2017 Vivace Music Competition
Vivace Music Idol:Bowen Ying, violin;Hannah Yoon,cello
Senior Ensemble
1st prize : Cello Rocks (Kail Yuan,Hannah Yoon, Isaac Kim,Sierra Wei,Sarah Yoon, Tyler Yang,Hyunjin Christina Lee,Anya Chan)
2nd prize : Daniel Chow and Rachel Chen
Honorable Mention : Villa Maria Quartet (Jenny Feng, Rachel Chen, Nicole Slaats and Mackenzie Howell)
Junior Ensemble
1st prize : Anagha Kapsi and Sophie Odia
2nd Prize : Ryana Rajesh and Carolina Ho
Honorable Mention: Joshua Prior and Rachel Prior
Children Ensemble
2nd prize : Nicholas Brady and Lucia Brady
Senior Cello Solo
1st prize : Hannah Yoon
Honorable Mention : Isaac Kim
Junior Cello Solo
1st prize : Anya Chan
2nd prize : Anika Jaswal
Honorable Mention : Samuel Kim, Sarah Yoon and Sierra Wei
Children Cello Solo
1st prize : Ruijia Yang
2nd prize : Katina Pantazopoulous
Honorable Mention : Matthew Chung,Owen Li, Mabel Qiu, Kai Wong and Audrey Song
Senior Viola Solo
1st prize : Jenna McGeoch
Honorable Mention : Sejin Park
Junior Viola Solo
1st prize : Juliana Castillo
Children Viola Solo
Honorable Mention : Payton Smith Holzbaur
Senior Violin Solo
1st prize : Portia Maidment
2nd prize : Rachel Chen
Honorable Mention :Valeria Varlashova and Adam Zhang
Junior Violin Solo
1st prize : Bowen Ying
2nd prize : Joshua Prior, Juliana Castillo
Honorable Mention : Ashley Zhang, Esther Kim,Eric Zhao, and Haley Chung
Children 1 Violin Solo
1st prize : Lucia Brady
Honorable Mention : (*special honorable mention:Channa Andrey Lee),Noelle Prior, Christopher Li and Zoe Zhang
Children 2 Violin Solo
1st prize : Denis Ryabovol
2nd prize : Jiaray Shi
Honorable Mention : Nicholas Brady, Elizabeth Yeh, Bethany Prior, Natalie Chen, Jack Chao, Carolyn Urban, Amelie Matuch
2016 Vivace Competition Winners
Vivace Music Idol: Shannon McTaggart,Karl Eckert
Senior Ensemble
First Prize:String Quartet:Shannon McTaggart, Matthew Chow, Mary Zhuang, Hannah Yoon
Second Prize:Cello Rocks:Alex Wu, Kail Yuan,Seyoung Kim,Leigh Magness,Hannah Yoon,Jason Shu,Anya Chan, Sarah Yoon,Sierra Wei,Matthew Wang,Daniel Han, Alan Xu
Junior Ensemble
Second Prize: Violin Quartet :Chitraksh Bhatt, Charlie Chian, Caleb Reed, Juliana Castillo
Honorable Mention:
Violin Quartet: Aravind Viswanathan, Archana Kulkarni, Coco Kambayashi, Audrey Kim
Violin & Cello Duo:Isha Jiang, Eugenia Li
Violin
Senior #1
First Prize: Shannon McTaggart
Honorable Mention:Valeria Varlashova
Junior #2
First Prize:Juliana Castillo
Second Prize:Jolade Adebekun
Honorable Mention: Saakshi Navile ,Alexander Zhang
Junior #1
Second Prize: Joshua Prior, Bowen Ying
Honorable Mention: Tiffany Chen,Chandric Lee,Christine Meng,Michael Studer
Children #3
Second Prize:Anagha Kapsi
Honorable Mention: Bethany Yang, Dean Moon, Haley Chung,Rachel Prior, Ruijia Yang, Vibha Janakiraman
Children #2
First Prize:Nicholas Brady
Honorable Mention: Zoe Zhang,Adelle Sullivan-Cozza,Sophia Shao,Bethany Prior,Audrey Kim
