Still leaving me speechless! Congratulations Bret.
10 years of piano guild auditions. The accumulated score of your hard work and dedication put you in the top five and top score! I am glad you performed a double program last year.
Dr. Irl & Jessie Allison Memorial Winner.
Your performance of Rhapsody in Blue with the IVS will always remain in my memory.
2013 piano guild auditions August 9 and 10, 2013 in Huntington Beach, CA
With Florida judge Judith Cataldo, Cynthia, Kathleen and Stacey Phan, Kianna Ocasla, Anais Perkins and Sebastian Gonzales.
Cynthia Phan performed a college level double program. Her program included movements from the op 13 "the Pathetique" sonata by Beethoven, the Chopin Etude op 25#11, and op 18 Waltz; the Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor op 23#5; the Malaguena by Lecuona, the last movement of Mozart's piano concerto K 597 and several movements of the Bach English Suite BWV 807.
These two programs marked Cynthia's 7th and 8th gold-medal piano Guild audition.
Both Stacey and Kathleen performed their 7th year National gold-medal programs.
Adam Ghilarducci, age 13, performed two programs. He played the Advanced Bach plaque and an additional regular 10 piece program. The Bach program included 14 two part Inventions and 1 Sinfonia.
Adam's second program included the Alla Turca by Mozart, a Scott Joplin rag and two tangos by Astor Piazzolla.
Congratulations Emika - with a brand new 10-piece Intermediate C program, including scales, chords/cadences and arpeggios musicianship phases.
I am most grateful for the opportunity to share the hard work and talent of our students
