Junior High School Piano (grades 7 - 9)
Andy Xue JP02
Wayzata High School
Paul Wirth
Lucas Jones JP07
Minnehaha Academy
Joseph Zins
Elgin Lee JP08
Connections Academy
Alexander Braginsky
Bo Peng JP09
Hopkins West Junior High School
Alexander Braginsky
Henry Wang JP10
Kellogg Middle School
Alexander Braginsky
Senior High School Piano (grades 10 - 12)
Osip Nikiforov SP05
Shattuck-St. Mary's School
Alexander Braginsky
Jeff Zhang SP14
Wayzata High School
Alexander Braginsky
Brian Billion SP16
O'Gorman High School, Sioux Falls, SD
Julie Melik-Stepanov
Kelwen Peng SP17
Edina High School
Paul Wirth
Colton Peltier SP19
home school
Paul Wirth
College Piano (freshman - age 23)
Joseph Yungen CP06
Eastman School of Music
Douglas Humpherys
Isabella Dawis CP07
Univ. of Minnesota
Alexander Braginsky
Robert Kelly CP09
St. Olaf College
Kathryn Ananda-Owens
Garret Ross CP17
Univ. of Minnesota
Alexander Braginsky
Graduate Piano (ages 24 - 27)
Ming-Ching Wu GP01
Eastman School of Music
Jean Barr
Ah Yeon Jung GP07
Boston University
Gila Goldstein
Ping Feng GP08
Alexander Braginsky
Eunhye Choi GP09
Univ. of Minnesota
Lydia Artymiw
Junior High School Strings (grades 7 - 9)
Luther Warren JS01
Violin
home school
Cheryl Stewart
Jason Shu JS06
Violin
The Blake School
Sally O'Reilly
Anders Cornell JS09
Viola
Wayzata High School
Eiji Ikeda
Brandon Duffy JS14
Violin
Chippewa Middle School
Yuko Heberlein
Senior High School Strings (grades 10 - 12)
Lizzie (Yiqiu) Chen SS01
Cello
Shattuck-St. Mary's School
Tanya Reminokova
Xiaohan Sun SS03
Viola
Shattuck-St. Mary's School
Charles Gray
Seiji Cataldo SS08
Violin
Liberty Classical Academy
Lucinda Marvin
Nora Scheller SS10
Violin
Minnesota New Country School
Helen Chang Haertzen
Angelika Strub SS11
Violin
Shattuck-St. Mary's School
Sally O'Reilly
Sedra Bistodeau SS19
Violin
Princeton High School
Sally O'Reilly
College/Graduate Strings (freshman - age 24)
Qi Cao CGS03
Violin
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Felicia Moye
Rosalind Leavell CGS06
Cello
Univ. of Minnesota
Tanya Reminokova
Nathaniel Yaffe CGS10
Cello
Univ. of Minnesota
Tanya Reminokova
Jonas Benson CGS11
Viola
Univ. of Minnesota
Thomas Turner
Zhou Long CGS17
Cello
Concordia College
Gregory Hamilton
Senior High School Brass & Woodwinds (grades 10 - 12)
Hallie Houser SBW01
Flute
Eastview High School
Adam Kuenzel
Bryan Duerfeldt SBW07
Recorder
Thomas Jefferson High School
Clea Galhano
Kyle Bright SBW09
Bassoon
Centennial High School
Norbert Nielubowski
Derek Thompson SBW10
Oboe
Centennial High School
Kathryn Greenbank
Youngjun Park -
SBW06
Clarinet
Mounds View High School
Burt Hara
College/Graduate Brass & Woodwind
(freshman - age 24)
Christopher Leslie CGBW06
Euphonium
St. Olaf College
Larry Zimmerman
Britta Swedenborg CGBW07
Flute
Carleton College
Martha Jamsa
Keunhee Cho CGBW13
Clarinet
Burt Hara
Mia Lundgren CGBW16
Oboe
Northwestern Univ.
Scott Hostetler
Intermediate Voice (ages 17 - 20)
Audra Fuchsel IV01
Soprano
Viterbo University
Daniel Johnson-Wilmot
Meghan Rinehart IV03
Mezzo
Viterbo University
Daniel Johnson-Wilmot
Elizabeth Hawkinson IV05
Soprano
St. Olaf College
Janis Hardy
Thomas Glass IV06
Baritone
Univ. of St. Thomas
Alan Bryan
James Marshall IV10
Tenor
St. Olaf College
Robert Smith
Advanced Voice (ages 21 - 24)
Mark Thomas AV02
Tenor
Univ. of St. Thomas
Alan Bryan
Valeria Kishkunas AV08
Soprano
Univ. of Northern Iowa
Jeff Birch
Juan Carlos Mendoza AV16
Tenor
John Muriello
Ashley Mispagel AV22
Soprano
Viterbo University
Daniel Johnson-Wilmot
Aidan Smerud AV24
Baritone
Viterbo University
Daniel Johnson-Wilmot
William Lucas AV25
Baritone
Regina Zona
Barrett Radziun AV26
Tenor
Carol Eikum
Alyssa Cox AV28
Soprano
Indiana University
Carol Vaness
Graduate Voice (ages 25 - 30)
Allison Schardin GV04
Soprano
George Smith
Angela Mortellaro GV08
Soprano
Stephen King
Michael Nyby GV12
Baritone
George Smith
Beth Bayley GV14
Soprano
Regina Zona
Kristin Schwecke GV20
Soprano
Mimmi Fulmer
Guitar (grade 7 - age 24)
The Guitar category did not compete at Preliminaries and all Guitar applicants will compete in Finals only.
Thank you to our Preliminary Judges!
Advanced Voice
Jean del Santo
Rachel Inselman
Karen Wilkerson
College Piano
Andrew Hisey
Mark Mazullo
Matthew McCright
College/Graduate Brass & Woodwinds
Neil Bolter
Jennifer Gerth
Merilee Klemp
Chris Volpe
College/Graduate Strings
Dan Chong
Korey Konkol
Laura Sewell
Graduate Piano
James Callahan
Arlene Goter
Chris Wallace
Graduate Voice
Floyd Anderson
Daniel Johnson-Wilmot
Monica Murray
Intermediate Voice
Deb Carbaugh
Susan Druck
Harriet McCleary
Junior High School Piano
Suzanne Greeg
Richard Lange
Stella Sick
Junior High School Strings
Marion Judish
Korey Konkol
Tom Rosenberg
Organ
Diana Lee Lucker
Allan Mahnke
Chad Winterfeldt
Senior High School Brass & Woodwinds
Neil Bolter
Jennifer Gerth
Merilee Klemp
Chris Volpe
Senior High School Piano
Katherine Faricy
Herb Johnson
Elizabeth Wolff
Senior High School Strings
Susan Janda
Paul Ousley
Julia Persitz