Musicfest under way
Here are some of the results after two days of competition at the 61st annual Musicfest Northwest being held at Gonzaga University. The competition, which continues through Friday, brings together more than 1,000 music and dance students of all ages and is adjudicated by professionals from around the country. The abbreviation CA denotes Certificate of Award.
Sunday, May 14
Piano Division
Class 105.2, Ensemble, Senior (College and Adult): CA, Gold, Jeffrey Rudolph and Dominique Hunt; CA, Silver, Cora Clark and Jared Schober.
Class 11, Concerto, College and Adult: CA, Gold, Maria Klyutkina; CA, Silver, Kent Queener; CA, Kristina Hines and Cora Clark.
Class 1, Young Artist: CA, Gold, Young Artist, Alexander Bernstein; CA, Silver, Cole Anderson, Rebecca Jordan and Timothy Krippner; CA, Brooke Coleman, Jenny Jo, Jasmine Nagano, Laura Smith, Levi Larson, and Keith Petersen.
Class 63, Original Composition, College and Adult: CA, Silver, Joanna Huffaker.
Class 42, 20th Century, College and Adult: CA, Gold, Mary Trotter; CA, Silver, Josiah Stocker, Kristopher Wettstein; CA, Brandon Zahl, Yuki Hatakeyama, Laurel Shetler, Pernecia Heinemann, and Kendi Lesley.
Class 26, Romantic, College and Adult: CA, Gold, Nola Swanson and Tara Swanson; CA, Silver, Matthew Pilcher and Kent Queener.
Class 30, Impressionist, College and Adult: CA, Gold, Maria Klyutkina; CA, Silver, Nola Swanson; Silver, Dominique Hunt.
Class 36, Beethoven Sonata, College and Adult: CA, Gold, Maria Klyutkina; CA, Silver, Marissa Jones; CA, Amanda Riggers and Naoki Natsume.
Class 33, Haydn or Mozart Sonata, College and Adult: CA, Brandon Zahl, Daniel Seyfried and Andrea Hope.
Class 20, Bach, College and Adult: CA, Gold, Regina Lim and Cecily Gordon; CA, Silver, Brandon Zahl and Jennifer Forsman; CA, Amanda Riggers, Kristopher Wettstein, Cora Clark and Margot Ulk.
Class 16, Baroque, College and Adult: CA, Gold, Tara Swanson; CA, Silver, Kezia Schrag.
Monday, May 15
Ballet Division
Class 5, Adjudication, Intermediate B: CA, Kati Smasne, MacKenzie Martinz, Ashley Jeromchek, Kia Gardner and Adrienne Bot.
Class 4, Adjudication, Intermediate A: CA, Jennifer Hansen, Kelsey Piva and Jenni Smasne.
Piano Division
Class 8, Concerto, Grades 7-8: CA, Gold, Selina Wang; CA, Silver, Michael Zhang; CA, Elizabeth Field.
Class 24.1, Romantic, Grade 9: CA, Gold, Selected for Adjudicator’s Choice Playoff, Lingbo Tong; CA, Silver, Connie Qiu; CA, Ryan Larson, Ashley Bertsch, Annika LaVoie, Leon Dean, Annika Westre, Tyler Olson, Janet Hong and Roanna Wang.
Class 9, Concerto, Grades 9-10: CA, Gold, Connie Qiu; CA, Silver, Roanna Wang.
Class 14, Baroque, Grades 7-8: CA, Gold, Elise Kinne; CA, Silver, W. John Cowles, Sean Dvorak, Michael Zhang and Kevin Ma; CA, Alexis Chalmers and Erica Garvin.
Class 66, Open, Grades 7-8: CA, Alyssa Troksa and Annie Qiu.
Class 38.1, 20th Century, Grade 4: CA, Gold, David Yuan; CA, Silver, Ciela Oncina; CA, Gabrielle Chang and Gabrielle Ilenstine.
Class 45, Classical Section, Grades 7-8: CA, Gold, Yihao Jiang and Kevin Ma; CA, Silver, Andrea Malquist and Annie Qiu; CA, Trevor Welling, Audrey Ramsden and Henry Slater.
