2005-06 Major Accomplishments

Complete Program Gold Seals of Outstanding Achievement, Violin (Kent Coleman)
Patrick Austin, Benji Bae, Erika Burns, Audrey Djunaedi, Bryan Djunaedi, Noah Frank, Lindsay Hills, Letitia Jap, Lisa Kim, Leah Nelson, Sarah Pizzichemi, Marié Rossano, Conrad Sheridan, Anna Song, Carina Vincenti, Tricia Webb, Dillon Welch, Rachel Wong

MTNA National String Competition - Kent Coleman
Grace Choi, violin, National 3rd Place Winner, Senior Strings
Rachel Wong, violin, National 2nd Place Winner, Junior Strings

MTNA Northwest Division String Competition -Kent Coleman
Grace Choi, violin, 1st Place, Senior Strings
Rachel Wong, violin, 1st Place Junior Strings

MTNA (WA State Music Teachers Assn) String Competition - Kent Coleman
Grace Choi, violin, 1st Place, Senior Strings
Rachel Wong, violin, 1st Place Junior Strings
Marié Rossano, violin, Junior Strings Alternate
Benji Bae, Leah Nelson, violin, Junior Strings Honorable Mention
Lindsay Hills, violin, Senior Strings Honorable Mention

WSMTA (WA State Music Teachers Assn) Piano Competition
1st Place, Piano - Denis Elizarov (Willard Schultz)
Honors Recital State Convention - Tania Rivers-Moore (Willard Schultz)

SIMON FISET - Piano
Tania Rivers-Moore 1st, grade 7-8 (Willard Schultz)
Michael Matlock, 2nd, grade 11-12 (Willard Schultz)
Anne Case, 3rd, grade 11-12 (Willard Schultz)

SIMON FISET - Strings (Kent Coleman)
Marié Rossano - 1st Place, Elementary Division
Carina Vincenti - 2nd Place, Elementary Division
Annalise Hastings - 3rd Place, Elementary Division
Conrad Sheridan - Honorable Mention, Elementary Division
Anna Song - Honorable Mention, Elementary Division
Grace Choi - 1st Place, Junior Division
Leah Nelson - 2nd Place (tie), Junior Division
Tricia Webb - 3rd Place, Junior Division
Audra Goodnight - 4th Place, Junior Division
Benji Bae - 5th Place, Junior Division
Julia Chalker - Honorable Mention, Junior Division
Sophie Wilson - Honorable Mention, Junior Division
Lindsay Hills - 1st Place (tie), Senior Division
Lisa Kim - 1st Place (tie), Senior Division
Sarah Pizzichemi - 3rd Place (tie), Senior Division
Katherine Williams - 5th Place, Senior Division

ASTA (American String Teachers Assn.) Solo Competition
Grace Choi, violin, 3rd Place (Kent Coleman)

SMTA (Seattle Music Teachers Assn) - Musical Excellence Awards - Piano
Anne Case, Tania Rivers-Moore, Michael Matlock (Willard Schultz)
Denis Elizarov performs in WSMTA Convention Banquet program.
Tania Rivers-Moore represents Junior Division at the Convention.
Nyan Gadepalli, Musical Excellence Award (Joan Schoepflin)

NW CHOPIN FESTIVAL
Anne Case - Senior program winner (Willard Schultz)
Heidi Kim - Honorable Mention (Mary Toy)
Nyan Gadepalli, Honorable Mention (Joan Schoepflin)
Charles Lu - age 10, Division Winner (Soonja Kim)
Sang-Hee Min - Regional winner (Michiko Miyamoto). Continuing annual full scholarship
from the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

PAFE (Performing Arts Festival Eastside)
Ruth Navarre, 17, viola, Melia Watras, Overall Excellence in Advanced Viola, Solo, and Concerto; Concerto Playoff Finalist, $150 Prize.
Calvin Chan,14, Overall Excellence Award, Intermediate Cello Concerto (Janet Neuman)

Bellevue Philharmonic, Young Artists Debut Concert - concerto winners
Camden Shaw, cello
Marie' Rossano,performed June 3, 2006

Eastside Symphony Orchestra 2006 Concerto Winner
Matthew Palumbo, piano performs Rachmaninoff 1st Piano Concerto in 2006-07

Evergreen Philharmonic Concerto Winners - performed June 2006
Laura Choi (Beethoven)
Lisa Kim (Saint Saens)

Federal Way Symphony - Marjorie Easley Competition
Winner, Camden Shaw, cello (Toby Saks)
3rd Place, Leah Nelson, violin (Kent Coleman

Port Gardner Bay Chamber Orchestra SCMTA Concerto Winners - violin
Benji Bae and Leah Nelson. Performed in 2006.

