In the 1980's, Evelyn Bonar Storrs made a bequest to the Musical Club of Hartford to establish a piano scholarship. Her will stated in part, “I have tried to express my appreciation for the enjoyment and pleasure in having been a member of the Musical Club of Hartford...With this in mind, I have established the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships for talented and advanced students of piano...” <div>The Musical Club’s Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship Committee administers this fund, and distributes these funds in two (2) ways:<ol><li style="line-height: 1.15;">Through grants to organizations which then award these funds to qualified pianists; </li><li style="line-height: 1.15;">Through individual scholarships to advanced students of piano.​</li></ol> ​To apply for a scholarship, a student must submit the following:<ol><li style="line-height: 1.15;">A completed application form. This form is found on this website as a fillable PDF form which can be exported or saved and then opened and completed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The completed form should be attached to an email and sent to the following address:&nbsp; smher82&lt;at&gt;aol.com.</li><li style="line-height: 1.15;">A letter of recommendation from the student's current teacher. The letter must be sent by the teacher to the person whose email address is given below.</li><li style="line-height: 1.15;">All application materials and a letter of recommendation are mandatory. All materials must be submitted electronically by email to: Suzanne Hertel, Chair, EBS Scholarship Commitee at email address: smher82&lt;at&gt;aol.com. </li></ol>​Applications for individual scholarships<ol><li style="line-height: 1.15;">Applications for these scholarships are accepted from February 1 to April 1. Eligible students must be age 18-30 and have traditional classical training.</li><li style="line-height: 1.15;">Preference is given to students who either live in Connecticut or attend area universities.</li><li style="line-height: 1.15;">Applicants must currently be studying at the graduate (doctoral/artist's diploma or masters) or undergraduate (junior or senior) levels.</li><li style="line-height: 1.15;">Recipients of these scholarships are selected each year by the E.B. Storrs Committee in April after consideration of submitted material. </li><li style="line-height: 1.15;">Applicants are limited to four (4) awards in total.</li></ol>Selected recipients are invited to participate in the Storrs Scholars Recital for members of the Musical Club and the general public in March of the following year.The following were awarded scholarships in 2024: Youmei Cai, Pia Castellano,&nbsp;HoMan Cheung,&nbsp;Sophia Cornicello,&nbsp;Yimiao Fang,&nbsp;Mingyue Fu,&nbsp;Derek Hartman,&nbsp;Han Hu,&nbsp;Lyndon Ji,&nbsp;Carter Johnson,&nbsp;Linda Lee,&nbsp;Georgi Lekov,&nbsp;Robert Levinger,&nbsp;Grace Nieh,&nbsp;Zifan Qiu, Ramsey Scott, Arisa Sato,&nbsp;Alexa Stier,&nbsp;Elisabeth Tsai,&nbsp;Zhizhi Xiang, and Qianqian Xie</div><div>Congratulations to all!</div>

Evelyn Bonar Storrs Piano Scholarship Fund

​ Please join us on October 17 for our first Musical Exploration program featuring the pipe organ. Performances, discussion and q &amp; a followed by an informal coffee reception in Fellowship Hall.If you would like to join the Musical Club of Hartford,&nbsp;​<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">please download and complete the&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/2024_25_new_mem_app.pdf" alt="New Member Application" target="_blank" class="on">New Member Application</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">&nbsp;form<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">.View the&nbsp;​<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline !important; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none;">2024-2025&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/2024-25membrochure.pdf" alt="Membership Brochure">Membership Brochure</a>.<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Read a synopsis of <a href="https://musicalclubhartford.org/content/the-covid-years-(2020-2024)/1133" alt="&quot;The Covid Years, 2020-2024&quot;" class="on">"The Covid Years, 2020-2024"</a> from our immediate past president, Bill Warner-Prouty.We look forward to seeing you!

1st Musical Exploration Program of the 2024-2025 Season on October 17, 2024

The Musical Club of Hartford currently offers this scholarship for advanced students of piano (college and post-graduate level):The <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/evelyn-bonar-storrs-piano-scholarship-fund/949" alt="Evelyn Bonar Storrs Piano Scholarship" style="text-align: -webkit-match-parent;">Evelyn Bonar Storrs Piano Scholarship</a>(Note: The Club no longer holds an annual high-school music competition, but instead collaborates with the Hartt School Community Division&nbsp;in its scholarship program.)

Scholarships

<h2>Membership in the Musical Club of Hartford</h2>Membership is open to all men and women who share a love of music, including performers, listeners and composers, providing a valuable network for musicians in the Greater Hartford area. As a member you are invited and encouraged to participate in the various activities of the Musical Club, or you may simply enjoy membership as a listener. Your membership dues include free admission to all events. Your extra donations support a number of worthy musical organizations in the area. We look forward to welcoming you!Musical Club now offers several categories of membership:If you are a current member and wish to renew your membership for the 2024-25 season, please download and complete the&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/duesrenewal2024-25.pdf" alt="Existing Member Renewal" target="_blank" class="on">Existing Member Renewal</a>&nbsp;form.If you would like to join the Musical Club of Hartford,&nbsp;​<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline !important; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none;">please download and complete the&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/2024_25_new_mem_app.pdf" alt="New Member Application" target="_blank" class="on">New Member Application</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline !important; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none;">&nbsp;form<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline !important; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none;">. View the current <a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/2024-25membrochure.pdf" alt="Membership Brochure" class="on">Membership Brochure</a>. <h3>Membership Categories</h3><ul><li style="line-height: 2;">Individual Membership: $50 per year.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Family Membership: $80 per year, for two or more people of the same household.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Student Membership: $10 per year, for a full-time student.</li></ul><h3 style="line-height: 2;">Highlights of Membership</h3><ul> <li style="line-height: 2;">Free admission to all Musical Club activities.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Solo, choral and instrumental ensemble opportunities for performers.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Opportunities for musical growth and learning with a convivial group of music lovers.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Concerts and Programs by Guest Artists.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Volunteer positions organizing and promoting Musical Club events and other community service projects. </li></ul>

Membership

The Musical Club of Hartford is a non-profit organization founded in 1891. Membership is open to performers or to those who simply enjoy classical music, providing a network for musicians from the Greater Hartford area.Club events take place normally on selected Thursday mornings&nbsp;at 10:00 a.m, Fall through Spring. The usual location is the sanctuary at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT (between Ridgewood and Mountain Avenues). Information on time and location is given at the bottom of each event description.Musical Club Mission (from its by-laws, Article II)<ol><li style="line-height: 2;">to develop the musical talent of its members and to encourage the study and appreciation of music through the giving of programs, lectures and concerts; </li><li style="line-height: 2;">to give assistance to promising young artists; </li><li style="line-height: 2;">to aid musical projects. </li></ol> Musical Club Activities<ul><li style="line-height: 2;">Each year, from September to June, eight or more concerts are presented by performing members, featuring soloists and vocal or instrumental ensembles.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Professional guest artists perform two major concerts each year.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Special guests and members present exploratory lectures and demonstrations. </li><li style="line-height: 2;">Scholarships are also awarded to advanced piano students, through the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship Fund.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">The Musical Club gives financial support to statewide community music organizations.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Each year members receive a yearbook which includes a directory of the membership and a complete schedule of programs and concerts for the year.</li><li style="line-height: 2;">Members also receive a copy of the constitution and by-laws, invitations to special events, and a newsletter containing further information about the programs and concerts. </li></ul>​<a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/committees_brochure_2022-2023.pdf" alt="Committees and Volunteering" class="on">Committees and Volunteering</a> <div class="se-component se-image-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 50%;"><figure style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"><img src="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/westminster-presbyterian-street-view.jpg" alt="Westminster Presbyterian Church.jpg" data-rotate="" data-proportion="true" data-size="50%," data-align="none" data-percentage="50," data-file-name="westminster-presbyterian-street-view.jpg" data-file-size="0" origin-size="576,429" data-origin="," style="width: 100%;" data-index="0"></figure></div>Westminster Presbyterian Church -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/2080+Boulevard,+West+Hartford,+CT+06107/@41.7539796,-72.7630551,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e7ac56cc749c2d:0xa7e333472dc5e944" target="_blank">View Map Page</a>Executive Board Anne Filion, President Patrice Fitzgerald, Vice President Susan Lionberger, Recording Secretary Annette Shapiro, Corresponding Secretary Michelle Duffy &amp; Alan Kennedy, Co-Treasurers Susan Mardinly, Assistant Treasurer Members at Large <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Bill Warner-Prouty (2024-2026) ​<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Robert Stavnezer (2024-2026) Cynthia Lang&nbsp;​<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">&nbsp;(2023-2025) Fred Erickson (2023-2025) <div class="se-component se-image-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"><img src="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/executive_board_2022.jpg" alt="Musical Club Officers 2022-2023" data-rotate="" data-proportion="true" data-size="100%," data-align="none" data-percentage="100," data-file-name="executive_board_2022.jpg" data-file-size="0" origin-size="627,251" data-origin="," style="width: 100%;" data-index="1"></figure></div>

About

About the Musical Club of Hartford

Most (but not all) Musical Club of Hartford events take place at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT (between Ridgewood and Mountain Roads). Location information is given at the bottom of each event description.​<a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/performance_index_2022.pdf" alt="Current Performance Index" class="on">Current Performance Index</a>​

Calendar

Several volumes of The Pursuit of Music&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">have been published. Volumes that have been digitized cover the following years:<a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/pursuit_of_music_vol_I.pdf" alt="1891-1981">1891-1981</a>&nbsp; (Vol. I) <a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/pursuit_of_music_vol_II.pdf" alt="1981-1991">1981-1991</a>&nbsp; (Vol. II) <a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/pursuit_of_music_vol_III.pdf" alt="1991-2001">1991-2001</a>&nbsp; (Vol. III) <a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/pursuit_of_music_vol_IV.pdf" alt="2001-2016">2001-2016</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">&nbsp; (Vol. IV)​ <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/125th_commemoration_booklet.pdf" alt="​125th Anniversary Commemoration Booklet (2015)" target="_blank" class="on">​125th Anniversary Commemoration Booklet (2015)</a>

History

Musical Club of Hartford History

The Musical Club of Hartford regrets that--once again--it will not be able to conduct its annual High School Competition during the 2022-2023 season.<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/previous-high-school-competition-winners/783" alt="Previous High School Competition Winners" class="on">Previous High School Competition Winners</a>

No Musical Club of Hartford High School Competition in 2022-2023

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Musical Club of Hartford regrets that--once again--it will not be able to conduct its annual High School Competition during the 2021-2022 season.<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/previous-high-school-competition-winners" target="_self">Previous High School Competition Winners</a>

No Musical Club of Hartford High School Competition in 2021-2022

The Musical Club of Hartford hosted a number of&nbsp;live "virtual" music-related programs during the 2020-2021 season.&nbsp;Video recordings are available for some of this season's virtual presentations. Here are the links:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKmBAklPXhs&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(164, 36, 112); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The Hartt School of Music at 100: The Present</a><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 1.3846em 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/8vhhy7kWjfq23cDXI8gJCQCk5ScOymOaHCSkDBcftGGODryA1CJDhgpApTFJwFXU.qt772zCymFT-u5b8" target="_blank" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(164, 36, 112);">Mark Bailey on:&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHtngJGRrAY&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(164, 36, 112);">The Impact and Enduring Importance of Historical Recordings</a>&nbsp;<p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 1.3846em 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdO3V9sdBX4&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(164, 36, 112); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Oboe Duo Agosto presents: "Storytelling Oboes"</a><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 1.3846em 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLAOWxwnWE8" target="_blank">The Solo Violin from Bach to Bartók</a><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 1.3846em 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd3DUO6ZakI" target="_blank">E.B. Storrs Scholars Roundtable: Young Musicians during a Pandemic (2020 Recipients: Part 1)</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-kuHv3qTo4" target="_blank">The Hartt School of Music at 100: The Future</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XMdI0UJBP4" target="_blank" class="on">E.B. Storrs Scholars Roundtable: Young Musicians during a Pandemic (2020 Recipients: Part 2)</a>

2020-2021 Season Recap

2021-2022 marks the 131st Anniversary Year of&nbsp;The Musical Club of Hartford. The Club started the season with a series of virtual, online events, but resumed live concert events in March 2022. View the <a href="http://musicalclubhartford2.org/content/calendar/927" alt="Calendar">Calendar</a>&nbsp;for details. Join us on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/Musical-Club-of-Hartford-153887816608" alt="Facebook" class="on">Facebook</a>!&nbsp;&nbsp;<div class="se-component se-image-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 5%;"><figure style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/Musical-Club-of-Hartford-153887816608" alt="Facebook" data-image-link="image"><img src="http://musicalclubhartford2.org/files/fb.jpg" alt="fb.jpg" data-rotate="" data-proportion="true" data-size="5%,auto" data-align="none" data-percentage="5%,auto" data-file-name="fb.jpg" data-file-size="0" origin-size="474,474" data-origin="," data-image-link="https://www.facebook.com/Musical-Club-of-Hartford-153887816608" style="width: 100%; height: auto;" data-index="0"></a></figure></div>​

The Musical Club of Hartford plans to resume live concert events in 2022.

Hybrid Musical Club Season Underway

Contact

<h2>Current Executive Board (2020-2021)</h2>Bill Warner-Prouty, PresidentSuzanne Hertel, Vice PresidentNatalie Harbeson, Recording SecretaryJoan Fine, Corresponding SecretaryDectora Jeffers, Assistant Corresponding SecretaryMichelle Duffy &amp; Alan Kennedy, Co-TreasurersCynthia Lang, Assistant Treasurer&nbsp;<h3>Members at Large</h3>Virginia Allen (2021-2022)Deborah Robin (2020-2022)Leland Tolo (2020-2021)Elizabeth White (2019-2021)&nbsp;&nbsp;

Executive Board

Information on previous competition winners and honorable mentions&nbsp;is available by calendar year:<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2020-musical-club-hartford-high-school-competitions" target="_self">2020</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2019-musical-club-hartford-high-school-competitions" target="_self">2019</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/classical-competition-winners-concert-jan-21-2018" target="_self">2018</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/forty-first-annual-scholarship-competitions-connecticut-high-school-students" target="_self">2017</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2016-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2016</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2015-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2015</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2014-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2014</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2013-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2013</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2012-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2012</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2011-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2011</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2010-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2010</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2009-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2009</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2008-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2008</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2007-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2007</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2006-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2006</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2005-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2005</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2004-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2004</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2003-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2003</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-2002-musical-club-hartford-scholarship-competition" target="_self">2002</a>

Previous High School Competition Winners

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Musical Club of Hartford regrets that it will not be able to conduct its annual High School Competition during the 2020-2021 season. <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/previous-high-school-competition-winners" target="_self">Previous High School Competition Winners</a>

No Musical Club of Hartford High School Competition in 2020-2021

<div>1st Place winner Strings: Maggie Slap, cello Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Song of the Birds &ndash; A Catalan song popularized by Pablo Casals.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unaccompanied Newspaper: &nbsp;West Hartford News (editorial@we-ha.com)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>This young 10th grade student at Conard High School in West Hartford studied cello with Jeffrey Krieger.&nbsp; As she writes in her bio:&nbsp;&ldquo;My most important performing experiences and awards include: winning the 2018 Young Musicians Concerto Competition with the Hamden Symphony Orchestra; acceptance into both Giovanni Solisti and the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra; attending both Kinhaven and Greenwood music camps; receiving the Sedgwick Middle School First String Award, playing with The Sixteen Strings quartet through the Hartt School Community Division, winner of the 2019 Honors Chamber Music Competition and participating with my quartet in a masterclass with the Lions Gate Trio.&rdquo;&nbsp; She served as principal cellist of the 2019 Connecticut Northern Regionals Orchestra and second chair in the All-State orchestra.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>2nd Place winner Strings: Christopher Hill, cello Concert performance piece:&nbsp;&nbsp;Fantasiestücke, op. 73, Movements I (Zart und mit Ausdruck) and III (Rasch und mit Feuer), by Robert Schumann Accompanist: Alexis Zingale Newspaper: West Hartford Press (Lisa@turleyct.com)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Christopher Hill is a sophomore at Conard High School in West Hartford, CT.&nbsp; He is a member of the select West Hartford high school Chamber Orchestra I Giovanni Solisti at Conard High School under the direction of Emmett Drake, and plays in the Connecticut Youth Symphony.&nbsp; Christopher is a student of Blake Brasch at the Hartt School Community Division, and has participated in numerous masterclasses and recitals.&nbsp; His most recent experience was with Joshua Roman.&nbsp; This past summer Christopher studied with Susan Moses at Indiana University&rsquo;s Summer String Academy, and has previously attended the international Cello Institute at St. Olaf College in MN as well as the Advanced Cello Suzuki Institute at Ithaca College in New York.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd Place winner Strings: Gerald Kim, violin Concert performance piece: &nbsp;Polonaise Brillante no. 1 in D Major, op. 4, by Henryk Wieniawski Accompanist: Soo Jung Sharp Newspaper:&nbsp;&nbsp;Fairfield Citizen (fairfieldnews@hearstmediact.com)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Gerald Kim, 16, is a junior at Fairfield Ludlowe High school where he is a concertmaster in Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra. He started to play the violin at age seven and is currently studying under Wendy Sharp at the Yale School of Music. He has been a member of the Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestra for 7 years and is assistant concertmaster this year.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was a winner of the American Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition in 2018 and the Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition in 2019, and performed as soloist with the orchestras. He was a 2nd place winner of the Wallingford Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition in 2019 and a finalist in the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition in 2019. He was a 2nd&nbsp;place winner of the Marianne Liberator Instrumental Competition in 2019 and received the Karl Koss Memorial Prize.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mention:</div><div> Isabelle-Marie Anis, violin, is a sophomore at Hall High School in West Hartford and studies with Professor Wendy Sharp.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Jimin Kim, cello, is a 9th grade student at Miss Porter&rsquo;s School in Farmington and studies with Mr. Pablo Issa at the Hartt School Community Division.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Samantha Kramer, violin, is a 10th grade student at Conard High School in West Hartford, and studies with Teri Einfeldt.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The&nbsp;judges&nbsp;for the strings competition:&nbsp;Cara Cheung and&nbsp;Richard Loomis.</div>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2020 Musical Club of Hartford High School Strings Competition

<div>1st Place winner Winds: Sadie Goodman, flute Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Fantasie Brillante on Themes from Bizet&rsquo;s Carmen, by François Borne (1840-1920).&nbsp; Accompanist: Adrienne Greenbaum, piano Newspaper: &nbsp;Record Review (recordreview@optonline.net); &nbsp;The Katonah Lewisboro Times (KLT@Halstonmedia.com)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sadie Goodman, 15 years old, is the principal flute of the Norwalk Youth Symphony and their concerto competition winner in 2019.&nbsp; This past year, she also performed with the American Chamber Orchestra as their concerto competition winner. In 2018, Sadie earned first place in the Alexander and Buono International Flute Competition for which she performed at Weill recital Hall (Carnegie Hall).&nbsp; She has also won the New York Flute Club Young Musicians Contest and the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition. Sadie studies with Adrienne Greenbaum in Fairfield and is a 10th grade honors student at John Jay High School in Cross River, NY where she enjoys rowing crew.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>2nd Place winner Winds: Caitlyn Corsetti, trumpet Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Sonata for trumpet and piano, I. With Strength and Vigor, by Kent Kennan (1913-2003) Accompanist: Andrew Satterberg, piano Newspaper: Journal Inquirer (service@journalinquirer.com)</div><div> Born and raised in Broad Brook, CT, Caitlyn Corsetti has been surrounded by music throughout her whole life. Following the footsteps of three generations of trumpet players before her, Caitlyn is the first female player in her family. She is in several ensembles at the Hartt School, including Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble and the Hartt collegiate orchestra. In addition to these she has also been part of several CMEA Regional and All-State Festivals. She is a senior at Classical Magnet School in Hartford, plans to go to college to continue her passion for music, and is eager to see where the music takes her. Her teacher is John Charles Thomas at the Hartt School Community Division.</div><div> 3rd Place winner Winds: Tessa Goddu, flute Concert performance piece: Sonata for Flute and Piano, H. 306, I. Allegro Moderato, by Bohuslav Martinů.&nbsp;&nbsp;(1890-1959) Accompanist: Gaylien Chun, Piano)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Newspaper:&nbsp;Hartford Courant</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Tessa Goddu studies with Janet Arms at the Hartt Community Division and is a member of the Stratosphere Flute Choir and an alternate member of the New York Youth Symphony.&nbsp; She received an Honorable mention in the 2019 Hartford Musical Club Winds/Brass Competition and participated in the Winds and Percussion HCD Honors recital.&nbsp; Tessa has participated in masterclasses with Judith Mendelhall, Bart Feller and Chelsea Knox. She enjoys playing 20th century chamber music and is a sophomore at Northwestern Regional High School #7.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mention:</div><div> Parker Schultz, alto saxophone, is a junior at Hamden Hall Country Day School and studies with Shane Rathburn.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The&nbsp;judges&nbsp;for the winds competition:&nbsp;Louis Hanzlik and&nbsp;Vu Nguyen.</div>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2020 Musical Club of Hartford High School Winds Competition

<div><div>1st Place winner Voice: Elizabeth Jantzi, soprano Concert Performance Pieces: The Piper, by John Duke (1899-1984) (1:32); &lsquo;Das Veilchen&rsquo; (&ldquo;The Violet&rdquo;), K.476, by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) (5:27) Accompanist: Kathleen Bantkowski Newspaper: The Day (cityeditor@theday.com)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Miss Jantzi has been training in the areas of classical and opera performance for the past three years. Ms. Mary Beth Lee and Ms. Melanie Cometa have both contributed to Miss Jantzi&rsquo;s musical education. She is currently interning with the Salt Marsh Opera, having recently performed in a production of Pagliacci. At Ledyard High School, Miss Jantzi sings in four choirs and is currently starring as the Baker&rsquo;s Wife in the school&rsquo;s production of Steven Sondheim&rsquo;s Into the Woods.&nbsp; She also plays the clarinet and conducts the Ledyard High School Marching Band as Senior Drum Major. As a high school senior, Elizabeth Jantzi is applying to several music schools and plans to major in vocal performance, with a possible minor in animation.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>2nd Place Winner Voice: Lucie Lopez, alto Concert Performance Pieces: Que Pronto (Love&rsquo;s Short Memory), from Seis Canciones Populares Mexicanas, by Manuel M. Ponce (1882-1948) (3:30); &ldquo;The Black Swan&rdquo; from The Medium, by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) (3:30) Accompanist:&nbsp; Elizabeth Tomczyk Newspaper: The Valley Press (valleypressextra.com)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Miss Lopez, an alto, studies voice with Ms. Nancy Anderson at the Hartt School Community Division and has performed in the Northern Region and All-State Music Festivals for the past two years. She enjoys performing with the select choir, the Camerata Singers, at Avon High School.&nbsp; She also enjoys playing piano and occasionally accompanies her choir.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd Place Winner Voice: Delaney Fox, soprano Concert Performance Pieces: Sonntag, Op.47, No. 3, by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) (1:48); Recitative: &ldquo;Oh Worse Than Death Indeed&rdquo; &amp; Aria: &ldquo;Augers, Ever Bright and Fair&rdquo; from Theodora, HWV 68, by G.F. Handel (1685-1759) (4:31) Accompanist:&nbsp; Frank Viola Newspaper:&nbsp; West Hartford News (westhartfordnews@ctcentral.com)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Miss Fox has studied voice with Ms. Lisabeth Miller and has sung soprano with the select choral group, the Choraliers. A junior at Hall High School, she is also the first chair cellist in the select group, Camerata, and has sung with the Northern Regionals and All-State Choirs, performing again this winter with the Regionals choir. Ms. Fox also sings with the choir at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church in West Hartford. This past summer she attended the New York University Classical Voice intensive program.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mention:</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Eleanor Chase, soprano, is a junior at Darien High School and studies with Annette Navraine. Elizabeth Stassen, soprano, is a senior at Glastonbury High School and currently studies with Dr. Constance Rock.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The&nbsp;judges&nbsp;for the voice competition:&nbsp;Ryan Burns and&nbsp;Meredith Ziegler.</div></div>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2020 Musical Club of Hartford High School Vocal Competition

