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2012 Youth Concerto Competition
Winners |
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Clear Lake Symphony held a competition on January 28, 2012 for young artists from Houston
Metro area high schools,
junior highs, and elementary schools. |
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The Youth Concerto Competition winners
will be provided with a scholarship and perform as a featured soloist with the Clear Lake
Symphony at the Friday, March 9, 2012 concert at Gateway Community Church
at 760 Clear Lake City Blvd., in Webster. A total of forty two
(42) participants participated in this year's competition. |
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Junior Wind
Division
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Ayman Abouleish (Trumpet)
Winner, "Fantaisie & Variations on the Carnival of Venice", by
Arban. Age
13 in the 8th grade at Westbrook Intermediate School. Son of Amr
Abouleish
& Lamia Elerian. Ayman has studied trumpet for 8 years.
Teachers: Roman Jakubas (2004 to current) and Brad Hogarth (2004).
Ayman is a Boy
Scout (Life Rank), plays competitive tennis, and enjoys reading and playing
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Musical Achievements:
· All Region Band - 1st Chair (2011), 2nd Chair
(2010), 4th Chair (2009 - as a 6th Grader)
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Principal trumpet - TMEA State Honor Band (2012)
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Principal - Houston Youth Symphony Philharmonic Orchestra (2010 - 2011
Season)
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Summer
UH Cougar Band Camp - Intermediate School, 1st Chair (2010),
1st Chair (2009), 2nd Chair (2008)
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Honorable Mention - Clear Lake Symphony Youth Concerto
Competition (2010)
Photo by
Wendy Larsen Photography
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Honorable Mention*
Megan Routbort (Flute), "Concertino"
by Chaminade. Music teacher: Ema Armanious. |
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Senior Wind
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Jordan Brokken
(Bassoon) Co-Winner,
"Hungarian Fantasy (Andante & Rondo Ungarese)", by Weber. Age
16 in the 11th grade at Westfield High School. Son of Eric
and Kristen Brokken. Studied
bassoon for 5 years. Music teacher: Michael Matusek.
He has a very rigorous class schedule this year with five honors classes and
three AP classes while maintaining his ranking of 11th in his
class. Jordan is an active Boy Scout, a member his high school's
Science and Spanish national honor societies. Jordan's ambitions are
to someday be a professional bassoonist in a Symphony orchestra. His
interests are music and cooking. |
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Musical Achievements:
· Interlochen Arts Camp, Fennell Scholar (2011)
· All State Musician (2011, 2012)
· Brevard Summer Music Festival (2010)
· Houston Youth Symphony Concerto Competition Winner (2010, 2012)
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Alex Van Dyke
(Saxophone) Co-Winner,
"Concertino de Camera, 1st & 2nd mvts.", by
Ibert. Age 18 in the 12th grade at Mayde Creek High School.
Son of Judy Van Dyke and the late Stephen Van Dyke. Studied
saxophone for 6 years. Music teacher: Dan Gelok.
Alex enjoys his academic studies and is honored to rank as his class
Valedictorian. He is a member of his high school Golf and Academic
Challenge Teams, and serves in leadership roles with the National Honor
Society and Second Baptist Church Lead Team. Alex plan on pursuing a
degree in saxophone performance next year. |
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Musical Achievements:
· Texas All-State Band (2012)
· Houston Young Artists Concert Member (2010 - 2012)
· NASA Region 8 Conference Featured Soloist, Sam Houston State (2011)
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No Honorable Mention* |
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Junior Piano
Division |
Christine Tang (Piano) Winner,
"Piano Concerto No.2 in B-Flat" by Beethoven. Age
14, in Clear Brook High School. Daughter of Punan Tang and Xianrong Meng.
Christine studied piano for 8 years. Music teacher: John Weems. |
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Musical Achievements:
· Qualified for MTNA, TMTA competitions
· Participated in Forum Competition every year - winning multiple times
· Participated in
International Music Festival master classes (2011, 2012)
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Honorable Mention*
Alissa Kono
(Piano),
"Piano Concerto in D, 3rd mvt." by
Haydn. Music Teacher: Kana Mimaki. |
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Senior Piano
Division |
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Anna Wang
(Piano) Winner,
"Piano Concerto No. 3, 1st mvt.", by
Prokofieff. Age 15 in the 10th grade at Clear Lake High School.
Daughter of Liqiang and Aixia Wang. Studied
piano for 10 years and violin for 6 years. Music teacher: John
Weems (piano) and Mr. Chavdar Parashkerov (violin).
Anna enjoys composing, surfing the internet. She would like to study
piano performance and take required medical school courses in college.
She has not yet decided what college to attend at this time. |
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Musical Achievements:
· 1st Place, TMTA Solo Competition (2011)
· 1st Place, TASO Juanita Miller Concerto Competition (2012)
· Ranked 5th in All-State, 1st in Area (2011)
· Composition selected for NASA's Human Symposium (2011)
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No Honorable Mention* |
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Junior
String Division |
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Ethan Le
(Violin) Winner, "Violin
Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, 3rd mvt.", by Saint-Saens. Age 14 in the
8th grade
at Beck Junior High School. Son of Hung and June Le.
