Musicfest honors area musicians
Listed below is a continuation of Monday’s results and Tuesday results from the Musicfest Northwest competition at Gonzaga University. CA – denotes Certificate of Award.
Monday
Guitar division
Class 3, open level 2: CA, Stephen Isham, Jordan Lee, Riley Wakefield.
Class 5, unaccompanied solo, level 1: silver, Jordan Lee, Jonathan Kuo.
Class 6, unaccompanied solo, level 2: silver, Adam Johnson.
Class 8, solo, level 3: CA, gold, Matthew Price; silver, Evan Everist, Nathan Holmes.
Class 1, young artist: CA, gold, Adam Buer.
Percussion division
Class 3, solo, grades 6-8: CA, gold, Andrew Repsold; CA, silver, Jesse Windham.
Class 4, solo, grades 9-10: CA, Rachel Wagley.
Class 5, solo, grades 11-12: CA, gold, Kellen Russoniello.
Class 1, young artist: CA, gold, Matthew Coleman; CA, silver, Craig Wende.
Piano division
Class 65, open, grades 4-6: CA, Shadrach Kelly, Sarah Smith.
Class 66, open, grades 7-8: CA, Erin Johnston, Taylor Pearson.
Class 34, Beethoven sonata, grades 9-10: CA, gold, selected for adjudicator’s choice playoff, Emily Stearns: CA, silver, Nicolas Johnson: CA, Kayley Martenson, Emily Liu, Daniel Chiang, Edward Liu, Christopher Lamb.
String division
Class 12, open concerto, grades 9-10: CA, Grace Young.
Class 3, solo, level 2: CA, gold, Rebekah Torkelson; silver, Annie Cooper.
Class 11, open concerto, grades 7-8: CA, Katie Baker.
Class 28, open, grades 9-10: CA, Grace Young.
Tuesday
Ballet division
Class 5, adjudication, intermediate B: CA, Erica Flygare, Shelby Johnson, Ian Tanzer, Lauren Rutledge, Emma Peckham.
Class 4, adjudication, intermediate A: CA, Carisse Hale, Eryn Richard, Christina Brunner.
Organ division
Class 3, Pre-Bach and French classic, grades 9-12: CA, gold, Daniel Goltz.
Class 6, Bach, grades 9-12: CA, silver, Paul Adams, Daniel Goltz.
Class 9, Romantic, grades 9-12: CA, silver, Daniel Goltz.
Class 10, Romantic, college and adult: CA, gold, Bethany Miller; CA, silver, Matthew Thomas.
Class 13, contemporary, college and adult: CA, gold, Bethany Miller, Matthew Thomas.
Class 14, open: CA, Bethany Miller.
Piano division
Class 7, open concerto, grades 3-6: CA, silver, Selina Wang.
Class 46, classical section, grades 9-10: CA, silver, Joanna Lim, Ian Reid.
Class 17.1, Bach, grade 7: CA, gold, Helen Yuan; CA, silver, Inan Harsh; CA, Jacob Minter.
Class 8, open concerto, grades 7-8: CA, gold, Jack Sandberg, Roanna Wang.
Class 104, ensemble, junior: CA, gold, Raje (Rachel Cutler, Jessica Yi); silver, Zac and Jac (Jaclyn Numata, Zach Brown).
Class 31.1, Haydn or Mozart sonata, grade 9: CA, gold, selected for adjudicator’s choice playoff, Christina Torkelson; CA, silver, Kim Ingebritsen; CA, Gregory Doornink, Timothy Krippner, Houston Hough.
Class 23.1, Romantic, grade 7: CA, gold, Elizabeth Field; CA, silver, Gregory Hahner; CA, James Korolev, Kelsey Houglum, Helen Yuan.
Class 38.3, 20th Century, grade 6: CA, gold, Kevin Ma; CA, silver, Annie Qiu, Lani Call; CA, Laynie Ereaux, Emily Robeson, Scott Strong.
Class 18, Bach, grades 9-10: CA, gold, selected for adjudicator’s choice playoff, Christina Torkelson; silver, Natalia Sokolova.
Class 24.2, Romantic, grade 10: CA, gold, selected for adjudicator’s choice playoff, Bensen Lei; CA, silver, Julianne Zahl, Briana Loftus, Mary Katherine Quall; CA, Brooke Coleman.
Class 31.2, Haydn or Mozart sonata, grade 10: CA, gold, selected for adjudicator’s choice playoff, Julianne Zahl; CA, silver, Tony Yin, Melia Chamberlain.
Class 15.1, Baroque, grade 9: CA, gold, selected for adjudicator’s choice playoff, Timothy Krippner; CA, silver, Maria Ralph; CA, Edward Liu, Gregory Doornink, Peter McCann, Carli Trail.
Class 57, sight reading, junior: CA, gold, Lingbo Tong; CA, silver, Annie Mayhew, Jasmine Nagano.
Class 44.1, classical section, grades 4-5: CA, gold, Logan Ownbey; silver, Madison Yamane, Patrick Loftus.
