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