1st Place winner: Ava&nbsp;Turner Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Alborada del gracioso&nbsp;- Ravel, M.&nbsp;&nbsp; Newspaper: The Ridgefield Press&nbsp;(news@theridgefieldpress.com)<div>&nbsp;</div><div>Ava is a home-schooled senior student from Ridgefield. She studies piano with Edith Sullivan. Ava&rsquo;s most significant music experience was attending the Jacobs School of Music summer piano camp at Indiana University. For three weeks, she took private lessons with the college faculty and watched numerous master classes and lectures. She was surrounded by classical music and other students who love music as much as she does. When camp was over, Ava developed a newfound passion for piano. After that experience, she decided that she wanted more than anything else to continue studying music in college and major in piano performance.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>2nd Place winner: Lorelai Lee Swanek Concert performance piece:&nbsp;AB Irato - Liszt Newspaper: Danbury News &ndash; Times (203-731-3340)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Lorelai is a junior at Canterbury school at New Milford and studies piano with Roxane Lee. She won the Royal Conservatory of Music Gold Medal on the Level 5 piano exam; the Judge&rsquo;s Discretionary Award, at the NEPMTA Carnegie Auditions, in 2017; first prize at the Schubert Club Bach competition; second prize at the 2017 Audrey Thayer Competition; first prize in the 2018 Little Mozart&rsquo;s international piano competition; and third prize at the 2017 JUMY competition in Danbury, CT. As the winner of the 2019 Chamber Music Intensive piano competition, she performed in the Ives Concert Series in Ridgefield, CT.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd Place winner: En-Hua C. Holtz Concert performance piece: French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: I. II. III. IV. &ndash; J.S. Bach Newspaper:&nbsp;The Day (cityeditor@theday.com)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>En-Hua is a senior at East Lyme High School and studies piano with Margreet Francis. She attended Interlochen Arts Camp in 2019 for piano and pipe organ and was selected as principal pianist of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. She was also a member of the Schubert piano trio at Hartt from 2018-2019. Her past honors include third place in the 2019 Hartford Musical Club Competition, and first at the 2019 Virtuoso Pianists Competition and 2019 Bach Festival. She plans to study music and computer science or applied mathematics in college. Besides music, she enjoys math, drawing, swimming, playing with her dog, reading, and writing stories.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mention: &nbsp;</div><div>Sophia Cornicello, who is a sophomore at Hall High School, and is currently studying piano with Elaine Silbereis. Aimee Chang, who is a junior at Daniel Hand High School, and is currently studying piano with Miyoko Lotto. Austin Xie who is a junior at Wilton High School, and is currently studying piano with Svitlana Fiorito.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The&nbsp;judges&nbsp;for the piano competition:&nbsp;Paul Bisaccia and&nbsp;Gina Neddermann.</div>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2020 Musical Club of Hartford High School Piano Competition

Please follow these links for the winners in each category:<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2020-musical-club-hartford-high-school-vocal-competition#overlay-context=content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2019-musical-club-hartford-high-school-competitions" target="_self">Voice</a><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2020-musical-club-hartford-high-school-strings-competition#overlay-context=content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2019-musical-club-hartford-high-school-competitions" target="_self">Strings</a><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2020-musical-club-hartford-high-school-winds-competition#overlay-context=content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2019-musical-club-hartford-high-school-competitions" target="_self">Winds</a><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2020-musical-club-hartford-high-school-piano-competition#overlay-context=content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2019-musical-club-hartford-high-school-competitions" target="_self">Piano</a>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2020 Musical Club of Hartford High School Competitions

Written and composed by Musical Club Vice President and longtime member, Sylvia Goldstein, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pI-4SmH0BM" target="_blank">Who Can Retell?</a> brings to life the Maccabees&#39; struggle for religious freedom and its significance today. It features adult and youth choirs, clergy, cantorial soloists, narrators, instrumentalists, and dancers. Adding to the joy of the festival, there is a torchlight procession, a candle-lighting ceremony, and audience participation.Originally videotaped live in December 1987 at Beth El Temple, West Hartford, CT, the program is 1&frac12; hours long.Part I: The Tradition Part II: The Celebration<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pI-4SmH0BM" target="_blank">Watch it</a> at any time on YouTube.

"Who Can Retell?" A Hanukkah Oratorio

The Musical Club of Hartford has completed its 128th consecutive season. Dates for the 2019-2020 season have been fixed and program details will appear here as they become available.See the <a href="/content/membership" target="_self">Membership Information</a> page for updated instructions on renewing your membership or joining.

2019-2020 Season

<h2>Musical Club of Hartford Annual Competition for High School Students</h2><h3>Performance Requirements</h3><h5>Note: Applications will only be considered from students currently living in Connecticut or studying music in Connecticut.</h5>Piano: &bull; Open to students Grades 9-12. &bull; Three pieces from three different periods of music, maximum 15 minutes total. &bull; All pieces must be performed from memory. &bull; When selecting the level of repertoire, you should consult the <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/piano-repertory-list" target="_blank">list of prior pieces performed</a>. (This list is not exhaustive, merely indicative.) Strings: &bull; Open to Grades 9-12 &bull; Two contrasting recital pieces or compositions from two different periods of music and two different composers, at least one with piano accompaniment (NO CONCERTO MOVEMENTS), maximum ten minutes total. &bull; Performing pieces from memory is recommended. Voice: &bull; Contestants must be in Grades 11 or 12. &bull; Two contrasting selections with piano accompaniment from two different periods of music, one piece in English and one in a foreign language. (No Musical Theater.) Maximum ten minutes total. &bull; All pieces must be performed from memory. Brass/Woodwinds: &bull; Open to Grades 9-12 &bull; Two contrasting recital pieces or compositions from two different periods of music and two different composers, at least one with piano accompaniment (NO CONCERTO MOVEMENTS), maximum ten minutes total. &bull; Performing pieces from memory is not required.<h3> Additional Information:</h3>&bull; Maximum number of contestants in each division is 12; minimum is 6. If number of contestants is too great, preference will be given to students in grades 11-12 (grade 12 for vocal). &bull; Application fee of $35 is non-refundable. &bull; You must provide your own accompanist. If you do not have one, Musical Club has a list of people who are willing to accompany contestants. You will need to arrange to pay them directly. Call or email your division chair listed below for information on available accompanists. (Call EARLY!!!) &bull; You must provide a score of your music for the judges. Include any changes you have made in articulations. &bull; Judges will stop you in mid-performance if you exceed your performance time. &bull; If you are not present at your assigned time, it will be assumed that you have forfeited your participation in the competition. &bull; Former First Prize winners are not eligible. &bull; In order to receive their monetary prizes, First, Second, and Third Prize winners MUST perform one (Vocalist&rsquo;s perform BOTH) of their audition pieces at a public concert, sponsored by the Musical Club of Hartford, in January at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford. All participants are urged to attend. Winners concert performance time may not exceed 8 minutes. &bull; Winners will be notified by telephone. Judges&#39; decisions are final.

High School Competition Performance Requirements

<h2>Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship Fund</h2><h3>High School Piano Competition Repertory List from Previous Competitions</h3><div>Please do not regard this as a suggested repertory list. It is offered only so teachers may understand the level of difficulty performed by our contestants.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>ALBENIZ</div><div>Cordoba</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>J. S. BACH Chromatic Fantasy Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: I. [no tempo marking]; III. Presto. Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: Fantasia; Gigue Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829: Allemande Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 (WTC, Book 1, No. 2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 (WTC, Book 1, No. 3) Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 (WTC, Book 1, No. 4) Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 (WTC, Book I, No. 6) Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858 (WTC, Book 1, No. 13) Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861 (WTC, Book 1, No. 16) Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862 (WTC Book 1, No. 17) Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 (WTC, Book 1, No. 21)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870 (WTC, Book 2, No. 1) Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875 (WTC, Book 2, No. 6)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881 (WTC, Book 2, No. 12) Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 884 (WTC, Book 2, No. 15) Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885 (WTC, Book 2, No. 16) Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 893 (WTC, Book 2, No. 24)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div>BEETHOVEN Sonata in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: IV. Prestissimo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sonata in F major, Op. 10, No. 2: I. Allegro&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sonata in D major, Op. 10, No. 3: I. Presto Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique): I. Grave; Allegro di molto e con brio; III. Rondo: Allegro&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sonata in E major, Op. 14, No. 1: I. Allegro&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sonata in G major, Op. 14, No. 2: I. Allegro Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 26: I. Andante con Variazioni; IV. Allegro Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight): III. Presto agitato&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sonata in D major, Op. 28 (Pastoral): I. Allegro Sonata in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 (Tempest): I. Largo; Allegro. III. Allegretto Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3: I. Allegro Sonata in C major, Op. 53 (Waldstein): I. Allegro con brio Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata): III. Allegro non troppo Sonata in F-sharp major, Op. 78: Adagio contabile; Allegro ma non troppo Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a: I. Adagio: Allegro (Les Adieux); III. Vivacissimamente (Le Retour)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sonata in E minor, Op. 90: I. Mit lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>BRAHMS Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 3, Capriccio in G minor Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79, No. 1 Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>CHOPIN Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 Étude, Op. 10: No. 4 in C-sharp minor; No. 5 in G-flat major Étude, Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat major (Aeolian harp) Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51 Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2 Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Waltz in E-minor, Op. Posth. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; COPLAND The Cat and the Mouse</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>DEBUSSY Deux Arabesques: Première Arabesque; Deuxième Arabesque Danse (Tarentelle styrienne) Préludes, Book 1: XII. Minstrels Préludes, Book 2: V. Bruyères (Moors) Pour le piano: Prelude&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Estampes: Pagodes; La soirée dans Grenade&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; La plus que lente Images, Set 1: Reflets dans l&rsquo;eau Rêverie Suite bergamasque: I. Prélude</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>GINASTERA Suite de danzas criollas, Op. 15 Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 [three dances]</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>GRIEG Sonata in E minor, Op. 7: I. Allegro moderato; III.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>J. HAYDN Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI:37: I. Allegro con brio Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50: Allegro Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52: I. Allegro&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>LISZT Études d&#39;exécution transcendante, S139: No. 8 in C minor (Wilde Jagd) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fantasy Paraphrase on Verdi&rsquo;s &quot;Rigoletto&quot; Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173: 7. Funérailles&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Six Grandes Etudes de Paganini: No 6 in A minor (Theme and variations)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trois Etudes de Concert, S. 144: No. 3 in D-flat &quot;Un Sospiro&quot;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>MACDOWELL Two Fantasy pieces, Op. 17: No. 2, Witches&#39; Dance</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>MALAWSKI Tryptyk góralski</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>MEDTNER Forgotten melodies, Op. 38: No. 6 (Canzona serenata)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>MENDELSSOHN Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Variations Serieuses, Op. 54</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>MOSZKOWSKI Caprice espagnol, Op. 37</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>MOZART Sonata in C minor, K 457: Molto allegro Sonata in F major, K 332: III. &nbsp; PROKOFIEV Four Pieces, Op. 4, No. 4: Suggestion Diabolique Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14: II. Scherzo: Allegro marcato&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prelude in C major, Op. 12, No. 7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: VIII. Commodo</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>RACHMANINOV Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>RAVEL Jeux d&rsquo;eau Le tombeau de Couperin: I. Prélude</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>D. SCARLATTI Sonata in C major, K. 159 (L. 104) Sonata in E major, K. 380 Sonata in F major, K. 438</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>SCHUBERT Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 4, in A-flat major Sonata in A major, D.664 (Op. 120): III. Allegro</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 12:&nbsp; II. Aufschwung Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: I. Allegro (Sehr Lebhaft) in B-flat major Papillons, Op. 2</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>STRAVINSKY Etude, Op. 7, No. 4</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons: VIII. August</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>VILLA-LOBOS A Lenda do Caboclo, W166 Ciclo Brasileiro: Impressões Seresteiras</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>(rev. 2013)</div>

Piano Repertory List

Please follow these links for the winners in each category:<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2019-musical-club-hartford-high-school-vocal-competition" target="_self">Voice</a><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2019-musical-club-hartford-high-school-strings-competition" target="_self">Strings</a><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2019-musical-club-hartford-high-school-winds-competition" target="_self">Winds</a><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/winners-and-honorable-mentions-2019-musical-club-hartford-high-school-piano-competition" target="_self">Piano</a>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2019 Musical Club of Hartford High School Competitions

<div>1st Place winner: Tristan Wong</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Concert performance piece: Toccata - Pierre Sancan (3:40) (Really showy)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Tristan is a 12th grader at Farmington High School, CT. He has been playing piano for 12 years and currently studies with Malgosia Lis. He has placed second at the 2018 CT Bach Festival, and honorable mention in the Musical Club of Hartford&rsquo;s 2018 High School Piano Competition. Tristan is an active musician at his school, participating in the Chamber Choir, Madrigals group, and musical theater program. He has player Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof and will be playing Sebastian in The Little Mermaid. Tristan has also been a member of the NAfME All-National Honors choir, and will be a part of the 2019 All-Eastern Honors choir. In the future, Tristan hopes to continue exploring his passion for music at the collegiate level.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>2nd Place winner: Grace Nieh</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Concert performance piece: Rondo Capriccioso, op. 14 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdi&nbsp; (7:16)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Grace is a 9th Grade student at the E. O. Smith High School of Mansﬁeld, CT. She studies piano with Maggie Francis at the Hartt School. Grace has participated in the JOY! program for two years, a scholarship award that funds the lessons for young musicians; a part of this program involves performing in the Jorgensen Theater. Since seventh grade, Grace has competed in the Windham Regional Arts Competition, in which she received a piano scholarship award. She has also participated in the Young Artist Piano Competition since third grade, receiving second and third prize over the years. This past November, Grace had the opportunity to attend the Bach Festival, where she placed second in the Junior Division.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd Place winner: En-Hua Holtz</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Concert performance piece: 3 Preludes - George Gershwin (6:50) I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso II. Andante con moto e poco rubato III. Agitato</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>En-Hua is a Junior at East Lyme High School, being the accompanist for the ELHS Orchestra and a member of Tri-M. She began piano study with John Metz, currently studying under Maggie Francis. En-Hua placed second in the 2016 Jumi Festival and was a ﬁnalist in the 2016 Fischer competition. She performed piano 4-hand, trio, quartet and jazz improvisation ensembles at the 2017 and 2018 Elm City Chamberfests. She participated in the 2017 Hartford Pipe Organ Encounter and the 2018 Eastman Summer Organ Academy. She has received a 2018 Jolidon organ scholarship, studying under Ezequiel Menéndez at the Cathedral of St. Joseph.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mention was awarded to: Isaac Hu, a freshman at Lewis Mills High School, Burlington. His teacher is Tamila Azadaliyeva.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Judges: Mr. Ronald Hawkins and Mr. Andrey Karpyuk</div>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2019 Musical Club of Hartford High School Piano Competition

<div>1st Place winner:&nbsp;&nbsp; Madeleine Park, Flute Concert performance piece:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, Opus 26&nbsp; - Franz Doppler (7:00) &nbsp;Accompanist:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gay Chun</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The First Place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford&rsquo;s High School Winds Competition is Madeleine Park, a sophomore at Greenwich High School.&nbsp; Born in Singapore, she started playing the flute in 3rd grade, and has been studying under Soo Kyung Park for the past 4 years.&nbsp; At Greenwich HS she is Principal Flute in the Wind Ensemble, and was chosen to perform at Ct Music Educators Western Regional Festival.&nbsp;&nbsp; Madeleine is currently enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music Precollege program, where she enjoys playing in an orchestra and chamber group. In 2018, she was a first prize winner of the Manhattan School of Music Winds and Brass Concerto Competition, 1st prize winner of the New York Flute Club Young Musicain&rsquo;s Contest, and 1st prize in the Elite Competition.</div><div> 2nd Place winner:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Giovanna Gioscia, Alto Saxophone Concert performance piece: &ldquo;Farandoulo di Chatoune&quot; from Tableaux de Provence, - Paule Maurice&nbsp; (2:30) &nbsp;Accompanist:&nbsp; Elisabeth Tomczyk &nbsp;</div><div>The Second Place winner in the Winds Competition is Giovanna Gioscia, a sophomore at Somers High School.&nbsp; She studies with Joseph D&rsquo;Aleo.&nbsp; Giovanna is principal Saxophone in her High School Concert Band, Marching Band, and Pit Band.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She is a member of the in the Hartt Community Division Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble, conducted by Glen Adsit.&nbsp; Giovanna has been selected to perform in honors ensembles such as the North Central Connecticut Music Festival, and the Ct Music Educators Eastern Regional Music Festival.</div><div> 3rd Place winner:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vigilance Brandon, Trumpet Concert performance piece: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, mvt 2, Allegretto - Eric Ewazen&nbsp; (7:40) Accompanist: Andrew Satterberg</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;The Third Place winner in the Winds Competition was Vigilance Brandon, a senior at the Classical Magnet School in Hartford Ct.&nbsp; He studies with Peter Roe.&nbsp; Vilgilance is principal trumpet in his school Concert Band, and has earned honors there for musicianship and leadership, including Best Brass student for 2 years, and was honored as a &lsquo;Winds&rsquo; coach for other Band students. He participates in the Hartt Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble, and was selected to perform in the Ct.Music Educators All State Band&nbsp; for the past 2 years.&nbsp; He was also selected to perform a Jazz Big Band Recital during the Neighborhood Studios Internship program at the Artist&rsquo;s Collective, sponsored by the Greater Hartford Art Council. Vigilance would like to pursue a Liberal Arts Education in College, with a focus in music, and a possible career in music, reflecting his diverse interests and abilities.</div><div> Honorable Mentions were awarded to : Parker Schultz, alto saxophone, a sophomore at Hamden Hall County Day School. His teacher is Shane Rathburn. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tessa Goddu, flute, a freshman at Northwestern Regional #7 in Winsted. Her teacher is Greig Shearer. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Judges:&nbsp; Mrs. Elaine Thoma and Mr. Anthony Susi</div>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2019 Musical Club of Hartford High School Winds Competition

<div>1st Place Winner:&nbsp; Sarah Marze, Soprano Concert Performance Pieces:&nbsp; Amiamo by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 &ndash; 1848)&nbsp; (3:00) Fear no more the heat o&rsquo;the sun by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) (4:30) &nbsp;&nbsp; From Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18; words from Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Accompanist:&nbsp; Stephen Scarlato</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sarah Marze, a senior at Canton High School, is an Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellow at The Bushnell.&nbsp; She has studied voice with Nancy Andersen at the Hartt School for eight years.&nbsp; She also studies with vocal coach David Chrzanowski,&nbsp; piano teacher Diana Lawler, and clarinet teacher Alan Francis.&nbsp; Sarah has participated in the CMEA All State Festivals for band, orchestra and choir.&nbsp; In the summer of 2018 she attended the WNO Opera Institute and performed at The Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&nbsp; She recently placed first in the High School Classical division of the CT NATS competition and placed as a finalist in the New York City Schmidt Competition.&nbsp; In college, she looks forward to a major in Vocal Performance. &nbsp;</div><div>2nd Place Winner:&nbsp; Charlie Uthgennant, Baritone Concert Pieces:&nbsp; Bright is the Ring of Words from Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams&nbsp; (1872 -1958)(1:50) Dolente immagine di fille mia by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)&nbsp; (3:15) Accompanist:&nbsp; Stephen Scarlato Charlie Uthgennant, a junior at Conard High School in West Hartford, is in his second year as a fellow with the Ensign Darling Vocal Fellowship at The Bushnell, participating in monthly masterclasses and performing a final concert at the Bushnell in June.&nbsp; He is an active member of the music and theatre programs at Conard, singing in Solo Choir, playing flute in the Concert Jazz Band and serving on the state board of The International Thespian Society.&nbsp; Charlie studies voice with Nancy Andersen and Jared Trudeau and coaches with Tim Steele and Paul Feyer.&nbsp; He studies piano with Greg Babal and flute with Greig Shearer.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd Place Winner:&nbsp; Leah Bolles, Mezzo-soprano Concert Pieces:&nbsp; Silent Noon by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)&nbsp; (3:25) Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (from &ldquo;The Marriage of Figaro&rdquo;) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)&nbsp;&nbsp; (3:01) Accompanist:&nbsp; Linda MacGougan</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leah&rsquo;s most important performing experiences include a solo performance four years ago at Beth El Synagogue (in West Hartford) which was accompanied by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, a Texas All State mixed choir performance during the choral convention in San Antonio last April, and two Texas regional mixed choir performances consisting of jazz, contemporary pop and musical theater.&nbsp; Recently she performed two solos at CCSU after earning honorable mention in the NATS classical and musical theater competitions this past November, as well numerous performances with a 17 member show choir at her school.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>There were 2 Vocal Honorable Mention Winners.&nbsp; Both are from West Hartford:</div><div> Rebecca Clark, Soprano:&nbsp; Rebecca is a senior who is home schooled.&nbsp;&nbsp; She currently studies piano and voice with family, violin with Christie Felsing and ballet at at the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory.&nbsp; Rebecca also plays and performs on harp and violin.</div><div> Sarah Lewis, Soprano:&nbsp; Sarah is a senior at Hall High School in West Hartford.&nbsp; She studies with Grace (Kim) Lee.&nbsp; She performs in numerous vocal groups and productions at Hall H.S. and is active in musical theater.&nbsp; She is also a writer whose poetry had been read at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival and published in The Hartford Courant.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2019 Musical Club of Hartford High School Vocal Competition

