Seventeen talented Hochstein students in grades 5-12 will be recognized at this year's Honors Convocation, including winners of Hochstein Merit Scholarships and three seniors who are completing the Honors Certificate Program.

The students also will perform solos during the Honors Convocation. Attendance in person at this concert is limited to family members – however, it will also be live streamed on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/hochsteinschool.

Hochstein teachers nominate students for Merit Scholarships and auditions were held February–March 2021. They are organized in four categories for various age levels of music students. The scholarships are provided with funds established to memorialize former board members Sydney Rubin and his wife Pearl Rubin, Lillian Taylor Hubbard, and Walter Holloran, as well as Sidney & Ruth Salzman, Dorothy Pund Allen, David Romig, Diana & Christina Wang, and Donald Yungkurth, and members of the Knights of Pythias.

The Honors Certificate Program is entered by audition and is an intensive course of study over several years. Many of the graduates of Hochstein’s Honors Certificate Program have pursued further musical studies at the finest conservatories and university schools of music in the country. There are three seniors who are expected to complete the program this year. Significant support for the Honors Certificate Program comes from the Donald F. & Maxine B. Davison Foundation.

To view the program and read the performer bios, click here. Note that four students are not performing live and their submitted videos will be included in the final video performance on our YouTube channel. 

Here is the full list of students who will be recognized:

Merit Scholarship Winners

Grades 5-6

• Knights of Pythias Memorial Scholarship: Wendy Brown of Fairport; violin; grade 6, homeschooled; student of Kathy Tarantelli
• David Romig Memorial Scholarship: Ian Dorrer of Brighton; piano; grade 5, French Road Elementary School; student of Oleksandra Yurchenko

Grades 7-8

• Diana & Christina Wang Memorial Scholarship: Nathan Bellinger of Victor; cello; grade 8, St. John Bosco School; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp
• Walter J. Holloran Memorial Scholarship: Lillian Brickman of Rochester; guitar; grade 8, School of the Arts; student of Tim Shannon
• Lillian Taylor Hubbard Memorial Scholarship: Christian Chan of West Henrietta; cello; grade 8, homeschooled; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp
• Dorothy Pund Allen Memorial Scholarship: Allison Lee of East Brunswick, NJ; violin; grade 8, Churchill Junior High School; student of Marcos Kreutzer
• Knights of Pythias Memorial Scholarship: Joseph McQuaid of Brighton; violin; grade 7, Twelve Corners Middle School; student of Marcos Kreutzer

Grades 9-10

• Sydney & Pearl Rubin Memorial Scholarship: Caitlin Ott of Pittsford; cello; grade 9, homeschooled; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp
• Dorothy Pund Allen Memorial Scholarship: Neil Stringer of Canandaigua; cello; grade 10, Canandaigua Academy; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp

Grades 11-12

• Lillian Taylor Hubbard Memorial Scholarship: Martina DeLuccio of Greece; voice; grade 11, Greece Athena High School; student of Sandra Boysen Sluberski
• Diana & Christina Wang Memorial Scholarship: Amy Feng of Pittsford; cello; grade 11, Pittsford Sutherland High School; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp
• Diana & Christina Wang Memorial Scholarship: Felix Huang of Webster; cello; grade 12, Webster Schroeder High School; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp (also Honors Certificate Program)
• Donald Yungkurth Memorial Scholarship: Katherine Huang of Pittsford; flute; grade 12, Pittsford Mendon High School; student of Diane Smith
• Sidney & Ruth Salzman Memorial Scholarship: Sean Li of Pittsford; piano; grade 11, Pittsford Mendon High School; student of Joseph Werner
• Knights of Pythias Memorial Scholarship: Isaac Pollock of Irondequoit; guitar; freshman, Monroe Community College; student of Tim Shannon

Honors Certificate Program Graduates

• John Canham of Pittsford; cello; grade 12, Pittsford Mendon High School; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp
• Joshua Fugate of Rochester; violin; grade 12, homeschooled; student of Pia Liptak
• Felix Huang of Webster; cello; grade 12, Webster Schroeder High School; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp

 

Additionally, six students were recognized with Honorable Mention:

• Abigail Black of Victor; flute; grade 11, Victor Senior High School; student of Diane Smith
• Noah Busch of Brighton; violin; grade 7, Twelve Corners Middle School; student of Pia Liptak
• Thomas DeFisher of Williamson; piano; grade 11, Williamson High School; student of Paula Bobb
• Shane Kuo of Fairport; piano; grade 10, Fairport High School; student of Willie LaFavor
• Erica Liu of Rochester; violin; grade 8, The Harley School; student of Marcos Kreutzer
• Timothy Suen of Webster; piano; grade 6, Willink Middle School; student of E-Na Song

 

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