Festival Announces Top Performers

Fri., June 2, 2000

The results of the Piano Division of May 15 and Voice Division of May 18 complete the list of awards received in the Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts Festival held May 13-19 at Gonzaga University. CA denotes Certificate of Award.

Piano Division

Class 29, Impressionist, Grades 11-12: CA, Gold, Karl Johnson and Patricia Price; Silver, Tanya Cammack and Arwen Kittelson-Aldred.

Class 10, Open Concerto, Grades 11-12: CA, Gold, Kristall Seidel; Silver, Mena Senecal.

Class 103, Ensemble, Upper Intermediate: Silver, Jesse Warren and Laura Paulsen, The Stubbs (Kayla Stubbs and Ashley Stubbs).

Class 41.1, Contemporary, Grade 11: CA, Gold, Kimberly Fleming; CA, Silver, Natalya Litoshyk and Beth Webster.

Class 58, Open, Grades 4-6: CA, Leslie Eddy, Kaitlyn Kinzer and Emma Hernas.

Class 65.2, Sonatina, Grade 8: CA, Gold, Nathan Seaburg; CA, Silver, Amy Shaver and Brittany Harrison.

Class 15.3, Baroque, Grades 11-12: CA, Gold, Mary Doornink; CA, Silver, Patricia Price; CA, Kristall Seidel, Valerie Farnsworth, Arwen Kittelson-Aldred and Brandon Wright.

Class 57, Open, Grades 1-3: CA, David Dever and Joshua Cruz.

Class 12, Baroque, Grades 1-3: CA, David Smentek, Andrew Scott and Davis Arney.

Class 65.1, Sonatina, Grade 7: CA, Gold, Tim Tan; CA, Silver, Laura Brumbaugh and Carl Cutler; CA, Amy Whisenand, Alison Fischer, Kelsie Kinion and Lisa Mabey.

Class 32, Haydn or Mozart Sonata, Grades 11-12: CA, Gold, Mary Doornink; CA, Silver, Rachel Morgan, CA, Kristen Scholz and Janelle Jackson.

Class 18, Bach, Grades 9-10: CA, Gold, Tiffany Penhallurick; CA, Silver, Yuchen Cao, Irina Kuropatko and Tanya Khala; CA, Christine Ortega.

Class 14, Baroque, Grades 7-8: CA, Gold, Liza Koren-Selfridge and Moses Swedberg; CA, Silver, Lisa Gonella, Jonathan Lumpkins; CA, Kayleen Allred, Katie Geiger, Kimberly Bair, Kasie King, Lisa Mabey, Tasha Koontz, Bethany Darnall, Jenna Tamura, Rachel Johnson, Anna Dahl, Phillip Sherwood, Matthew Rafano and Nicholas Marcum.

Class 59, Open, Grades 7-8: CA, Meghan Goodner.

Class 63, Sonatina, Grade 4: CA, Gold, Natalia Sokolova; CA, Silver, George Parsons and Edward Liu; CA, Michelle Maley, Greg Doornink and Libby Hsu.

Class 22.1, Romantic, Grades 4-5: CA, Gold, Natalia Sokolova and Nathan Damiano; CA, Silver, Megan Weddle, CA, Tao Tao Feng, Emily Liu, Daniel Bullard and Nicolas Johnson.

Voice Division

Lindsey Kiehn received a gold certificate of award in the Class 6, Solo, Grade 9 category.

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