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On
Sunday May 20th, The Steinway Piano Society of Naples
awarded $11,000 to 12 winners of the 2007 Florida Gulf Coast
University / Steinway Piano Competition. The University also
awarded scholarships. Nearly 100 students aged 6 to 18
participated in the 8th annual competition.
For the
past two years, the event has been co-sponsored by Florida
Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music. Piano
department head, Prof Michael Baron addressed the winners
and spoke on the benefits of participating in competitions
at an early age. "We were pleased to have the distinguished
educator Prof. Joanne Smith return as Chairperson this
year.
Thanks
to the cooperation of the Bower School of Music, this event
has become the largest music competition in southwest
Florida," said Greg Billings, Founder of the Steinway Piano
Society of Naples.
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).
2007 Competition
Early Elementary (Grades K-3)
1st
Place:
Maxwell Norleans, student of Ming-Shan Kong
2nd
Place:
Olivia
T. Yang, student of Suzanna Kalina
3rd
Place:
Madelyn Stephenson, student of Ming-Shan Kong
Honorable Mention:
Elizabeth Berg, student of Ming-Shan Kong
Late Elementary (Grades 4-5)
1st
Place:
Jingfan (Jennifer) Wu, student of Ming-Shan Kong
2nd
Place:
Andre
Chu, student of Elena Hall
3rd
Place:
Jack
Norleans, student of Ming-Shan Kong
Honorable Mention:
McClaran Hayes, student of Lan Lam
1st
Place:
Joseph
Lang Jr., student of Lan Lam
2nd
Place:
Kevin
Boyd, student of Joanne Smith
3rd
Place:
Yvonne
Jiang, student of Ming-Shan Kong
Honorable Mention:
Julian
Gonzalez, student of Joanne Smith
1st
Place:
Kelly
Kim, student of Ming-Shan Kong
2nd
Place:
Sabrina Gruber, student of Mary Griffin Seal
3rd
Place:
Paul
Joseph Emidy, student of Julie McFarland
Honorable Mention:
Adam
Edlund, student of Ming-Shan Kong
Mary Jane Schneider Piano
Achievement Award
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Group of winning students with
Prof. Joanne Smith and
Greg Billings and
Prof. Michael Baron
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Joseph Lang Jr.
Winner of the Mary Jane Schneider
Piano Achievement Award
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Madelyn Stephenson
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Sabrina Gruber
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Last Year's
2006 Competition
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).
To see more about the 2006 Competition
and the results
Click
Here.
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