CONGRATS to all of my students! Below are just some of their more official musical achievements, but these are just the tip of the iceberg of their many accomplishments musically and academically. (please let me know if I left anything out that should be listed). Bravi tutti!!
Grace Weitzel - Winner GTCYS Concerto Competition - Performing Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in November 2022, Winner Stillwater Con Amici Orchestra Competition - Performed Tartini Devil's Trill Sonata, May 2021, 1st Place Schubert Club Competition, 1st Place Thursday Musical Competition, and Mary West Competition. Minnesota Orchestra's YPSCA Competition 2X Finalist (2021 Norberg Prizewinner)
Evan Schuman - Winner SEMYO Concerto Competition - Performing Sibelius Violin Concerto with Southeastern Minnesota Youth Symphony - May 2021, Winner Groth Music Scholarship, 1st place Rochester Music Guild Competition
Aaron Harrelson - Winner Saint Paul Central High School Concerto Competition - Performing Shostakovich 1st Violin Concerto, May 2021
Meiling Mathur - Mary West Competition, Honorable Mention (Barber Violin Concerto)
Graduating Seniors - Colleges (Class of 2026): Corrie Bascom - Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA Eleanor Clay - NYU - New York, NY Annika Griffith - Concordia College, Moorehead, MN Alejandro Koenen - St. Thomas University, Saint Paul, MN Kyan Johnson - Peabody Conservatory of Music/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Lukas Oddsson - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Eleanor Richards - Oberlin College, Ohio Kai Sih - Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN
2017-18 Solo Concerto Performances (all chosen by competition):
Penny Corbett Lalo Symphonie Espagnole - with Golden Valley Orchestra, March 2018
Gabriel Bauer Ravel’s Tzigane - with MYS Symphony Orchestra, June 3, 2018 at Ted Mann Concert Hall (University of Minnesota)
Nadine Manske Barber Violin Concerto - May 3, 2018 at 7:00PM, at the Theater of the Saint Paul Conservatory for the Performing Arts (entrance on 5th Street) - with St. Paul Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra.
Amina Knapp Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 - with Mounds View High School Symphony Orchestra. May 22, 2018
Maria Landherr Mendelssohn Violin Concerto - with Stillwater High School Symphony Orchestra. May 20, 2018 3:00PM
MYS Concerto Competition Finalists 2017-18: Amina Knapp, violin - Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 Benjamin Lenzmeier, violin - “Ziguenerweisen” by Sarasate Gabriel Bauer, violin (winner) - “Tzigane” by Ravel
2017-18 Youth Orchestras:
# concertmaster * principal 2nd violin + principal viola
Minnesota Youth Symphonies (MYS) 2017-18:
2017-18 MYS Symphony Orchestra: Gabriel Bauer, violin # Henry Zietlow, violin Benjamin Lenzmeier, violin Maggie Liss, viola + Lasse Hackbarth, violin Amina Knapp, violin Penny Corbett, violin* Kai Sih, violin
Concerto Solo Performances 2016-17: Megan Foreman - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Stillwater High School Symphony Orchestra, May 2017 Maria Landherr - Mozart Violin Concerto #5 with Stillwater Con Amici Chamber Orchestra, May 2017 Juliana Kilcoyne - Handel Viola Concerto in B Minor - St. Croix Academy Orchestra, Spring 2017
2017 Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Youth Chamber Music Competition: Nadine Maske - Grand Prize and 1st Place String Ensemble, Level A, as 1st Violinist of the Donovan Quintet
2016-17 MYS Concerto Competition Finalists: Lasse Hackbarth, violin - Havanaise by Saint-Saens Benjamin Lenzmeier, violin - Lalo Symphonie Espagnole Paul Watkins, viola - “Der Schwanendreher” by Hindemith Amina Knapp, violin - “Nigun’ by Bloch
2016-17 MYS Symphony Orchestra (with tour to Cuba!): Adeline Balfour, viola Paul Watkins, viola + Maggie Liss, viola Delon Smith, violin Gabriel Bauer, violin# Henry Zietlow, violin Benjamin Lenzmeier, violin Amina Knapp, violin Lasse Hackbarth, violin Kai Sih, violin
2016-17 MYS Philharmonic Orchestra: Kiana Welsch, violin Liv Hackbarth, violin Hannah Lorenz-Meyer, violin Alexander Lenzmeier, violin *
Colleges (class of 2020): Adeline Balfour - Cornell University Anna Leubke, violin - U of Wisconsin Madison- Music Major Juliana Kilcoyne, viola- Eastman School of Music Megan Foreman, University of Miami (Computer Science) Paul Watkins - University of British Columbia, Vancouver