PLEASE NOTE: Because of COVID-19, this event has been cancelled.

Students take the stage in this free afternoon performance celebrating Hochstein’s unique and diverse dance department. Part of Hochstein's Centennial Celebration!

At Hochstein, the emphasis is on the educational experience and the joy of dance, led by teachers who are experts in their particular style of dance. Hochstein’s dance program includes ballet, tap, modern, Latin, African dance and drumming, Flamenco, and hip hop.

Hochstein showcases the 13 Merit Scholarship winners in grades 5-12 in this special online student performance concert. Also recognized are three candidates for completion of the Honors Certificate Program.

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