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On April 28th and 29th, 2006, 94 gifted young pianists competed for
scholarship awards through The 5th Annual Steinway Piano
Competition- the largest piano competition in Southwest
Florida, co-sponsored for the first time by Florida Gulf
Coast University. The winners of the competition were given
cash scholarships totaling over $11,000 funded by
contributions from of the Steinway Piano Society. The
winning students were also granted two more performance
opportunities, and will be featured in a WGCU television
program.
On Sunday, April 30th, 2006, three finalists from each of the four
age categories performed in a recital and awards
presentation at the WGCU TV Studio, our local PBS
affiliate. Scholarship awards were presented after the
children performed. The event was hosted by Scott Houston,
The Piano Guy. WGCU will also spend the summer shooting
background material on the kids, their families and
teachers- all to be compiled into a one hour program that
will air over the holidays. It is expected that many other
PBS stations throughout Florida will air the program as
well.
The competition was divided into four categories: Early
Elementary (Grades K-3), Late Elementary (Grades 4-5),
Junior (Grades 6-9), and Senior (Grades 10-12).
2006 Competition
EARLY ELEMENTARY (Grades K-3)
Five Happy Variations on a Folk Song, Op.1 ..Dmitri
Kabalevsky
BENNETT LANNI, 2nd place
Teacher: Elena Hall
Age: 8
School: Osceola Elementary
Sonata in C Major, K. 95, L. 358 .
..Domenico Scarlatti
REBECCA VALERA, 3rd place
Teacher: Stacy Werblin
Age:9
School: Spring Creek Elementary
Dangerous Journey, Op. 147
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Carl Koelling
MAXWELL NORLEANS, 1st place
Teacher: Mingshan Kong
St. Michael School
Age: 7
LATE ELEMENTARY (Grades 4-5)
Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2
..Johann Friedrich Burgmόller
LILLY GAREAU, 3rd place
Teacher: Julie McFarland
Age:11
School: Sea Gate Elementary
Sonatina No. 2 in G Major
..Jean Theodore Latour
McCLARAN HAYES, 2nd place
Teacher: Lan Lam
Age: 11
School: Sea Gate Elementary
The Fountain
Karl Bőhm
JENNIFER WU, 1st place
Teacher: Mingshan Kong
Age: 10
School: Pelican Marsh Elementary
JUNIOR (Grades 6-9)
Sonata in D Major
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Franz Joseph Haydn
SHIRLYNN CHU, 2nd place
Teacher: Elena Hall
Age: 14
School: Naples High School
Gertrudes Dream Waltz
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.Ludvig Van Beethoven
MELODY COOKE, 3rd place
Teacher: Mingshan Kong
Age: 12
School: Dunbar Middle School
Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 1
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Frιdιric Chopin
KEVIN HUNG, 1st place, Jacqueline Shay Award
Teacher: Mingshan Kong
Age: 14
School: Barron Collier High School
SENIOR (Grades 10-12)
Rondo Capricioso, Op. 14
..Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
KELLY KIM, 3rd place
Teacher: Mingshan Kong
Age: 16
School: Bishop Verot High School
Improvisation, Op. 46
Edward MacDowell
LAUREN SCHAEFER, 2nd place
Teacher: Eleanor Morgan
Age:15
School: Ft. Myers High School
Sonata in G minor, Op. 22
Robert Schumann
ALDEN GATT, 1st place, Ruth Gordon Award
Teacher: Lan Lam
Age:18
School: Community School
MARY JANE SCHNEIDER PIANO
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
KEVIN HUNG
Honorable Mention Winners
SHAE BROWN, HANNAH FENG, KEVIN
BOYD, CHRISTINE MANSOUR, ADDISON VIETS
Award winners gave their final
performance for the members of the Steinway Piano Society in
an All-Star Recital on Wednesday, May 3rd at the
Steinway Piano Gallery where it was announced that First
Place winner of the Senior Category, Alden Gatt, has been
accepted to the prestigious Eastman School of Music in
Rochester, New York. Steinway Piano Society is proud of all
the students who competed and pleased that talented young
artists in Southwest Florida receive the recognition they
deserve.
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Maxwell Norleans
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Melody Cooke
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Lauren Schaefer
performs at the
WGCU
TV Studio
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Scott Houson
The Piano Guy, Teacher
Elena Hall,
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2005 Competition
On March 5 and 6 more than 100 musically talented children
in
Southwest Florida took part
in the third annual Steinway Piano Society Piano
Competition--the largest piano competition in Southwest
Florida. More than 110 children who were as young as 6 and
as old as 18 and played pieces by several well-known
composers such as Bach, Mozart, Rachmaninoff and many others
as participants in the competition.
The Steinway Piano Gallery is proud to sponsor the
competition to ensure talented young artists in Southwest
Florida receive the recognition they deserve. Additionally,
contributions from Steinway Piano Society members help fund
the scholarship prizes. This year's competition will take
place in April.
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