Rain City Symphony - Patrick Austin, violin, performed concerto in 2006. (Kent Coleman)

Seattle Philharmonic, Don Bushell Competition - concerto winners
Camden Shaw, cello, performs 2007 as 2006 winner.
Lindsay Hills, violin performed in 2006 as winner of 2005 competition

Univ. of Puget Sound Piano Festival - Willard Schultz
Anne Case, piano Concerto winner. Performed with UPS Orchestra.

Seattle Youth Symphony Concerto Competition -
Lindsay Hills, violin, performs in the 2006-2007 season as winner of the 2006 competition
Ruth Navarre, viola, Finalist.

Everett Youth Symphony Concerto Competition - Kent Coleman
Erika Burns, violin, performed in 2006
Audra Goodnight and Joshua Chang, violin, to perform in 2006-2007 season.

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WA State Solo and Ensemble- WMEA (WA Music Educators Assn)
Grace Choi, first place in violin. 
Camden Shaw, first place in 'cello.
Nathan Vedal, first place in bass.
Rachel Wong, 2nd Place in violin.
Joshua Chang and Noah Frank, 1st Place in Small String Ensemble (violin duet)
Laura Choi, violin, 2nd Place in Small String Ensemble (violin and cello duo)

2006 All-State Orchestra
Concertmaster - Jeffrey Solazzi, violin (Kent Coleman)

Grieg Festival
Denis Elizarov (Willard Schultz) performed June 10.

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Seattle Symphony 'Discover Music**' and 'Tiny Tots' performers
Brianna Atwell, Lindsay Hills, Kyla Hills, Sarah Pizzichemi (String Quartet)
Sarah Pizzichemi, Julian Schwarz, Matthew Palumbo (Piano Trio) **
Matthew Palumbo, piano solo
Wind Quartet, Brass Quartet, Percussion Duo

Seattle Symphony "Music of Remembrance" 2005, 2006
Julian Schwarz, cello, performed new works for this concert composed by Gerard Schwarz.

Seattle Symphony Academy Chamber Orchestra selected to perform before Itzhak Perlman's appearances in Stroum Lobby.

Seattle Symphony Young Composers Workshop with Resident Composer, Samuel Jones
Daniel Miller, Michael Matlock, Julia Winn. Original works performed by SSO members

"American String Project" (SSO Nordstrom Hall, June11, 2006)
Academy String Quartet (Sarah Pizzichemi & Lindsay Hills, violin, Brianna Atwell, viola,
Kyla Hills, cello) performed a pre-concert program of Shostakovich and Ravel.

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Composition
New Musical "Winter Brake",
Original music and arrangements composed and performed by Michael Matlock
Piano w/ Willard Schultz, Composition w/Eric Flesher, Peter Wolf, Samuel Jones, SSO

Interlochen Composition Summer Arts Camp 2006
Daniel Miller accepted as composition major for 2 months as one of only 10 members

National PTA Reflection (Composition) Program
WA State -Award of Excellence - Charles Lu, 11, piano.

National PTA Reflection (Composition) Program,
National Level: Award of Excellence - Alex Engelberg, 8, piano

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MUSICALS
Michael Matlock:
"Footloose" arranged music for eastside production. Also performed role of Rev. Shaw.
"Beauty and the Beast" (Studio East). Acted in the Ensemble.
"Les Miserables" Call Back for roles of the Bishop and Jean Prouvaire, in July 2006 (Village Theatre).
Also see Composition above for "Winter Brake".

VOICE
Rebecca 'Becca' McDonell, alto (Kathleen Kernohan)
Western Div. All State Choir
Solo and Ensemble, highest score "Ave Maria"
Concert Choir duet " Little Drummer Boy"
Lead 'youth' role in "The Missing Piece"
Lead role as the Baker's Wife in "Into the Woods"
Talent Show duet "Lean on Me"

Andrea Zomorodian, soprano (Karen Nestvold)-
Female lead in Fame (2007)Village Theater, Issaquah: Potiphar's Wife in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" PAFE TBD (1st)in Classical and Musical Theater performance
First WA District Solo and Ensemble Festival in all 4 categories
4 solo performances at Gala Auction (Newport HS) and Benefits: works by Mozart, Scarlatti, Certon, Parisotti, Carissimi
Asst. Director and voice coach "Guys and Dolls" Tyee MS.
WA All State Choir
Most Outstanding Soprano, Newport HS Choir

Blake Stewart, soprano (Karen Nestvold)
WMEA All State Symphonic Choir
Bellevue HS "Bella Canta"

Corinne (Corey) Roberts, alto (Nancy Fisher)
Newport HS

Carina Wolff (Nancy Zylstra)
Academy solo, duet, and ensemble performer in Classical and Early Music
Member Jubilate! Choir, St James Cathedral, Seattle