2020 CELEBR ATION OF EXCELLENCE NORTH EAST REGION
Saturday December 5, 2020 1PM ET 2020 CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE RECITAL North East Region
Program
Welcome
Address to Award Winners Elaine Rusk Vice President, Academics and Publishing The Royal Conservatory of Music
Recital
Presentation of Teacher of Distinction Recipient: Felicia Feng Zhang
Closing Remarks
Presentation of Awards
2 | 2020 Celebration of Excellence Recital Recital Program
Burlesque in G major, in Notebook for Wolfgang Anonymous Laura Chen – Piano
German Dance in D Major, Hob. IX:22, no. 2 Franz Joseph Haydn Nishqa Kudalkar – Piano
Minuet in A Minor, from Partita No. 6 in B flat Major Johann Krieger Mina Timmer-Song – Piano
Promenade Robert Hamilton Atharva Shimpi – Guitar
The Swing Chee-Hwa Tan Gemma Elis Tsang – Piano
World’s Strongest Man Ted Cooper Srikrishna Dowlapalli – Piano
Jazz Blast Nancy Faber and Randall Faber Ella Halvorsen – Piano
Cool Groove Edwin McLean Evangeline Morson – Piano
Mist Clifford Poole Moukthika Kanakala – Piano
Angelfish Anne Crosby Gaudet Bridget Daniel – Piano
Melody, op. 68, no. 1 Robert Schumann Sophie Gowen – Piano
3 | 2020 Celebration of Excellence Recital Long, Long Ago Thomas H. Bayly Brynlee Raye Stevenson – Violin Sara Beattie – Collaborative Pianist
Far Away Teresa Richert Sosie Lundeen – Piano
Gavotte Jean Becker Brais Macknik-Conde – Violin
Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, no. 1: I Muzio Clementi Ankush Karmakar – Piano
Arabesque, op. 100, no. 2 Johann Friedrich Burgmüller Hannah Wang – Piano
Waltz, op. 241, no. 24 Ferdinando Carulli Elle Sabarese – Guitar
Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, no. 1: II Ludwig van Beethoven Marine Beauchemin – Piano
The Song of Twilight Yoshinao Nakada Lois Oppong – Piano
The Wind Chee-Hwa Tan Tara Gopalan – Piano
Tarantelle Clifford Poole Hannah Fan – Piano
Jazzberry Jump Stephen Chatman Alexander Mazzarelli – Piano
Dedication, op. 1, no. 1 Enrique Granados Riley Ashok – Piano
4 | 2020 Celebration of Excellence Recital Humoresque, from Humoresques for Piano, op. 101, no. 7 Antonín Dvorák› Isabel Cockey – Violin Elijah Cockey – Collaborative Pianist
Allegretto, op. 241, no. 14 Ferdinando Carulli Jason Mazzatenta – Guitar
Boree in B Flat Major, from Suite No. 3 Richard Jones Charlie Kellett – Piano
Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, no. 2: I Ludwig van Beethoven Edward Neems – Piano
Concerto in B Minor, op.35: III Oskar Rieding Clare Seo – Violin Yoon Seo – Collaborative Pianist
Siciliana, from Sonata in E flat Major, BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach Matthew Kartavov – Saxophone Elena Kartavov – Collaborative Pianist
Sonatina in F Major, op. 36, no. 4: I Muzio Clementi Julia Kemp – Piano
Sentimental Waltz, op. 50, D 779, no. 13 Franz Schubert Josephine Borne – Piano
Die Rose im Garten (The Rose in the Garden) Carlo Domeniconi Anish Dhal – Guitar
Habanera Georges Bizet, arr. Stephen Chatman Alexander Ulreich – Saxophone Laurie Hudicek – Collaborative Pianist
Sonata in A Major, K 83b Domenico Scarlatti Srilakshmi Venkatesan – Piano
5 | 2020 Celebration of Excellence Recital Sonatina in D Major, op. 36, no. 6: I Muzio Clementi Crystal Zhang – Piano
Romance Jacques Ibert Rebecca Swartz – Piano
Sunset in Rio Mike Springer Easton Wei – Piano
Capriccio-Sonata in A Major: II Johann Anton Stamitz, cadenza by Dianne Aitken Haley Gruwell – Flute
Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775 Johann Sebastian Bach Aaron Stewart – Piano
Für Elise, WoO 59 Ludwig van Beethoven Ishan Mungikar – Piano
Nocturne Clifford Poole Nathan Hu – Piano
Waltz in B Minor, op. 69, no. 2 Frédéric Chopin Ariel Koyfman – Piano
Etude in C Minor, op. 29, no. 7 Henri Bertini Jai Raman – Piano
Reiterstück (The Horseman), op. 68, no. 23 Robert Schumann Nicholas Moises Bauer – Piano
Waltz in A flat Major, op. 69, no. 1 (“L’adieu”) Frédéric Chopin Gabriella Luciani – Piano
Prelude, op. 38, no. 8 Dmitri Kabalevsky Jason Liu – Piano
6 | 2020 Celebration of Excellence Recital Sonata in E Major, K 531 Domenico Scarlatti Katie Moore – Piano
Sonata in G Major, K 283 (189h): I Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Evan Chang – Piano
Butterfly, op. 43, no. 1 Edvard Grieg Anushka Mukhopadhyay – Piano
Sonata in E Flat Major, op. 81a (“Les adieux”): I Ludwig van Beethoven Karthik Seetharaman – Piano NORTH EAST TEACHER OF DISTINCTION