Studied violin for 7 years. Music Teacher: Kenneth Goldsmith and Sonja Harasim. Ethan enjoys Paintballing, playing XBox games, snowboarding
and basketball. |
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Musical Achievements:
· Chosen as a Houston Young Artist multiple times by the Houston Young
Artist Concert organization for both violin and piano performances.
· 1st Place, Houston Civic Symphony Young Artist Concerto
Competition (2011 - 2012)
· Accepted to Greenwood Music Camp (Summer 2011)
· Performed on KUHF's "The Front Row" (2009, 2011)
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Honorable Mention*
Kevin Zhang (Cello),
"Cello Concerto in G Minor, op. 85, 1st mvt." by
Elgar. Music Teacher: Olive Chen. |
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Senior
String Division |
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Brian Bires (Viola) Co-Winner,
"Viola Concerto in G Minor, 1st mvt." by
Forsyth.
Age 16 in the 11th grade at Clear Lake High School. Brian is the son
of Christina Bires.
He began playing viola in the 6th
grade under the direction of his mother, Christina Bires. He is currently
the private student of Lorenzo Golofeev. He has been in region orchestra
for 6 years and most recently made TMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra. Brian
is a member of Clear Lake Symphony and is a staff musician for Friendswood
United Methodist Church. Brian also performs a many different venues around
the Clear Lake Area as a freelance violist. He is a member of National
Honor Society and in 2011 he received his 3rd degree Black Belt
and is an instructor of Tae Kwon Do. Brian plans on majoring in Music
Education with a minor in viola performance. Brian lives in Friendswood
with his mother and his 2 dogs, Popo and Pablo. |
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Musical Achievements:
· All-State String Orchestra and soloist (2011)
· Bay Area Youth Symphony Concerto Competition Winner
· All-State Symphony Orchestra - Ranked 2nd in the state
(2012)
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Nathan Lo (Cello) Co-Winner,
"Cello
Concerto, op. 104, 1st mvt." by
Dvorak.
Age 16 in the 10th grade at The Kinkaid School. Brian is the son of
Bowen and Shuli Lo. He studied cello and piano for 8 years.
Music teachers: Brinton Smith and Tony Kitai. Nathan enjoys run track,
listening to all kinds of music, and hanging out with friends. He also
likes playing video games on the weekend. In addition to practicing
with his cello, he enjoys playing the piano. |
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Musical Achievements:
Piano
· 1st Place, Houston Forum for Yong Artists Competition
(2004, 2006, 2008, 2009)
· 1st Place, Texas State University in San Marcos for Grades
3-4 (2005)
· 2nd Place, Houston Forum for Yong Artists
Competition (2005, 2011)
· 2nd Place, Texas State University in San Marcos
for Grades 4-5 (2006)
· 1st Place, Houston Tuesday Musical Club Foundation with
$500 scholarship award (2006)
· 3rd Place, Texas State University in San Marcos for Grades
5-6 (2007)
· Soloist, Bloch Piano Concerto Grosso
· 3rd Place, Texas State University in San Marcos for Grades
7-8 (2008)
· 3rd Place, Houston Forum for Yong Artists Competition
(2010)
Cello
· Philharmonic TMEA All-State (2010)
· Symphony TMEA All-State (2011)
· Symphony TMEA All-State (2012)
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No Honorable Mention* |
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* Honorable Mention - will not
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Thank You Roje Yap
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Many thanks go to
Competition Coordinator, Roje Yap for his tireless work to put this
competition and concert together. A big thank you also goes to his
committee who helped during the competition and the judges on
January 28, 2012.
A
fine job was done by the competition Judges.
This
year's judges were the following:
| WIND
DIVISION |
Mr.
Robert Wall |
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· Assoc. Conductor - Clear Lake Symphony |
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· Principal Clarinet - Clear Lake Symphony |
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· Principal Trumpet - Clear Lake Symphony |
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· Private Music Teacher |
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Dr.
Angie Schindler |
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· Oboe Player - Clear Lake Symphony |
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| PIANO
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Dr.
Charles Johnson |
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· Music Director - Clear Lake Symphony |
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· Viola Player - Houston Ballet Orchestra |
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Dr.
Soyoon Lee |
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· Piano Faculty - Lone Star College |
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Ms.
Tali Morgulis |
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· Asst. Professor - University of Houston |
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| STRING
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Ms.
Alice Steele |
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· Concertmaster Emeritus - Clear Lake Symphony |
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· Texas Orchestra Director (retired) |
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Mr.
Tom Dinardis |
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· Principal Violin - Clear Lake Symphony |
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· Texas Orchestra Director |
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Mr.
Luci Manolache |
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· String Bass Player - Clear Lake Symphony |
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