Musicfest cites young musicians
Here are results from the final day of the Musicfest Northwest competition held at Gonzaga University. CA denotes Certificate of Award.
Friday
Piano Division:
Class 7, Open Concerto, Grades 3-6: CA, Gold, Matthew Hu, June (Chu-Hyun) Kim; Jack Sandberg; CA, Silver, Andrew Scott, Elizabeth Field.
Class 104, Ensemble, Junior: Silver, The Two K’s: (Kimberly Kallstrom, Kristen Kallstrom).
Class 201.1, Chamber Music, Grades 7-12: CA, Gold, Spokane Youth Symphony Quintet (Kim Houglum, Aaron Ring, Christine Beamer, Lisa Gonella, Stephanie Tintinger).
Class 67, Open, Grades 9-10: CA, Isaac Glanzer, Halvor Halvorson, Beth Robinette.
Class 23.1, Romantic, Grade 7: CA, Gold, Charles Du; CA, Silver, Gregory Hahner, Annika LaVoie.
Class 45, Classical Section, Grades 7-8: Silver, Ryan Larson, Rebekah Brown.
Class 65, Open, Grades 4-6: CA, Polly Blakely, Henry Slater, Thor Tangvald, Caroline Martin, Abigail Osborne, Christy Reid, Kellie Barsotti, Sydney Brock, Matthew LaPlante, Clare Ellis, Molly Swafford, Christian Delzer, Audrey Henry, Kimberly Latweson, Bennett Rahn.
Class 13.3, Baroque, Grade 6: CA, Gold, Andrew Scott; CA, Silver, Emmet Stackelberg, Helen Yuan.
Class 54, Sight Reading, Elementary: CA, Robin Reid, Rebecca Sherman.
Class 57, Sight Reading, Junior: CA, Gold, Emily Day; CA, Silver, Christina Liu.
Class 71.2, Sonatina, Grade 6: CA, Gold, McKenzie Momony, Bryce Fager; CA, Silver, Steven Devine, Kaitlyn McCraw.
Class 17.1, Bach, Grade 7: CA, Gold, Janet Hong, Russell Long-Thompson.
Class 66, Open, Grades 7-8: CA, Maria Ralph.
Class 4, Solo, Upper Intermediate: CA, Gold, Samuel Pizelo; CA, Silver, Teddy Brow, Silver, Isabel Pennings.
Class 72.2 Sonatina, Grade 8: CA, Gold, Eric Makhanov; CA, Silver, Ian Reid; CA, Elizabeth Whitten.
Class 27, Impressionist, Grades 7-8: CA, Maria Ralph, Gregory Doornink, Kirsten Ourada, Krista Simonson, Christina Torkelson, Dylan Wu, Anna Marie Schaefer.
Class 64, Open, Grades 1-3: CA, Sam Britt, Jared Dixon, Madison Brown, Brian Shimanuki, Andrew Abell, Seth Dixon, Kelsey Pearson.
String Division:
Class 4, Solo, Level 3: CA, Gold, Marcus Fazzari; Silver, Amos Chen, Colin Gordon, Min-Kyung Park.
Class 3, Solo, Level 2: CA, Gold, Kegham Bedoyan; Silver, Ian Cooper, Brendan Hammond, Ian Field, Isaac Paster-Chermak.
Class 17, Open Unaccompanied Bach, Section 2: CA, Roselie Samter.
Voice Division:
Class 13, German, Ages 18 & Older, Advanced: CA, Gold, Erin Wise; CA, Silver, Anthony Disney.
Class 27, Musical Theater, College & Adult: CA, Gold, Allison Dunlap; Silver, Marlene Berner.
Class 6, Solo, Grade 9: CA, Gold, Emily Autrey; Silver, Lauren Randolph, Patrick O’Neill.
Class 25, Musical Theater, Grades 9-10: CA, Gold, Shanleigh Sullivan; CA, Silver, Jenelle Sombret.
Class 2, Open Aria, Young Aria - Ages 18-24: Silver, Hannah Kimball.
• Members of the North Idaho College chapter of Business Professionals of America recently earned recognition at the BPA National Leadership Conference held in Cincinnati.
The NIC students were among approximately 4,000 college and high school students nationwide who attended the conference and participated in workplace skills competitions, professional workshops and speaker sessions.
The students qualified for the national competition by placing at the state conference in Boise in March.
Winners are listed.
Adina Winstead, Coeur d’Alene, first place in Integrated Office Applications, second place in Advanced Word Processing; Tom Affeldt, Post Falls, fifth place in Legal Office Procedures; and Morgan Purvis, St. Maries, and Kevin Boveda, Coeur d’Alene, fifth place in Presentation Management Team.
Velda Kuhn, Spirit Lake, Affeldt and Boveda were also each presented with an Ambassador Torch Award, the highest BPA honor given for outstanding community service.
Kuhn was awarded a scholarship to attend the national BPA Leadership Academy personal leadership program, and Boveda served as a voting delegate for the State of Idaho.
All of the students have been active in the NIC chapter of BPA during the 2003-2004 school year and Purvis served as the 2003-2004 Idaho postsecondary vice president.
•Area students were recently honored at the Associated Students University of Idaho annual Student Achievement Awards Ceremony and Reception held last month in Moscow, Idaho. Recipients were recognized for high levels of achievement in academics, leadership and service experiences.
North Idaho honorees and their hometowns are listed.
Outstanding Freshmen/ Valkyries Awards: Jessica Helsley, Moscow, also received Dean Vettrus Scholarship.
Outstanding Sophomore/ Spurs Awards: Aaron Elder, Erin Manderville, and Clarisse Vaury, all of Moscow, all received the Dean Vettrus Scholarship; Somdebda W. Flavien Sowadogo, Moscow.
Outstanding Junior/ Silver Lance Awards: Brenda Eby, Bonners Ferry, also received the Dean Vettrus Scholarship; Autumn Hansen, Coeur d’Alene, also received the Dean Vettrus Scholarship; Megan Thompson, Hayden.
Outstanding Senior Awards: Krisandra Allen and Oriana Obiri, both of Moscow; Jenny Anchondo and Lilian Mramba, both of Coeur d’Alene.
Bookstore Leadership Award: Brenda Eby, Bonners Ferry; Autumn Hansen and Lilian Mramba, both of Coeur d’Alene; Jenni Keller, Moscow; Megan Thompson, Hayden.
Multicultural Student Award: Kwapi Vengesayi, Moscow.
Guy and Grace Wicks Memorial Award: Jenny Anchondo, Coeur d’Alene.
Outstanding Faculty Award: Katherine Aiken, Moscow.
James A. Barnes Memorial Award: Steven Janowiak, Moscow.
Student Organization Advisor Award: Alton Campbell and Tim Helmke, both of Moscow.
Student Organization Service Award: Iota Psi Phi Sorority.
Program of Excellence Award: Writing on the Wall and Day of the Dead.