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Student Honors, Awards, and Achievements

 

2003-2004

 

 

 

Reshad Amini

 

·         Honorable Mention – MTNA National Baldwin Awards – State Division.

 

·         Finalist – Young People’s Symphony Concert Association (YPSCA) of the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition.  Received the YPSCA Award for his performance in Orchestra Hall.

 

·         Winner – Thursday Musical Competition – Junior High Division

 

 

Adam Birdsall

 

·         Winner – 2003 Schubert Club Scholarship Competition – Junior High Division.

 

·         Alternate - MTNA National Baldwin Awards – State Division.

 

·         Winner - St. Paul Piano Teachers Association (SPPTA) Concerto Competition.  Performance with the Mississippi Valley Orchestra, Sunday, April 18, 2004, 4:00 p.m., at Augustana Lutheran Church in West St. Paul, MN.

 

·         Selected – National Public Radio’s From the Top, selected Adam’s performance of the Muczynski Preludes for an “all pianists special edition featuring highlights from past broadcasts”.

 

·         2nd Prize - Young People’s Symphony Concert Association (YPSCA) of the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition.  Received the Edwin Norberg Prize for his performance in Orchestra Hall.

 

·         Selected RecitalistSalon se leve Concert Series, February, 2004.

 

·         Selected – The Minnesota Music Teachers Association selected Adam to perform Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata (1st movement) for the Christopher O’Riley master class.

 

·         Selected – As a performing member of the Salon se Leve Concert Series, Adam was selected to perform in the master class of Stephen Kovacevich, one of the world’s great pianists.

 

·         Selected – As the recipient of the Edwin Norberg Prize for his performance in Orchestra Hall, Adam was invited to perform Liszt’s Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F minor for the annual meeting of the Young People’s Symphony Concert Association (YPSCA) of the Minnesota Orchestra.

 

·         3rd Prize – The Lee Biennial Piano Competition, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Division II (age 12-14).

 

 

Jimmy Broberg

 

·         Alternate – Young Artist Piano Camp UMD Concerto Competition.

 

·         Finalist - 2004 Schubert Club Scholarship Competition – Junior High Division.

 

·         Honorable Mention – MTNA National Baldwin Awards – State Division.

 

·         Television Broadcast – The television program, Music da camera, will present Jimmy as soloist and duettist (with his brother, Kenny).  The program will be aired to over 18,000,000 households in the fall, 2004.

 

·         Selected – The Minnesota Music Teachers Association selected Jimmy to perform the Allegro de Concierto of Granados for the Christopher O’Riley master class.

 

·         Solo recital – Jimmy shared with his brother, Kenny, an hour-long solo recital for the Augustana Retirement Community.

 

 

Kenny Broberg

 

·         Selected – The Minnesota Music Teachers Association selected Kenny to perform Chopin’s Waltz in E minor, Op. Posth. for the Maria Rantapaa master class.

 

·         Television Broadcast – The television program, Music da camera, will present Kenny as soloist and duettist (with his brother, Jimmy).  The program will be aired to over 18,000,000 households in the fall, 2004.

 

·         Solo recital – Kenny shared with his brother, Jimmy, an hour-long solo recital for the Augustana Retirement Community.

 

·         3rd Prize – The Lee Biennial Piano Competition, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Division I (age 9-11).

 

 

Lillie Gardner

 

·         Selected – Lillie was selected, by audition, to perform the C-sharp minor Scherzo of Chopin for the Mordecai Shehori Master Class at the Young Artists Piano Camp, UMD

 

·         Finalist – Young People’s Symphony Concert Association (YPSCA) of the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition.  Received the YPSCA Award for her performance in Orchestra Hall.

 

·         Selected – The Minnesota Music Teachers Association selected Lillie as the alternate to perform Liszt’s Rigoletto Fantasy for the Christopher O’Riley master class.

 

·         Scholarship Winner – Lillie was selected for one of the two 2004 Minnesota Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Piano Camp Awards.

 

 

Claire Glenn

 

·         Selected – Claire was selected, by audition, to perform the Summer Journal of Muczynski for the Mordecai Shehori Master Class at the Young Artists Piano Camp, UMD.

 

 

Alex Johnson

 

·         Selected – One of four Twin Cities young artists selected to perform for Frances Renzi’s Master Class at the MacPhail Center for the Arts

 

·         2nd Place – 2003 Schubert Club Scholarship Competition –High School Division.

 

·         Scholarship Winner – International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) Summer Piano Camp, University of California – Santa Barbara.

 

·         Honorable Mention – Thursday Musical Scholarship Competition (2004) – High School Division.

 

·         Scholarship Winner – Alex was awarded a full scholarship to the International Keyboard Institute & Festival, a prestigious two-week summer event held in New York City.  He studied privately with Jerome Rose, Mordecai Shehori, Victor Rosenbalm, Vladimir Shakin, and Vladislav Kovalsky.

 

·         Accepted – Alex was accepted for an intensive two-week program of study at Piano Summer at New Paltz, State University of New York, New Paltz.  Alex studied with the legendary Russian pianist, Valdimir Feltzman, as well as, Robert Hamilton, Phillip Kawin, Paul Ostrovsky, Alexander Slobodyanik, and Eleri Andjaparidze.

 

 

Nicholas Qiu

 

·         Selected – The Minnesota Music Teachers Association selected Nicholas as the alternate to perform Rachdmaninoff’s Polchinelle for the Maria Rantapaa master class.

 

 

Ann Wolski

 

·         Selected – The Minnesota Music Teachers Association selected Ann to perform Muczynski’s Preludes Opus 6 for the Maria Rantapaa master class.

 

 

Adrian Wood-Smith

 

·         Honorable Mention – Young Artists Piano Camp Concerto Competition.

 

·         Alternate - MTNA National Yamaha Awards – State Division.

 

·         Solo Recital – House of Hope Presbyterian Church, November, 2003.

 

 

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