Felicia Feng Zhang, a National Certified Piano Teacher (NCTM & ACM) with 32 years of teaching experience. Award-winning educator. She teaches all levels of piano performance, theory, and pedagogy. She is currently the President-Elect and Vice President of the CSMTA and is the founder of All Talent Academy. She created CLEF Series and established an innovative 3EFM teaching method that works effectively and provides significant results from her students among all ages and levels. Her unique sight-reading method receives remarkable results from her student as young as 3 years old. All her method books are designed to apply to use friendly both online and in person. She has been also awarded numerous prestigious international piano education awards for her outstanding teaching. Her name was included in the Hall of Fame Piano Guild USA in 2006 as well as the Marquis Who’s Who of American Women 2000/2001. She was nominated as Teacher of Year 2019 in CSMTA and “2020 Teacher of Distinction” award from RCM. She is an active adjudicator and often gives lectures, workshops, and master classes internationally. NORTH EAST AWARD WINNERS
Name Discipline Level Award
Francesco Ducci Guitar Level 9 National & Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Timothy Yang Piano Level 8 National & Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Benjamin Wien Piano Level 9 National & Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Elise Kang Brass Level 4 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Atharva Shimpi Guitar Preparatory Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Wyatt Moore Guitar Level 1 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Guglielmo Petrella Guitar Level 2 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Elle Sabarese Guitar Level 2 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Anish Dhal Guitar Level 3 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Gerard Petrella Guitar Level 4 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Rosasharon Gripton Guitar Level 5 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Gemma Elis Tsang Piano Preparatory A Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Bridget Daniel Piano Preparatory B Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Laura Chen Piano Level 1 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Nishqa Kudalkar Piano Level 1 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Hannah Fan Piano Level 2 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Nidhi Mallavarapu Piano Level 2 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Brian Zhang Piano Level 2 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Alfred Zhang Piano Level 3 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Kylee Zhang Piano Level 3 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Easton Wei Piano Level 4 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Julia Kemp Piano Level 5 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Oishee Sinharay Piano Level 5 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Aaron Stewart Piano Level 5 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Ariel Koyfman Piano Level 6 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Rebecca Swartz Piano Level 6 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Katie Moore Piano Level 7 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Karthik Seetharaman Piano Level 10 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Brais Macknik-Conde Strings Level 1 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate William Chen Strings Level 2 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Alexander Gilchrist Strings Level 3 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate April Yafuso Strings Level 3 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Grace Welch Strings Level 4 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Sydney Todorov Voice Level 1 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Samantha Eagerman Voice Level 2 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Alana Troxell Voice Level 3 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Lena Strassberg Winds Level 2 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Alexander Ulreich Winds Level 3 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Haley Gruwell Winds Level 4 Regional Gold Medal, State Certificate Jade LeSchack Guitar Level 2 State Certificate Jason Mazzatenta Guitar Level 2 State Certificate Aarush Santoshi Guitar Level 4 State Certificate Srikrishna Dowlapalli Piano Preparatory A State Certificate Ella Halvorsen Piano Preparatory A State Certificate Millicent Hooker Piano Preparatory A State Certificate