<div>1st place winner: Jisoo Kim, violin</div><div>Sonata in A Minor, BWV 1003, I. Grave - J.S. Bach Sonata in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3, I. Allegro assai - L. van Beethoven Accompanist: Gaylien Chun</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Jisoo Kim, violinist, lives in Avon. She is a senior at Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, MA and a student of Lynn Chang and Robyn Bollinger at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School. She is a member of Youth Philharmonic Orchestra at NEC Prep and has performed chamber music at NEC Prep and her school. She attended the Tanglewood Institute Summer Camp (2016) as a member of the Young Artists Orchestra. She also attended the Bowdoin International Music Festival (2018). Jisoo had masterclasses with Benjamin Zander, Irina Muresanu, Itamar Zorman and Rebecca Anderson in 2018. She received Honorable Mention in Musical Club&rsquo;s High School Competition in 2018.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>2nd place winner: Matthew Hill, violin</div><div>Sonata No. 3, Op. 27, &ldquo;Ballade&rdquo; - E. Ysaÿe (unaccompanied)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Matthew Hill, a junior at Conard High School, is Concertmaster of the select high school group I Giovani Solisti led by Emmett Drake, and a member of Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra led by Benjamin Zander. He recently had the pleasure of traveling to Europe with both ensembles where he played in some of the most famous halls in the world. Matthew has worked with many notable violinists including Ida and Ani Kavafian, Kyu Young Kim, and recently Grigory Kalinovsky at The Jacobs School of Music in Indiana. Matthew currently studies privately with Angelo Yu in Boston. This is Matthew&rsquo;s third year as a prizewinner in Musical Club&rsquo;s competition.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd place winner: Lillian Yim, cello</div><div>Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73, II. Lebhaft, leicht; III. Rasch und mit Feuer - R. Schumann Accompanist: Elizabeth Tomcyzk</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Lillian Yim, a junior at Farmington High School, has been studying cello with Katie Kennedy for eight years. Lillian has served as principal cellist of the Connecticut Youth Symphony and the Tanglewood Young Artists Orchestra. She has received top scores at CMEA Northern Regional Orchestra Festival and CT All-State and was chosen for the All-National Symphony Orchestra. In 2018, she placed first in the Hartford Music Teachers Alliance concerto competition, as well as winning prizes in the Musical Club&rsquo;s Competition and the CT-ASTA Solo Competition. An avid chamber musician, Lillian has been a part of the Hartt Community Division program and received several Honors Scholarships.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mentions: Elliott Davis, violin, a senior at Avon High School; Wujin Kim, cello, a junior at Ridgefield High School.</div>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2019 Musical Club of Hartford High School Strings Competition

<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The Musical Club of Hartford Annual Jazz Soloist Competition</h2>&nbsp;<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Performance Requirements:</h3>Open to grades 9-121) &nbsp;All students must provide recorded accompaniment for their solos (i.e. Jamey Aebersold, IReal B). Students must play one chorus of the melody, and improvise for two choruses. Students playing a &quot;blues&quot; should improvise for four choruses.2) &nbsp;Students must perform two pieces of contrasting styles (i.e. up-tempo swing, ballad, Latin).3) &nbsp;All selections must be jazz standards from the American Songbook. Rock tunes will not be accepted.Soloists shall be judged on their mastery, understanding, and conceptualization of the jazz idiom, as well as improvisational skills.&nbsp;<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Additional Info:</h3>The competition has 2 Divisions:Division 1: Horns: woodwinds, brass, strings Division 2: Rhythm instruments: piano, bass, guitar, vibesMaximum number of applicants accepted in each division is 15.Deadline for application is Dec 10.Application fee of $35. Is non-refundable.&nbsp;If you are not present for your assigned audition time, it will be assumed that you have forfeited your participation in the competition.<div class="defanged21-">In order to receive their monetary prizes, First, Second, and Third place winners must perform their pieces at the Winners Cabaret Concert, sponsored by the Musical Club of Hartford, in January. Soloists will have an opportunity to rehearse and perform with a professional jazz trio for the concert!</div>Sunday, January 27, 2019, 3:30 p.m. Universalist Church 433 Fern St, West Hartford, CT

Jazz Soloist Competition Performance Requirements

<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The Musical Club of Hartford, Inc. is a 127-year-old organization whose primary goal is to nurture the Musical Arts and promote excellence in music, both among seasoned music lovers as well as the younger generations. The Musical Club makes music more readily available to people of all ages and social backgrounds in our community.<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">First Prize $500 - Second Prize $300 - Third Prize $200, awarded in each category.<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The piano competition took place on <strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The winds, strings, voice and jazz competitions took place on <strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Sunday, January 7, 2018 at The Hartt School, University of Hartford.<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">&nbsp;<h3 style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 15.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Competition Performance Requirements:</h3><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/high-school-competition-performance-requirements" style="color: rgb(7, 130, 193);" target="_self">High School Competition Performance Requirements</a><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/jazz-soloist-competition-performance-requirements" style="color: rgb(7, 130, 193);" target="_self">Jazz Soloist Competition Performance Requirements</a><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">&nbsp;<h3 style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 15.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Application Forms:</h3><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/sites/default/files/hs_competition_application_2018.pdf" style="color: rgb(7, 130, 193);" target="_self">High School Competition Application Form</a><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/sites/default/files/jazz_competition_application_2018.pdf" style="color: rgb(7, 130, 193);" target="_self">Jazz Soloist Competition Application Form</a><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">&nbsp;<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The deadline for applying was December 10, 2017. (Students are encouraged to apply early as the number of competitors is limited. Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. There is a maximum number of contestants, so please submit your application as soon as possible.)<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">&nbsp;<h3 style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 15.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION WINNERS CONCERTS</h3><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/classical-competition-winners-concert-jan-21-2018" style="color: rgb(7, 130, 193);" target="_self">Winners of the Piano, Strings, Voice, and Winds Competition</a>:<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Sunday, January 21, 2018, 2 p.m.<br style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" />Westminster Presbyterian Church<br style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" />2080 Boulevard, West Hartford<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Free admission. Invite your friends!<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/jazz-competition-winners-concert-jan-28-2018" style="color: rgb(7, 130, 193);" target="_self">Winners of the Jazz Soloist Competition</a> will perform, accompanied by a professional jazz trio, in a cabaret setting:<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Sunday, January 28, 2018, 3:30 p.m.<br style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" />Universalist Church<br style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" />433 Fern St, West Hartford<div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The winds, strings, and voice scholarship prizes are awarded by the Musical Club Gifts and Scholarships Fund. The Piano Competition is sponsored by the Musical Club&#39;s Evelyn Bonar Storrs Fund.</div><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">&nbsp;<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Coordinator and Winds/Jazz Chair: Bridget Gilchrist, b.gilchrist[at]comcast.net, 860-651-4048<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Piano Chair: David Garrido-Cid, garridocid[at]hotmail.com, 203-671-5787<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Strings Chair: Linda MacGougan, macgougans[at]gmail.com, 860-561-1588<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Voice Chair: Carolyn Bernstein, carolyn3658[at]gmail.com, 860-232-2012<br style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" />Call your Chair for an application or download it from this page.

Forty-second Annual Musical Club of Hartford High School Competition

<img src="/files/marjorie_jolidon.jpg"/>p>Marjorie Jolidon served as Musical Club President from 1995 to 1997.She received music degrees from NYU, then taught high-school students for eight years in Suffield, CT and thirty years in Bloomfield, CT, while also serving as organist at numerous Baptist churches in the area.In the 1950s, Marjorie and her husband bought a seaside cottage in Old Saybrook, CT. It was there that she spent her final years after her husband died. Having no remaining family members, Marjorie chose to give back to the musical arts in Connecticut. She divided her residual estate among the Hartford Symphony, Goodspeed Opera House, the Musical Club of Hartford, the Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, and the Hartford Guild of Organists. The Musical Club has designated her gift to enable guest artist concerts presented by the Club in what is now entitled the &quot;Jolidon Concert Series&quot;.

Marjorie Jolidon

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<table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="width: 650px;"><caption>The Musical Club of Hartford Announces Its Annual High-School Competitions (Click for details)</caption><tbody><tr><td><a href="/node/246" target="_self"><img src="/files/hs_comp_2018.jpg"/>ght":"480","style":"width: 300px; height: 388px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"371"}}]]</a></td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;

Musical Club Announces Its Annual High-School Competitions

The Musical Club of Hartford, Inc., which celebrated its 125 year history in 2015-16, is an organization whose primary goal is to nurture the Musical Arts and promote excellence in music, both among seasoned music lovers as well as the younger generations. The Musical Club makes music more readily available to people of all ages and social backgrounds in our community.First Prize $500 - Second Prize $300 - Third Prize $200, awarded in each category.The piano competition took place on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.The winds, strings and voice competitions took place on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at The Hartt School, University of Hartford.The Jazz Soloist Competition date: Sunday, January 8, 2017, at The Hartt School.&nbsp; [Competition cancelled this year.]&nbsp;<a href="/node/211" target="_self">Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2017 Musical Club of Hartford Evelyn Bonar Storrs High School Piano Competition</a><a href="/node/212" target="_self">Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2017 Musical Club of Hartford High School Strings Competion</a><a href="/node/213" target="_self">Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2017 Musical Club of Hartford High School Winds Competion</a>&nbsp;HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION WINNERS CONCERTSWinners of the Piano, Strings, and Winds Competition: Sunday, January 22, 2017, 2 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Church 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford&nbsp;Winners of the Jazz Soloist Competition will perform, accompanied by a professional jazz trio, in a cabaret setting:[Concert cancelled: no winner this year.]The winds, strings and voice scholarship prizes are awarded by the Musical Club Gifts and Scholarships Fund. The Piano Competition is sponsored by the Musical Club&#39;s Evelyn Bonar Storrs Fund.&nbsp;Coordinator and Winds/Jazz Chair: Bridget GilchristPiano Chair: David Garrido-CidStrings Chair: Suzanne HertelVoice Chair: Helen Douglas

Forty-first Annual Scholarship Competitions for Connecticut High School students

The first, second and third place winners in the piano, voice, strings and woodwinds competitions performed superbly in a well-attended concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Sunday, January 27, 2002, at 3 P.M., at which time prize money totaling $2,800 was awarded.Strings CompetitionBenjamin Larsen, First Place, is a freshman at Simsbury High School. He studies cello with Eric Dahlin and David Finckel.Laura Krentzman,Second Place, a senior at Southington High School, studies with Sharon Dennison.Francis Kim, Third Place, is a junior at Hall High in West Hartford. He studies with Abraham Mishkind.Honorable Mention: Elisabeth Pierce is a senior at Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford. She studies violin with Anharred Stowe.Honorable Mention: Christopher Thibdeau is a cello pupil of Pamela Devenport. He is a junior at Newtown High School and lives in Sandy Hook.Voice CompetitionSeoyung Kim (Grace Kim), First Place, is a junior at Hall High School and studies voice with Monika Krajewska.Noelle McMurtry, Second Place, a junior in the Creative Arts program at Watkinson School, Hartford, studies voice with Nancy Anderson at the Hartt School Community Division.Ben Fink, Third Place, senior at Hall High School in West Hartford, studies voice with Mitch Piper in the Hartt School Community Division.Honorable Mention: Sherri Snow, soprano, is a senior at Lewis Mills High School in Burlington and a voice student of Mitch Piper at Hartt School Community Division.<a id="voicehm2" name="voicehm2"></a>Honorable Mention: Samuel Wadsworth, counter tenor, studies voice with Mitch Piper in Hartt&#39;s Community Division. He is a senior at Hall High School in West Hartford.Woodwinds CompetitionStanley Chyi, First Place, is a senior at Hall High, a pupil of Harvey Goldstein.Rebecca Provodator, Second Place, a junior at Fairfield High, is a pupil of Brad Garner.Michael Piraneo, Third Place Tie, is a senior at Trumbull High, a clarinet pupil of Dr. Richard Shillea.Megan Aldridge, Third Place Tie, senior at RHAM High School in Hebron, is a bassoon pupil of Ben Hoadly.Piano CompetitionMina Kim, First Place, a senior at East Granby High, is a piano pupil of Sima Brodsky at Hartt Community Division.Sarah Chung, Second Place, is a tenth grader at Rockville High School in Vernon and a piano pupil of Carolyn Woodard in the Hartt Community Division.Christine Cha, Third Place, a junior at Choate-Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, studies piano with Margreet Francis at Hartt School Community Division.Honorable Mention: Bonni Brodsky is a freshman at Hall High School in West Hartford. Her piano instructor is Margreet Francis at Hartt School Community Division.Honorable Mention: Ashley Atiyeh is a junior at Simsbury High School and a pupil of Margreet Francis at Hartt&#39;s Community Division.

Winners of the 2002 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

Strings Competition1st place Margaret Grant, violin. A senior at Shelton High, Margaret studies with Kyung Yu.2nd place Taylor Cowdery, cello. Taylor is a sophomore at Kingswood-Oxford, lives in Simsbury and studies with Eric Dahlin.3rd place Christopher Thibdeau, cello. Christopher studies cello with Pamela Devenport. He is a senior at Newtown High School and lives in Sandy Hook.Piano Competition1st place Alyssa Koay. Alyssa attends Woodstock Academy and is a piano pupil of Margreet Francis.2nd place Joanna Truszkowska. Joanna is a Junior at New Britain High School and now studies piano with Andrzej Anweiler, as does her twin, Barbara Truszkowska.3rd place tie Barbara Truszkowska Barbara is also a Junior at New Britain High School, studying piano with Andrzej Anweiler.3rd place tie Miho Nishizawa. Miho attends Marianapolis Preparatory School in Thompson and is a senior. She is a piano pupil of Mar-greet Francis.Voice Competition1st place Scott Lindroth, bass. Scott is a senior at Farmington High and studies voice with Jack Pott at Hartt School Community Division..2nd place, Hannah Fuerst, mezzo soprano. Hannah is a junior at Southington High, studying voice with Charles Kellis and enrolled in the Hartt School&#39;s Performance Certificate Class.3rd place Kristen Ware, soprano. Kristen is an honor student at Fitch High School in her senior year.Winds Competition1st place Peter Francis, trombone. Peter is a senior at Hall High School and has been a student of Scott Bean of Hartt Community Division for 9 years.2nd place Nicholas Johnson, flute. Nicholas is a freshman at Simsbury High, having just moved here from Chicago where he studied with Kathleen Wilson for 4 years. He is now a pupil of Greig Shearer.3rd place Hannah Fuerst, clarinet. Hannah Fuerst is a junior at Southington High and has studied clarinet with Ronald Krentzman for 5 years. Hannah took Second Place in our Vocal Competition.Honorable MentionsStrings Catherine Fukuda, Gr. 12, E. Hartford HS, students of Jaroslaw Lis. Michelle Abraham, Gr. 12, W. Hartford Conard HS, Teri Einfeldt.Voice Robert Henderson, Gr. 11, Kent School, student of Johanna Albrecht.Winds Marianne Veitch Gr. 9, East Lyme HS, student of Nancy Chaput.Piano Wendy Liu, Gr. 10, Scarsdale (NY) HS, student of Sandra Murphy Augustine Pyo, Gr. 11, Glastonbury HS, student of Carolyn Woodard Jason Hubbard, Gr.12, Naugatuck HS, student of Margreet Francis Ashley Atiyeh, Gr. 12, Simsbury HS, student of Margreet Francis

Winners of the 2003 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

Strings Competition WinnersKathryn Kilian, Violin, First Place, a 10th grader at Hall High School in West Hartford and a student of Brunilda Myftaraj.Taylor Cowdery, Violoncello, Second Place. Taylor, a 16-year-old Junior at Kingswood-Oxford School, a Simsbury resident. He is currently enrolled in the Juilliard Pre-College studying with Darrett Adkins. Taylor also continues his studies at the Hartt School in chamber music with Brunhilda Myftaraj and with his teacher and coach of many years, Eric Dahlin.Derrick Yu, Violoncello, Third Place. Derrick is in 11th grade at Kent School and studies with Cheung Ming Yon and Lucy Bardo. &nbsp;Woodwinds and Brasses Competition WinnersNicholas Johnson, Flute, First Place. Nicholas, from West Simsbury, is a sophomore at the Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts in Natick, MA, near Boston. He studies flute with Ann Bobo and has also studied with Greig Shearer.Chelsea Knox, Flute, Second Place. Chelsea is a 10th grader student at Litchfield High School and a pupil of Greig Shearer at The Hartt School. She has also studied with Nan Frost of Cornwall.Robert Phillips, Bassoon, Third Place. Robert is a junior at Northwestern Regional High School and studies under Ben Hoadley.Voice Competition WinnersAmanda Opuszynski, Mezzo Soprano, First Place. Amanda is a 12th grader at East Catholic High School in Manchester, studying voice with Donna Schaffer.Eric Rehm, Bass Baritone, Second Place. Eric is a Junior at Simsbury High School, where he is an active member of the music, art and performing arts department. Mr. Joseph Baginski is his private vocal instructor.Hannah Fuerst, Mezzo-Soprano, Third Place. Hannah, a senior at Southington High, sings in her high school&rsquo;s choir and participates in the Performer&rsquo;s Certificate class at Hartt School Community Division. Her voice teacher is Charles Kellis. &nbsp;Evelyn Bonar Storrs Piano Competition WinnersSarah Chung, Piano, First Place. Sarah is a senior at Rockville High School in Vernon and a pupil of Carolyn Woodard at The Hartt School Community Division.Bonni Brodsky, Piano, Second Place. Bonni is in grade 11 at Hall High School, West Hartford, and studies piano with Margreet Francis at The Hartt School Community Division. She also studied with her mother, Sima Brodsky.Augustine Pyo, Piano, Third Place. Augustine is a senior at Glastonbury High School and a pupil of Carolyn Woodard at The Hartt School Community Division.Honorable MentionVoice Hannah Chin, Gr. 11, Hall High School, West Hartford; pupil of Anna Maria Silvestri. Robert Henderson, Gr. 12, Kent School, Kent; pupil of Johanna Albrecht. Sarah Primmer, Gr. 11, Simsbury High School, Simsbury; pupil of Joanne Scattergood. Annie Rosen, Gr. 12, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford; pupil of Myrna Reynolds. Piano Sarah K. Glenister, Gr. 12, home-schooled, North Windham; pupil of Anne Kan. Wendy Liu, Gr. 11, Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY; pupil of Sandra Shaw Murphy. Strings Matt Mouradian, violin, Gr. 11, from Madison, CT; a pupil of Wendy Sharp.&nbsp; Winds Melissa Warren, flute, Gr. 12, Glastonbury; a pupil of Susan Allen. Alicia Fecto, flute, Gr. 12, Barkhamsted; pupil of Bridget Gilchrist. Judges for the Competitions (Judges are independent and not affiliated with the Musical Club of Hartford, Inc.) Piano: Gary Steigerwalt and Kari Miller Voice: Jerome Pruett and Susan Duggan Strings: Corinne Mills Winds: Greg Crameri and Bruce Stott Committees Piano: Laura Holleran, Chair Dorothy Bognar, Anne Cassarino, Diane and Robert Day, Susan DeWolf, Linda MacGougan Strings: Susan Allen, Chair; Winds: Bridget Gilchrist, Chair; Voice: Helen Douglas, ChairPhyllis Armstrong, Elizabeth Carabillo, Robert Connell, Diane Day, Mary Dodd, Michelle Duffy, Joan Glazier, Anne Mayo, Mary Owen, Ruth Yancovich

Winners of the 2004 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

<a href="#piano">piano</a> -<a href="#vocal"> vocal</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#woodwinds">winds</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition WinnersFirst Place: Bonni Brodsky, 17, a senior at Hall High School in West Hartford. Her teacher is Margreet Francis at The Hartt School Community Division. She received Honorable Mention and Second Place in previous Musical Club competitions.Second Place: Philip Back, 16, is a Junior at Farmington High School. He has studied with Sima Brodsky at Hartt School Community Division for the past nine years.Third Place: Matthew Belanger, 16, is a Junior at Fermi High School in Enfield. He is a pupil of Bella Keyzner at Hartt School Community Division.Honorable Mention: Zi-Yan Yan, 14, is a Freshman at Windsor High School. Her teacher is Pi-Hsun Shih at Hartt School Community Division.Honorable Mention: Michelle Lee, 14, is a Freshman at Miss Porter&#39;s School in Farmington. She studies with Sima Brodsky at the Hartt School Community Division. She has won many honors in Audrey Thayer, Renee B. Fisher, and Hartt School events.<a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Vocal Competition WinnersFirst Place: Hannah Chin of West Hartford. Hannah is a student at Hall High School in West Hartford, and studies voice with Anna Maria Silvestri at Hartt School. .&nbsp;Second Place: Sara Rosati of Avon. Sara is a junior at Avon High School and studies music with Amy Champagne at Hartt School.Third Place: Jessica Cain of Hamden. Jessica is a senior at Hamden High School and studies voice with Constance Rock, a professor of voice at UConn.Honorable Mention: Jennifer McCann of Vernon. Jennifer is a senior at Rockville High School in Vernon.Honorable Mention: Eric Rehm of Weatogue. Eric is a senior at Simsbury High School and a voice student of Joseph Baginski&#39;s.<a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition WinnersFirst Place: Annie Wiswell, violin. Annie, 15, is a home-schooled sophomore from Easton, CT.Second Place: GaHyun Kim, violin. A junior at Farmington High School, she is a pupil of Brunilda Myftari.<a id="woodwinds" name="woodwinds"></a>Woodwinds WinnersFirst Place: Chelsea Knox, flute. Chelsea is a junior and an honors student at Litchfield High School. She studies with Greig Shearer. She is in the performer&rsquo;s certificate program at Hartt and was last year&rsquo;s Musical Club Second Place Winner.Second Place: Marianne Veitch, flute. A junior honors student at East Lyme High School, Marianne studies flute with Nancy Chaput.Third Place (tie): Robert Phillips, bassoon. Robert is a senior honors student at Northwestern Regional High School. He studies with Marc Goldberg.Third Place (tie): Nicole Jackson, clarinet. A high honors sophomore at Watkinson School, Nicole is a pupil of Dr. Richard Shillea.There were two Honorable Mentions in the Winds competition: Lindsie Dexter, clarinet, a senior at Old Lyme High and pupil of Julie Asuma, Thames Valley Music School. Also Allegra Pincus, oboe, junior at Guilford High School and a student of Kathryn Giampietro at the Neighborhood Music School, New Haven.

