collaborative piano, and will study her DMA in piano performa ...

Ye Jin Min
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Patricia Brown Violin virtuoso and multiple competition prize winner Ye Jin Min is currently a Doctor of Music candidate at Yale School of Music, Yale University, under Professor Syoko Aki. Ye Jin completed her undergraduate studies in Australia at the Sydney Conservatorium under Professor Goetz Richter and a Masters Degree at Yale ...

Sory Park
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Claudia & Michael Spies Violinist Sory Park is from Gwangju, South Korea. She began to play the violin at the age of five under the instruction of her aunt who is also a violinist. She was awarded the third prize at the 2019 Stulberg International String Competition and the second prize at 2017 Ilona Feher International Violin C ...

Lucy Zeng
May 8, 2021
Recipient of the Richard & Maryan F. Chapin Scholarship As a pianist growing up in New Zealand, Lucy Zeng was a featured artist in NZ Music Month 2020. Her national competition successes included 2nd prize at the NZ Mazda Foundation Young Performer of The Year 2008, Lewis Eady Charitable trust's National Award Emerging Artists series in 2011. Her intern ...

Chris Soong
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Toronto native Chris Soong began his piano studies at the age of five with Professor Nancy Hou and received his ARCT in Piano Performance with Honours in 2009. Chris completed both his Bachelor (16’) and Master of Music (18’) degrees in Piano Performance at the University of Toronto, having studied with Pr ...

Dana Rath
May 8, 2021
Dana Rath is a senior at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance and a minor in Art History. She has been playing the cello since she was four years old. She currently studies with Professor Richard Aaron and previously studied with Daniel Veis, Martin Storey, and Julian B ...

William Suh
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by an anonymous donor Cellist William Suh of Morgantown, WV is a first-prize winner of the Music Teachers’ National Association String Competition, finalist of the Stulberg International String Competition, and recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award from National Public Radio’s From the Top organization. Other awards i ...

Andres Sanchez
May 13, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Deborah Schall Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. After two years, he moved his studies to the cello studio of Jesus Morales, cellist of the Dali Quartet and past principle of the P ...

Tyler Taylor
May 9, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lorna & Jack Flynn Tyler Taylor (1992) is a composer-performer living in Louisville, Kentucky. His recent pieces are explorations of the different ways identity can be expressed in musical scenarios. Common among these pieces is a sense of contradiction – sometimes whimsical, sometimes alarming – that comes from the interac ...

Ming-Li Liu
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Taiwanese pianist Ming-Li Liu started piano playing at the age of four. After receiving her B.A. at Soochow University in Taiwan, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She has earned two Master’s degrees in solo piano and collaborative piano, and will study her DMA in piano performa ...

Ye Jin Min
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Patricia Brown Violin virtuoso and multiple competition prize winner Ye Jin Min is currently a Doctor of Music candidate at Yale School of Music, Yale University, under Professor Syoko Aki. Ye Jin completed her undergraduate studies in Australia at the Sydney Conservatorium under Professor Goetz Richter and a Masters Degree at Yale ...

Sory Park
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Claudia & Michael Spies Violinist Sory Park is from Gwangju, South Korea. She began to play the violin at the age of five under the instruction of her aunt who is also a violinist. She was awarded the third prize at the 2019 Stulberg International String Competition and the second prize at 2017 Ilona Feher International Violin C ...

Lucy Zeng
May 8, 2021
Recipient of the Richard & Maryan F. Chapin Scholarship As a pianist growing up in New Zealand, Lucy Zeng was a featured artist in NZ Music Month 2020. Her national competition successes included 2nd prize at the NZ Mazda Foundation Young Performer of The Year 2008, Lewis Eady Charitable trust's National Award Emerging Artists series in 2011. Her intern ...

Chris Soong
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by Lewis & Adria Kaplan Toronto native Chris Soong began his piano studies at the age of five with Professor Nancy Hou and received his ARCT in Piano Performance with Honours in 2009. Chris completed both his Bachelor (16’) and Master of Music (18’) degrees in Piano Performance at the University of Toronto, having studied with Pr ...

Dana Rath
May 8, 2021
Dana Rath is a senior at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance and a minor in Art History. She has been playing the cello since she was four years old. She currently studies with Professor Richard Aaron and previously studied with Daniel Veis, Martin Storey, and Julian B ...

William Suh
May 8, 2021
Student Sponsorship by an anonymous donor Cellist William Suh of Morgantown, WV is a first-prize winner of the Music Teachers’ National Association String Competition, finalist of the Stulberg International String Competition, and recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award from National Public Radio’s From the Top organization. Other awards i ...

Stephen Joven-Lee
May 8, 2021
2021 Student Sponsorship by Ruth & Rupert White Philippine-born Stephen Joven-Lee began piano studies at age 10. One year later, he moved to New York City where he studied with Dr. Amy E. Gustafson and Dr. Jose Ramon Mendez on a full scholarship. Joven-Lee is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied under Professor Alvin Cho ...