Class 49, Quick Study, Elementary: CA, Gold, David Yuan; CA, Silver, Angela Lee; CA, Pingbo Zhou and Josephine Greenwood.
Class 71.1, Sonatina, Grade 5: CA, Gold, Adalei Dimmel and Jordan Brzezny; CA, Silver, Emily (Yi-Fei) Hou; CA, Cecily Bader, Joe Loftus, Glenna Garvey, Madison Yamane, Emily Rose Richardson and Mike Ma.
Class 3, Solo, Lower Intermediate: CA, Gold, Angela Lee; CA, Silver, Ceila Oncina; CA, Brett Baldwin.
Class 65, Open, Grades 4-6: CA, Sarah Klein and Nina Klein.
Class 64, Open, Grades 1-3: CA, William Tong, Pingbo Zhou, Christiana Tebbs, Sydney Schlect, Luke Shimanuki, Jared Dixon, Nicholas Lin, Justin Zhu-Cai, Adriana Mortier, Danek Black and Hannah Ewert.
Class 13.2, Baroque, Grade 5: CA, Gold, Sarah Baik and Madison Rountree; CA, Silver, Mike Ma.
Class 39.1, 20th Century, Grade 7: CA, Gold, Kevin Ma and Elise Kinne; CA, Silver, Britta LaVoie and Natasha Black; CA, Teddy Brow, Patrick Loftus, Daniel Carter, Amalia Williams, Lauren Yount, Katrina Stime, Molly Swafford, Sungyoung Lee, W. John Cowles, Susan Shiva and Thor Tangvald.
Class 67, Open, Grades 9-10: CA, Rebecca Ashburn and Mikelle Nelson.
Class 52, Quick Study, Junior: CA, Gold, Lingbo Tong; CA, Silver, Jonathan Kuo; CA, Rachel Wagley, Joanna Lim, Emily Day, Isaac Glanzer and Rebecca Ashburn.
Class 57, Sight Reading, Junior: CA, Gold, Lingbo Tong; CA, Silver, Rachel Wagley.
Class 54, Sight Reading, Elementary: CA, Gold, David Yuan.
Class 18, Bach, Grades 9-10: CA, Gold, Selected for Adjudicator’s Choice Playoff, Connie Qiu; CA, Silver, Janet Hong; CA, Cynthia Wu.
Class 27, Impressionist, Grades 7-8: CA, Gold, Aleksander Black; CA, Silver, Yihao Jiang; CA, Selina Wang.
Class 70, Sonatina, Grade 4: CA, Gold, Brian Shimanuki; CA, Silver, Priyanka Muhunthan; CA, Ciela Oncina, Lauren Dvorak, Alaina Jacobsen, Louis Pennings and Matthew Skeate.
Class 40.1, 20th Century, Grade 9: CA, Gold, Selected for Adjudicator’s Choice Playoff, Lingbo Tong; CA, Silver, Annika LaVoie and Nina Black; CA, Roanna Wang and Ellen Dexter.
Class 73.1, Sonata, Grade 7: CA, Gold, Scott Strong and Elise Kinne; CA, Silver, Aleksander Black and Marta Nelson; CA, Christa Gentili and Jena Moore.
Class 59, Original Composition, Grades 1-3: CA, Katherine Holmes.
Class 15.1 Baroque, Grade 9: CA, Gold, Selected for Adjudicator’s Choice Playoff, Lingbo Tong; CA, Silver, Ryan Larson and Rebecca Ashburn; CA, Isabella Taylor, Elizaabeth Markel and Christian Grubb.
Class 23.1, Romantic, Grade 7: CA, Gold, Elise Kinne and Selina Wang; CA, Silver, Scott Strong and Teddy Brow; CA, Laynie Ereaux, Jessica Fields, Jacob Newell, Yihao Jiang, Audrey Ramsden, Kevin Ma, Nuwan Ariyawansa, Anastasia Black, Daniel Carter, Emily Robeson, Emily Linford, Natasha Wollkind, Katrina Stime and Rachel O’Connor.