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Jackie McGehee Young Artists' Competition Winners
Piano Concerto
1st
Sean Choi
Age: 16
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Junior
School: Home Schooled
Composer: Beethoven
Performance Selection:
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, III. Rondo - Vivace
Music Teacher: Tatyana Bayliyeva
2nd
Sophia Zhang
Age: 15
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Sophomore
School: Socorro High School - Soccoro NM
Composer: Mozart
Performance Selection:
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414, I. Allegro
Music Teacher: Tatyana Bayliyeva
3rd
Samuel Martinez
Age: 16
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Junior
School: Home Schooled
Composer: Beethoven
Performance Selection:
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major. Op. 73, I. Allegro
Music Teacher: Sharon Kunitz
Rising Star
Brayden Diaz
Age: 17
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: College Freshman
School: University of New Mexico
Composer: Mendelssohn
Performance Selection:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, I. Molto allegro con fuoco
Music Teacher: Dennis Alexander
Piano Solo
1st
Rafael Ingliss
Age: 13
Hometown: Santa Fe
School Level: 8th Grade
School: Home Schooled
Composer: Beethoven
Performance Selection:
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio
Music Teacher: Lois Shapiro
2nd
Wiliam Leng
Age: 14
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: 9th Grade
School: Albuquerque Academy
Composer: Tchaikovsky
Performance Selection:
Dumka in C minor, Op. 59
Music Teacher: Tatyana Bayliyeva
3rd
Gavin Mitchell
Age: 15
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Junior
School: Albuquerque Academy
Composer: JS Bach
Performance Selection:
Italian Concerto in F major, for solo keyboard (harpsichord), BWV 971
Music Teacher: Terri Reck
Rising Star
Adrian Koo
Age: 15
Hometown: Los Alamos
School Level: High School Sophomore
School: Los Alamos High School
Composer: Beethoven
Performance Selection:
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, III. Presto agitato
Music Teacher: Aejin Chang
Strings
1st
Ella Tasker
Age: 10
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: 5th Grade
School: Home Schooled
Composer: Mozart
Performance Selection:
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, I. Allegro
Music Teacher: Deborah Moench
2nd
Alicia Peng
Age: 15
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Sophomore
School: La Cueva High School
Composer: Saint-Saens
Performance Selection:
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61, I. Allegro con troppo
Music Teacher: Mark Rush
3rd
Larch Kingdon-Edwards
Age: 17
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Junior
School: Public Academy for Performing Arts
Composer: Shostakovich
Performance Selection:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107, I. Allegretto
Music Teacher: Nick Upton
Rising Star
Aya Ingliss
Age: 11
Hometown: Santa Fe
School Level: 6th Grade
School: La Mariposa Montessori School
Composer: Haydn
Performance Selection:
Violin Concerto No. 4 in G major, Hob. Vlla:4, I. Allegro moderato
Music Teacher: Yuko Shimokawa
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