Winners of the 2005 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

The first, second and third place winners performed in concert on Sunday, January 23, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.Click on the following to find names and brief biographies of the winners<a href="#piano">piano</a> -<a href="#vocal"> vocal</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#woodwinds">winds</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition WinnersFirst Place, PianoFirst Place in the Piano Division was awarded to Nicholas Goldbach of Woodbury, CT, a senior at Chase Collegiate School. He is a student of Anne Kan at the Hartt School of Music. This past summer, Nicholas attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and studied piano under the direction of Professors Boaz Sharon, Gila Goldstein, and Clara Shin. He won second place in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition in 2010. He has also performed in the Winners Recital for Hartt Honors Competition in 2010. At the concert on January 23, Nicholas will perform Scherzo, Op. 39, No. 3, by Frederic Chopin.Second Place PianoSecond Place in the Piano Competition was won by Mingji Chen, a freshman at Glastonbury High School. Mingji has studied piano for six years, currently studying with Dr. Paul Rutman at the University of Hartford. He won the Hartt School 2010 audition Best Performance Award. He was a finalist in the HSO competition in 2010. At the concert on January 23, he will perpform Prelude and Fugue in D Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, by J.S.Bach.Third Place, PianoDarien High School sophomore Sean Lee won Third Prize in the Piano Division. A piano student of Svitlana Fiorito, Sean began piano in 2001. He has won many awards and honors, including Honorable Mention at the Schubert Club Bach Competition in Stamford. He has taken part in master classes with Oxana Yablonskaya and Julian Martin at Juilliard School. In 2010 he performed the Prokofiev Concerto No. 1 with the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra in Plainfield N.J. This past summer he attended the Maine Summer Youth Music Program at the University of Maine and was a part of a Chamber Music Group that performed the Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 KV 478 at the Chamber Music Institute at the University of Maine.Honorable Mention, PianoAs a measure of the high quality of this year&rsquo;s contestants, four Honorable Mentions were awarded:Tzu-Yin Chi. Kent, CT, Grade 12, Kent School, Teacher, Margarita Nuller Ege Berk Izmirli, Quaker Hill, CT, Grade 11, Williams School, Teacher Yoshie Akimoto Meredith Keen, West Hartford, CT, homeschooled Grade 11, Teacher Margreet Francis Mary Pan, Burlington, CT, homeschooled, Grade 12, Teacher Margreet Francis <a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition WinnersFirst Place, StringsXinying &lsquo;Anny&rsquo; Li, violin, a senior at Hall High in West Hartford and a student of Teri Einfeldt, won First Place in the strings division. Anny is a senior at Hall High School in West Hartford and studies with Teri Einfeldt at the Hartt School. She is a member of I Giovani Solisti and the Connecticut Youth Symphony, and was a winner in the 2009 CYS Concerto Competition. She has been chosen for the Hartt Senior String Honor recitals for the past three years and was the Abraham M. Huang Memorial Award recipient in 2009. She was the concertmistress for the 2010 and 2011 CMEA Northern Regional Orchestras and has participated in the CMEA All-State Orchestras. She has been accepted into the 2011 MENC All-Eastern Orchestra, in Baltimore, Maryland. She hopes to study humanities and music in college. At the concert on January 23, Anny will be performing the first movement of Samuel Barber&#39;s Violin Concerto, accompanied by Frank Viola.Second Place, StringsCellist Allison Giebisch, a junior at Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, won Second Prize in the Strings Competition. Allison studies with Minhye Clara Kim at the Juilliard Pre-College. She previously studied with Miriam Eckelhoefer at the Neighborhood Music School (NMS) in New Haven. She has participated in master classes with Irene Sharp, Colin Carr, Sung-Won Yang, Qiang Tu and Laurence Lesser, and has performed in solo, chamber and orchestral concerts at Juilliard&#39;s Paul and Morse Halls and Peter Jay Sharp theater. In 2009, Allison was chosen to attend the Sixth International Tchaikovsky Competition, held in Suwon, South Korea. She has won the Greater New Haven Youth Orchestra Competition, the NMS Performance Prize Competition, and the Wallingford Symphony Concerto Competition. Allison has attended numerous music festivals, including the Music Alp Festival in Courchevel, France and Kinhaven in Vermont. She also enjoys playing chamber music, and has been coached by Jennifer Combs, Constance Moore, and Renee Jolles. As a member of the Vivace Trio, she was coached by Erica Schroth and Fiona Murray. This trio won the Westchester Musicians Guild Rosalyn Tobey Memorial Young Artists Award and performed in New Rochelle, New York.Third Place, StringsThird Place in the Strings Competition was won by Samuel Weiser of Westport, a junior at Staples High School in Westport, CT. Samuel is pursuing a double major at Manhattan School of Music Precollege in classical violin and jazz violin with Patinka Kopec and Sara Caswell. He is the 2008/9 recipient of the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin and the 2009 National ASTA alternative strings award winner. He has attended the Heifetz international Summer Institute and Mark O&rsquo;Connor Camps and has performed with Mark O&rsquo;Connor both as a soloist and as an ensemble member at Avery Fisher Hall and other venues. Sam&rsquo;s debut CD, sam I am, was released February 2010 to critical acclaim. Classically, Sam was concertmaster and soloist at Norwalk Youth Symphony by ten and has since been concertmaster of numerous orchestras, including the Fairfield County Honors, Staples High School Chamber, Westport all-city and Staples High School Symphonic. He was the soloist and educator for the 33rd Annual Fairfield County Strings Festival in 2010. He was the first violinist in the Leon Tec showcase for outstanding young musicians and has studied chamber music under Asya Meshberg for many years.Honorable Mention, StringsHonorable Mention was awarded to Luke Piscitelli, violinist, a senior at Conard High School in West Hartford, who studies with Teri Einfeldt.<a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Voice Competition WinnersFirst Place, VoiceEmmanuel Couloucoundis took First Place in the Voice Division. A junior at Darien High School, Emmanuel began singing at the age of 11. At the age of 14, he has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall as an opening act for Metropolitan Opera soprano Monica Yanus. He auditioned and was accepted into the Mannes College new School for music pre-college classical voice. Last spring he was a regional winner at the high school level of the National Classical Singer Magazine Competition in New York City and he was invited to participate in the DePauw University Vocal Academy last summer. He plans to study classical voice performance at a conservatory after high school. He studies voice with Judith Bettina.Second Place, VoiceElizabeth Noble, a senior at E.O. Smith High School, won Second Place in the Voice Division. (She won Third Prize in last year&rsquo;s Musical Club Competition.) Beth sings in the school choir, women&rsquo;s choir and the chamber choir. She has attended summer programs at both Westminster Choir College and at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. She has participated in the Eastern Region and All-State Music Festivals for the past three years, and the New England Music Festival for the past four years. She was recently accepted into the American high School Honor Performance Series at Carnegie Hall, and will perform with a select choir at Carnegie hall this spring. She performed as the &ldquo;Beggar Woman&rdquo; in the E.O. Smith production of Sweeny Todd, and will appear this spring as &ldquo;Velma&rdquo; in the musical Hairspray. Beth was the Third Place Winner in the Musical Club of Hartford High School Competition in Voice in 2010. She studies voice with Meredith Ziegler.Third Place, VoiceDevin Guerreri, a Tolland High School Senior, was awardedThird Place in the Voice Division at the Competition. He performed in the Eastern Regional and All-State Choruses, twelve musical theater productions, three voice recitals and several Madrigal and Chorus concerts. Devin attended the New England Music Camp, and the Hartt Summer Vocal Institute. Memorable roles include &ldquo;Jack&rdquo; in the THS production of Into the Woods and &ldquo;Horton&rdquo; in TYSCT&rsquo;s production of Seussical the Musical. Devin is the First Male Alternate and an Auditor in the Bushnell&rsquo;s Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellowship. Upon graduation Devin will pursue a music degree in vocal performance. He studies voice with Lisabeth Miller.Honorable Mention, VoiceHonorable Mention was awarded to Paul Tine of Newington, a student of Christopher Clark.<a id="winds" name="winds"></a>Winds Competition WinnersFirst Place, WindsFirst Place in the Winds Division was awarded to Yeaeun &lsquo;Julie&rsquo; Lee, a senior at Farmington High School who studies flute with Greig Shearer. She has been principal flute of the Connecticut Youth Symphony, the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble, the Hartt Honors Woodwind Quintet, as well as the Connecticut Music Educator&#39;s Association Regional and All-State Orchestras, and Honors Flute Choir. She was a finalist in the Hartford Symphony Orchestra&#39;s Young Artist Competition, and a prizewinner for the LISMA Competition. Julie plans to continue flute performance, and attend a music conservatory. At the concert on January 23 she will perform Movement III, Allegro Scherzando, of the Ibert Flute Concerto.Second Place, WindsJessica Anne Hyde, a sophomore at E.O.Smith High School in Storrs, won Second Place in the Winds Division of the Competition. A flute student of Greig Shearer, she has been principal flute in both the Connecticut Music Educator&#39;s Association Eastern Region Band for two years, and was accepted into All State her freshman year. She regularly performs with her school Band, as well as the EO Smith Community Orchestra. She has performed as a soloist with the Hartt Honors Recitals, at the Rectory School in Pomfret, with the UCONN Treblemakers Chorus, and at the Quinnebaug Valley Music Festival. Jessica also performs regularly at nursing and retirement homes.Third Place, WindsNew Fairfield High School Junior Alexander Roehl won Third Place in the Winds Division at the Competition. Alex was a finalist in the 2010 Danbury Music Center Concerto Competition. He is principal Clarinetist in the Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra, as well as the Western Region HS Orchestra. In addition to performing with his HS Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, and Tri-M Music Society, he has also performed in the Connecticut All State and Western Region Bands, and the URI Southern New England Honors Band. Alex was also selected for two New York City Opera pre-professional Workshops in 2010. He studies with Teresa Dolak. At the Winners Concert on January 23, Alex will perform movement 1, Allegro, from the Mozart Concerto for Clarinet in A, K622.Honorable Mention, WindsHonorable Mention, Winds, was awarded to Jesse Gardner, bassoon, a sophomore at Fitch High School, who lives in Mystic.

Winners of the 2011 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

The first, second and third place winners performed in a free concert on Sunday, January 31, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.Click on the following to find names and brief biographies of the winners<a href="#piano">piano</a> -<a href="#vocal"> vocal</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#woodwinds">winds</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition WinnersFirst Place Piano: Connie Zhou of Westport, CT, a sophomore at Staples High School, is a student of Edith Sullivan&rsquo;s. In September, 2007 she was selected by audition CD to perform in a master class with internationally renowned pianist Yuja Wang at the Steinway Piano Gallery in Westport. In January 2007 and 2008, she was the MTNA Baldwin Junior Piano Competition Winner from Connecticut at the Eastern Division Competitions in Pittsburgh, PA.and Penn State University. In 2007 and 2008 she was selected a winner in the Winter Competition sponsored by the Fairfield Chapter of the CSMTA. She was a 2008 winner of the CSMTA High School Concerto Competition and performed the Schumann Concerto with the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra. She was awarded 2nd prize in the 7th and 8th grade level of the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition sponsored by the Hartford Chapter, CSMTA. In 2009 she won 1st place in that same competition. She won 1st prize in 2008 in the Special Awards Competitions sponsored by the Schubert Club of Fairfield. She has also tied for 2nd prize in the Junior French Competition; in 2009 she was awarded 1st prize in the Senior French Competition, 1st. prize in the Senior Bach Competition, and 1st prize in the Senior Chopin Competition. Last winter she performed in the Gifted Young People&rsquo;s Concert and Annual Youth Concert sponsored by the Leschetizky Association in New York City. At the concert on January 31, she will perform Moment Musical in E minor, Op. 16 No. 4 by S. Rachmaninoff.Second Place Piano Mary Pan, a home-schooled 11th grader from Burlington. She studies with Maggie Francis. Last year, she won second prize in the Musical Club&rsquo;s High School Piano Competition. She won first prize in 2009 in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition, and received the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Full Scholarship in the Hartt Honors Auditions. She was a third place winner in the CSMTA Concerto Competition and has performed with the Connecticut Youth Symphony Orchestra. She is a second year student in the Performer&rsquo;s Certificate Program at Hartt Community School. She also plays the organ and is pianist at the Chinese Baptist Church of Greater Hartford and Covenant of Grace Church in Bristol. Her concert piece will be Sonata in C Major Op. 53 No. 21, first movement Allegro con brio, by L. Beethoven.Third Place PianoTzu-Yin Chi of Kent, CT, a junior at Kent School, studies with Margarita Nuller. Besides frequent performances in both solo and chamber music in the school area, she has attained several awards, including a place in the winner&rsquo;s circle of the Western Connecticut MTNA competition of 2008 and first runner-up in the Danbury Concerto Competitions of 2008 and 2009. Last summer she attended both the Tanglewood Summer Session for Young Pianists and the Adamant Traditional Piano Session in Vermont. Beside the piano, she also plays flute and attended the 2009 CT All-State band. She will be performing Rigoletto Concert Paraphrase by Verdi-Liszt (transcription).Honorable Mention Piano Tim Tsai, Unionville, CT. Grade 12, Farmington High School, teacher Maggie FrancisHonorable Mention Piano Nicholas Goldbach, Woodbury, CT, Grade 11, Chase Collegiate School, Teacher, Ann Kan.<a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition WinnersFirst Place StringsJefferson Zhang, cellist, is a ninth grader at Fairfield Warde High School in Fairfield, and studies with Ole Akahoshi at the Yale School of Music. Until this past summer, Jefferson was taught by his mother, Xiaoping Zhang. In April, 2005, he was the youngest featured soloist in the 31st annual Fairfield County String Festival. In October of 2006 Jefferson received a second prize in the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra competition and performed in the winner&rsquo;s recital. He is currently the Principal Cellist in the Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestra.&nbsp;He will be playing the first movement of the Boccherini Concerto in Bb Major, accompanied by Roger ThulinSecond Place StringsSarah H. Atwood, violinist, resides in Spofford, NH and studies violin with Katie Lansdale at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford.&nbsp;She is home schooled. Sarah placed first in New Hampshire&rsquo;s All State Music Festival, the New England Music Festival, and the Windham Orchestra Concerto Competition.&nbsp;She has attended Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute String Quartet Workshop, and the Yellow Barn Music Festival Young Artists Program. Sarah hopes to pursue a career in classical music performance. She will be playing the first movement of the Sibelius Concerto in d minor, Op. 47, with Gay Chun as accompanist.Third Place StringsTheodore O. Brundage, violinist, is a senior at Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford where he is the concertmaster of the string ensemble and principal violin with the school&rsquo;s Wyvern Chamber Players.&nbsp; He studies violin with Pang An of Avon, CT and piano, voice, and organ with Richard Wm. Donohue of Cromwell, CT.&nbsp; He has been a featured soloist with the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Sol Solis Chamber Consort, &nbsp;and plays with the Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra and the New England Chamber Choir Orchestra.&nbsp; Ted plans to study physics and violin performance in college.&nbsp; He will play the Sarabanda from Partita No. 2 in d minor by J. S. Bach.Honorable Mention Strings Ariel Patkin, violist, is a senior at Hamden High School.Honorable Mention Strings Lindsay Thompson, violinist, is a sophomore at Cheshire High School.<a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Voice Competition WinnersFirst Place Voice Miao (Betty) Cui, soprano, is currently a junior at Kent School, in Kent, CT.&nbsp;She studies voice with Margaret O&rsquo;Brien. Betty is a member of the Kent School Chapter of the Tri-M Music Society, an active member of several vocal ensembles including Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, and the Kentettes. She has also participated in the 2009 CMEA Northern Regional Choir.&nbsp;Last summer, Betty attended the Walnut Hill School Opera Program in Massachusetts and Italy, an enrichment study&nbsp;of the art of opera. Before coming to Kent, Betty was a member of one of the most selective youth singing groups of Shanghai TV (China), the &ldquo;Little Star Chorus.&rdquo;&nbsp; She made many appearances in various city events and television galas with the chorus. At the concert she will sing &ldquo;Sure on this Shining Night&rdquo; by Samuel Barber. &nbsp; Second Place, Voice &nbsp; Nigel Rowe, a tenor studying with Lisabeth Miller, is a senior at Conard High School in West Hartford and at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. This year, he played Prince Dimmly in the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts production of Meanwhile Back at Cinderella&rsquo;s.&nbsp;This past summer, he participated in the National High School Music Institute at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He has participated in both CMEA Regional and All-State Choirs.&nbsp;He hopes to continue to study music next year at the college level.&nbsp; Nigel was the Third Place Voice winner in the Musical Club Competition in 2009. At the Winners Concert&nbsp; he will perform &ldquo;Go Lovely Rose&rdquo; by&nbsp;&nbsp; Roger Quilter.Third Place, Voice &nbsp; Beth Noble, a soprano from&nbsp; Storrs, CT, studies with Meredith Ziegler. She attended Boston University Tanglewood Institute&rsquo;s vocal program in 2009 and performed twice at Tanglewood.&nbsp;As a member of Connecticut Children&rsquo;s Chorus she performed in Paris, France and Hartford, CT. In 2008 and 2009 she performed with the New England Music Festival Choir and in 2009 with the Connecticut Eastern Region and All-State Choirs.&nbsp; She has been in many local performances as a member of E.O. Smith High School&rsquo;s auditioned choir and women&rsquo;s choir.&nbsp;At the concert on January 31, she will sing &ldquo;Vá godendo&rdquo;&nbsp;by G.F. Handel. &nbsp; &nbsp; Honorable Mention, Voice:&nbsp; Sarah Welden, soprano, studying with Meredith Ziegler, is a junior at E.O Smith high School in Storrs, CT and lives in Mansfield, CT<a id="winds" name="winds"></a>Winds Competition WinnersFirst Place WindsLidiya Selikhov, flute, Storrs, CT. Lidiya is a senior at E.O Smith High School, where she is an active member of her school&#39;s Concert Band, orchestra and Chorus. Lidiya is co-principal of the Connecticut&nbsp;Youth Symphony, and a graduate of&nbsp;the Hartt Performer&#39;s Certificate Program. For the past 4 years, Lidiya&nbsp;has been chosen for the Hartt Honors Recital, and was the winner of the Honors Departmental Award in 2009. She has won first place, and the Ed Gerry Wind Prize at the Windham Arts Council Competition for the past 3 years, and was selected to perform as a soloist with the Willimantic Orchestra in 2009. Lidiya received 2nd place in the Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s Competition in 2008, as well as 3rd place in 2009. She has attended New England Music Camp, Interlochen Arts Camp, and the Julius Baker Flute Master Class. Lidiya plans to pursue a degree in flute performance. Her teacher is Greig Shearer. At the concert on January 31 she will perform Sonatine by Henri Dutilleux, accompanied by Gay Chun.Second Place Winds:Thomas Kelly, alto saxophone, Canton, CT. Thomas is a sophomore at Canton High School, where he performs with the Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, and Saxophone Quartet. He has been accepted by audition to the CT Music Educators Northern Regional Festival for the past 5 years.&nbsp;Thomas was principal chair at the CT All-State Festival last year, for both Band and Jazz Band. Last year, at the Berklee Jazz Festival in Boston, he was awarded Outstanding Musicianship Award.&nbsp;Also, at the&nbsp;Enrico Fermi Jazz Festival, he was given the&nbsp;Outstanding Soloist award. He performed with the ASBDA Honors Wind Ensemble this year, as well.&nbsp;Thomas attended the Skidmore College Summer Jazz Institute last summer. He studies jazz saxophone with John Mills, and classical saxophone with Bruce Haynes. Performance piece: Caprice en Forme de Valse by Paul Bonneau, accompanied by Barbara Mills.Third Place WindsRyan Griffin, flute, Wethersfield, CT. Ryan is a senior at Wethersfield High School, where he participates in the Concert Band, Orchestra, Honors Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, and Pit Orchestra. He also attends the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts as a Classical Music major.&nbsp;He has performed with the Connecticut Youth Symphony for one year, and the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble for three years, and enjoyed the directors, Dr. Danial D&#39;Addio and Glen Adsit.&nbsp;Ryan has been accepted by audition to the CT. Music Educators Northern Regional Festival for the past six years. He also has been accepted to the CT All-State Festival for the past three years.&nbsp;Ryan has attended the Center for Creative Youth Summer program at Weslyan University.&nbsp;He hopes to attend The Hartt School of Music next year. His teacher is Greig Shearer. His Performance piece will be Sonata in D Major, opus 94, mvt 4, Adagio ma non troppo by Sergei Prokofiev, accompanied by Melanie Guerin.Honorable Mention: Molly Gibson, flute, is a senior at the Hopkins School in New Haven, where she also resides. &nbsp;Her teacher is Adrianne Greenbaum.

