Awards in Excellence 2015

Thank you to all the teachers and students who participated in Awards in Excellence!  It takes a great deal of effort to put together these events.

The Winners recitals were held on Saturday, April 16, 2015 at 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. at AZ Piano Co. in Phoenix.

Winners who performed at 2:00 p.m. recital

Winners who performed at 3:00 p.m. recital

Congratulations to the following students and teachers:

Winners and their Teachers

Level 1          
Stetson Hill               Westlake                                      
Packer Monahan      Weidemann            
Kevin Dai                  Hong Zhu                  

Level 2         
Alexander Huang       Qiao Zhu                  
Deborah He                Hong Zhu                
Abby Atteberry           Westlake                  
Ellie Bawden               Westlake                  
Katie Thompson         Weidemann                           

Level 3         
Grace Zhang               Qiao Zhu                  
Taylor Hale                 Westlake                  
Brigham Bent              Shorts                      
Tad Reimer                 Westlake                    

Level 4         
Cannon Hill                Westlake                  
Haley Maready           Shorts                      
Carson Robles             Westlake                                

Level 6         
Emily Chang               Xu                              

Level 7         
Matthew Wang          Hong Zhu                                    
Lawrence Wen            Xu                              

Level 8         
Morgan Beckstead      Xu                              

Level 10        
Abbie Jin                     Hong Zhu                
Micah Porter               Hong Zhu                
Enoch Chou                Xu                            

Level 11         
Angelina Zhang          Hong Zhu                            
Christina Chang         Xu                                                              

Level 13         
Shenyi Li                     Xu                              

Level 14        
Lily Kwak                   Hong Zhu                
Lena Han                    Xu                                                     

Honorable Mention and their Teachers

Level 1         
Cambri Miller            Westlake
Abby Foster              Westlake                    

Level 2         
Benjamin Stratford      Westlake
Hailee Smith               Westlake
Mihira Karnik              Newton
Kirkland Allen             Westlake

Level 3         
Mitchell Coombs        Westlake
Ethan Benard              Weidemann

Level 5         
Alec Blomquist           Weidemann   

Level 11        
Dorothy Tung             Kraver

Thank you to Jason Sipe at Arizona Piano Company for generously hosting the event, and to our chairman Lori Weidemann and Charles Newton, Edie Yarter, Jeanette Cline, Qiao Zhu, Hong Zhu, and Sarah Devieux for volunteering to make the auditions run smoothly!