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Jennifer
Diaz, 19,
viola, was
introduced to
the viola by
Wayne Roden
after ten years
of instruction
on the violin.
Jennifer
received
chamber music
instruction at
San Francisco
Conservatory of
Music
Preparatory
Department 2002
&endash; 2005,
and has been a
member of Santa
Rosa Symphony
Youth Orchestra
since she was
nine. In
previous
summers,
Jennifer has
attended
Interlochen
Arts Camp and
Meadowmount
School of
Music. She was
in the YMSP in
2005 and will
be a sophomore
at the San
Francisco
Conservatory of
Music this fall
where she will
study violin
with Ian
Swensen and
Mark Sokol.
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Joseph
Galamba, 16,
violin, has
nine years of
experience with
the violin. He
first studied
under Ingrid
Gaston, and now
studies with
Kineko Barbini.
He has played
with the
Sacramento
Youth Symphony
for four years,
and is now in
the first
violin section
of the Premier
Orchestra under
Michel Newman.
He plays with
the Davis
Senior High
Symphony
Orchestra under
the baton of
Angelo Moreno,
and was
concertmaster
and soloist of
the Sutter
Buttes Family
Orchestra for
two years. He
plays with
several chamber
groups and
enjoys the
intimate
connection
between
musicians found
there. He was
awarded the
Silver Medal
for the high
school strings
division of the
Tri-County
music
competition
sponsored by
the Kiwanis
Club in
2004.
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Hans Hoffer,
24, cello,
began studying
cello at the
age of eight
with Linda
Ottum inhis
hometown of
Anchorage,
Alaska. He is
now a student
of Andy
Luchansky at
Sacramento
State
University. He
has performed
as a member of
the Sacramento
Metropolitan
Orchestra, the
North State
Symphony, the
Anchorage
Symphony, and
the now defunct
Chico and
Redding
Symphonies. It
is unclear both
when he will
graduate from
college, and
what he will do
if it that
happens.
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Kristina
Jacinth, 19,
piano, is a
sophomore at
the University
of Southern
California with
a major in
Piano
Performance.
She has studied
the piano since
the age of
five, and has
previously been
under the
tutelage of
Margery Burger.
She is
currently a
student of
Bernadene Blaha
at the Thornton
School of
Music. Kristina
has won top
prizes in
competitions
including the
Los Angeles
International
Liszt
Competition,
the La Jolla
Symphony &
Chorus Young
Artists
Competition,
the MTAC
Concerto/Solo
Competition,
and the
California
International
Young Artist
Competition. In
2004, she was
inducted into
the MTAC Young
Artist Guild
among five
individuals in
California.
Kristina is a
recipient of
scholarships
from the Young
Musicians
Foundation,
ASCAP, and the
Musical Merit
Foundation of
Greater San
Diego. In
addition, she
was awarded a
full
scholarship to
attend the 2002
Aspen Music
Festival and
School in
Colorado.
Her concerti
performances
with orchestras
have included
those with the
San Diego,
Aliso Viejo,
Saddleback, and
North Coast
symphonies, and
her performance
of the
Beethoven
Emperor
Concerto with
the San Diego
Symphony at the
Summer Pops in
2005 was
broadcast
nationwide on
National Public
Radio. She
performed last
year in recital
at the
California
Center for the
Arts in
Escondido, and
was invited to
return in
January 2006 in
the Emerging
Artists
Series.
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Daniel Jang,
violin, violin,
is currently
pursuing his
Masters Degree
in chamber
music at the
San Francisco
Conservatory of
Music, studying
under Ian
Swensen. His
performances
have taken him
through major
cities across
Europe and the
United States
including
Milan,
Salzburg, and
Vienna. Prior
to attending
the
Conservatory,
Daniel's former
teachers
include
Haroutune
Bedelian and
James Stern. He
has
collaborated
with Peter
Marsh, Linda
Wang, John
Perry, Lyndon
Johnson Taylor,
and Dmitri
Berlinsky,
among
others.
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Unju Jung,
25, piano, came
from Korea to
the United
States three
years ago and
started
studying piano
accompanying at
the San
Francisco
Conservatory of
Music in 2004.
In Korea, as a
soloist, Miss
Jung was chosen
as one of four
top new
pianists in the
city of Gwang
Ju in 2003, and
toured
throughout
Korea. In
1997-1998, she
won two gold
medal prizes
from the Honam
National Art
Competition.