Winners of the 2010 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

The first, second and third place winners performed in a free concert on Sunday, February, 2009 1 at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.<a href="#piano">piano</a> -<a href="#vocal"> vocal</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#woodwinds">winds</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition WinnersFirst Place: Jeffrey Li, Mystic, CTJeffrey Li is a senior at Robert E. Fitch High School in Groton, CT. and a student of Jonathan Bass at the New England Conservatory Preparatory Division.&nbsp; He won prizes at the Renee B. Fisher Piano Competition, Hartford Symphony Concerto Competition, and the Victor Norman Concerto Competition.&nbsp; In the NEC Certificate Program, Jeff earned the Level III Certificate with Honors in 2007.&nbsp; He has performed with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Youth Orchestra as well as performed internationally in Austria and Germany.&nbsp; In past summers, Jeff attended Boston University Tanglewood Institute and Elm City ChamberFest.&nbsp; He plans to study music in college. &nbsp;For the Concert he plans to play &nbsp;Scherzo Op. 39 No. 3 in c# minor by Frederic Chopin.Second Place: Mary Pan, Burlington, CT&nbsp; 06013Mary Pan is a home-schooled 10th grader and a piano student of Margreet Francis at the Hartt School Community Division.&nbsp; She has won prizes in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition and was chosen for the Hartt Piano Honors recital the past three years, where she received the Watson Morrison Prize in 2007.&nbsp; In 2008, Mary received honorable mention in the Musical Club&rsquo;s High School Piano Competition, and third prize in the CSMTA Concerto Competition.&nbsp; She is a first year student in the Performer&rsquo;s Certificate Program.&nbsp; She serves as pianist for the choir and for church services at Chinese Baptist Church of Greater Hartford. &nbsp;For the Concert she plans to play&nbsp; ABEGG Variations Op. 1 by Robert Schumann.Third Place: Tim Tsai, Unionville, CT.Tim is in the 11th grade at Farmington High School and a piano student of Margreet Francis at the Hartt School Community Division. He has performed as a pianist with the Connecticut Youth Symphony Orchestra and has also performed Concerto Grosso with the Farmington High School orchestra.&nbsp; He won first place in the Audrey Thayer Competition when he was in 8th and 9th grade. For the Concert he will play Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt.Honorable Mention: Sarah Pan, 12th grade, home-schooled, Burlington, CT. She studies piano with Margreet Francis at Hartt School.Honorable Mention: Paul Tine, 10th grade, Newington High School, lives in Newington, and studies piano with Margreet Francis at Hartt School<a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition WinnersFirst Place: Andrew Tang, viola, Simsbury, CTAndrew Tang is a Junior at Simsbury High School, a student of Steve Larson&rsquo;s. He started playing violin at the age of 5, and switched to viola in 6th grade at the request of his orchestra conductor. He has been both concertmaster and principal violist of his High School Orchestra and the Connecticut Northern Region Festival Orchestra and has served as associate principal in Boston University Tanglewood Institute&#39;s Young Artists Orchestra. In 2006 he finished Third in Eastern Division MTNA Competition and recently performed with the University of Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He is currently principal violist of the Connecticut Youth Symphony.Second Place: Kendra Nealon, violin, Glastonbury, CTKendra Nealon is a senior at Miss Porter&#39;s School in Farmington, where she is a member of the Advanced Performance Ensemble. She studies violin with Teri Einfeldt and piano with Margreet Francis at the Hartt School Community Division. Kendra and graduated last year from Hartt&#39;s Performer&#39;s Certificate program. For the past three years she has been a member of the Connecticut Youth Symphony, where she currently is concertmistress. In 2006 she was third place winner of the Connecticut Youth Symphony Competition and last year, the second place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford High School String Competition . For the past several years she has played in various string quartets at the Community Division, piano and string honors recitals there, and Northern Regional and All-state music festivals. This past summer she studied both violin and piano at the Aspen Music Festival and School. She plans on majoring in music in college. For the concert she plans to perform Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 No. 1, by Pablo de Sarasate.Third Place: Luke Piscitelli, violin, West Hartford, CTLuke is in the 10th Grade at Conard High School in West Hartford, and studies violin with Teri Einfeldt at the Hartt School Community Division. He has participated in Northern Regional and State Festival Orchestras at both the Middle and High School levels since 2004. He has performed in Hartt School Senior Honors Recitals and Master Classes with Brian Lewis, David Updegraff, and members of the Miami String Quartet. Luke has spent his last 2 summers at the Ithaca Chamber Music Institute and the David Einfeldt Chamber Seminar Camp. Currently, he is a member of I Giovani Solisti, which has won the Downbeat Award for best High School Chamber Ensemble.Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Georgis, cello, Hartford, CTJacqueline is a 12th grader at Choate Rosemary Hall, and studies with Carmen Irons.<a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Voice Competition WinnersFirst Place: Erica Maas, soprano, Manchester, CTErica Maas attends Manchester High School and is in 12th Grade.&nbsp; She studies voice with Dr. Susan Mardinly at Hartt Community Division.&nbsp; Erica is a member of The Hartt Chamber Choir, A capella Roundtable Singers (a section leader), C.M.E.A.Eastern Regional choir, Connecticut All State Choir and 2009 All Eastern Seaboard Choir.&nbsp; She performed recently as a semi-finalist for the bel canto scholarship in the Hartt honors recital and the Barbara Strozzi Project new edition premier. For the concert she will sing &quot;L&#39;abbandono&quot; by Vincenzo Bellini. Second Place: &nbsp;Suzanne Lis, soprano, West Hartford, CTSuzanne Lis is in 12th Grade at Hall High School in West Hartford.&nbsp; She studies voice privately with Benjamin Rauch.&nbsp; Last summer she was a member of the Young Artist Vocal Program at Boston University&#39;s Tanglewood Institute.&nbsp; At her school she sings in the select ensemble, &quot;Choraliers&quot;.&nbsp; Suzanne also plays violin in the Connecticut Youth Symphony and I Giovani Solisti. For the concert she will sing &quot;Ouvre ton coeur&quot; by Bizet. Third Place: Nigel Rowe, tenor, West Hartford, CTNigel attends Conard High School in West Hartford and is in the 11th grade.&nbsp; He studies voice with Lisabeth Miller of the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and with Sarah Hersh. Last summer he attended New England Music Camp in Maine for three weeks as a voice major. This year he took part in the Academy production of &quot;Dido and Aeneas&quot; and &quot;Trial by Jury,&rdquo; singing the main role of the Counsel. For the concert on February 1 he will sing &quot;Chanson d&#39;Amour&quot; by Gabriel Fauré.<a id="woodwinds" name="woodwinds"></a>Winds Competition WinnersFirst Place: Jane Sylvester, alto saxophone, Kensington, CT.Jane Sylvester is a junior at Berlin High School. She studies classical saxophone with Carrie Koffman and&nbsp; clarinet with Beverly Brown, and is also a jazz saxophone student of John Mastroianni. Jane has held first chair alto saxophone positions in Regional, All-State, and All New England Bands. In 2008, she won the Hartt Honors Recital Scholarship, and placed 3rd in the Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s Scholarship Competition. Jane is a graduate of the Hartt Performer&#39;s Certificate program, and plans to pursue a career in music education and saxophone performance. Her performance piece will be &nbsp;&quot;Sonata&quot; by Paul Creston, first movement.Second Place: Julie Lee, flute, Farmington, CT.Julie is a sophomore at Farmington High School. She studies with Avi Greenberg.&nbsp; She is an active member of the Farmington High School Band, Orchestra and Flute Trio, as well as the Jazz Band, and plays in the pit orchestra for school musicals and operas. Julie also performs frequently as a soloist with her church choir. As a freshman, Julie was selected into the Northern Region and All State Bands. This year, she earned a gold medal in the Arts &amp; Academic Challenge at Tunxis Community College.&nbsp; Julie is also first chair in the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble. For the concert on February 1 she will play &#39;Fantasie&#39; Opus 79, by Gabriel FauréThird Place: Lidiya Selikhov, flute, Storrs, CT.Lidiya is a junior at E.O. Smith High School, and studies flute with Greig Shearer. She is an active member of her school&#39;s Concert Band and Chorus, as well as the Hartt Youth Symphony. Lidiya is in her 2nd year in the Hartt Certificate Program, and has been chosen for the Hartt Honors Recital for the past 3 years. She has won first place, and the Ed Gerry Wind Prize at the Windham Arts Council Competition for the past two years, as well as 2nd place in the Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s Competition last year. Lidiya has attended master classes of James Galway, Rhonda Larson, Marianne Gedigian, Edward Cumming, and Robert Dick. She also attended Interlochen Campast summer, performing with the Flute Quartet and Youth Wind Symphony. In April, Lidiya will be performing the Mozart Concerto in G, as soloist with the Willimantic Orchestra, through the Windham Arts Competition. For the concert she will play &#39;Sonata for Flute and Piano,&#39; Movement 4, allegro con moto, by Robert Muczynski.Honorable Mention: Emma Sayles, trombone, Colchester, CT.Emma is a sophomore at Bacon Academy and studies with Topher Logan at the Community School for the Arts at University of ConnecticutHonorable Mention: Arielle Burke, flute, Ivoryton, CT.Arielle is a senior at Valley Regional High School in Deep River and studies with Naomi Senzer.

Winners of the 2009 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

The Winners Concert took place on Sunday, January 27, 2008, 2:00 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church.<a href="#piano">piano</a> -<a href="#vocal"> vocal</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#woodwinds">winds</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition Winners1st Place Piano Miss Jierui (Gerry) Song West Hartford, CTGerry Song is a junior at Conard High School in West Hartford. A student of Paul Rutman, she is in her second year of the Hartt Performer&#39;s Certificate Program. Gerry has won multiple awards both for her musical endeavors, her artwork, and her academic achievements. She has been a winner in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition, the American Music Teachers Association State Competition, and Kiwanis Musical Festival in Canada. Recently she played for Edward Cumming&#39;s Master Class.Concert piece: Pagodes (Estampes, I), by Claude Debussy2nd Place Piano Miss Sarah Pan Burlington, CT&nbsp;Sarah Pan is a homeschooled 11th grader and a piano student of Margreet Francis at the Hartt School Community Division. She was chosen to play in the Piano Honors Recital at the Hartt School Community Division for the past four years, and has received first and second prizes in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition. Last year Sarah received third prize in the Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s High School Piano Competition. She has performed as a soloist with the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra and has played in pre-concerts at the Bushnell. Sarah is a pianist and choir accompanist at the Chinese Baptist Church of Greater Hartford.Concert piece: Waldesrauschen (Zwei Konzertetuden, No.1), by Franz Liszt3rd Place Piano Miss Meredith Bayliss Manchester, CT&nbsp;Meredith Bayliss is a homeschooled 11th grader and studies piano with Margreet Francis at the Hartt School. She has been an active participant in local, state, and Canadian musical events and won multiple awards. These include: Hartt School Honors (2007), Audrey Thayer Piano Competition (Honorable Mention 2004, 3rd Place 2005, 2nd Place 2007), the Hartt Performer&#39;s Certificate Program (2007-2009), Queens College Summer Suzuki Piano Institute (Ontario, Canada, 2005), and many others.Concert piece: Polonaise in C minor, Op.40, No.2, by Frederic ChopinHonorable Mention Piano Miss Mary Pan, 9th grade, homeschooled, lives in Burlington, CT, and studies piano with Margreet Francis at Hartt SchoolHonorable Mention Piano Mr. Christopher Long is a junior at Conard High School, a student of Margreet Francis at Hartt School, and lives in West Hartford<a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Vocal Competition Winners1st Place Voice Anastasia Rege, soprano, Groton CTAnastasia Rege, soprano, is a senior at Robert E. Fitch High School in Groton and is a student of Jurate Waller at the Thames Valley Music School. She has participated as a chorus member in CT Lyric opera&rsquo;s performance of Susannah by Carlisle Floyd, has performed in the Mystic Chamber festival, and has sung in the CMEA Eastern Regional and All-State choirs. Anastasia has also performed in her school&rsquo;s chamber choir, drum line, and jazz band. She plans to pursue an education and career in opera.Concert piece: O del mio dolce ardor by Christoph Willibald Gluck2nd Place Voice Sean Nolan, baritone, Tolland CTSean Nolan, baritone, is a senior at Tolland High School and has studied voice with Lizabeth Miller for four years. Some of Sean&rsquo;s favorite roles have been Adrian in Smokey Joe&rsquo;s Café, and The Beast in Disney&rsquo;s Beauty and the Beast. Sean has been a member of the Tolland High School Madrigal singers for three years and has been selected as Student Director for next year. He has also performed as part of CMEA Eastern Regional and All State choruses for the past 3 years.Concert piece: Whither must I wander by Ralph Vaughan Williams3rd Place Voice Emily Ide, soprano, Durham CTEmily Ide, mezzo soprano, is a junior at Coginchaug Regional High School in Durham and studies with Dr. Susan Mardinly. Emily earned 1st place in the 2007 auditions held by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, received the highest score in the 2007 Hartt Vocal Honors Recital and the Bel Canto Scholarship, and is an Ensign Darling Vocal Fellow at the Bushnell. She has played leading roles in musicals such as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Baker&rsquo;s Wife in Into the Woods, and has participated in the 2007 Southern Regional High School Music Festival, Connecticut All State High School Music Festival, and All New England Music Festival.Concert piece: Ombra mai fu by George Frederic HandelHonorable Mention Voice Louisa Owen Sonstroem, soprano, a senior at Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs, lives in Mansfield Depot.<a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition Winners1st Place Jenny Liu, violin, Orange, CTJenny Liu is a 9th grade honors student at Amity High School. She has studied violin for eight years. Jenny has been a student of Fiona Murray at the Neighborhood Music School (NMS) for the past four years. In 2007, Jenny was chosen as one of three young &quot;prodigies&quot; to play with the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra. She was also a winner in the Senior Division Performance Prize Competition at NMS in 2007. In 2005 Jenny won the Greater New Haven Youth Orchestra (GNHCO) Concerto Competition and was featured as a soloist with the orchestra in 2006. She has served as concertmaster of the GNHCO in 2006-06 and of the Southern Connecticut Regional Middle School Festival in 2007. Jenny was invited to perform in the &quot;Orange Artists in Performance&quot; concert in 2007. She will perform the Bruch Violin Concerto in G Minor with the Amity Orchestra this coming winter.Concert piece: Lalo Symphonie Espagnole, Allegro non Troppo2nd Place Strings Kendra Nealon, violin, Glastonbury, CTKendra Nealon is a junior at Miss Porter&#39;s School in Farmington, where she is a member of the Advanced Performance Ensemble. She studies violin with Teri Einfeldt and piano with Margreet Francis at the Hartt School Community Division. Kendra is a second year student in the Performer&#39;s Certificate program for both instruments. For the past two years she has been a member of the Connecticut Youth Symphony, where she currently is concertmistress. Last year she was third place winner of the Connecticut Youth Symphony Competition and a winner of the Evelyn Bonar Storrs piano scholarship prize. For the past several years she has played in various string quartets at the Community Division, piano and string honors recitals there, and Northern Regional and All-state music festivals.Concert Piece: Undecided3rd Place Strings Samuel DeCaprio, cello, Lebanon, CTSamuel DeCaprio&#39;s musical experience began when he started studying the piano at the age of 6. He began playing the cello at the age of 13 and is currently studying with Dr. Kangho Lee from the University of Connecticut. In 2004, after playing for only a year, he was awarded third place in Connecticut&#39;s Eastern Regional Audition. He has participated in NEFMA Festival the past two years, receiving first place in 2005. In 2006 he received second place and the grand prize in the Windham Young Artists Competition. He was awarded Honorable Mention in last years Musical Club of Hartford High School Competition. IN April 2007, Samuel soloed for the first time, playing Haydn&#39;s Cello Concerto in C Major with the Willimantic Symphony. Currently a home schooled senior, Sam enjoys subjects such as politics, American Government, and economics. He plans to pursue a degree in cello performance.Concert Piece: Dvorak Cello Concerto, Mvt 1<a id="woodwinds" name="woodwinds"></a>Winds Competition Winners1st Place Winds Eun Sun Choi, flute, Kent SchoolEun Sun is a junior at the Kent School in Kent, Ct., studying with Deborah Cardenas. She is an active member of the school&#39;s Concert Band, Orchestra and Flute Ensemble, as well as playing flute for the school musicals, and accompanying the school chorus. Ms. Choi has been selected as a participant in both the CMEA Northern Region and All - State Festivals. She has been featured as a piccolo soloist with the Kent School Orchestra, and also has been featured as a finalist in the Danbury Symphony Orchestra Contest. Ms.Choi won a Gold Medal in the Gwanju Art School Competition in her native Korea, in 8th grade. She performed a solo recital last year at the school, and also performs at local churches. Concert Piece: Concerto in e minor, mvt 1, (Allegro Maestoso) by Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870)2nd Place Winds Lidiya Selikhov, flute, Storrs, Ct.Lidiya is a sophomore honors student at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, Ct., studying with Greig Shearer. She is an active member of her school&#39;s Concert Band and Chorus. She is a member of the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble, and the Performer&#39;s Certificate Program at Hartt. For the past two years, Lidiya has been chosen for The Hartt School&rsquo;s Honors recital. Also, for the past 2 years, she has won 1st place, and the Ed Gerry Wind prize, at the Windham Regional Art&#39;s Council High School Competition. She has also attended the master classes of James Galway, Rhonda Larson, and Robert Dick. This past summer Lidiya attended New England Music camp where she was principal flutist in the concert orchestra. Concert piece: Allegro Scherzando, by Philippe Gaubert 3rd Place Winds Jane Sylvester, alto saxophone, Kensington, Ct.Jane is a sophmore at Berlin High School, studying classical saxophone with Beverly Brown, and jazz saxophone with John Mastroianni. She is a member of the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble, and the Performer&#39;s Certificate Program, as well as the saxophone Quartet at Hartt. Jane was selected as first chair in both the CMEA Northern Region and All - State Festivals, as well as the All- New England Band for the past 2 years. She also was a soloist for Master Classes with Edward Cumming, of the HSO, and Eric Dudley, of the Cincinnati Symphony. Concert piece: Sonata Opus 19, mvt.2, by Paul Creston Honorable Mention Tim Monos, tuba, a junior at Hall High School, West Hartford. Studies with Stephen Perry and Joanna Hersey.Honorable Mention Kathleen Colburn, flute, a senior at Simsbury High School, Simsbury. Studies with Bridget Gilchrist.

Winners of the 2008 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

The first, second and third place winners presented a free concert on Sunday, February 4, 2007, 2:00 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.<a href="#piano">piano</a> -<a href="#vocal"> vocal</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#woodwinds">winds</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition Winners1st place Michelle Lee, an 11th grade student at Miss Porter&#39;s School and a piano student of Sima Brodsky&#39;s.2nd place Mark S. Tondi, a 12th grade student at Joel Barlow High School in Redding, has studied piano with the renowned pianist and pedagogue Natalie Ryshna Maynard.3rd place Sarah Pan, a 10th grade home-schooled student from Burlington, is a student of Margreet Francis&#39;.Honorable Mention Kathryn Greenwood, a home-schooled 12th grade student from Bloomfield, is a student of Margreet Francis&#39;Honorable Mention Jierui (Gerry) Song, 10th grade student at Conard High School in West Hartford, is a student of Dina Simanovich.Honorable Mention Kendra Nealon, a 10th grader from Glastonbury, is a student at Miss Porter&#39;s. She studies piano with Margreet Francis at Hartt School Community Division.<a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Vocal Competition Winners1st place Richard Saunders, tenor is a junior at Simsbury High School, and is currently studying voice with Jack Pott and Ken Shelley at Hartt School of Music as a recipient of the Ensign Darling Vocal Fellowship.2nd place Allegra DeVita, mezzo-soprano, a senior at Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden, studies voice with Valerie Sorel and vocal coaching and music theory with Eric Trudel.3rd place Devon Ellis, soprano, is a senior at Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT. She studies voice with Erin Windle, and also with her choir director, Patrick Taylor.Honorable Mention Carly Henderson, soprano, is a junior at Avon High School, and a second-year voice major at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. She has studied voice with Anna Maria Silvestri at Hartt School Community Division for five years.Honorable Mention Michelle Kayser, soprano, a senior at Hall High School, has been a student of Amy Champagne&#39;s for the past three years, and plans on attending college next year for musical theater.Honorable Mention Laura Pincus, alto, a senior at Greenwich High School, studies voice with Erin Windle and Patrick Taylor.<a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition Winners1st place Fiona Wood, violin, is a 10th-grade honors student at North Haven Haven High School. Fiona has been playing violin since she was four, and currently studies withYale violin professor Kyung Yu.2nd place Johannes Zahn, cello, an 11th-grader at Kent School in Kent, CT. Johannes received his first cello instruction at the age of four at the Music Conservatory in Munich, Germany. Since age 11 he has received instruction from Edgar Gredlar, a member of the Munich Radio Orchestra.3rd place Sarah Cicchetti, violin, an 11th grader at Miss Porter&#39;s School in Farmington, CT, studies violin with Teri Einfeldt at Hartt School.Honorable Mention Sura Cho, violin. Grade 10 Farmington, CT. Sura began playing the violin in Korea when she was in kindergarten. She studied violin in Korea, winning competitions and performing solo concerts there. Sura came to America when she was in seventh grade. Sura has studied with Michelle Kim, assistant concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, and Bo Hyup Wang from the Boston Symphony. She currently attends Miss Porter&#39;s School and studies with Micky Rieceman at the Hartt School.Honorable Mention Kisho Watanabe, violin, from Greenwich, CT, is a senior at Horace Mann School in New York. He began studying the violin at age three in Japan and currently studies with Dr. Ann Setzer at the Juilliard Pre-college.Honorable Mention Samuel DeCaprio, cello, Lebanon, CT, is a home schooled junior and is currently studying cello with Dr. Kangho Lee, assistant professor of Cello at UConn.Honorable Mention Kathryn Greenwood, viola, Bloomfield, CT, is a home-schooled senior who studies viola with Melinda Daetsch.<a id="woodwinds" name="woodwinds"></a>Winds Competition Winners1st place Hannah Horowitz, flute. Hannah is a senior at Wethersfield High School, and a student of Greig Shearer&#39;s at Hartt School Community Division.2nd place Jenny Sansom, French horn. Jenny is a senior at Old Saybrook High School and a student of Susan Spaulding&#39;s at Hartt School Community Division.3rd place Devin N. Cohen, bassoon. Devin is a sophomore at Bolton High School, and studies bassoon with Laura Koepke in the pre-college program at the Manhattan School of Music.Honorable Mention Ariel Fein, flute, a senior at the Hopkins School, she lives in Easton, CT.Honorable Mention Jane Sylvester, a freshman at Berlin HS, she lives in Kensington, CT.

Winners of the 2007 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

<a href="#piano">piano</a> -<a href="#vocal"> vocal</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#woodwinds">winds</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition WinnersFirst Place: Remy Zhang, Danbury, CT, a 10th grade student at Danbury High School. He studies piano with Edith Sullivan.Second Place: Kate McDermott, Guilford, CT, an 11th grade high honors student at Guilford High School. She is currently a student of Margreet Francis&#39; and a second year student in the Performer&#39;s Certificate Program at the Hartt School.3rd Place: Joshua Sawicki, Unionville, CT, 12th grade, Farmington High School. Joshua is currently studying with both Dr. Watson Morrison (Hartt School of Music) and Paul Wendehack (of Farmington, CT).Honorable Mention: Michelle Lee, Newington, CT, a sophomore at Miss Porter&#39;s School in Farmington, and a student of with Sima Brodsky (University of Hartford Music School Community Division).Honorable Mention:&nbsp; Lindsey Atiyeh, Simsbury, CT, a student of Margreet Francis (Hartt School, Community Division). Honorable Mention:&nbsp; Amanda Child, Windsor, CT, an 11th grade student at Windsor High School. <a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Vocal Competition WinnersFirst Place: Laura DellaFera, soprano, Ashford, CT, a senior at East Catholic High School who studies voice privately with Meredith Ziegler. Second Place: Dan Omphroy, tenor, Middletown, CT, Xavier High School.Third Place: Allegra De Vita, mezzo-soprano, Trumbull, CT, a junior at Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden.Honorable Mention: Elise Jablow, soprano, Glastonbury, CT, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts.Honorable Mention: Christine Kohn, soprano, Willington, CT, is a senior at E.O. Smith in Storrs, who studies voice with Sarah Callinan.Honorable Mention: Matthew Walsh, baritone, Wethersfield, CT, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts.<a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition WinnersFirst Place: Justina Sullivan, cello, Orange CT a 16 year old student of Bonnie Hampton&#39;s at the Juilliard School. Second Place: Kimin Um, violin, Weatogue, CT, is a 9th Grade Student at Simsbury High School, who studies with Linda Fiore and Margo Buescher. Third Place: Michael Kan, Viola, West Hartford, CT, is a 10th Grade student at Hall High in West Hartford. He studies with Melinda Daetsch and Teri Einfeldt. Honorable Mention: Kathryn Greenwood, viola, Bloomfield, CT, an 11th grade home schooled student. She has studied viola with Tim Washecka, and currently studies with Melinda Daetsch. Honorable Mention: Alexander Brodski, violin, Thompson, CT, is an 11th Grade student at Marianopolis Preparatory School.<a id="woodwinds" name="woodwinds"></a>Winds Competition Winners First Place: Nicole Jackson, clarinet, East Hartford, CT, is a High Honors Junior at Watkinson School in Hartford. She studies clarinet with Dr. Richard Shillea at Hartt School. Second Place: Marianne Veitch, flute, East Lyme, CT, is a Senior at East Lyme High School and a flute pupil of Greig Shearer&#39;s at Hartt. Third Place: Devin Cohen, bassoon, Bolton, CT, is a Freshman at Bolton High School.&nbsp; He studies bassoon with Laura Koepke in the Pre-college program at Manhattan School of Music and with Cynthia Martens at Hartt Community Division.&nbsp; Honorable Mention: Chip Rubino, bassoon, Avon, CT, is a junior at Avon High School. He is a student of Cynthia Martens at Hartt.

