PianoArts News

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PIANOARTS 2008 WINNERS

Sejoon Park
First Place Prize

Scholarship to International Keyboard Institute & Festival, Mannes College of Music

Best Performance of a Violin or Cello Duo (shared with Brian Chang)

Paige Chun Li
Second Place Prize and Audience Communication Award

Sean Yeh
Third Place Prize

Brian Chang
Best Performance of Violin or Cello Duo (shared with Sejoon Park)

UPDATES ON PIANOARTS WINNERS

Michelle Naughton, 2006 PianoArts first place winner, and her twin sister, Christina, have been invited to perform on the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Classical Concert Series in March 2011. They study at the Curtis Institute of Music with Robert McDonald.

Jie Chen, 2003 PianoArts first place winner, is in demand this season. Here are some of the highlights. Jie will open the El Paso Symphony Orchestra’s 2007/2008 season performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. On October 19, Jie will perform in the Ravinia Rising Stars Concert Series, and in January she will perform Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor in Spain with the Asturias Symphony Orchestra under the baton of JoAnn Falletta.

Jacob Ertl, 2002 PianoArts second place winner, will return to Milwaukee in March, 2010 to perform Student-to-Student programs, Youth and Family Concerts in Milwaukee, Appleton and Oshkosh, Wisconsin. These programs are also in partnership with Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Lawrence University in Appleton, and University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. He is working toward a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Eastman School of Music where he is a teaching assistant of Nelita True.

John Boonenberg, 2000 PianoArts first place winner, completed his master's degree at The Juilliard School and now is working on his doctorate at the University of Michigan. He is the only student ever accepted to have a double degree –– one is piano performance and the other in collaborative piano. s.

Elizabeth Joy Roe, 1999 PianoArts first place winner, is an Artist–in–Residence at Smith College. She and her piano partner, Greg Anderson, are in great demand as the Anderson and Roe Piano Duo. Elizabeth has completed her fellowship with the Academy, the acclaimed partnership of The Juilliard School, the Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall and New York City Schools.

Collaboration with Mount Mary College and PianoArts North American Competition announced

Release date: February 21, 2010

Mount Mary College and PianoArts partner to bring concert artist, Jacob Ertl, and students from German Immersion School to the campus Read More...

Collaboration with UW –Oshkosh, PianoArts North American Competition, and two elementary schools announced

Release date: February 21, 2010

UW–Oshkosh and PianoArts partner to bring concert artist Jacob Ertl and students from Stanley-Webster and Franklin Elementary Schools to the campus