On Friday, April 4th, we hosted the 31st Annual Elsje de Ridder Armstrong Chamber Music Competition. We had over 9 groups from our Chamber Music Institute program compete for a chance to win 1 of 9 cash scholarships. The groups, expertly coached by reowned teachers Andrew Dawes and Evelyn Creaser, performed a wonderful night of music for our adjudicator, David Gillham. Here are the winners!
Ester Hwang, violin
Simon Gidora, violin
On You Lee, viola
Albert Seo, cello
Elsje de Ridder Armstrong Memorial Scholarship ($1000.00)
Diana Kim, violin
Alina Khvatova, violin
On You Lee, viola
Trisha Doo, cello
Iby Koerner Memorial Scholarship ($500.00)
Julie Lin, viola
Marko Miletic, viola
Shauna Choi, cello
Eric Liang, piano
Provincial Chapter, I.O.D.E. Scholarship ($500.00)
Caitlin Wong, violin
Sarah Baek, cello
Augustin Wright, piano
Josephine & Alexander Walton Scholarship ($500.00)
Alina Khvatova, violin
Vanessa Shiao, cello
Teresa Bowes, piano
Eugenia & Evelyn Lawrence Memorial Scholarship ($500.00)
Alison Kim, violin
Grace Sohn, cello
Aydan Con, piano
VAM Scholarship ($200.00)
Sophia Cho, violin
Olivia Cho, cello
Catherine Wang, piano
Ulrika Wallersteiner & Peter Van de Velde Scholarship ($200.00)
Russell Kim, violin
Yu-Hsin Chen, viola
Noah Verheyen, flute
Joseph Elworthy Scholarship ($200.00)
Vivian Liu, violin
Emily Ahn, cello
Aydan Con, piano
VAM Scholarship ($200.00)
Congratulations to all our performers, and a huge thank you to our Mr. Gillham and all of our donors and volunteers who made this competition possible.