Winners of the 2006 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

Musical Club of Hartford Announces Its 127th Season

The&nbsp;Musical Club of Hartford held its annual <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/forty-first-annual-scholarship-competitions-connecticut-high-school-students#overlay-context=" target="_self">High School&nbsp;Scholarship Competitions</a> on January 7 &amp; 8, 2017. The <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/competition-winners-performance-jan-22-2017#overlay-context=" target="_self">Winners Performance</a> with the first, second, and third place winners took place on Sunday, January 22, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.Prizes were awarded in the following categories: <a href="#piano">Piano</a>, <a href="#strings">Strings</a>, and <a href="#winds">Winds</a>. (This year there was no award in the <a href="#vocal">Voice</a> category.)<a id="piano" name="piano">Piano Competition Winners</a>1st Place winner: Julius Shieh Concert performance piece: Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809. Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI:34: I. PrestoFirst Place in the Piano Competition was awarded to Julius Shieh, a ninth grade student at Avon High School and a student of Stanford Online High School. &nbsp;Since 2016 he has studied piano with Margreet Francis at The Hartt School Community Division (HCD), and since being at HCD, was selected to perform in the HCD&rsquo;s Piano Department&rsquo;s Honors Recital. &nbsp;He was also awarded the Watson Morrison Scholarship Award. &nbsp;In 2016, he was a winner of the Virtuoso Pianists Competition, The Hartford Music Teachers Alliance. &nbsp;Julius has been playing piano for over eight years. &nbsp;At the MCH Winners Concert, Julius will perform Joseph Haydn&rsquo;s Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI:34.2nd Place winner: Saomai Nguyen Concert performance piece: Alberto Ginastera, &nbsp;1916-1983. Danzas Argentinas: I. Danza del Viejo Boyero; II. Danza de la Moza Donoza; III. Danza del Gaucho MatreroSecond Place in the Piano Competition was awarded to Saomai Nguyen, a junior at Hall High School in West Hartford. Saomai is both a pianist and clarinetist. &nbsp;She has studied piano with Tamila Azadaliyeva at The Hartt School Community Division (HCD) since the third grade and clarinet with Dawn Matthews since fifth grade. Last year she also joined Curt Blood&rsquo;s clarinet studio. Saomai has placed multiple times in the CSMTA Select Student and Audrey Thayer piano competitions. &nbsp;She has also performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. With clarinet, Saomai has been active in honors ensembles such as the CMEA northern Regional and All-State bands and orchestras. &nbsp;This year she will participate in the NAFME All-Eastern festival. At the MCH Winners Concert, Saomai will perform Alberto Ginastera&rsquo;s Danzas Argentinas.3rd Place winner Rachel Li Concert performance piece: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827. Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: I. Allegro.Third Place in the Piano Competition was won by Rachel Li, an &ldquo;A+&rdquo; sophomore at Brookfield High School. Rachel started piano lessons with Felicia Zhang, then became a pupil of Margarita Nuller in 2013. &nbsp;By age 12, Rachel passed the Royal Conservatory Achievement Program level 7 and 8 for both piano performance and music theory with Excellence Awards. &nbsp;In 2014, she won 1st Place in the 7th grade section of the 35th Audrey Thayer Piano Competition, and in 2015, Rachel was awarded 1st Place in the Elementary/Middle School section of the 38th Renee Fisher Piano Competition. &nbsp;She also attended the MNTA junior piano competition, and was awarded 3rd place in the Connecticut state competition. &nbsp;Rachel will be performing Ludwig van Beethoven&rsquo;s Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: I. Allegro at the MCH Winners Concert.Honorable Mentions were awarded to :Caroline Ma, Miss Porter&rsquo;s School, Farmington, CT, Grade 10, Teacher: Margreet Francis, Hartt Community Division Noah Yoon, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT, Grade 11, Teacher: Malgosia Lis, Hartt Community Division)&nbsp;<a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition WinnersFirst Place - Strings Kayla Bryan, Guilford Connecticut - ViolinKayla&nbsp;Bryan is a junior at Guilford High School, and a violin student of Donna Agai at the Hartt School Community Division. She is a member of the Connecticut Youth Symphony where she won the 2016 Concerto Competition. She was also the recipient of awards in the Hamden Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and the David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar Concerto Competition. She attended the Preludio program at Ithaca College in 2015 and the Greenwood Chamber Music Camp this past summer. Kayla took part in the Hartt Honors Recitals from 2012-2016, receiving the Senior Honors Recital Underclassman Award in 2016.Audition pieces: Partita No. 3 in E Major, 3rd Movement (Gavotte en Rondeau) - J. S. Bach (1685-1750) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Baal Shem: II Nigun, Adagio non Troppo - Ernest Bloch (1880-?)&nbsp; Accompanist: Frank Viola Second Place - Strings Matthew Hill, West Hartford Connecticut - Violin Matthew Hill is a freshman at Conard High School in West Hartford. He studies violin with Teri Einfeldt at the Hartt School Community Division, is Concertmaster of the Opus 89 Orchestra, and an active chamber musician. He is a newer member of I Giovanni Solisti string orchestra in the West Hartford Public Schools, and was the featured soloist with Northwinds Symphonic Band on Long Island in November 2016. He performed in the Junior Honors Recital at Hartt for the past three years, was Concertmaster of the 2016 Northern Regional Middle School Orchestra, and will be a member of the Northern Regional High School Orchestra in 2017.Audition pieces: Praeludium and Alle a Connecticut representativegro in the Style of Pagnani - Fritz Kreisler (1875-?) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Preludio) - J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Accompanist: Frank Viola Third Place - Strings Abigail Sunde, West Hartford - ViolinAbigail Sunde is a ninth grader at Miss Porter&#39;s School in Farmington. She studies violin with Teri Einfeldt and has studied piano with Malgosia Lis since age 4 at the Hartt School Community Division. She participates in chamber music, orchestra, and currently the Connecticut Youth Orchestra. Since age 9, she has performed in the international&nbsp; biennial orchestra and masterclasses for violin and piano through the Suzuki Association Americas. Abigail participated in middle school regional competitions, and was a Connecticut representative for the Music Teachers National Association Junior Strings Division.Audition pieces: Sonata No. 1in G minor - J. S. Bach (1685-1750) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pagnani - Fritz Kreisler (1880-?) Accompanist: Frank Viola Honorable Mention - Strings Sofia Gilchenok (Viola), Columbia, is homeschooled, Grade 9, and studies with Hsin-Yun Huang and Molly Carr in the Juilliard School Pre-College Program.Lillian Yim (Cello) is a freshman at Farmington High School, and&nbsp;a student of Katie Kennedy.Elliott Davis (Violin) is a sophomore at Avon High School, and studies with Annie Trepanier at the Hartt School Community Division.&nbsp;<a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Voice Competition WinnersNone this year.&nbsp;<a id="winds" name="winds"></a>Winds Competition Winners1st Place winner: Hazel Wang Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Pierre Sancan, 1946,&nbsp;Sonata for flute and piano, (9:03)Accompanist: Gaylien Chun<div><div>The First Place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford&rsquo;s High School Winds Competition&nbsp;was Hazel Wang, a sophomore at the Ethel Walker School, in Simsbury, Ct.</div><div>In China, Hazel studied with&nbsp;Daming Zhang, Bile Zhang, Jeffrey Khaner. In CT she&nbsp;studied with&nbsp;Gonzalo Cortes, and currently studies with Minta White.&nbsp; In her native China, she has won the CCTV National Talent Competition twice, won 2nd prize in the China Flute Association Competitions twice, and won first prize in the International Orchestra Competition in Singapore. She also participated in master classes with the principal flutists of the Singapore Symphony, as well as the China National Symphony. Here in Connecticut,&nbsp;Hazel has been accepted by audition into the Northern Region Orchestra for the past 3 years, as well as being principal flute in CT All State Band last year.</div></div><div> 2nd Place winner: Seohyun Hong Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Eldin Burton, 1948.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sonatina for flute and Piano, mvt II, Andantino Sognando, (2:30) and mvt. III, &nbsp;Allegro giacoso. (3:00)</div><div>Accompanist: Adrienne Greenbaum</div>The Second Place winner in the Winds Competition was Seohyun Hong, a junior at Staples High School in Westport, CT. &nbsp;She studies with Adrienne Greenbaum. &nbsp;In the past 2 years, she has been accepted into the CT Western Region Band and Orchestra and CT All State Band. &nbsp;Seohyun won the American&nbsp;Chamber Orchestra&rsquo;s Concerto competition in 2016, and performed with them as soloist. &nbsp;She has been performing with the Norwalk Youth Symphony Orchestra for 8 years, being Principal flute in 2013, Assistant 2nd Flute and Piccolo , 2014/15, and 2nd Principal Flute in 2016.&nbsp;<div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd Place winner:</div><div>Yoseph Kim Concert performance piece:&nbsp;A. Messager, 1899.&nbsp;Solo de Concours</div><div>Accompanist: Gaylien Chun</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Third Place winner in the Winds Competition was&nbsp;Joseph Kim, a senior at the Hopkins School in New Haven. &nbsp;</div>He studies with Julie Levine at the Neighborhood School.&nbsp;Joseph has participated in the Hopkins School Orchestra for the past 5 years, and has been Principal clarinet for 3 years. He has also participated in the Neighborhood Music Youth School Orchestra, as well as the NMS Wind Quarter for the past 4 years. Joseph was selected by audition for the Southern Region Orchestra for 4 years, and participated in Ct All State in 2011, and in 2010 as Principal Clarinet of the Band. He plans to continue studying clarinet in college, and possibly be an engineering major.<div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mention&nbsp;was awarded to: Saomai Nguyen, a junior at Hall High School in West Hartford, CT. &nbsp;Teachers: Dawn Matthews and Curt Blood</div><div>(She was also the 2nd Prize Winner in the Piano Competition this year!)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Judges: Mr. Steve Zimmerman, and Ms Rhonda Larson</div>

Winners of the 2017 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

Piano Competition Winners 1st Place winner: Julius Shieh Concert performance piece: Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809. Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI:34: I. Presto First Place in the Piano Competition was awarded to Julius Shieh, a ninth grade student at Avon High School and a student of Stanford Online High School. &nbsp;Since 2016 he has studied piano with Margreet Francis at The Hartt School Community Division (HCD), and since being at HCD, was selected to perform in the HCD&rsquo;s Piano Department&rsquo;s Honors Recital. &nbsp;He was also awarded the Watson Morrison Scholarship Award. &nbsp;In 2016, he was a winner of the Virtuoso Pianists Competition, The Hartford Music Teachers Alliance. &nbsp;Julius has been playing piano for over eight years. &nbsp;At the MCH Winners Concert, Julius will perform Joseph Haydn&rsquo;s Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI:34. 2nd Place winner: Saomai Nguyen Concert performance piece: Alberto Ginastera, &nbsp;1916-1983. Danzas Argentinas: I. Danza del Viejo Boyero; II. Danza de la Moza Donoza; III. Danza del Gaucho Matrero Second Place in the Piano Competition was awarded to Saomai Nguyen, a junior at Hall High School in West Hartford. Saomai is both a pianist and clarinetist. &nbsp;She has studied piano with Tamila Azadaliyeva at The Hartt School Community Division (HCD) since the third grade and clarinet with Dawn Matthews since fifth grade. Last year she also joined Curt Blood&rsquo;s clarinet studio. Saomai has placed multiple times in the CSMTA Select Student and Audrey Thayer piano competitions. &nbsp;She has also performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. With clarinet, Saomai has been active in honors ensembles such as the CMEA northern Regional and All-State bands and orchestras. &nbsp;This year she will participate in the NAFME All-Eastern festival. At the MCH Winners Concert, Saomai will perform Alberto Ginastera&rsquo;s Danzas Argentinas. 3rd Place winner Rachel Li Concert performance piece: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827. Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: I. Allegro. Third Place in the Piano Competition was won by Rachel Li, an &ldquo;A+&rdquo; sophomore at Brookfield High School. Rachel started piano lessons with Felicia Zhang, then became a pupil of Margarita Nuller in 2013. &nbsp;By age 12, Rachel passed the Royal Conservatory Achievement Program level 7 and 8 for both piano performance and music theory with Excellence Awards. &nbsp;In 2014, she won 1st Place in the 7th grade section of the 35th Audrey Thayer Piano Competition, and in 2015, Rachel was awarded 1st Place in the Elementary/Middle School section of the 38th Renee Fisher Piano Competition. &nbsp;She also attended the MNTA junior piano competition, and was awarded 3rd place in the Connecticut state competition. &nbsp;Rachel will be performing Ludwig van Beethoven&rsquo;s Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: I. Allegro at the MCH Winners Concert. Honorable Mentions were awarded to : Caroline Ma, Miss Porter&rsquo;s School, Farmington, CT, Grade 10, Teacher: Margreet Francis, Hartt Community Division Noah Yoon, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT, Grade 11, Teacher: Malgosia Lis, Hartt Community Division)

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2017 Musical Club of Hartford Evelyn Bonar Storrs High School Piano Competition

Musical Club of Hartford 2017 High School Music Competition Strings Division January 8, 2017 First Place - Strings Kayla Bryan, Guilford Connecticut - Violin Kayla&nbsp;Bryan is a junior at Guilford High School, and a violin student of Donna Agai at the Hartt School Community Division. She is a member of the Connecticut Youth Symphony where she won the 2016 Concerto Competition. She was also the recipient of awards in the Hamden Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and the David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar Concerto Competition. She attended the Preludio program at Ithaca College in 2015 and the Greenwood Chamber Music Camp this past summer. Kayla took part in the Hartt Honors Recitals from 2012-2016, receiving the Senior Honors Recital Underclassman Award in 2016. Audition pieces: Partita No. 3 in E Major, 3rd Movement (Gavotte en Rondeau) - J. S. Bach (1685-1750) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Baal Shem: II Nigun, Adagio non Troppo - Ernest Bloch (1880-?)&nbsp; Accompanist: Frank Viola Second Place - Strings Matthew Hill, West Hartford Connecticut - ViolinMatthew Hill is a freshman at Conard High School in West Hartford. He studies violin with Teri Einfeldt at the Hartt School Community Division, is Concertmaster of the Opus 89 Orchestra, and an active chamber musician. He is a newer member of I Giovanni Solisti string orchestra in the West Hartford Public Schools, and was the featured soloist with Northwinds Symphonic Band on Long Island in November 2016. He performed in the Junior Honors Recital at Hartt for the past three years, was Concertmaster of the 2016 Northern Regional Middle School Orchestra, and will be a member of the Northern Regional High School Orchestra in 2017. Audition pieces: Praeludium and Alle a Connecticut representativegro in the Style of Pagnani - Fritz Kreisler (1875-?) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Preludio) - J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Accompanist: Frank Viola Third Place - Strings Abigail Sunde, West Hartford - Violin Abigail Sunde is a ninth grader at Miss Porter&#39;s School in Farmington. She studies violin with Teri Einfeldt and has studied piano with Malgosia Lis since age 4 at the Hartt School Community Division. She participates in chamber music, orchestra, and currently the Connecticut Youth Orchestra. Since age 9, she has performed in the international&nbsp; biennial orchestra and masterclasses for violin and piano through the Suzuki Association Americas. Abigail participated in middle school regional competitions, and was a Connecticut representative for the Music Teachers National Association Junior Strings Division. Audition pieces: Sonata No. 1in G minor - J. S. Bach (1685-1750) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pagnani - Fritz Kreisler (1880-?) Accompanist: Frank Viola Honorable Mention - Strings Sofia Gilchenok (Viola), Columbia, is homeschooled, Grade 9, and studies with Hsin-Yun Huang and Molly Carr in the Juilliard School Pre-College Program. Lillian Yim (Cello) is a freshman at Farmington High School, and&nbsp;a student of Katie Kennedy. Elliott Davis (Violin) is a sophomore at Avon High School, and studies with Annie Trepanier at the Hartt School Community Division. &nbsp;

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2017 Musical Club of Hartford High School Strings Competition

1st Place winner: Hazel Wang Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Pierre Sancan, 1946,&nbsp;Sonata for flute and piano, (9:03)Accompanist: Gaylien Chun<div><div>The First Place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford&rsquo;s High School Winds Competition&nbsp;was Hazel Wang, a sophomore at the Ethel Walker School, in Simsbury, Ct.</div><div>In China, Hazel studied with&nbsp;Daming Zhang, Bile Zhang, Jeffrey Khaner. In CT she&nbsp;studied with&nbsp;Gonzalo Cortes, and currently studies with Minta White.&nbsp; In her native China, she has won the CCTV National Talent Competition twice, won 2nd prize in the China Flute Association Competitions twice, and won first prize in the International Orchestra Competition in Singapore. She also participated in master classes with the principal flutists of the Singapore Symphony, as well as the China National Symphony. Here in Connecticut,&nbsp;Hazel has been accepted by audition into the Northern Region Orchestra for the past 3 years, as well as being principal flute in CT All State Band last year.</div></div><div> 2nd Place winner: Seohyun Hong Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Eldin Burton, 1948.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sonatina for flute and Piano, mvt II, Andantino Sognando, (2:30) and mvt. III, &nbsp;Allegro giacoso. (3:00)</div><div>Accompanist: Adrienne Greenbaum</div>&nbsp;<div>The Second Place winner in the Winds Competition was Seohyun Hong, a junior at Staples High School in Westport, CT. &nbsp;</div>&nbsp;<div>She studies with Adrienne Greenbaum. &nbsp;In the past 2 years, she has been accepted into the CT Western Region Band and Orchestra and CT All State Band. &nbsp;Seohyun won the American&nbsp;Chamber Orchestra&rsquo;s Concerto competition in 2016, and performed with them as soloist. &nbsp;She has been performing with the Norwalk Youth Symphony Orchestra for 8 years, being Principal flute in 2013, Assistant 2nd Flute and Piccolo , 2014/15, and 2nd Principal Flute in 2016.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd Place winner:</div><div>Yoseph Kim Concert performance piece:&nbsp;A. Messager, 1899.&nbsp;Solo de Concours</div><div>Accompanist: Gaylien Chun&nbsp;</div>&nbsp;<div>The Third Place winner in the Winds Competition was&nbsp;Joseph Kim, a senior at the Hopkins School in New Haven. &nbsp;</div>&nbsp;<div>He studies with Julie Levine at the Neighborhood School.&nbsp;Joseph has participated in the Hopkins School Orchestra for the past 5 years, and has been Principal clarinet for 3 years. He has also participated in the Neighborhood Music Youth School Orchestra, as well as the NMS Wind Quarter for the past 4 years. Joseph was selected by audition for the Southern Region Orchestra for 4 years, and participated in Ct All State in 2011, and in 2010 as Principal Clarinet of the Band. He plans to continue studying clarinet in college, and possibly be an engineering major.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mention&nbsp;was awarded to: Saomai Nguyen, a junior at Hall High School in West Hartford, CT. &nbsp;Teachers: Dawn Matthews and Curt Blood</div><div>(She was also the 2nd Prize Winner in the Piano Competition this year!)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Judges: Mr. Steve Zimmerman, and Ms Rhonda Larson</div>

Winners and Honorable Mentions for the 2017 Musical Club of Hartford High School Winds Competition

Scholarship Application Requirements:<ul><li>A completed <a href="http://www.members.tripod.com/musicalclub/Storrs_Application.htm" target="_blank">Application Form</a></li><li>A CD or DVD, approximately 15 minutes long, with two contrasting works. Label CD/DVD with your name and the year it was made, and include a list of its contents. No emailed audio or digital files will be accepted. Make sure that your CD or DVD is playable in a CD or DVD player.</li><li>A letter of recommendation from your current piano teacher.</li><li>An essay of 300 words or fewer on your goals, short- and long-term, and why you are requesting financial assistance.</li><li>A list of repertoire performed in the past two years only.</li></ul>All application materials are mandatory. They should be sent to Storrs Committee Co-Chair Colette Switaj,&nbsp;36 Goodale Dr, Newington, CT 06111, e-mail: musicswing&lt;at&gt;hotmail.com.Teacher recommendations may be sent in the form of an e-mail but all other materials should be sent via regular mail. Deadline for receipt of materials is April 1, 2017.Funds are limited and available to &ldquo;talented and advanced students of the piano,&rdquo; ages 18-30, who have had traditional, classical training. Preference will be given to college students living or studying in Connecticut. Recipients will be selected by the Storrs Committee after consideration of the submitted material.&nbsp;

Evelyn Bonar Storrs Piano Scholarship Fund Scholarship Application Requirements

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Musical Club of Hartford 2016-2017 Season