Miss Jung has
accompanied
numerous
recitals
throughout the
United States,
Taiwan, and
Korea,
including
accompanying in
major operas
such as Carmen
and The
Marriage of
Figaro. Miss
Jung has just
received a
Master of Music
in Piano
Accompaniment
from the San
Francisco
Conservatory of
Music and has
been awarded
the department
Honor
Accompanist in
the 2005-2006
year, when she
studied with
Timothy Bach.
Miss Jung is
currently
serving on the
faculty of SFCM
as accompanist
for the
preparatory and
extension
division.
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Lisa Kim,
violin, 18,
from Sammamish,
Washington,
began her
studying violin
at age four,
and is a
student of Kent
Coleman. This
year Lisa
placed first in
the senior
division in
SMTA
Simon-Fiset
String
Competition.
She was a
finalist at
Seattle Young
Artist Music
Festival
Concerto
Competition. In
May 2005, Lisa,
as
concertmaster,
led Skyline
String Symphony
Orchestra in a
performance at
Carnegie Hall.
In the summer,
she attended
Meadowmount
School of Music
in Westport,
NY. She studied
chamber music
for four years
with Karen
Iglitzin. She
has either
played or
performed a
remarkable
number of the
string quartet
literature from
Haydn to
Shostakovich
with a variety
of chamber
music groups.
Lisa has
received The
Most
Inspirational
Award from
Evergreen
Philharmonic
Orchestra for
the past two
years. This
fall she will
be attending
the Cleveland
Institute of
Music as a
violin
performance
major, studying
with David
Updegraff.
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Stephanie
Lee, 18,
violin, was
born in Palo
Alto,
California and
began playing
violin at the
age of six in
Korea. She
returned to
California at
age 14 and
studied with
Julie Athayde.
She was
Assistant
Concertmaster
of the Berkeley
Youth Orchestra
for three years
and a member of
the Young
People's
Symphony
Orchestra for
four years. In
2003 she
received the
Contra Costa
Music
Association
Solo Award. In
2005, Stephanie
won a
scholarship to
attend the
Stanford
Advanced Suzuki
Music Program.
She has just
graduated from
Acalanes High
School in
Lafayette, and
will be
attending UC
San Diego in
the fall.
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Ken Lin, 26,
violin, was
born in
Kaoshiung,
Taiwan, and
moved to
Vancouver,
Canada when he
was 16. He won
the national
violin
competition of
Taiwan when he
was 12. He
holds a
Bachelor of
Music in Violin
Performance
with
distinction
from the
University of
Victoria, where
he served as
concertmaster
for three years
and won the
concerto
competition in
2002. During
2004-2006
season, Mr. Lin
performed
several
concerts in
Taiwan, Korea
and United
States,
including a
performance
exclusively for
the last
president of
Taiwan. Mr. Lin
won the San
Francisco
Conservatory
Music's annual
string concerto
competition in
March 2004, and
performed the
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto
with the SFCM
orchestra. Mr.
Lin has just
graduated with
a professional
study diploma
in violin
performance and
served as
concertmaster
at the San
Francisco
Conservatory of
Music, where he
studied with
Ian
Swensen.
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Linnea
Powell, 20,
violin, is from
Santa Cruz and
has been
playing violin
since the age
of five. She is
entering her
third year at
the University
of California
at Santa Cruz
where she is
pursuing a
Bachelor of
Music degree in
violin
performance
under violin
professor Roy
Malan, her
teacher of four
years. At UCSC
Linnea is a
member of the
University
Orchestra and
currently first
violinist of
the Resident
String Quartet,
an audition
based
scholarship
program. She is
a recipient of
multiple music
scholarships
through UCSC,
including the
2005-6
Kretchmer
Scholarship. In
addition to
playing the
violin, Linnea
enjoys swimming
and bike
riding.
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Cole Tutino,
cello, is a
freshman at San
Jose State
University
majoring in
cello
performance. He
began studying
cello at age 11
with Paul
Rhodes. He
attended Las
Lomas High
School in
Walnut Creek,
where he
received the
George C. Hill
Memorial Award
in Music. In
2002, Tutino
placed second
in the strings
division of the
Freeman-Hamaker-Caruso
Scholarship
Foundation
Competition,
and the next
year he placed
second in the
Contra Costa
String
Association
Cello
Competition. He
was principal
cellist of the
Berkeley Youth
Orchestra for
the 2001-2002
season, and he
performed for
three years
with the Young
People's
Symphony
Orchestra in
Berkeley.