Class 73.2, sonata, grade 8: CA, gold, Annika Westre; CA, silver, Rachel Witthuhn.
Class 65, open, grades 4-6: CA, Ben Lovell, Seth Dixon, Thor Tangvald, Cayla Barke, Danielle Jones, Cody Wuestney.
Class 40.2, 20th Century, grade 10: CA, gold, selected for adjudicator’s choice playoff, Bensen Lei; CA, silver, Audrey Ownbey; CA, James Sandberg, Emily Day.
Class 50, quick study, lower intermediate: CA, gold, May Lim; CA, silver, Jenica Baldwin; CA, MacKenzie Krell, Maya Erler.
Class 67, open, grades 9-10: CA, Amy Pemberton, Heather Owsley.
Class 17.2, Bach, grade 8: CA, gold, Brian Steele; CA, silver, Russell Long-Thompson, Katherine Li; CA, Ryan Larson.
Class 64, open, grades 1-3: CA, Brian Shimanuki, Ethan Barke, Jared Dixon, Adriana Mortier, Madison Brown.
Class 22.1, Romantic, grades 4-5: CA, gold, June Kim; CA, silver, Danielle Jones; CA, Jansen Butler, Bethany Martinek, Jordan Brzezny, Christine Reid.
Class 66, open, grades 7-8: CA, Trisha Mallett.
Class 14, Baroque, grades 7-8: CA, gold, Lingbo Tong; CA, silver, Kaitlyn McCraw; CA, Jessica Cruz, Travis Mallett, Molly O’Brien, Charles Du, John Slater, Elizabeth Field, Trisha Mallett.
Voice division
Class 13, German, ages 18 and older: CA, gold, Theresa Dunigan; CA, silver, Kelleen Barham.
Class 6, solo, grade 9: CA, gold, Heather Willis; CA, silver, Oscar Foster.
Class 8, solo, grade 11: CA, gold, Janet Krupin, Tasha Koontz, Banner Smith; CA, silver, Laurie Trescott, Miranda Chesterman, Aran Patchett; CA, Shanleigh Sullivan.
Class 15, British and American 20th Century composers, ages 18 and older, advanced: CA, gold, Theresa Dunigan; CA, Jayleen Hille.
“ Randy James, biology teacher at North Central High School, received the 14th annual Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence on May 10 from Amgen Inc., the world’s leading biotechnology company.
“ Marcel Kopplin, Spokane Community College commercial baking instructional technician, placed fourth during a cake competition held in Chicago April 16-18, which was sponsored by the Retail Bakers Association.
“ Sarah Benson and Laura Foust were recently names outstanding seniors in the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University.
Benson received the award for apparel, merchandising, design and textiles. She is the daughter of Margret and Henry Benson of Chattaroy, and a 2003 graduate of Riverside High School.
Foust, a 1992 graduate of East Valley High School and the daughter of Grace and Kenneth Stumpff of Spokane, received the award for human development through the distance degree program.
“ Michael Madden, a student at Spokane Falls Community College, has recently received a nine month teacher’s assistantship and will teach conversational English in Versailles, France, during the 2005-06 school year.
“ Members of the Spokane Community College’s Agriculture Club recently competed in the National Postsecondary Competition in Albany, N.Y. Winners are listed by category and placement:
College Bowl: Spokane Community College Team 3 (Ginger Gomez, Kevin Egan, Penn Norris, Aric Van Tassel, Steve Kay), second place.
Horticulture Specialist-Floriculture: Laurie Parrish, first place team and individual; Evelyn Lacy, third place team and individual; Kevin Ekness, first place team, sixth place individual; Kevin Egan, third place team, fourth place individual.
Horticulture Specialist-Landscape/Nursery: Aric Van Tassel, first place team, fifth place individual; Steve Kay, first place team.
Floriculture Employment Interview: Ginger Gomez, second place.
Landscape Employment Interview: Stacy Nesbitt, third place.
Career Planning: Ginger Gomez, state medallion and award of merit in floriculture.
“ The following Spokane residents graduated from Azusa Pacific University during spring commencement. Graduates are listed with their degrees: Derek Wohlers, Bachelor of Arts, physical education; Jeffrey Huston, B.A., art; Nicole Huston, B.A., business administration; and Nolan Wilson, B.A., business administration.
“ Whitworth College’s student newspaper, The Whitworthian, was recently recognized with several awards during the 2005 Greater Northwest Student Journalism Awards. The publication received the Outstanding Achievement in Student Journalism Award, placed first for general excellence in the college division and won the title of Best Program in the college division.
In addition, the Whitworthian staff placed third for an editorial, and the following staff members received individual awards: Emily Clader, second place in news design, honorable mention in illustration; Amir Rizk, first and third place for stand alone photos; Galen Sanford, third place in news photo; Colin Storm, second place in sports column; Peter Smelser, honorable mention in sports column; Gavin Jamieson, third place in personal/humor column, Chris Collins, first place in general features, first place in comprehensive coverage; Mike Larkin, second place in general news; Nathan Harrison, second place in general news.