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Jackie McGehee Young Artists' Competition Winners
Piano
1st
Kate Shao
Age: 15
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Sophomore
School: La Cueva High School
Composer: Gershwin
Performance Selection:
Rhapsody in Blue
Music Teacher: Tatyana Bayliyeva
2nd
Samuel Martinez
Age: 15
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Sophomore
School: Home Schooled
Composer: Rachmaninoff
Performance Selection:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Music Teacher: Sharon Kunitz
3rd
Jack Yu
Age: 17
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Junior
School: Albuquerque Academy
Composer: Tchaikovsky
Performance Selection:
Dumka in C minor, Op. 59
Music Teacher: Tatyana Bayliyeva
Rising Star
Sophia Zhang
Age: 14
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Freshman
School: Albuquerque School of Excellence
Composer: Chopin
Performance Selection:
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Music Teacher: Tatyana Bayliyeva
Strings
1st
Sydney Tasker (cello)
Age: 12
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: 7th Grade
School: Desert Ridge Middle School
Composer: Saint-Saens
Performance Selection:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33, I Allegro non troppo
Music Teacher: Brittany Gardner
2nd
Sofia Taylor (violin)
Age: 19
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: College Junior
School: Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore
Composer: Sibelius
Performance Selection:
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Music Teacher: Ruxandra Marquardt
3rd
Abigail Czuchlewski (cello)
Age: 17
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Senior
School: Albuquerque Academy
Composer: Shostakovich
Performance Selection:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
Music Teacher: Anastasia Nellos
Rising Star
Yuiko Yamaguchi (violin)
Age: 12
Hometown: Los Alamos
School Level: 7th Grade
School: Los Alamos Middle School
Composer: JS Bach
Performance Selection:
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041, III Allegro assai
Music Teacher: Lee Harvey
Other
Reagan Devenport (violin)
Age: 15
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: High School Sophomore
School: La Cueva High School
Composer: Wieniawski
Performance Selection:
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
Music Teacher: Ruxandra Marquardt
UNM Summer Music Institute Tuition Scholarship
Other
Alicia Peng (violin)
Age: 14
Hometown: Albuquerque
School Level: 9th Grade
School: La Cueva High School
Composer: Saint-Saens
Performance Selection:
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28
Music Teacher: Mark Rush
UNM Summer Music Institute Tuition Scholarship
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