Winners 2012

Each year, about 20 finalists are selected from among the many scholarship applicants by a panel of four judges who listen, anonymously to their CDs. In 2012 the Preliminary Round Judges were: Sohyun Ahn, D.M.A. ’12, Jiwon Lee, D.M.A. ’12 , David Leifer, D.M.A. ’11 and Isaac Park, D.M.A. ’14

At the recent auditions these finalists, ages 7-18, played two contrasting pieces from memory before three prominent Judges, Dr. Ray Landers, Suzanne Lehrer and Esma Pasic-Filipovic, who selected the winners. Members, teachers and parents were in the enthusiastic audience.

Over the last twenty two years, more than 100 students have received Steinway Society scholarships. Many of the past winners have gone on to win other state and national prizes and study music in college.

The Scholarship Finalists

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  • Hans-Derek Yu, student of Veda Zuponcic, First Place, Group I
  • Joshua Baw, student of Veda Zuponcic, Second Place tie, Group I
  • Christine Chang, student of Julia Lam, Second Place tie, Group I
  • Jenna Cooley, student of Gloria Chu, Honorable mention, Group I
  • Meghan Jin, student of Gloria Chu , Honorable mention, Group I
  • Brielle Perez, student of Michael Thomopoulos, First Place, Group II
  • Albert Gu, student of Paul Zeigler, Second Place, Group II
  • Jasmine Chang, student of Julia Lam, Third Place, Group II
  • Bryan Tong, student of Ingrid Clarfield, Honorable Mention, Group II
  • Vivian Xu, student of Ingrid Clarfield, Honorable Mention, Group II

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  • Matthew Eng, student of Veda Zuponcic, First Place, Group III
  • Kira Elise Mathias-Prabhu, student of Joanna Chao, Second Place, Group III
  • Steve Hsu, student of Veda Zuponcic, Third Place tie, Group III
  • Keely Schmerber, student of Paul Zeigler, Third Place tie, Group III
  • Celena Chen, student of Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention, Group III
  • Yuan He student of Galina Prilutskaya, Honorable Mention, Group III
  • Gabrielle Hsu, student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention, Group III
  • Christina Qiu, student of Beatrice Long, Honorable Mention, Group III
  • Paul von Autenried, student of Chiu-Tze Lin, First Place, Group IV
  • Kevin Lee, student of Yelena Ivanov, Second Place, Group IV
  • Calvin Au, student of Gloria Chu, Third Place, Group IV
  • Marisa Edwards, student of Chiu-Tze Lin, Honorable Mention, Group IV
  • Matthew Oh, student of Alessandra Tiraterra, Honorable Mention, Group IV
  • Cassandra Sollitto, student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention, Group IV
  • Patrick Sullivan, student of Paul Zeigler, Honorable Mention, Group IV
  • Leonidas Tolias, student of Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention, Group IV