DMTA’s Dallas Symphonic Festival gives north Texas music students a chance to compete with a concerto or sonata of their choice, with divisions organized by age. We are so proud of how each student has grown. McDonald Studios had a personal best this year; out of fifteen divisions, nine students won the ranked first in their division. The following students were recognized by the judges:
Receiving first place:
- Lucas Pei (Elementary Concerto I, performing Haydn Concerto in D, mvt. 3)
- David Choi (Elementary Concerto II, performing Kabalevsky “Youth Concerto”, mvt. 1)
- Ella Tran (Intermediate Concerto, performing Schumann Concerto no.1, mvt. 1)
- Shiv Yajnik (Senior Concerto Grand Prize division, performing MacDowell concerto no. 2, mvt. 1)
- Mana Asaka (Elementary Sonata I, performing Haydn Sonata in C, HOB XVI/35 mvt. 1)
- Sunny Hua (Junior Sonata A, performing Prokofiev sonata no. 2, mvt. 4)
- Connor Chin (Junior Sonata B, performing Mozart sonata K. 332, mvt. 3)
- Pranay Varada (Senior Sonata A, performing Rachmaninoff sonata no. 2, mvt. 1)
- Ashley Tauhert (Senior Sonata B, performing Prokofiev sonata no. 7, mvt. 1)
We also want to congratulate:
- Amy Danjul (2nd prize, Senior Concerto Grand Prize Division)
- Shaun Orth (3rd prize, Senior Concerto Grand Prize Division)
- Josephine Chiu (3rd prize, Senior Concerto)
- Gordon Liu (4th prize, Senior Concerto Grand Prize Division)
- Arushi Mukherjee (4th prize, Senior Concerto)
- Eugene Wang (4th prize, Elementary Concerto I)
- Esther Pham (4th prize, Junior Concerto)
- Shaun Orth (5th prize, Senior Concerto)
- Grace Tran (5th prize, Intermediate Sonata B)
- Danielle Yoon (5th prize, Intermediate Concerto)
- Oliver Chen (6th prize, Elementary Concerto)
- William Huang (6th prize, Intermediate Concerto)
- Kyle Cornelison (6th prize, Junior Sonata A)
- Joanna Jia (Honorable Mention, Elementary 2 Concerto)
- Andrew Quiroz (Honorable Mention, Intermediate Sonata A)
- Richard Liu (Honorable Mention, Senior Concerto)
- Abbey Brodnick (Honorable Mention, Senior Concerto)