<div class="heading2" id="mainContent">The concert with the first, second and third place winners took place on Sunday, January 20, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford<a id="top" name="top"></a>Click on the following to find names and brief biographies of the winners<a href="#piano">piano</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#winds">winds</a> - <a href="#vocal"> voice</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition WinnersFirst Place, Piano The first place winner in piano is Alicia Wang, a high school sophomore at Taft High School in Watertown, CT, and piano student of Edith G. Sullivan. She has won numerous other piano competitions, among them several annual Special Awards Competitions sponsored by the Schubert Club of Fairfield County, several prizes in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition in Hartford, and concerto competitions sponsored by the Danbury Symphony Orchestra. In addition to playing the piano, she plays the saxophone in her school band, jazz band, and jazz ensemble. At the Concert on Jan. 20 Alicia will perform Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31, by Chopin. 2nd Place Piano Second place was awarded to Richard Huffman, a junior and honors student at Newtown High School and student of Margarita Nuller. Richard has also won many competitions, including the Danbury Symphony Orchestra Student Concerto Competition, and the Renee Fisher Piano Competition, the Connecticut State Music Teachers Association, and Western Connecticut Chapter&rsquo;s piano competition. In 2009 Richard was selected to play at Carnegie Hall as part of the American Fine Arts Festival, and in 2010 he was awarded for his playing at the University of Rhode Island Piano Extravaganza. In addition to playing piano, Richard is a competitive swimmer and has won many medals at the Connecticut state championship level. He is also a talented artist whose works were chosen for the permanent collection at Newtown Middle School. He plans to study science and music in college. At the concert Richard will perform Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885 (WTC, Book 2, No. 16) by Johann Sebastian Bach.3rd Place Piano Third place in piano was won by Ann Wang (not related to Alicia Wang), a homeschooled junior from Windsor, CT, who studies piano with Leana Reisman at the Hartt Community Division. She performs in Mrs. Reisman&rsquo;s biannual studio recital and has also performed in the 2011-2012 Piano Department Honors Recital at the Hartt Community Division. At the Winners Concert she will perform Beethoven&rsquo;s Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique). I. Grave; Allegro molto e con brio.Honorable Mention Piano Two Honorable Mentions were awarded in piano, to Kevin Xiao of South Windsor High School, a student of Margreet Francis at Hartt, and Jane Yu, a senior at Hall High School in West Hartford, and student of Sima Brodsky, Hartt Community Division.<a href="#top">top</a><a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition WinnersFirst Place was won by Katie Zhou, violin, an eleventh grader from Westport, CT, who studies with Asya Meshberg. Katie will be playing BaalShem, No 2: Nigun by Ernest Bloch at the concert on January 20. Katie has played in the Norwalk Youth Symphony, and is concertmaster of the Principal Orchestra. She is a winner of the American Chamber Orchestra Concerto competition and performed the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the American Chamber Orchestra last June.Second Place went to Daniel Giebisch, cello, a tenth grader from Woodbridge, CT, who studies with Clara Kim at the Juilliard School of Music, Precollege Division. Daniel will be playing the Cello Suite #4 in E flat Major, Prelude. Daniel was recently a finalist in the 2012 Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Montreux Switzerland. He has been principle cellist of the Juilliard Pre-College Symphony Orchestra for three semesters and has won numerous competitions, including the 2012 American Protege International Music Competition, and the 2011 JC Music-Yale School of Music Competition.Third Place was awarded to Raphael Boden, cello, an eleventh grader from West Hartford, CT, who studies with Eric Dahlin. Raffi will be playing the Suite for Solo Cello, Third movement: Intermezzo e Danza, Finale by Cassado. Raffi is a member of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and is the principal cellist of the Connecticut Youth Symphony and the Connecticut All-State Orchestra for 2012. He has been a finalist in the Hartford Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition and has been chosen to play in the Hartt School Community Division Senior Honors Recital.Honorable Mention:Honorable Mention was awarded to Tiana Piscatelli, violin, a high school senior, who studies with Teri Einfeldt.<a href="#top">top</a><a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Voice Competition WinnersFirst Place in the Vocal Competition was awarded to Dylan Fabas, baritone, a senior at East Catholic High School in Manchester. Dylan has had leading roles in seven shows during high school, most recently in East Catholic&rsquo;s production of Spoon River Anthology. Also member of Regional and All-State Choruses, and of six choirs at East Catholic, including being featured soloist in the Liturgical Choir, Student Leader in Men&rsquo;s Choir, and a member of the East Catholic Choral Ensemble. He is a recipient of the Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellowship through the Bushnell. Dylan studies voice with Jason Stammen. At the Winners Concert he will sing Aus den ostlichen Rosen, Op. 25, by Robert Schumann, and Weep You No More by Roger Quitter.Second Place was awarded to tenor Darian Sanders, a senior at Kent School and student of Margaret O&rsquo;Brien. Dylan has been a soloist in his church choir since childhood. At school, he is president of three choirs as well as president of school chapter of the Tri-M Music Honors Society. He has performed at various churches throughout his life, with the Connecticut Northern Regional choir, and for a Japan benefit concert after the tsunami disaster. He also performs in jazz concerts at school. At the Winners Concert Dylan will sing Già il Sole dal Gange by Scarlatti, and The Sky Above the Roof by Ralph Vaughan Williams.Third Place was awarded to soprano Yena Kang, a senior at Farmington High School and student of Leslie Imse. Yena is Vice President of the Tri-M National Music Honor Society at her school and has been selected for All-State Choir, All-Eastern Choir and Northern Region Choir. Also an accomplished cellist, Yena has been a finalist for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and has been selected for the CMEA All-State Orchestra and Northern Region Orchestra. She currently plays in the Connecticut Youth Symphony and has participated in summer music programs at Luzerne Music Center and Music Adventure in Italy. At the Winners Concert Yena will sing sing Apres un reve by Gabriel Faure and Per la Gloria d&rsquo;adorarvi by Giovanni Bononcini.Honorable Mention was awarded to Sarah Welch, a homeschooled junior from Bristol, who studies voice with Dr. Brenda Keen.<a href="#top">top</a><a id="winds" name="winds"></a>Winds Competition WinnersFirst prize was awarded to Lara Balikci, flute, is a sophomore at Greenwich High School, where she plays in the Honors Wind Ensemble, as well as the Flute Ensemble, and is principal flute of the Norwalk Youth Symphony Chamber Ensemble. She studies flute with Linda Chesis of the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College program. Lara is a four-time blue ribbon, and one-time red ribbon winner in the New York Flute Club Young Artists Competition, and won 1st place in the Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Spring Festival. At the concert she will perform Concerto for Flute &amp; Piano by Otar Gordeli.Kaitlin Pet, oboe, a senior at Glastonbury High School, won Second Prize in the Winds Competition. Kaitlin plays principal oboe with the Symphonic Band, and has performed with the pit orchestra. She currently studies with Richard Dallessio of the Juilliard Pre-College program in NYC, and performs with the Juilliard Pre-College Symphony. She has also studied with Marilyn Krentzman and Yousun Chung. She has played with the Connecticut Youth Symphony as principal oboe and English horn, as well as with the Greater Hartford Youth Symphony, and Boston Uniiversity&#39;s Tanglewood Institute. Kaitlin is the winner of the U.S. Coast Guard Band&#39;s 2012 Young Artist Solo Competition. She plans tp pursue a dual degree is music performance and biology in college. At the concert she will perform Oboe Concerto in A minor, movement 1, Rondo Pastorale, by Ralph Vaughan Williams.The third place winner was Sarah Mosure, trombone, a senior at Cromwell High School, where she performs with her school Concert Band and Jazz Band, as well as the pit orchestra. She is the principal trombone of the Connecticut Youth Symphony, and also participated in the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble. Sarah has participated in the Connecticut Music Educators Northern Region Orchestra for High School and Middle School, as well as the Connecticut All State and All New England Orchestras. At the concert she will perform Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, moderato assai ma molto maestoso, by Launy Grondahl.Honorable Mention: Caroline Valenti, clarinetist from New Fairfield, Grade 11, received Honorable Mention.&nbsp;</div>

Winners of the 2013 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

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<div class="heading2" id="mainContent">The first, second and third place winners performed in a free concert on Sunday, January 22, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.Click on the following to find names and brief biographies of the winners<a href="#piano">piano</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#winds">winds</a> - <a href="#vocal"> voice</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition WinnersFirst Place, PianoAna Pan, Burlington. Ana Pan, a homeschooled sophomore, studies piano with Margreet Francis at the Hartt School of Music Community Division.&nbsp; She has won prizes in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition and was chosen for the Hartt Community Division&#39;s Piano Honors Recital from 2008-2011.&nbsp; In 2009, she received first prize and best performance for a Commissioned Work at the Renee B. Fisher Competition/Elementary and Middle School Division, and was also selected for a recital appearance at the Hartford Chapter CSMTA Select Students Competition.&nbsp; She won second prize in the 1st International Chopin Competition in Hartford, Category B, in 2010, and third prize in the CSMTA Concerto Competition in 2011.&nbsp; She is a regular pianist at Covenant of Grace Church and Chinese Baptist Church. Concert Piece:&nbsp; Franz Liszt (1811-1886).&nbsp; Trois Études de Concert, S. 144: No. 3 in D-flat &quot;Un Sospiro&quot; 2nd Place, Piano Meredith Keen, West Hartford. Meredith began her piano studies in 2006 with Pih-Shung Shi at the Hartt School of Music Community Division. Since 2007 she has studied with Margreet Francis. In 2008, Meredith competed and was accepted to perform in the Select Student Piano Competition. In 2009 and 2010 she placed second and received honorable mention, respectively, in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition. Meredith was a finalist in the Bob Jones University Fine Arts Fall Festival Piano Competition in 2009 and 2011. In 2009 and 2010 she was accepted and performed in the Piano Honors Recital of the Hartt School of Music. In 2011, Meredith was Honorable Mention in the Musical Club of Hartford Piano Competition. She provides music regularly as a musician in her church. Meredith is homeschooled in West Hartford. Concert Piece: Claude Debussy (1862-1918).&nbsp; Préludes, Book 2: V. Bruyères (Moors)3rd Place, Piano Conan Xiao, South Windsor. Conan Xiao is currently a junior in South Windsor High School.&nbsp; He has been a piano student of Margreet Francis at the Hartt School Community Division for seven years and was selected into the Hartt Piano Honors Recital for the past four years, receiving the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship in 2011.&nbsp; He is a first year student in the Performer&#39;s Certificate Program.&nbsp; Conan has won prizes in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition and received Honorable Mention in the 1st Hartford Chopin International Piano Competition in 2010. He is a pianist for church services at the Chinese Baptist Church of Greater Hartford. His concert piece will be Frédéric Chopin, Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20.Honorable Mention Piano: Nicole Kogan, grade 10, New Haven, Hopkins School; Teacher: Erika chroth Stephen Nieh, grade 9, Mansfield, E.O. Smith High School; Teacher: Melinda Fields Elaine Yao, grade 11, Farmington High School; Teacher:&nbsp; Malgosia Lis<a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition Winners1st Place: Anastasia Dolak, violin, New Fairfield. Anastasia is a senior at New Fairfield High School and studies with Lucie Robert at the Manhattan school of Music Pre-College division. &nbsp;She was the winner of the 2010 Constance Mensch Concerto Competition and of the 2011 Danbury Symphony Orchestra&#39;s Concerto Competition, and will perform with the Danbury Symphony in Ives Concert Hall on January 29, 2012. &nbsp;Ana has been invited to perform in master classes in chamber music with Peter Wiley and Ani Kafavian. &nbsp;She has participated in the Music Alp Festival in Courchevel, and in the International Music Academy in the Czech Republic. &nbsp;She has performed in Carnegie Hall, &nbsp;Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, and Avery Fisher Hall. &nbsp;Ana also donates her time performing at hospitals, churches, and senior centers. Her concert Piece will be&nbsp;Edouard Lalo, 1823-1892: Symphonie Espanole, Opus 21, Allegro non troppo, accompanied by Jiaxin Tian.2nd Place: Gunnar Moll, violin, Farmington, CT. Gunnar is a senior at Farmington High School and studies at the Hartt School with Teri Einfeldt. &nbsp;He has won the Connecticut Youth Symphony concerto competition and will be performing Bruch&#39;s Scottish Fantasy with the orchestra in the fall of 2012. &nbsp;He also received the Abraham Huang Memorial Scholarship for best performance, and his trio, in which he is violist, &nbsp;won the grand prize in the Rayburn Chamber Music Competition.&nbsp;Gunnar is also an avid composer and debuted one of his works for violin and orchestra, Havanaise-Tarantelle, with the Vintage 21 Chamber Orchestra. &nbsp;In addition, Gunnar is a state-finalist on the Farmington High School varsity track team. For the concert he will play Antonio Dvorak, Concerto in a minor, Opus 53, Allegro ma non troppo, accompanied by Frank Viola.3rd Place: Jay Kim, violin, Bloomfield, CT. Jay is a senior at the Loomis Chaffee School and studies with Mickey Reisman. He has been concertmaster of the American Festival of the Arts Orchestra and the Houston Region #23 orchestra, and winner of the Houston Youth Symphony competition.&nbsp;In 2011, He was awarded a full scholarship to the Interlochen Summer Music Camp. He has also been a member of the Tanglewood Music Institute. &nbsp;For the concert he will perform: Henri Vieuxtemps Concerto #5 in a minor, Opus 37, Adagio, Allegro con Fuoco, accompanied by Gay Chun.Honorable Mention:Jasper Han, Grade 11, Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, student of Salley Koo.Katie Zhou, Grade 10, Staples High School., Westport, who studies with Asya Meshberg.<a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Voice Competition Winners1st Place: Erin Aldrich, soprano of Windsor Locks. Erin, a high school senior at Hartford Christian Academy in West Hartford, sings in her high school choir, and with a small ladies ensemble that won first place at the regional level of the American Association of Christian Schools Fine Arts Competition for three years. In the same competition Erin won third place at the regional level and second place at the state level in vocal solo. She studies voice with&nbsp; Sylvia Aldrich. At the concert she will sing Vedrai, Carino&nbsp; from Don Giovanni&nbsp; by W.A. Mozart2nd Place: Everett Davis, baritone, of Avon. Everett, a senior at Avon High School (AHS), plans to major in vocal music at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee.&nbsp; Everett is a member of the AHS Chamber Choir and Men&rsquo;s Choir, and will sing with the Regional Honor Choir this year.&nbsp;He has performed principle roles in South Pacific, Bye, Bye Birdie, and Damn Yankees at AHS, and also enjoys playing the cello. His teacher is Craig Hart. At the concert he will sing The Jolly Roger &nbsp;by R. Ritchie Robertson.3rd Place: Meredith Keen, mezzo-soprano, West Hartford, CT. Note that Meredith also won 2nd prize in the Piano Division! Meredith, who studies voice with her mother, Dr. Brenda Keen, began singing in 6th grade with the Connecticut Children&rsquo;s Choir and has performed with them throughout Germany and Austria. In 2006 she joined the newly formed New England Girls&rsquo; Choir and has sung with them for the past six years. She has performed in the historic Williamsburg Candlelight Concert Series. She has also sung in Notre Dame and La Madeleine in Paris, France, as well as a dedicatory concert at the U.S. Memorial on Normandy Beach, France. In 2010 she performed a solo in St Patrick&rsquo;s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. In 2011 Meredith received second place at Bob Jones University High-School Fall Festival in Greenville, South Carolina. A senior, Meredith, plans to attend Bob Jones University next year as a cello performance major. For the concert she will perform Mozart&#39;s Non so più cosa son.Honorable Mention: Courtney Llinares, soprano, North Haven, CT<a id="winds" name="winds"></a>Winds Competition Winners1st Place winner: Jessica Hyde, flute. &nbsp;Jessica is a junior at E.O.Smith HS in Storrs, where she plays principal flute with her school band, as well as the EO Smith Community Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra. &nbsp;She studies flute with Greig Shearer. She was chosen as principal flute for the CT Music Educators&#39;s Eastern Region Band for the past 3 years, and has participated one year in the CT All State Festival.&nbsp;She was a 2nd Place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s 2011 competition, as well as a 2nd Place winner in the Edward Gerry Wind prize in the Windham Regional Arts Council competition. &nbsp;She has performed with the UCONN Treblemakers, Hartt Honors Recitals, and the Quinnebaug Valley Music Festival. She performs regularly at nursing and retirement homes. For the concert she will perform: Carmen Fantaisie by Francois Borne, accompanied by Gay Chun.2nd Place winner: Alexander Roehl, clarinet. Alex is a senior at New Fairfield HS, where he plays principal clarinet with his wind ensemble and marching band. He studies clarinet with Theresa Dolak.&nbsp;Alex was the 3rd Place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s 2011 competition, as well as a two-time finalist in the Danbury Symphony Concerto competition. &nbsp;He was chosen as principal clarinetist for the CT Music Educator&#39;s Western Region Orchestra , and the Western CT Youth Orchestra for two years, and has played in one CT All State Orchestra. He has participated in NYC Opera pre-professional workshops in Lincoln Center, and was given a scholarship to study at Ithaca College Summer Music Academy. At the concert he will perform&nbsp;Concerto #1 in f minor, opus 73, mvt 1, Allegro moderato, by Carl Maria von Weber, accompanied by Margarita Nuller.3rd place winner: Mary Pearce, oboe, Avon, CT. Mary is a senior at Avon HS, where she plays with her school wind ensemble and pit orchestra. She studies oboe with Anita Wilson. Mary is co-principal of the CT Youth Symphony, and has participated in the CT Music Educators Northern Region Orchestra for four years, as well as two years in the CT All-State Festival. Mary also participated in the All New England Band last year, and is principal oboe in the orchestra this year.&nbsp;She has participated in the Hartt Honors Woodwind Quartet, and also is a performing musician at St Ann&#39;s Church. For the concert she will perform Allegro from&nbsp;Quartet in F Major, K.370, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, accompanied by Rebecca Fishman.Honorable Mention:&nbsp;Tyler Van Kirk, flute. &nbsp;Canton, Grade 12, &nbsp;Canton High School. Teacher: Bridget Gilchrist&nbsp;</div>

Winners of the 2012 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

<div class="heading2" id="mainContent">The concert with the first, second and third place winners took place on Sunday, January 19, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.<a id="top" name="top"></a>Click on the following to find names and brief biographies of the winners<a href="#piano">piano</a> - <a href="#strings">strings</a> - <a href="#winds">winds</a> - <a href="#vocal"> voice</a><a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition WinnersFirst Place, Piano First Place in the Piano Competition was awarded to Justin He, an eleventh grade student at Windsor High School who studies piano with Tamila Azadaliyeva at The Hartt School Community Division. He won the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship twice, the Watson Morrison Scholarship from The Hartt School, is a three-time 1st prize winner and four-time 2nd prize winner at the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition, and won 1st place at the Crescendo International Competition, performing a winner&rsquo;s recital in Carnegie Hall. Justin also plays violin and was accepted into the Connecticut Northern Regional Festival. He also has played for his school Jazz Band and Orchestra. At the Winners Concert Justin will play Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254 by Franz Liszt. Second Place Piano The Second Place winner in the Piano Competition was Samuel Wiseman, a senior at Kingswood Oxford School who studies with Sima Brodsky at The Hartt School Community Division and previously studied with Carolyn Halsted and Peter Mattaliano. He has been a concerto soloist with the Kingswood Orchestra and with the West Hartford Symphony, a chamber music performer at Kinhaven Music School, and a participant in a master class with Edward Cumming and Boaz Sharon. Samuel has been selected for the Honors Recital at The Hartt School Community Division for the past two years and is in their Performance Class. He is also a serious violin student, performing as concertmaster of the Kingswood Orchestra and as well as having been selected for All State. Samuel plans to continue studying music in college. His concert performance piece on January 19 will be: Johannes Brahms&#39; Four piano pieces, Op. 19: No. 4, Rhapsody in E-flat Major Third Place Piano Third Place was won by Madeleine Jansson, a junior at Greenwich Academy who has studied piano for 9 years, currently under the tutelage of Yoshie Akimoto. She has performed at Carnegie Hall&rsquo;s Weill Recital Hall, Steinway Halls of Westport and New York City, and Klavierhaus Recital Hall in NYC. In 2013, Madeleine was named first prize winner of the Fairfield County Schubert Club&rsquo;s Senior Bach competition, and attended the Foulger International Musical Festival that summer. Her Concert performance piece: Serge Prokofiev&#39;s Visions fugitives, Op. 22: I. Lentamente; XI. Con vivacità; XIV. Feroce. Honorable Mention Piano Three Honorable Mentions were awarded: to Dax Brockington, Enrico Fermi High School, Enfield, Grade 10, Teacher: Margreet Francis, The Hartt School Community Division; also to Ly Dang, a junior at Conard High School, West Hartford, and student of Malgosia Lis, at The Hartt School Community Division; and also to Angela Luo, piano, a sophomore at South Windsor High School, who studies with Sima Brodsky, at The Hartt School Community Division.<a href="#top">top</a><a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition WinnersFirst Place Strings First Place in Strings was awarded to Emily Azzarito, Cello, a junior at the New Canaan High School in New Canaan who studies with Lois Errante. Emily won both the American Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition of 2012 and the Eastern Connecticut Youth Symphony Orchestra Victor Norman Concerto Competition of 2013. She is the principal cellist of the Norwalk Youth Symphony and performed with them in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and on tour throughout Spain. She was chosen to be principal cellist of the Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Regional and All State Orchestras in 2013. At the concert on January 19, she will perform Elgar&#39;s Cello Concerto in e minor, First Movement (Adagio).Second Place Strings Second Place was awarded to violist Dora DeCaprio, a homeschooled sophomore from Lebanon, who studies with Kevin Bishop on scholarship from the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts. Last year, as a freshman, Dora placed second for viola in the New England Music Festival Association Solo and Ensemble competition. She was also invited to join local musicians in playing the Faure Requiem at a memorial concert in honor of the Newtown shooting victims. At the concert on January 19, she will perform Franz Anton Hoffmeister&rsquo;s Concerto in D Major, AllegroThird Place Strings Third Place was won by Trent Ransom, violin, an honor student senior at Farmington High School who studies with Teri Einfeldt. He is a member of Farmington H.S. Symphony Strings, Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Band and also concertmaster of the Connecticut Youth Symphony for which he has been soloist. Last summer, Trent was a member of the Young Artists Orchestra of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. At the concert on January 19, Trent will be playing Sonata No 1 in g minor for solo violin, Adagio by Johann Sebastian Bach.<a href="#top">top</a><a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Voice Competition WinnersFirst Place Voice First Place was won by Nicholas Marmor, tenor, of Hamden. Nicholas started his music studies early, with cello lessons at age 4, and participated in ensembles at Neighborhood Music School, Norwalk Youth Symphony, and the Hopkins School. At age 7, he accepted into Trinity Choir of Men and Boys in New Haven, and still sings with them, now as a tenor. At age 11 and 12, he was cast as Amahl in the WCSU opera production of Amahl and the Night Visitors. In 9th grade, he participated in the CT All-State Choir, and also placed 2nd in the CT National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition, and placed 1st this past year, currently advancing to the Regional Competition. Last year, he also performed the role of Rolf in the Sound of Music. Recently, he competed in the Classical Singer Competition and have advanced to the next level of competition in San Antonio this coming May. At the Winners Concert he will perform Lake Isle of Innisfree by Ben Moore, and O del mio amato ben by Stefano Donaudy.Second Place Voice Second Place was awarded to Julia Brooks, soprano, home schooled junior from Windsor, CT. Julia studies voice with Dr. Brenda Keen. She has been a member of New England Girls Choir for the past three years and has been a featured soloist in group performances. She performs regularly in studio recitals and also enjoys sharing her voice as a soloist at her church. She also studies violin at the Hartt Community Division, with Liz Fay, and has participated in various ensembles there, including Vivace and Symphonia orchestra. At the Winners Concert she will sing Batti. Batti, (from Don Giovanni) and O Bell Masetto by Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, and also The Green Cornfield by Michael Head.Third Place Voice Third Place was given to Julia Orosz of Middlefield. Julia has participated in a number of festivals including the CMEA Southern Regional, CMEA All-State Chorus, and the New England Music Festival. She has also received special recognition award from the Shoreline Arts Alliance, including a mentorship with Patricia Schuman. In college plans to pursue a classical vocal major and participating in multiple performances. At the Winners Concert on January 19 she will sing Silent Noon by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Chanson D&#39;amour by Gabriel Faure.Honorable Mention Honorable Mention was awarded to Sarah Welch, a homeschooled high school senior from Bristol, who studies with Dr. Brenda Keen. Sarah sang with the New England Girls Choir from 2011-2013, was a finalist in the women&rsquo;s voice division of the High School Festival at Bob Jones University in November of 2013, and received honorable mention in the Musical Club of Hartford high school competition in January 2013. She sings with her church and also enjoys playing piano and violin. Sarah wishes to pursue an England major in college, combined with continued voice study.<a href="#top">top</a><a id="winds" name="winds"></a>Winds Competition WinnersFirst Place Winds First Place in the Winds division was won by oboist Amanda Samuel, a sophomore at East Granby High School, where she plays in the Concert Band. She studies oboe with Alison Wilson. Amanda is the principal oboist with Connecticut Youth Symphony, and was the principal oboist with the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble last year. She has participated in many State music festivals. At the concert on January 19, she will perform Poulenc&rsquo;s Sonata for Oboe, first movement, &ldquo;Elegie.&rdquo;Second Place Winds Second Place was won by Caroline Valenti, clarinet, a senior at New Fairfield High School, where she has been principal clarinet in the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Marching Band and Community Pit Orchestra for 4 years. She studies with Theresa Dolak. Caroline is principal clarinetist with the Connecticut Western Region Orchestra this year, and has also been chosen to the NAFME All-Eastern and All-National Honor Band. She is also 2nd clarinet in the Western Ct Youth Orchestra. She has participated in Ct Regional and All State festivals throughout high school. Caroline was last year&#39;s Honorable Mention in the Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s Competition. She is also president of the Tri-M Honor Society, and is a member of the National Honor Society, and performs at the local Senior citizen&#39;s center regularly. At the concert on January 19, she will perform Andre Messager&rsquo;s Solo de Concours.Third Place Winds Third Place winner was Divya Bana, flute, a senior at Simsbury High School and a student of Bridget Gilchrist. She has performed with all the school&rsquo;s bands and ensembles, and has also participated in the Connecticut Northern Regional Band and Orchestra. She has also participated in the American Society of Band Directors Festival Band for 4 years, and has been selected to the Ct Northern Region Honors Band and been soloist and principal flute for the Ct Northern Region Honors Flute Choir, as well. At the concert on January 19 she will perform a movement from Sonata for Flute and Piano by Robert Mols.Honorable Mention Winds Honorable Mention was awarded to Molli Eliza Carr, flute, a junior at Avon High School who studies with Michelle Davis.&nbsp;</div>

