Each year, about 25 finalists are selected from among the many scholarship applicants by a panel of four judges who listen anonymously to their CDs. In 2015 the preliminary round judges were: Marianne Lauffer, Miriam Eley, Todd Simmons and Dr. Hendry Wijaya
At the recent auditions these finalists, ages 7-18, played two contrasting pieces from memory before three prominent adjudicators, Clipper Erickson, Dr. Charl Louw and Adrienne Sirken who selected the winners. Members, teachers and parents were in the enthusiastic audience.
Over the last twenty five years, more than 150 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
- Tianyi Chen, student of Rita Shklar, First Place, Group 1
- Hans-Derek Yu, student of Veda Zuponcic, First Place, Group 2
- Max Wang, student of Chiu-Tze Lin, Second Place tie, Group 2
- Kenneth He, student of Veda Zuponcic, Second Place tie, Group 2
- Joshua Baw, student of Veda Zuponcic, Third Place tie Group 2
- Elizabeth Yang, student of Grace Yunghee Yang, Third Place tie Group 2
- Victoria Chen, student of Gloria Chu, Honorable Mention Group 2
- Meghan Jin, student of Gloria Chu, Honorable Mention Group 2
- Iris Horng, student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention Group 2
- Vincent Jiang, student of Gloria Chu, Honorable Mention Group 2
- Alexander Liu, student of Veda Zuponcic, First Place, Group 3
- Albert Gu, student of Julia Lam, Second Place, Group 3
- Pauline Qin, student of Yelena Ivanov, Third Place tie Group 3
- Martin Long , student of Chiu-Ling Lin, Third Place tie Group 3
- Angela Zhao, student of Chiu-Tze Lin, First Place, Group 4
- Allison Huang, student of Susan Starr, Second Place, Group 4
- Pria Louka, student of Rita Shklar, Third Place tie, Group 4
- Catherine Lee, student of Galina Prilutskaya, Third Place tie Group 4
The scholarship winners at the winners musicale April 26th, 2015