Moukthika Devi Kanakala Piano Preparatory A State Certificate Travis Luo Piano Preparatory A State Certificate Theodore (TJ) McCord Piano Preparatory A State Certificate Maxwell Negron Piano Preparatory A State Certificate Mina Timmer-Song Piano Preparatory A State Certificate Ania Chap Piano Preparatory B State Certificate Eshaan Dey Piano Preparatory B State Certificate Hannah Lakshmanan Piano Preparatory B State Certificate Sosie Lundeen Piano Preparatory B State Certificate Quinn Marino Piano Preparatory B State Certificate Evangeline Morson Piano Preparatory B State Certificate Theodore Porfiriev Piano Preparatory B State Certificate Dante Terrell Piano Preparatory B State Certificate Mina Timmer-Song Piano Preparatory B State Certificate Alice Chen Piano Level 1 State Certificate William Dong Piano Level 1 State Certificate Tara Gopalan Piano Level 1 State Certificate Sophie Gowen Piano Level 1 State Certificate Ankush Karmakar Piano Level 1 State Certificate Elina Khoury Piano Level 1 State Certificate Jane Urban Piano Level 1 State Certificate Marine Beauchemin Piano Level 2 State Certificate Vishesh Jindal Piano Level 2 State Certificate Sheila Northrup Piano Level 2 State Certificate Hannah Wang Piano Level 2 State Certificate Archana Bhargava Piano Level 3 State Certificate Zorianna Chorney Piano Level 3 State Certificate Alexander Mazzarelli Piano Level 3 State Certificate Gabriel Mikhno Piano Level 3 State Certificate Lois Oppong Piano Level 3 State Certificate Barbara Vornheder Piano Level 3 State Certificate Lucian Englert Piano Level 4 State Certificate Natalie Giancola Piano Level 4 State Certificate Peter Jin Piano Level 4 State Certificate Charlie Kellett Piano Level 4 State Certificate Edward Neems Piano Level 4 State Certificate Riley Ashok Piano Level 5 State Certificate Joséphine Borne Piano Level 5 State Certificate Adrian Deng Piano Level 5 State Certificate Jonathan Jiménez Piano Level 5 State Certificate Nathan Hu Piano Level 6 State Certificate Riley Schoch Piano Level 6 State Certificate Srilakshmi Venkatesan Piano Level 6 State Certificate Carter Bryan Piano Level 7 State Certificate Gabriella Luciani Piano Level 7 State Certificate Ishan Mungikar Piano Level 7 State Certificate Jai Raman Piano Level 7 State Certificate Crystal Zhang Piano Level 7 State Certificate Akshay Aravind Piano Level 8 State Certificate Nicholas Moises Bauer Piano Level 8 State Certificate Evan Chang Piano Level 8 State Certificate Nicolas Kraay Piano Level 8 State Certificate Zoe Lansdale-Alexander Piano Level 8 State Certificate Jason Liu Piano Level 8 State Certificate Lorenzo Shaoliang Ye Piano Level 8 State Certificate Anushka Mukhopadhyay Piano Level 9 State Certificate Brynlee Raye Stevenson Strings Level 1 State Certificate Sophie Zhao Strings Level 1 State Certificate Isabel Cockey Strings Level 3 State Certificate Clare Seo Strings Level 3 State Certificate Liam Rimes Strings Level 4 State Certificate Devyani Sharma Voice Level 2 State Certificate Maya Yamada Voice Level 2 State Certificate Matthew Kartavov Winds Level 4 State Certificate NORTH EAST REGIONAL TEACHERS OF AWARD WINNERS
Colette Adams My An Jennifer Nguyen Wendy J Bachman Cindy Null Sara Beattie Aiko Onuma Julie Becker Jee-Lian Parry Mary Lynne Bennett Lyubov Paskova Anderson Patricia Blanchard Marina Pavlova Susan Boone Upton Lucas Pullin Kristin Cahill Victoria Razumov Rebecca Calissi Victoria Reeve Mary Campbell Julie Ribchinsky Victoria Chow Heather Riley Carol Comune Jonathan Roberts Andrea Costello Kristin Roney Michael Donahue Michael Savona Lisa Fiorilli Nadia Schreyack Nora Friedman Allison Shinnick Roxana Frizzi Elaine Silberis Michele Gillies Devony Smith Dustin Gledhill Lucille Snell Song Gonzalez Lyndall Soden Anna Grudskaya Natalia Syed Jane Hanselman Inessa Tamar Andrew Horowitz Frances Taylor Marija Ilic Maryna Tykhoniuk Isabella Abbonizio Michael VanPelt Elena Kartavov Emily White Ginger Kokoszka David Wold kairy koshoeva Mary Xu Vickie Kraay Deborah Kay Zagorin Jee-Hoon Krska Ida Zelman Yoshie Kubota Yelena Kuzmenko YeEun Lee Chiung-Yin Cheng Liu Warren Magid Eleanor V. McLaughlin Rachel Moore Jaclyn Mrozek Leighann Narum
THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.
It means you have reached an incredible milestone. It means your hard work and dedication have paid off. It means you are here— where we recognize your extraordinary achievement. Congratulations from all of us at The Royal Conservatory of Music — we are so proud to honour you today.
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