Hochstein Announces Merit Scholarship Winners for Grades 5-12

Rochester, NY; The Hochstein School announces its 2011 Merit Scholarship Winners for grades 5-12. The awards were given for students who demonstrate musicianship and achievement in their instrument and display excellence in performance and artistic accomplishment:

Grades 5-6 Scholarship Awards from March 11 Competition:
Epongue Ekille, Violin, Student of Micah Woods-Roohr, Grade 6, Martha Brown Middle School
Will Harvey, Guitar, Student of Tim Shannon, Grade 5, St. John Bosco School
Catherine Wu, Piano, Student of Gary Palmer, Grade 6, Twelve Corners Middle School
Honorable Mention:
Felipe Hanuch, Violin, Student of Marcos Kreutzer, Grade 5, French Road Elementary School

Grades 7-8 Scholarship Awards from March 18 Competition:
Nicole Franki, Piano, Student of Joseph Werner, Grade 7, Homeschooled Penfield, NY
Annie Jacobs-Perkins, Cello, Student of Kathy Kemp, Grade 8, Twelve Corners Middle School
Oksana Miller, Guitar, Student of Tim Shannon, Grade 8, Twelve Corners Middle School
Rachel Smith, Violin, Student of Marcos Kreutzer, Homeschooled, Byron, NY
Honorable Mention:
Gabrielle Owen, Flute, Student of Kathy Scarbrough, Grade 8, Twelve Corners Middle School
Anna Weldy, Violin, Student of Tigran Vardanyan, Dake Jr. High School, West Irondequoit

Grades 9-10 Scholarship Awards from March 4 Competition:
Madeline Kay, Voice, Student of Laura Schweibacher, Freshman at Canandaigua Academy
Holly Kelsey, Voice, Student of Sandra Boysen, Sophomore at Brockport High School
Yifan Kong, Flute, Student of Diane Smith, Sophomore at Webster Schroeder High School
Anders Namestnik, Voice, Student of Riki Connaughton, Freshman at Canandaigua Academy
Andrew Wang, Cello, Student of Kathy Kemp, Freshman at Pittsford Mendon High School

Grades 11-12 Scholarship Awards from February 4 Competition:
Rachel Mills, Cello, Student of Kathy Kemp, Junior at Webster Schroeder High School
Dylan Kennedy, Piano, Student of Gary Palmer, Junior at Victor High School
Joshua Stokes, Flute, Student of Kathryn Scarbrough, Junior at Newark High School
Laura Arreaza, Flute, Student of Diane Smith, Junior at Pittsford Mendon High School
Candice McCardle, Violin, Student of Tigran Vardanyan, Senior at Webster Thomas High School

Rachel, Dylan, and Joshua, as full scholarship recipients, have been invited to perform at the May 11th “Live from Hochstein” Concert and Broadcast. The free concert is at 12:10 pm in the Hochstein Performance Hall. It will be broadcast on WXXI.

All of the student winners have been invited to perform at the Honors Convocations at 6:00 and 8:00 pm on Friday, June 3 in the Hochstein Performance Hall. For more information, please call Hochstein at 585/454-4596.