Winners Announced In 50th Annual Arts Festival

Mon., May 22, 1995

Following are certificate and medal winners for the 50th annual Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts Festival. The Festival ran May 12-19. More winners will be listed in the coming days.

Flute Division

Thursday

Class 8, Sonata - Concerto, Grades 11-12: Melissa Mullins, gold; Kathy Reeder, gold.

Class 3, Solo, Grades 6-8: Emily Cedergreen, gold; Allison Bacon, silver.

Piano Division

Wednesday

Class 64.1, Sonatina, Grade 5, Section 1: Melissa Thompson, gold; Lya Litoshyk, gold.

Class 64.1, Sonatina, Grade 5, Section 2: Dana Perry, gold.

Class 64.1, Sonatina, Grade 5, Section 2: B.J. Allen, gold.

Thursday

Class 5, Solo, Junior, Section 1: Eryn Cook, silver.

Class 5, Solo, Junior, Section 2: Brian Sheerin, gold.

Class 46, Quick Study, Lower Intermediate: Katy Dmitriev, silver; Patrick Donovan, certificate; Meghan Doughty, silver; Daniel Siddoway, silver.

Class 3, Solo, Lower Intermediate, Section 1: Amy Cutler, certificate; Emily Dailey, gold; Amanda Beers, certificate; Marshall Turner, certificate; Lya Litoshyk, gold; Heather Stout, certificate.

Class 3, Solo, Lower Intermediate, Section 2: Abby Reynolds, certificate; Daniel Siddoway, certificate; Bryan Wright, gold; Natalya Litoshyk, certificate; Svetlana Kuropatko, certificate; Luke Vaughn, certificate; Oliver Huang, gold.

Class 61, Open, Grades 11-12: Jonathan Hansen, certificate; Andrew Cook, certificate.

Class 58, Open, Grades 4-6, Section 8: Alison Hoidal, certificate; Katie Moe, certificate.

Class 16, Baroque, Grades 4-6, Section 4: Grant Munyon, certificate; Kathryn Simangan, certificate; Reece Ham, certificate; Emily Kehne, certificate; Alan Markley, certificate.

Class 65, Sonatina, Grades 7-8, Section 1: Shastin Pruehs, silver.

Class 65, Sonatina, Grades 7-8, Section 2: Ben DiBiase, gold; Rory Schneider, silver.

Class 65, Sonatina, Grades 7-8, Section 3: Holly Hill, silver; Marie Wieck, gold.

String Division

Wednesday

Class 24, Open, Grades 9-10, Violin: Heidi Spring, certificate; Clara Wieck, certificate; Michael Kok, certificate.

Class 24, Open, Grades 9-10, Cello: John Henderson, certificate.

Class 2, Solo, Level 1, Violin: Anna Choi, gold; Vladimir Grishin, certificate; Emily Terrell, certificate.

Class 2, Solo, Level 1, Cello: Mark Cox, certificate; Marshall Taylor, certificate; Micah Wessman, silver; Samuel Johnson, certificate.

Class 101, Chamber Music, Not Over eighth Grade: Lincoln Cello Trio, Elizabeth Brown, Megan Field and Joseph Goode, certificates.

Class 102, Chamber Music, Grades 9-12: Holy Names Cello Duo, Lara Fritsch and Amanda Larson, certificate; Holy Names Duo, Samantha Kern and Megan Mulligan, certificate.

Class 9, Open Concerto, Grade School, Violin: Lydia Newell, certificate; Sharon Wherland, certificate; David Truscott, certificate; Raymond Cox, certificate.

Thursday

Class 16, Open Unaccompanied Bach, Violin: Jason Moody, certificate.

Class 16, Open Unaccompanied Bach, Cello: Samuel Johnson, certificate.

Class 6, Concerto, Level 1, Violin: Richard Fodey, silver; Kira Wessmann, gold.

Class 22, Open, Intermediate, Cello: Robie Bose, certificate.

Voice Division

Thursday

Class 18, Italian, Grades 9-10: Heather Ross, gold; Erica Steep silver.

Class 19, Italian, Grades 11-12: Tony Disney, gold; Jamie Lund, silver.

Class 27, Musical Theatre, Grades 11-12: Kashana Cox, silver; Tara Sullivan, silver; Wysteria Johnston, silver.

Class 28, Musical Theatre, College and Adult: Heather Steckler, gold; Kimberly Wolfenbarger, silver.

Class 24, Solo Voice with Instrument, College and Adult: Jessica Bowers, silver.

Adjudicator’s Choice: Christina Kingen and Kelly Bureta, $50 each, performed at The Met May 19.

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