2003-04 Major Accomplishments

June 2004 Graduate News
Our 9 graduates received 19 acceptances from major U.S. music colleges and conservatories. Six received major scholarships.

Eugenia Jeong, piano (Willard Schultz) will study with Nelita True at Eastman School of Music.
Brendan Greenstreet, clarinet, (Sean Osborn) will attend So. Illinois Univ.
Anne Moxon, piano, (Willard Schultz) will attend Oberlin Conservatory.
Munya Souaiaia, flute, (Bonnie Blanchard) will attend Barnard and Manhattan School of Music.
Jeffrey Lund, viola, (LeeAnn Morgan) will attend Brigham Young Univ.
Lisa Noguchi, violin, (Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi) will attend Univ. of WA to study with Ron Patterson.
Krystal Barghelame, composition/piano, (Sharon Van Valin) will attend Stanford Univ.
Maria Dance, violin, (Kent Coleman) will attend Shephard School of Music, Rice Univ.

April 22, 2004
Four Academy violinists performed with the Seattle Symphony in their Discover Music concert. Each student performed one of the 'Seasons' in Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
The Academy Chamber Orchestra performed in the Sam & Althea Stroum Lobby prior to the concert.
The Chamber Orchestra and other students performed on KING FM on the Classic Kid program with Marta Zekan.

April 13, 2004
Academy students in the Children's program (ages 5-10) performed before the three Seattle Symphony's Tiny Tots concerts.

March 2004
Sarah Pizzichemi 16, violin,
Was the only WA state young musicians who was selected to participate in the National Youth Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC this year. Sarah studies violin with Kent Coleman.

March 2004 & May 2004
Mikaela Holland, 12, violin,
was the performer in the Sherman Clay, Seattle, Noon Series, March 4, with piano collaborator, Dr. Marilyn Jacobson. Mikaela won the competition to perform the Saint Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso with the Bellevue Philharmonic on May 1st, 2004. Mikaela studied with Kent Coleman for 3 years, and is currently studying with Ron Patterson, Professor of Violin, Univ. WA. Mikaela has been with the Academy since age 9, in classes and chamber music ensembles. Her older brother, Lukas, 'cellist, is also a long-time Academy student, currently performing in chamber music ensembles.

Feb 2004
ANOTHER SWEEP BY KENT COLEMAN'S VIOLIN STUDENTS.
The 2004 Simon-Fiset String Competition was held February 10 at First Lutheran Church of Bothell. The adjudicator was Dr. Maria Sampen, String Department Head and Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Puget Sound. The Awards Recital featuring the first and second place winners of both the Simon-Fiset String Competition and the Simon-Fiset Piano Competition will be held Saturday, April 24 at 7:00 PM at Sherman Clay, Seattle.
Academy String Chair -Kent Coleman's winners are:Senior Division
First Place= Paige Kossuth, Second Place= Maria Dance, Third Place= Laura Choi
Junior Division:
First Place(tie)= Grace Choi, and Rachel Wong, Second Place= Noah Frank, Third Place= Jocelyn Chang
Elementary Division:
First Place= Leah Nelson (Winner of the Jean Kantner Memorial Trophy),
Second Place= Benji Bae, Third Place=Dillon Welch, Honorable Mention= Kyle Chang and Anna Song
Primary Division:
First Place= Jeffrey Lee

PIANO Academy Piano Chair Willard Schultz' Simon Fiset Winners are:
Grades 11-12 First = Anne Moxon
Grades 9-10 First = Jessica Huang. Third=Lindsey Nelson, Alternate First = Sang-Hee Min (Michiko Miyamoto's student),
Grade 5-6 Loran Olsen Award to Nancy Xiao (grade 5).

SNO-KING SOLO & ENSEMBLE, February 2004.
Claire Thompson, flute, won First Alternate.

Sherman Clay Seattle, Noon Series, February 12, 2004
Eugenia Jeong and Sang-Hee Min performed works by Mozart, Chopin, Copland, Bach, Beethoven, Liszt.

NW Chopin Festival Winners performed on February 7th.
There were 32 entrants. Awards were made only to Winners and Honorable Mentions; all seven of whom are Academy students.
Division A First: Michael Lee (Willard Schultz),
Division C First (tie): Sang-Hee Min (Michiko Miyamoto) and Joshua Pielemeier (Judy Baker); Honorable Mention: Jessica Huang (Willard Schultz)
Division D First: Eugenia Jeong (Willard Schultz), Honorable Mentions: Rebecca Jordan (Joan Schoepflin) and Nathaniel LaNasa (Ken Moses).

Eugenia Jeong, piano, teacher: Willard Schultz. January 2004.
Eugenia was chosen as one of 125 finalists, from 6,500 applicants, in the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, to receive a fully paid trip, while participating in the Arts Week in Miami. Eugenia finished in 2nd place, received a $1500 cash prize, and was invited to audition at The Juilliard School in March 2004.
More information about the Arts Week and the Presidential Scholars in the
Arts can be found in www.nfaa.org.

Rachel Wong, 12, violin (Kent Coleman) won First Alternate in the MTNA
Six State Regional Competition, January 2004.

Danielle Johnson, 15, violin (Kent Coleman) and Nathaniel LaNasa, 17, piano (Ken Moses), and the Academy Chamber Orchestra (Director Alan Futterman) performed on Classic Kid, KING FM (Marta Zekan) on January 10th, 2004.

Mikaela Holland, violin (Kent Coleman) performed her first major solo recital at the Hearthstone, Seattle, with accompanist Jennifer Bowman on January 4th 2004.

MTNA State Level Competition: Spokane, November, 2003
Winners were First: Eugenia Jeong, 2nd: Anne Moxon, both are
students of Piano Chair, Willard Schultz.

SYAMF Winners May 2003
Four of the six concerto winners were students of Academy Faculty, Kent Coleman, Willard Schultz, and David Tonkonogui:
Eugenia Jeong, Piano, Jun Yong Chung, Violin, Rachel Wong, Violin, Camden Shaw, Violoncello. The other two winners were Haemi Shin, Flute, and Jonathan Lo, Cello.

The only Festival Medal was awarded to Eugenia Jeong, piano (Willard Schultz).

Congratulations to all the winners and their teachers! Adjudication standards for the Festival were at the highest level seen in years, making these wins even more meaningful.

Graduates 2003:Marc Macauley and Lena Nietfeld.
Marc (composition and piano) received 7 acceptances and offers of scholarship from major music colleges and conservatories. He will attend Eastman Conservatory of Music on scholarship as a composition major. Marc was an ASCAP Young Composer at age 14, a BMI Young Composer at age 16, and received a 2nd ASCAP Young Composer Award this year. These awards are for composers under age 30. Marc has a 3 page resume of awards and accomplishments, and was also a MTNA Concerto Winner (piano) at age 14.

Lena Nietfeld (composition and clarinet) received 4 acceptances and offers of scholarship from major music colleges and conservatories. She will attend University of Michigan on scholarship to study composition with Bright Sheng.

Congratulations and best wishes to Marc and Lena.

More Accomplishments this year:
A long, impressive, list is being readied for publication below. We apologize for being late with these wonderful announcements. We did not have the volunteer time to update this page.

We have long lists from studio teachers and families of winners in SYAMFA, WSMTA, Simon Fiset, Horsfall, PAFE, Olympia, Tacoma, and other area competitions. Academy students won opportunities to perform with orchestras thoughout the Puget Sound area, on KING FM, and in invitational private recitals. They have also been accepted at prestigious summer music programs this year, such as Aspen, Interlochen, and Adamant (piano camp).