The scholarship winners were selected during auditions held over the past five months. Each student will perform a solo during the Honors Convocation, in works ranging from Bach, Saint-Saёns, and Vivaldi, to Bartók, Copland, and Villa-Lobos.
You can watch the concert on Hochstein’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HochsteinSchool/ and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/hochsteinschool.
Thank you to all the participating students, and to their teachers and the members of the judging panel in each division.
Merit Scholarship Winners
Grades 5-6
Wendy Brown, violin – student of Kathy Tarantelli (Diana & Christina Wang Memorial Scholarship)
Noah Busch, violin – student of Pia Liptak (Walter J. Holloran Memorial Scholarship)
Joseph McQuaid, violin – student of Marcos Kreutzer (Dorothy Pund Allen Memorial Scholarship)
Grades 7-8
Nathan Bellinger, cello – student of Kathy Kemp (Diana & Christina Wang Memorial Scholarship)
Lillian Brickman, guitar – student of Tim Shannon (Knights of Pythias Memorial Scholarship)
Victoria Hayashi, piano – student of Willie LaFavor (Lillian Taylor Hubbard Memorial Scholarship)
Grades 9-10
Thomas DeFisher, piano – student of Paula Bobb (Ruth & Sidney Salzman Memorial Scholarship)
Gabriella Graney, voice – student of Sandra Sluberski (Knights of Pythias Memorial Scholarship)
Luke Pisani, piano – student of Gary Palmer (David Romig Memorial Scholarship)
Grades 11-12
Joshua Fugate, violin – student of Pia Liptak (Dorothy Pund Allen Memorial Scholarship)
Katherine Huang, flute – student of Diane Smith (Donald Yungkurth Memorial Scholarship)
Jett Kopalek, violin – student of Pia Liptak (Sydney & Pearl Rubin Memorial Scholarship)
Isaac Pollock, guitar – student of Tim Shannon (Lillian Taylor Hubbard Memorial Scholarship)
Honorable Mention
Lydia Daley, flute – student of Diane Smith
Ji-Mi Jang, cello – student of Kathy Kemp
Honors Certificate Program Graduates
Lydia Geiger, flute – student of Rita George-Simmons
Ji-Mi Jang, cello – student of Kathy Kemp
Agathya Visveswaran, guitar – student of John Wiesenthal