r By Marilyn Mitchell
Every February/March, the Utah Valley South Chapter of the National Music Clubs of America hold a Piano Solo Festival. This group of 45 teachers who teach in the area from Springville to Nephi, adjudicate over 500 students who play two memorized piano solos. The top students are chosen from that group to participate in a competition called Honors Playoffs.
This year our honors judge was Dr. Jared Pierce, BYU Keyboard Performance Assistant Professor. He listened to 92 students and chose 20 to play at the Honors Recital on Monday, March 9, at Maple Mountain High School. Each student won a prize of $50. Congratulations to these fabulous students.
* Winners listed by level: E-Elementary
Jack Anglesey EII – Bird’s Eye, Schinske
Jace Broberg EIV – Follia
Ian Paxton Med – Fur Elise, Beethovan
Andrew Weakley MDI – Ragamuffin, Evans
Kayden Labrum MDIII – Big Time Blues, Bober
Travis Pitcher MAI – Prelude, No 3, Gershwin
Sadie Stutz DII – Robotics, Bober
Emily Clegg EII – Damani’s Dance, Hamm
Alicia Britt EIV – Tango Taboo, Hidy
Gracelyn Harmon Med – Canyon’s Raging River, Rollins
Kaylene Neo Med – Romanza, Marshall
Maelee Croshaw MDI – Invention No. 8, Bach
Sophie Beehler MDII – Mighty River, Linn
Lindsey Blake DI – Wizard Fantasy, Leaf
Emily Wessman DI – Sonata K545, Mvt. 2, Mozart
Natalia Biggers DII -The Enchanted Wood, Leaf
Caroline Elliott VDI – Le Petite Negre, Debussy
Catie Brunson VDII – Hungarian, Op. 39, No. 12, MacDowell
Hayden Rouse MAI – Elegie Op. 3 No. 1, Rachmaninoff
David Whetten MAII – Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10, Rachmaninoff