Adam Ghilarducci (age 13) Piano Guild Advanced Bach Plaque

Congratulations, Adam! On August 10, 2013 Adam performed the Advanced Bach program from the National Piano Guild.

The audition lasted 45 minutes and required all pieces to be performed from memory, plus 4 octaves scales and cadences.
Adam's Bach program included two-part Inventions #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15 and three-part Invention - Sinphonia #15, a total of 15 pieces were performed.
What an achievement.

Adam is the second student to achieve this plaque in the Eva Martin Hollaus piano studio.

Royal Conservatory of Music Summer Session Results

I am very happy to announce that
Thulasi Yogarajah successfully completed performance Level 3;
Sebastian Gonzales completed performance Level 3;
Tara Romero completed performance Level 5.

RCM is an excellent and challenging program, that can provide a Conservatory education during K-12!

Eva Martin Hollaus Piano Studio - Piano Guild auditions 2013 - results

I am very happy to announce that this year's piano auditions are completed!
Our auditions started in June and were completed end of August 2013.
 The students performed either a gold medal 10-piece program (National-10) or a gold medal 15 piece program (International-15). Both Adam Ghilarducci and Cynthia Nguyen Phan performed two programs successfully giving credit for two years auditions.
All students performed 1 - 5 musicianship phases; most performed were scales, chords/cadences and arpeggios, sight-reading and ear-training was also tested.

Here are our 20 gold medals earned in this year's Piano GUild auditions:

June 19, 2013 Judge: Deborah Mele

1.         Sai Sivapalan                  I-15      PD – Regular High School Diploma, 11^th gold medal audition  

July 16, 2013 Judge: Karen L. Webster

2.         Kelly Rausch                            N-10     IS, 7^th gold medal audition

July 29, August 4, August 9 and 10, 2013 Judge: Judith Cataldo

3.         Nubia Adelaine Gonzalez         N-10     EC, 2^nd gold medal audition

4.         Thulasi Yogarajah                    I-15      IE, 7^th gold medal audition

5.         Adam Ghilarducci                    N-10     PA, 2^nd gold medal audition

6.         Eduardo Dominguez                N-10     ID, 2^nd gold medal audition

7.         Trisha Leungsikul                    N-10     EC, 2^nd gold medal audition

8.         Emika Saito                             N-10     IC, 1^st gold medal audition

9.         Adam Ghilarducci                    Advanced Bach Plaque PBM I-15 PS, 3^rd gold medal audition

10.        Jim Powers                               N-10     ED, 2^nd gold medal audition

11.        Cynthia Nguyen Phan (program 1)        N-10     PS, 7^th gold medal audition

11.        Cynthia Nguyen Phan (program 2)        N-10     PS, 8^th gold medal audition

12.        Kathleen Nguyen Phan             N-10     IS, 7^th gold medal audition

13.        Stacey Nguyen Phan                 N-10     IE, 7^th gold medal audition

14.        Sebastian Gonzales                   N-12     ID, 5^th gold medal audition

15.        Kianna Ocasla                          N-10     EC, 1^st gold medal audition

16.        Anais Perkins                           N-10     PA, 5^th gold medal audition

17.        Odelia Nadira Herabadi                       N-10     EA, 2^nd gold medal audition

18.        Ophelia Chiara Herabadi         N-10     EB, 2^nd gold medal audition

19.        Tara Romero                           N-10     IC, 2^nd gold medal audition

August 31, 2013 Judge: Coralee Gaytan

20.        Patrick Xu                                I-15      PS, 4^th gold medal audition

Bret Paddock Top 2012 Memorial Scholarship Winner

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.

August 9, 10 Judge Judith Cataldo and gold-medal winners

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, Kathleen and Stacey Phan's 2013 Piano Guild auditions

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 performed TWO programs in the Piano Guild auditions

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.

Emika Saito performs her first National Program

Congratulations Emika - with a brand new 10-piece Intermediate C program, including scales, chords/cadences and arpeggios musicianship phases.

July 2013 Temecula Library recital

I am most grateful for the opportunity to share the hard work and talent of our students

Sebastian Gonzales

Sebastian Gonzales performing in the Temecula Library.