Winners of the 2014 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

High School Competition Winners Concert Jan 24, 2016The winners of the 40th Annual Musical Club of Hartford High School Scholarship Competition for Voice, Piano, Strings, Brass and Woodwinds performed at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, in West Hartford,The mission of the Musical Club of Hartford includes the goal of giving assistance to promising young artists. Now in its 125th year, the Club provides cash awards from its Gifts and Scholarships Fund to the winners of the annual High School Competition.The young musicians who place first, second and third in each category of the Musical Club of Hartford High School Scholarship competition each receive a cash prize and an invitation to perform in the Winners Concert at the end of January.The performers who enter the competition come from towns all across Connecticut and have studied with teachers in both music schools and private studios. Their accomplishments as they enter the competition are impressive. Some of them have studied another instrument, or voice, in addition to the instrument on which they are competing.&nbsp;String competition winners: 1st Place: Alexandra Fitzgerald of Brookfield, CT2nd Place Strings: Kayla Bryan of Guilford, CT3rd Place Strings: Cameron Chase of Stratford CT&nbsp;Strings Honorable Mention: Dora DeCaprio, of Lebanon, CT&nbsp;Winds Competition Winners:1st place: Nikki Pet, clarinet, of Glastonbury, CT2nd Place: Eric Hirsch, flute, of Weston, CT3rd Place: Katharine Jessen, of Winsted, CT &nbsp;&nbsp;Winds Honorable Mention: Grace Helmke, flute, South Windsor, CT &nbsp;Voice Competition Winners:First Place: Anneliese Lomas, soprano, of Weston, CTSecond Place: Gabriel Garcia, tenor, of Simsbury, CTThird Place: Maggie Walsh, soprano, of Stratford, CT&nbsp;Voice Honorable Mentions: Chris Jillson, bass, of Middletown, CTEmma Kyzivat, alto, of Simsbury, CT&nbsp;Piano Competition Winners:First Place: Dax Avery of Enfield, CTSecond Place: Stefanie Ma of East Hartford, CTThird Place: Leona Zhang of Simsbury, CT&nbsp;Piano Honorable Mentions: Caroline Ma of Unionville, CTKelly Zheng of Avon, CT&nbsp;2016 Musical Club of Hartford High School Competition &nbsp;Strings Competition Winners1st Place Strings: Alexandra Fitzgerald of Brookfield, will perform Romanian Dances 1,4,5,6 by Bela Bartok (1881-1945).Alexandra Fitzgerald, violin, is a sophomore at Brookfield High School, and a pupil of Mickey Reisman at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. During 2015, she was first violin in the Connecticut All-State Orchestra, a selected performer in the Charles Lang Masterclass, and a scholarship recipient in the DMS Chamber Music Intensive. Alexandra was a semi-finalist in the 2014 Mannes School of Music Pre-College Concerto Competition and soloist at the Southbury Fine Arts Festival.&nbsp;2nd Place Strings: Kayla Bryan, violin, of Guilford, Connecticut will play Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43 (Moderato and Allegro Vivace) by Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908).Kayln Bryan, violin, is a sophomore at Guilford High School, and a pupil of Donna Agai at the Hartt School community Division. She is concertmaster of the Connecticut Youth Symphony and the 2015-2016 Southern Regional Orchestra, and as a freshman, the Connecticut All-State Orchestra. She has performed in the Hartt Honors recitals. Kayla was a concerto competition winner in the David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar in 2014, and attended the Preludio program at Ithaca College in 2015.&nbsp;3rd Place Strings: Cameron Chase, violin, of Stratford Connecticutwill play Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, 1st Movement - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827).Cameron Chase, violin, is a sophomore, home schooled, and a pupil of Hyo Kang in the pre-college division at the Juilliard School. He is concertmaster of the Norwalk Youth Orchestra.During 2015, Cameron was an American Chamber Orchestra Competition winner and received Honorable Mention in theNorwalk Symphony Concerto Competition. 2014-2015 summer study included the Bowdoin International Festival and the Music Mountain Chamber program.&nbsp;Strings Honorable Mention: Dora DeCaprio, viola, is home schooled, grade 12, and lives in Lebanon&nbsp;2016 Musical Club of Hartford High School Competition&nbsp;VOICE COMPETITION WINNERSFirst Place: Anneliese Lomas, Soprano, of Weston. concert pièce: Sposa son disprezzata, by Antonio VivaldiAnneliese Lomas is a senior at Weston High School and is a student of Pamela Kuhn. During the summer of 2015, she took part in a master class with Lynn Eustis of Boston University. She has performed with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in the Boston University Tanglewood Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor. She is looking forward to pursuing a career in opera.&nbsp;Second Place: Gabriel Garcia, Tenor, of Simsburyconcert piece: Non t&#39;amo piu!, by Francesco Paolo TostiAccompanist: Robert James TomasuloGabriel Garcia is a senior at Simsbury High School where he is co-director of the men&#39;s acapella group &quot;Unaccompanied Minors&quot; and a member of the SHS Simsbury Singers. He is currently an Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellow at the Bushnell and received Honorable Mention in the 2015 Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s competition. He has been a member of several Regional and National Honor Choirs. Gabriel&#39;s on-stage performances have included Les Miserables, Beauty And The Beast, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. He studies voice with Joanne Scattergood Reeves and jazz piano at Hartt and plans to pursue a degree in vocal performance.&nbsp;Third Place: Maggie Walsh, Soprano, of Stratford, CT.concert piece: Als die late Mutter, by Antonin DvorakMaggie Walsh is a junior at Stratford High School where she is currently preparing the role of &quot;Nellie&quot; in Stratford High&#39;s production of South Pacific. She has appeared as the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music and as Miss Flannery in Thoroughly Modern Millie. She has been a cantor at her church and has sung for the Blue Star Mothers Memorial Day ceremony. She is a student of Allison Fay.&nbsp;Honorable Mention: Chris Jillson, Bass, student of Matthew Campisi, Xavier High School, Middletown&nbsp;Honorable Mention: Emma Kyzivat, Alto, student of Sarah Kohl Simsbury High School, Simsbury&nbsp;2016 Musical Club of Hartford High School CompetitionWinds Competition WinnersFirst Place: Nikki Pet, clarinet, of GlastonburyConcert performance piece: Claude Debussy, Premier Rhapsodie Accompanist: Mohamed ShamsThe First Place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford&rsquo;s Winds Competition was Nikki Pet, a senior at Glastonbury High School. &nbsp;She studies clarinet with Alan Kay of the Julliard Pre-College Program. &nbsp;Her most important performing experiences include: Puccini&rsquo;s Tosca, Brahms Symphony #3, Strauss&nbsp;Death and&nbsp;Transfiguration, and Mozart&rsquo;s Magic Flute with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Shostakovich Sixth Symphony No,.2 with the Julliard Pre College Symphony, &nbsp; Mahler Symphony #6 with the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artist Orchestra, and the Mozart Clarinet Quintet at Greenwood Music Camp in Cummington, Massachusetts last summer. Nikki received the top chamber prize in the 2015 International Grande Music Competition, and first prize in the chamber division of the January 2015 Korean Radio Broadcast Competition. &nbsp;2nd Place winner: Eric Hirsch, fluteConcert performance piece: Georges Hue - Fantaisie Accompanist: Marguerita NullerThe Second Place winner in the Winds Competition was Eric Hirsch, a junior at Weston High School. &nbsp;He studies with both Wendy Stern and Gary Shocker, both of New York.Eric is principal flute of his school Wind Ensemble, as well as the Norwalk Youth Symphony Principal Orchestra. &nbsp;He won first place in this year&rsquo;s Norwalk Concerto competition.He was a blue ribbon winner in the 2014 New York Flute Club Young Artists Competition, and was first runner-up in the Danbury Symphony Concerto Competition in 2015. &nbsp;He is a seasoned participant in the CT Music Educator&rsquo;s Association Regional and All-State Band/Orchestra Festivals.&nbsp;&nbsp;Eric regularly attends Gary Shocker masterclasses in New York, and has also&nbsp;attended the Tanglewood 2015 Summer Flute Institute, where he studied with Linda Toote.&nbsp;3rd Place Winner: Katharine Jessen, clarinetConcert performance piece: Johannes Brahms Second Sonata, Opus 120, No 2, Mvt. 1, Allegro Amabile&nbsp;Accompanist: Gay Chun&nbsp;The Third Place winner in the Winds Competition was Katharine Jessen, a junior at Northwest Catholic High School. She is a student of Alan Francis, and has also studied with Curt Blood. &nbsp;Katharine is principal clarinetist of the Connecticut Youth Symphony. &nbsp;For the past 2 years, she has been first chair in the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble, principal clarinet in the Northern Region Orchestra, and selected to play in the Honors Woodwind Recital at the Hartt School of Music Community Division. &nbsp;She participated in the Ct Music Educators All-State Festival in 2014 and 2015. &nbsp;This past summer, she played principal clarinet and e flat clarinet in the Prokofiev Fifth Symphony at the Luzerne Music Center in New York.&nbsp;Winds Honorable Mention:Grace Helmke, flute, is a freshman at South Windsor High School. She studies with Greig Shearer.&nbsp;Piano Competition Winners&nbsp;Dax Avery (1st Prize)Dax Avery is a 12th grader in Enfield, CT. He has been playing piano for eight years and he currently studies with Maggie Francis at The Hartt School. He has received several awards, including 1st place in the CSMTA Virtuoso Pianists competition in 2014; 3rd place in the same competition in 2013; and honorable mention in the Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s 2014 High School Piano Competition. Aside from his piano studies, Dax is an avid composer and has recently been selected as one of the winners of NAfME&#39;s Student Composers Competition. He hopes to study at The Hartt School, with a double major in piano and composition.&nbsp;His local newspaper is the Hartford Courant&nbsp;Piece for the Winner&#39;s Concert:&nbsp;Toccata op. 11, by Sergei Prokofiev.&nbsp;&nbsp;2nd place winner Stefanie MaStefanie Ma is a junior who attends the Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy in East Hartford, CT. She has been playing piano for ten years. Currently, she studies with Maggie Francis at The Hartt School. She has been selected to play for Hartt&#39;s Community Division&nbsp;Honors recital for the past four years. Last year, she won the Evelyn Bonar Storrs scholarship for the best performance by a high school student in 9th-11th grade. Stefanie also received 2nd place in 2015 Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s Piano competition. In addition, Stefanie has been playing bassoon for three years, and is a member of the Connecticut Youth Symphony .Piece for the Winner&#39;s Concert: Miroirs: Une Barque sur L&#39;Ocean, by Maurice Ravel.&nbsp;&nbsp;Leona Zhang (3rd prize)&nbsp;Leona Zhang is a sophomore at Westminster School in Simsbury. She currently studies under the direction of Tamila Azadaliyeva. Leona started playing piano at the age of 4. She has participated in many competitions, recitals and masterclasses. Leona has won 2nd place in the 2009 Kawai Piano Competition in Shanghai, and Gold Prize in the 2010 Shanghai Piano Competition.&nbsp;Piece for the Winner&#39;s Concert: Soiree de Vienne, op. 56; Concert Paraphrase on Johann Strauss&#39; Waltz-motives from Die Fledermaus,&nbsp;&nbsp;by Alfred Grunfeld.&nbsp;&nbsp;Piano Honorable Mentions: Caroline Ma lives in Unionville. She attends Miss Porters School, and studies piano with Maggie Francis at The Hartt School.Kelly Zheng lives in Avon. She is a sophomore at Avon High School, and studies piano with Sima Brodsky at The Hartt School.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Winners of the 2016 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

The&nbsp;Musical Club of Hartford held its annual High School&nbsp;Scholarship Competition in 2015. The concert with the first, second, and third place winners took place on Sunday, January 25, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford.Prizes were awarded in the following categories: <a href="#piano">Piano</a>, <a href="#strings">Strings</a>, <a href="#vocal">Voice</a>, and <a href="#winds">Winds</a>.<a id="piano" name="piano"></a>Piano Competition WinnersFirst Place in the Piano Competition was awarded to Yoshino Toi, a twelfth grade student at Hall High School in West Hartford, who studies piano with Malgosia Lis at The Hartt School Community Division (HCD). Yoshino was selected to perform in the HCD&rsquo;s Piano Department&rsquo;s Honors Recital from 2012 to 2014, and was also awarded the Watson Morrison Scholarship Award. She has won several competitions, including First Place in the Renée B. Fisher Piano Competition with the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work by Emily Cooley (2014), and First Place and Third Place respectively in the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition (2011, 2012) as well as in the Virtuoso Pianists Competition (2013, 2014). At the Winners Concert Yoshino will perform Frédéric Chopin&rsquo;s Grand Polonaise Brillante. The Second Place winner in the Piano Competition was Stefanie Ma, a tenth grade student at the Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy in East Hartford, who studies with Margreet Francis at The Hartt School Community Division (HCD). Stefanie has been playing piano for nine years. She was selected to play in the HCD Piano Department Honors Recital in each of the past three years, has received many Honorable Mentions in the Audrey Thayer Competition, and has placed Second and Third Place in the Virtuoso Piano Competition. Last year, she participated in HMTA contemporary festival last. Stefanie also plays bassoon in Philharmonia and has participated in the Connecticut Music Educators Association Northern Region Festival. Stefanie will perform Felix Mendelssohn&rsquo;s Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: No. 1 in E minor at the Winners Concert on January 25.Third Place was won by Wendy Zhan, an eleventh grade student at Amity Regional Senior High School in Woodbridge, CT. Wendy has been playing piano for eleven years and currently studies with Svitlana Fiorito. She was the Grand Prix winner of the Concert Festival International Solo Competition, the First Prize winner of the Chopin Competition, the Second Prize winner of the Bach Competition for the Fairfield (CT) Schubert Club Awards, and the winner of the Stamford Young Artist Showcase and of the Connecticut State Music Teachers Association Annual Winter Competition in 2014. She was also the winner of the Hamden Symphony Orchestra Young Musician Concerto Competition and a Third Prize recipient of the American Fine Arts Festival&rsquo;s Concerto Competition in 2013. Wendy has performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and in the Liszt Museum in Weimar, Germany. She will perform Maurice Ravel&rsquo;s Jeux d&rsquo;eau at the Winners Concert on January 25.Honorable Mention was awarded to Luke Wang, Ridgefield High School, Grade 10, Teacher: Edith G. Sullivan.&nbsp;<a id="strings" name="strings"></a>Strings Competition WinnersFirst Prize was awarded to Madison Howard, cello, a 9th grade student at Hopkins School in New Haven, CT, who studies with Caroline Stinson, Juilliard pre-college. She had recently won the American Chamber Orchestra Competition, the Concerto Competition of the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Arts Festival, and second prize in the Renee B Fisher Piano (yes, piano) Competition among other awards. At age 10, Madison joined Norwalk Youth Symphony, the youngest player ever in that orchestra. On January 25 she will perform Edward Elgar&#39;s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, first movement.Second Prize was won by violinist Cameron Chase, a 9th grade homeschooler from Stratford, CT, who studies with Regi Papa in New York City. Cameron is concertmaster of The Norwalk Youth Symphony Orchestra. His violin repertoire includes many of the great composers as well as acting in 6 (yes 6) Shakespeare plays. At the Winners Concert on January 25 he will perform Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26, first movement.Third Prize was awarded to violist Dora DeCaprio, a homeschooler from Lebanon, CT, who also won a prize in last year&rsquo;s Musical Club High School Competition. She was principal violist of the New England Festival Associations Concert Festival in 2014. At the concert on January 25, she will perform the first movement of Paul Hindemith Sonate for viola and piano, Op. 11.Honorable Mention was awarded to Kayla Bryan, violin, a ninth grader at Guilford High School in Guilford. Her violin teacher&rsquo;s name is Donna Ngai.Honorable Mention was also awarded to Kaila Piscitelli, cello, a senior at Conard High School in West Hartford. She studies with Mihae Tetel.&nbsp;<a id="vocal" name="vocal"></a>Voice Competition WinnersFirst Place was won by Maggie Kinabrew, a junior at Hall High School in West Hartford. Maggie has been singing since the age of seven. She was named a Merit Winner in voice by the YoungArts Foundation. In 2014 she won the Bel Canto voice scholarship through the Hartt School Vocal Honors Recital and a summer 2015 scholarship to the Westminster Choir College Vocal Institute. She has been a soloist in Hall High School&#39;s Pops&#39;n Jazz for the past two years and is a member of the Hall choral department. She has sung in the Connecticut Children&#39;s Chorus since 2005 and currently studies voice with Louise Fauteux. At the concert on January 25, Maggie will sing Stizzoso, mio stizzoso (from La Serva Padrona) by Giovanni Batista Pergolesi, and Sure on this shining night by Samuel Barber.Second Place was awarded to Ian Braverman of Simsbury, a junior at Simsbury High School. Ian has sung in several choirs including The Connecticut Men&#39;s Ensemble at The Hartt School Community Division for two years and CMEA Northern Regional Choir for four years. Since freshman year, Ian has participated in the Chorus Program at Simsbury High School, where he is presently in Chorale. In the Simsbury Summer Theatre performance of Carousel, he was cast as Enoch Snow, and has performed in all his middle and high school musicals. He is a member of Simsbury High School&#39;s Tri-M Music Honor Society, and is an auditor with the Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellowship at the Bushnell. Ian studies with Jason Stammen. At the Winners Concert on January 25, Ian will be singing The Vagabond by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Liebst du um Schönheit by Clara Schumann.Honorable Mention was awarded to Gabriel Garcia, a junior at Simsbury High School where he is co-director of the Men&#39;s A Capella group &quot;Unaccompanied Minors&quot; and a member of SHS Chorale. He was recently awarded an Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellowship at the Bushnell. He has been a member of several National Honor Choirs, including the 2014 OAKE National Chamber Ensemble which performed at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. Gabriel&#39;s on-stge and solo performances have included productions of Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast, and Grease. Gabriel studies Jazz Piano at Hartt School of Music and in the vocal studio of Jason Stammen. He hopes to pursue a degree and career in Vocal Performance.&nbsp;<a id="winds" name="winds"></a>Winds Competition WinnersFirst Prize was awarded to Emily Guersch, clarinet. Emily is a senior at Avon High School, where she has performed with the Wind Ensemble for one year, the Chamber Orchestra for two years, and the pit Orchestra for all the Musical Productions for three years, as well as the Tri-M Honors Music Society for three years. She studies with Curt Blood. Emily has participated in the CT Youth Symphony (in grades 11-12), and is currently principal clarinet. She also played in the CT Music Educators Northern Region Band and Orchestra (grades 10-12) as well as All-State Band and Orchestra (grades 10-12). Last summer she participated in a month-long Masterworks Festival Orchestra program in Lake Winona, Indiana. She plans to pursue clarinet performance in college. At the Winners Concert on January 25, she will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Clarinet K. 622, Allegro.Second Place was awarded to Christopher Grossack, flute, a senior at Simsbury High School. Chris has performed with his school&#39;s Wind Ensemble (grades 10-12) and in the Pit Orchestra for all the Musical Productions (grades 9-12), and has also been the conductor for the Pep Band (grade 12), and Tri -M Music Honor Society (grade 10-12). He studies currently with Greig Shearer, and formerly with Mary Matthews. Chris is a current member of the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble, and is principal flutist in the CT Youth Symphony, which performed with the Hartford Symphony for their 70th Anniversary opening night last year. He is also a member of the Hartt Performer&#39;s Certificate program. Chris participated in the CT Music Educators Northern Regional Festivals (grades 7-12), as well as the Honors Festival Band and Flute Choir, and the ASBDA Honors Band. He plans to pursue degrees in Flute Performance and Physics. At the concert on January 25, he will perform Fantasie Op. 60 by Gabriel Fauré.Honorable Mention was awarded to Angela Luo, flute, a junior at South Windsor High School, who also studies with Greig Shearer.

Winners of the 2015 Musical Club of Hartford Scholarship Competition

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New Website for the Musical Club

<a href="http://www.musical-club-of-hartford.org/125-anniv-announcement.pdf" target="_blank">View/download official flyer</a><h2>The Season:</h2><h3>Concerts</h3>New England Jazz Ensemble presents the premiere of a jazz interpretation of Prokofiev&rsquo;s <a href="http://musichartford.drupalgardens.com/content/new-england-jazz-ensembles-peter-and-wolf" target="_self">Peter and the Wolf</a> at Conard High School.Pianist Mariangelo Vacatello and her organist husband Adriano Falcioni will give a joint concert at St. John&rsquo;s Church.<h3>Musical Exploration</h3><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/musical-club-hartford-retrospective" target="_self">Musical Club history</a> will be on the program, including a film from the 1980&rsquo;s with interviews of and performances by of some past and present members. In another program we will also examine some promising dynamic teaching methods for music students of the future.<h3>Member Programs featuring autographed programs from the past</h3>Throughout the year, Musical Club member performances will welcome some famous visitors of the past, as seen through the programs they presented. Among them: Mme Schumann-Heink, Pablo Casals, Marian Anderson, Francis Poulenc &hellip; and others. See Events grid for details.The season begins Thursday, September 24, 2015 with an <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/musical-club-opening-program-and-reception" target="_self">Open House and Reception</a>. Ask your friends to join you! Free admission for all!&nbsp;

125th Anniversary Celebration 2015-2016

<div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">&quot;Who Can Retell?&quot; a Chanukah Oratorio, written and composed by Sylvia F. Goldstein, a long-time Musical Club member.</div><div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">Tune into WHC-TV, West Hartford Community Television, Cable Channel 5 [Comcast]</div><div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sunday, December 13, 2015. &nbsp;7:00 PM to 8: 30 p.m.</div><div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Part I, Tradition and Part II, Celebration</div><div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">This is a musical program for family entertainment. &nbsp;The history and celebration of Chanukah are brought to life with narration, song, dance, a procession of lights, a candle-lighting ceremony, and audience participation.</div><div dir="ltr" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11161">Performed and videotaped live at Beth El Temple in West Hartford, it has become a tradition to air this program annually on WCH-TV. &nbsp;For information on live streaming, see <a href="http://www.whctv.org/" id="defanged23-yui_3_16_0_1_1449165617644_11401" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.whctv.org</a></div>

Sylvia Goldstein's Chanukah Oratorio on WHC-TV, Sun, Dec 13, 7 p.m.

<h3>Musical Club of Hartford, Inc.&nbsp;High School Scholarship Competition Piano, Strings, Voice and Winds</h3>The Musical Club of Hartford offers annual music scholarships to high school students living or studying music in Connecticut.The winds, strings and voice scholarship prizes are awarded by the Musical Club Gifts and Scholarships Fund, which supports many other musical activities in the Hartford area.The Piano Competition is sponsored by the Musical Club&#39;s Evelyn Bonar Storrs Fund, set up by a bequest to provide funds for talented and advanced students of piano.Each year&#39;s competition is announced shortly after September 1. Please visit this page after that date for general information, application forms, and performance requirements for the next competition. We look forward to welcoming you then. If you wish to receive email notice of next year&#39;s competition, please send your email with &quot;hscompetition&quot; in the subject line to the Musical Club.Winners of past competitions:<a href="http://www.members.tripod.com/musicalclub/2015highschoolwinners.html" target="_blank">2015</a>, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002

High School Scholarship Competition

The Musical Club of Hartford offers scholarships to advanced piano students and hosts an annual high-school music competition.

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