The South Bay Branch VOCE competition/recital took place on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at the Pacific Unitarian Church. The performers all gave a very polished performance for a well attended audience.
Bravo to the students and the teachers who put in so many hours of rehearsal to prepare for such a competitive event! All the performers were winners that day. The judges were: Arthur Mautner, Strings; Cleora Leist, winds and Christie Gill, voice.
Many thanks to Sandra Clay of AMUSE Music for donating gift certificates for the first place winners. The following first place winners will now advance to compete at the state level on April 15th at Chapman College in Orange County.
Winners:
1st place winners:
Kristie Su, Junior Violin, student of Elmer Su
Monica Liu, Intermed. Flute, student of Caroline Kung
Stacy Kong, Senior Flute, student of Shirley Yamamoto
Senior Instrumental Ensemble, coached by Shirley Yamamoto
Tammy Lee/Hana Lee, Flutes
Annie Yang, Piano
2nd place winners:
Chanel Chen, Intermed. Flute, student of Verna Balch
Hana Lim, Senior Flute, student of Shirley Yamamoto
Intermediate Ensemble, coached by Janet Kocyan and Soon Park
Alexander Nelson, Piano
Takanori Ohkubo, Violin
Intermediate Ensemble, coached by Edwin Deveny and Elmer Su
Katherine Daly, Piano
Jessie Chen, Violin
3rd place winner:
Tiffany Tsai, Intermed. Flute, student of Donna Clarke
Shirley Yamamoto, VOCE chair