CHS students’ achievements at Thursday Musical and Schubert Club Competitions
Austin continues his white hot streak!
On March 12, Austin continued his sizzling year by winning First Place in the prestigious Thursday Musical Young Artist Competition – High School Division - held at Augsburg College. The repertoire requirements included two major solo works. As a result, he received a significant cash award as well as a performance on the Winners Concert to be held at the Bloomington Fine Arts Center, Thursday, March 31, at 7:00 pm. To date, Austin has won 7 awards this year including five First Place awards and two Second Place awards. Austin is having one of the strongest competition seasons on record here at our studio.
Lucas reaches the finals of Schubert Club
On March 5, Lucas continued his super-strong year by reaching the Finals of the highly competitive and very prestigious Shubert Club Competition, held at the University of St. Thomas. Lucas will offer three major solo works for the finals, held April 2, at Augsburg College. This is the third year in a row that Lucas has reached the finals – all three years of the Junior High Division. This is a very impressive and unusual achievement.
Daniel Qu receives important recognition
On March 12, Daniel Qu achieved an important break-through by receiving Honorable Mention in the Thursday Musical Young Artist Competition – Junior High Division. This is very impressive as Daniel is just a seventh grader – the first year of eligibility for this incredibly competitive event. This bodes well for Daniel as his development is really beginning to take off!
In additional news -
On March 6 – as all of you are aware – we had a huge day of performances at beautiful Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University. Our studio presented four major Spring Celebration Recitals consisting of six and one-half hours of literature. This is but one of our three major formal recitals each year. There were many brilliant performances that day with most students presenting their personal best. The recitals were amazing and very strong across-the-board. In our youngest class – the Young Performers/Young Artist Prep Class – we have a number of exceptionally gifted and talented children. Jo Anne and I are happy to announce the rise in status of the following students from Young Performers to Young Artist Prep: Chloe Chang; Jannie Chang; Mandy Chang; Leonard Chen; and Daniel Yang. This status places these students directly on the path to our great Young Artist Class.
Yours in Music –
Joe & Jo Anne
