Annual Youth Festival
A very important part of Tri-County's program is its Youth Festival, now in its 62nd year. Tri-County organizes one of the area’s most prestigious competitions for aspiring young musicians living in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties. The Association’s Annual Youth Festival offers talented students an opportunity to audition before and receive critiques from professional judges, and the winners receive scholarships for their musical training and the opportunity to perform before a discriminating audience at our Annual Festival Concert. In 2003, one hundred and thirty students were preregistered by their teachers for the Festival, and ninety-eight auditioned. Eighteen cash prizes were awarded to the young instrumentalists and vocalists listed in the program. The concert was a huge success, and will most certainly be excellent this year as well.
2004 Winners
ENSEMBLE DIVISION |
| Senior 1st |
Gogineni-Chang Duo: Emile Gogineni, violin, and Michael Chang, cello |
| Senior 2nd |
Fellowship of the Strings: Joyce Lin, violin; Maddie Bell, violin;
Alice Quirk, viola; Jessica Lin, cello |
| Senior 3rd |
Downingtown High School West Saxophone Quartet:
Kristen
M. McKeon, soprano saxophone; Jamie Edwards, alto saxophone; Matt Wattenmaker, tenor saxophone;
Erik Wilson, baritone saxophone |
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MUSICA DIVERSA DIVISION |
| Junior 1st |
Cassie Cummings, harp |
| Junior 2nd |
Alexa Lichtenstein, harp |
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PIANO DIVISION |
| Senior 2nd |
Julia Skyban |
| Junior 1st |
Rebecca Kenney |
| Junior 2nd |
Elise Fijan |
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STRING DIVISION |
| Senior 1st |
Hillary Lichtenstein, violin |
| Senior 2nd |
Rachel Berkowitz, violin |
| Junior 1st |
Andrew Antar, violin |
| Junior 2nd |
Maria Semes, violin |
| Junior 3rd |
Clare Elena Semes, violin |
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VOICE DIVISION |
| Senior 1st |
Lauren Iezzi, mezzo soprano |
| Senior 2nd |
Paul Hopper, tenor |
| Senior 3rd |
Ryan Holt, tenor |
| Junior 1st |
Katie Reilly, soprano |
| Junior 2nd |
Natalie Dupuis, soprano |
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WIND DIVISION |
| Senior 2nd |
Charles Peck, French horn |
| Junior 1st |
David A. Schwartz, alto saxophone |
| Junior 2nd |
Hyun Sung (Walter) Park, clarinet |
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Honorable Mention |
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Trumpet Quartet: (Andrew Sowa, Peter Schiller, Alex Gittleman,
Chris Shiley); |
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Brooke Camarda; Annamarie Frattarola; Lily He; Ilya Kavalerov;
Sarah McGahey; Alex Rogers; Joanna Schlatter; Melanie Styer;
Brittany Lauren Thomas; Stephanie Yeung; Laura K. Zahn |
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