Children #1
Second Prize:Lucia Brady
Honorable Mention:Noelle Prior
Viola
Senior #1
Honorable Mention: James Levi
Junior #2
Honorable Mention:Karen Xu
Junior 1
First Prize:Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza
Children #3
Honorable Mention:Christopher Tyburski,Justin Sullivan-Cozza
Cello
Senior #2
Second Prize: Karl Eckert
Senior #1
First Prize:Sang-O Park
Second Prize: Alex Wu
Honorable Mention: Hannah Yoon, Jason Shu
Junior #2
Honorable Mention: Sarah Yang, Matthew Wang
Junior #1
Second Prize: Christine Jung
Honorable Mention: Eugenia Li,Abigail Wolf,Anya Chan,Sarah Yoon
Children #3
Second Prize: Ruijia Yang
Honorable Mention: Samuel Kim,Katina Pantazopoulos,Matthew Chung,Owen Li,Mable Qiu,Pietro Fosco Romussi,Matthew Tyburski,Jacob Yuan
Winners of Vivace Music Competition 2015
2015 Vivace Music Idol (Audience Voted “Grand Prize”) – Alex Wu, cello, Eric Gao, violin
Senior Ensemble:
Second Prize: Cellos Rock (Cello Octet) – Alex Wu, Hannah Yoon, Kail Yuan, Jessica Zhang, Isaac Kim, Sara Yoon, Alex Peters, Sierra Wei
Honorable Mention: Magness Duo – Leigh Magness, cello; Lane Magness, bass
Junior Ensemble:
First Prize: Violin duet – Ananya Muthukrishnan, Eric Gao
Honorable Mention: Violin/Cello Duo – Isha Jiang, violin; Eugenia Li, cello
Bass — Junior Division #1
Honorable Mention: Lane Magness
Cello — Senior Division # 2
Honorable Mention: Alex Chen
Cello — Senior Division # 1
First Prize: Eliana Yang
Second Prize: Alex Wu
Cello — Junior Division #2
First Prize: Hannah Yoon
Honorable Mention: Alex Peters, Sarah Yang
Cello — Junior Division # 1
Second Prize: Daniel Han
Honorable Mention: Alexandra Vergara, Issac Kim
Cello — Children Division #3
Second Prize: Samuel Kim, Ruijia Yang
Honorable Mention: Eugenia Li, Anika Jaswal, Christine Jung, Deana Yuan
Cello — Children Division # 2
Honorable Mention: Owen Li
Viola Senior Division # 2
Second Prize: Grant Wei
Honorable Mention: Zoe Hartenbaum
Viola Senior Division #1
Second Prize: Mary Zhuang
Viola Junior Division # 2
Honorable Mention – Karen Xu
Viola Junior Division #1
Honorable Mention: Nicolette Cozza
Viola Children Division #3
Honorable Mention: Justine Sul-Cozza
Violin– Senior Division #2
Honorable mention: Tristan Maidment
Violin — Senior Division #1
Second Prize: Matthew Chow
Honorable mention: Portia Maidment, Samantha Lee
Violin — Junior Division # 2
First Prize: Natalie Kim
Honorable Mention: Adam Zhang
Violin — Junior Division # 1
Second Prize: Eric Gao
Honorable Mention: Joshua Prior
Violin — Children Division #3
First Prize: Nahoko Okamoto
Second Prize: Tiffany Chen
Honorable Mention: Cyrus Zheng, Sarah Gano, Valerie Cohen, Rachel Prior, Alice Liu
Violin — Children Division # 2
First Prize: Dean Moon
Second Prize: Sean Magee, Audrey Kim, Bethany Yang
Honorable Mention: Bethany Prior, Lauren Wu2
Violin — Children Division # 1
Second Prize: Adele Cozza
Honorable Mention: Noelle Prior