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Promising school-age musicians from throughout the Valley, grades 7 through 12, soloist and ensembles, competed in the annual Arizona Musicfest Young Musicians Competition on April 10, 11 and 18, 2010, before a panel of distinguished judges: well-known adjudicator Dr. Barbara Spoelman; Dr. Robert Strava, violinist with The Phoenix Symphony; and Ms. Marian Buswell, principal oboe of The Phoenix Symphony. Judges’ Bios…
The Young Musicians Competition was established in 2002 to honor two founding members of Arizona Musicfest, Chet and Ann Goldberg. This year’s Competition was sponsored by a generous gift from Patricia and Robert Goulstone.
The 2011 Competition Preliminaries will take place on March 26 and 27, with the Finals on April 3 at 2:00pm at Desert Foothills Lutheran Church, 29305 Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale 85266 (between Dixileta & Dynamite). Please call Arizona Musicfest at 480.488.0806, or toll free 866.488.0806, for additional information.
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2010 YMC Finalistists
Front Row (left to right): Andrea Terhune, Competition Chairman, Yingyu Sun, Emi Smith, Thomas Menefee, Stephanie Kha, Joyce Yang, Eric Chang
Middle Row (left to right): Lisa Sedares, Hao Zhao, Peter Eom, Ted Lin, Kevin Bodhipaksha
Back Row (left to right): Jennifer Chiang, Marcie Kolacki, Sarah Lee, Jeanelle Brierley
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2010 Winners, Runners-up and Honorable Mention
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Division One (Solo Instruments, Grades 7 & 8)
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Winner
Joyce Yang, Piano (8th grade, Kyrene Altadena Middle School)
Runners-up
Thomas Menefee, Double Bass (8th grade, Tempe Preparatory Academy)
Yingyu Sun, Piano (7th grade, Santan Junior High School)
Honorable Mention
Paris Myers, Double Bass (8th grade, Highland Junior High School)
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Division Two (Solo Instruments, Grades 9 & 10)
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Winner
Jennifer Chiang, Flute (9th grade, Corona del Sol High School)
Peter Eom, Cello (9th grade, Highland High School)
Runners-up
Jeanelle Brierley, Violin (9th grade, Arizona Virtual Academy)
Hao Zhao, Piano (9th grade, Hamilton High School)
Honorable Mention
Andrew Boyle, Piano (10th grade, Mountain Ridge High School)
Nathaniel Kroeger, Piano (9th grade, Corona del Sol High School)
Jessica Zhu, Piano (9th grade, Mountain Point High School)
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Division Three (Solo Instruments, Grades 11 & 12)
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Winner
*Note: The judges determined that all 3 finalists performed equally; they also decided that the finalists all deserved runner-up award.
Runners-up
Stephanie Kha, Piano (11th grade, Red Mountain High School)
Emi Smith, Piano (12th grade, Horizon Honors High School)
Lisa Sedares, Piano (12th grade, Desert Mountain High School)
Honorable Mention
John Loui, Piano (11th grade, Desert Vista High School)
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Division Four (Ensembles, Grades 7 - 12)
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Winner
String Quartet
Jeanelle Brierley, Violin (9th grade, Arizona Virtual Academy)
Eric Chang, Violin (11th grade, Corona del Sol High School)
Kevin Bodhipaksha, Viola (9th grade, Dobson High School)
Ted Lin, Cello (11th grade, Corona del Sol High School)
Runners-up
Nuance Trio
Jennifer Chiang, Piano (9th grade, Corona del Sol High School)
Marcie Kolacki, Cello (8th grade, Copperwood Elementary School)
Sarah Lee, Violin (9th grade, Desert Vista High School)
Honorable Mention
Wind Quintet
Alex Austin, French Horn (12th grade, Corona del Sol High School)
Alison Bailey, Clarinet (12th grade, Corona del Sol High School)
Emi Smith, Oboe (12th grade, Horizon Honors High School)
Tina Cai, Flute (12th grade, Corona del Sol High School)
Ian Murphy, Bassoon (12th grade, Horizon Honors High School)
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2010 Judges’ Bios
Dr. Barbara Spoelman holds degrees from Eastern Illinois University and Arizona State University in Piano Pedagogy and Performance. She spent 19 years as an instructor in the ASU Piano Prep/Conservatory Program, and served on the music faculty at Scottsdale Community College. Dr. Spoelman has devoted her career to the advancement of classical music study in children and adults. She is a member of MTNA, EVMTA, serves on the state board for the Arizona Study Program, and is a frequent adjudicator. Currently, she serves as Director of Spoelman Piano Study where she provides a curriculum of group and private piano instruction.
Dr. Robert Strava holds the degrees of Bachelor of Music from Arizona State University, Master of Music from The Catholic University of Arizona, and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa. His teachers have included Eugene Lombardi, Berl Senofsky, and Allen Ohmes. Strava is active as a performer in numerous chamber groups and has performed with the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Flagstaff Festival of the Arts, and the Sedona Chamber Music Festival. He loves teaching and maintains an active studio of private violin students. Strava has been on the faculty of the Sewanee Summer Music Center (held at the University of the South in Tennessee) and the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Prior to joining the Phoenix Symphony in 1980, Strava was on the faculty of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.
Marian Buswell was named principal oboe of The Phoenix Symphony at the beginning of the 1982-83 season. An alumna of the University of Minnesota and the North Carolina School of the Arts, Ms. Buswell came to Phoenix from the Kansas City Philharmonic where she was principal oboe and frequent soloist for five seasons. Additionally, from 1979 through 1984, she served as principal oboe in the Summer Eastern Music Festival. Buswell has performed with the Oklahoma City Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra and the Piedmont (N.C.) Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Buswell studied with Dayna Larason Fisher, Richard Killoren, Joseph Robinson and John Mack.
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