Tutino
currently
studies cello
with Jennifer
Kloetzel of the
Cypress String
Quartet. In
addition to the
cello, Tutino
is pursuing a
career in
symphony
conducting,
having
conducted the
Berkeley Youth
Orchestra and
his high school
band in
concert.
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Nicholas
Weis, 17,
violin, has
been studying
the violin
since the age
of 4. When he
was 8, he
started taking
lessons through
the San
Francisco
Conservatory
Preperatory
Division. There
he studied with
Li Lin for 5
years. In 2004,
he won the DHS
Concerto
Competition
playing
Beethoven's
Violin Concerto
and won the
honor of
playing on the
Mondavi Stage.
The summer of
2004 he
participated in
a summer music
exchange in
both London and
Oxford. Last
summer he
attended
ENCORE, the
Cleveland
Institute of
Music's summer
school. There
he studied with
David Russel.
He is currently
studying with
William Barbini
and will
continue his
lessons with
him in the fall
at Sacramento
State, where he
will be
studying for a
year to prepare
for the
following
year's
auditions to
conservatories.
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This
concert was
Saturday July
22, 2006
The
Young Musicians
Scholarship
Program was
generously
sponsored
by
CENTURY
21 SEASCAPE
REALTY
Julie
Feldman &
Karl Goldstein,
Directors\
Libertango Astor Piazzolla
(arr. Jeremy Cohen)
Jennifer
Diaz, Ken Lin,
Linnea Powell,
Lisa Kim,
Stephanie Lee,
violins
Nicholas
Weis, Daniel
Jang,
violas;
Hans Hoffer,
Cole Tutino, celli; Michel Taddei, bass
Scène
Andalouse
Joaquin Turina
"Crepuscule
du Soir"
(Allegretto mosso)
Daniel Jang,
solo viola;
Stephanie
Lee, Linnea
Powell,
violins;
Jennifer Diaz,
viola; Cole
Tutino, cello; Kristina Jacinth,
piano
Navarra
(danza
espagnola) Op. 33
Pablo de Sarasate
Lisa Kim,
Nicholas Weis,
violins;
Unju Jung, piano
Quintet
in F# minor, Op
67
Amy Beach
Adagio espressivo
Ken Lin, Joseph
Galamba, violins; Jennifer Diaz,
viola; Hans
Hoffer, cello; Kristina Jacinth,
piano
Two Pieces
for String
Octet, Op.
11
Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude;
Adagio
Scherz; Allegro molto
Ken Lin, Daniel
Jang, Lisa Kim,
Joseph Galamba,
violins;
Jennifer Diaz,
Nicholas Weis,
violas;
Hans Hoffer,
Cole Tutino, celli
INTERMISSION
Quartet
in D minor, Op.
76 No. 2 (Quinten)
Joseph Haydn
Allegro
Daniel
Jang, Stephanie
Lee,
violins;
Linnea Powell,
viola;
Cole Tutino,
cello
Souvenirs
(Ballet Suite)
Op. 28
Samuel Barber
Schottische
Pas de Deux
Galop
Emeline Oliphant, Heather Pinkham,
piano
Quartet
in Eb
Major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann
Andante
Cantabile
Nicholas Weis,
violin;
Daniel Jang,
viola;
Hans Hoffer, cello; Unju Jung, piano
Trio
in C Major, Op.
87
Johannes Brahms
Scherzo;
Presto
Lisa Kim,
violin;
Cole Tutino,
cello;
Kristina
Jacinth,
piano
Café
Music
Paul Schoenfield
Presto
Ken Lin,
violin;
Hans Hoffer,
cello; Unju
Jung,
piano
SPECIAL THANKS:
Kathy &
Bill McGuinness
and the
Mendocino
Presbyterian
Church; guest
coaches
Christina Mok,
Michel Taddei,
Jill Brindel
and Roy Malan;
Richard Comen,
Walter &
Polly Green,
Holm & Ruth
Kappler, Paul Selchau and Paula Butler;
host families
Scott &
Debbie
Anderson, Gene
& Elizabeth
Davis, Kathie
Ittel &
Lynn Beckley, Suzi
Long, Michael
& Karen
Moreland, Nancy
Puder, Gary & Pam Rose and Agnes
Woolsey
EXTRA
SPECIAL THANKS
to Nancy Puder
for arranging
for housing and
opening her
home and heart
to all of the
Young
Musicians!
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