NAMED SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
RECIPIENTS FOR 2007

SHAR MUSIC COMPANY AWARD

Funded by Shar Music Company, Ann Arbor MI, this award is presented to a student showing highest artistry with a potential for a promising solo career.

The 2007 award recipient is Xie Hao-Ming, a 17 year old violinist born in Nan Jing City, China where he began studying the violin at the age of eight with Professor Huo Guo-Guang in the Nan Jing Artist School. In 2001 Hao-Ming was admitted into the Central Conservatory of Music in China where he studies with Professor Lin Yao-Ji. He won the second prize and special performance prize in the 8th National Violin Competition and was invited to perform in many cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taiwan. At Meadowmount Hao-Ming studies with Charles Avsharian.

BEIN & FUSHI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

Funded by Bein & Fushi Rare Violins, Inc., Chicago, IL, this award honors the memory of Meadowmount alumnus and teacher, Catherine Tait. It is presented to the student who embodies Meadowmount values matched with talent and ambition.

Matthew Allen, 15 from Tallahassee, Florida, began studying cello at the age of four. In 2005, Matthew became the youngest member of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and one year later, he was granted tenure.

Matthew has appeared as a soloist with the Big Bend Community Orchestra and served as principal cellist of the Big Bend Community Orchestra and the Florida All-State Orchestra. He is the Grand Prize Winner of the Tallahassee Winter Festival Competition and winner of the Tallahassee Honors Solo Recital Competition. He has been selected to perform on the Tallahassee Bach Parley Recital and the Florida State University Honors Solo Recital.

A recipient of the National Federation of Music Clubs Gold Cup Award and the National Federation of Music Clubs Meadowmount Scholarship, Matthew has performed in master classes for Janos Starker, Andres Dias, Thomas Carroll, Ross Harbaugh, and Matt Haimovitz.

His chamber music coaches include Steven Rochen, Kathryn Votapek, Karen Clark, Beth Newdome, Alan Bodman and Patricia McCarty. During the school year, he studies with Greg Sauer at Florida State University and at Meadowmount he studies with Professor Hans Jørgen Jensen.

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship is funded by Thomastik-Infeld, Vienna, Austria (www.thomastik-infeld.com) and Connolly & Co. East Northport, NY (www.connollyandco.com) and honors the memory of Ivan Galamian, devoted teacher and mentor to Meadowmount alumnus, Pinchas Zukerman. It is given to attract students of outstanding talent and potential.

The 2007 award recipient is Jia Tianyun, a 15 year old violinist from Shanghai, China, who has studied violin since the age of four. In 2000, she was admitted to the Music Primary School Affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 2003, she was the best student of all the candidates and exempted from the entrance examination in entering the Music Middle School also affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Tianyun won 3rd prize in the Senior Group of the 8th National Violin Performance Competition in China and was selected to represent the Shanghai Conservatory in performances in Germany, Singapore and other countries. She currently studies with Charles Avsharian at Meadowmount.

DOROTHY RICHARD STARLING FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS

Funded by The Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation, Houston Texas, these awards provide scholarships to violinists aspiring to be world class soloists and concertmasters.

2007 award recipients are:

Violinist Eduard Bayer, 22, from the Czech Republic started playing the violin at the age of six and now studies at the Conservatoire de Paris with Pavel Kudelásek. He placed second at the Kocian International Violin, winner in 2000 of the Josef Muzika International Violin Competition, first Prizewinner in 2003 of the Czech Competition of Conservatories and first in the Nová Paka Competition.

Eduard recorded his first CD - complete sonatas for violin solo by Eugen Ysaye and is laureate of Mécénat Musical Société Générale. Eduard studies with Charles Avsharian at Meadowmount.

Christian Ellegaard, 23 year old violinist from Copenhagen, Denmark, studies with Ulf Wallin at the Edsberg Music Academy and with Charles Avsharian at Meadowmount. His former teachers include Sergej Azizian, Peder Elbaek and Milan Vitek.

He is the first prizewinner of the Berlingske Competition of Young Musicians and the Jacob Gade Violin Competition and the recipient of the Performance Prize in Ukraine International Music Competition. As a soloist, he has performed with various orchestras in Sweden.

Born in Seoul Korea, Han Soo Kim started playing the violin at the age of eight with Professor Ho Young Pi. Solo and chamber music performances have led him to Italy, Mexico, England, France, Taiwan, Canada and Korea. Mr. Kim has won numerous scholarships and awards including first place in the Kiwanis Music Competition in Canada and concerto competitions hosted by the Brockton Symphony, Marlborough Symphony, Arlington Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestra.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Han Soo has performed in Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, 92nd Street Y, Avery Fisher Hall, Jordan Hall, Emerson Majestic Theater, Weill Recital Hall and Boston Symphony Hall. He is frequently incited to perform in various concert halls in Korea along with his sister, a cellist. They have both been featured on television and Radio. Han Soo studies with Sally Thomas at Meadowmount.

Jana Kubánková, 18, form Prague, Czech Republic, is a student of Jírí Fiser at the Jan Neruda Grammar School and previously studied with Magdalena Michová. Jana is a top prizewinner of the International Competition in Nová Paka, the Kocian International Violin Competition, the Prague Junior Note and the Competition of Czech Conservatories.

As a soloist she has performed with the Prague Chamber Orchestra and the Prague Chamber Filharmony. Charles Avsharian is her teacher at Meadowmount.

Emily Nenniger, 20, studies with Ian Swensen at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance. Past teachers include Bill Van der Sloot and Robert Lipsett.

As a soloist, she has performed with the Calgary Philharmonic. Awards include being a three-time winner of the Calgary Concerto Competition, a semi-finalist in the American String Teachers Competition and the Kingsville International Violin Competition. At Meadowmount she studies with Gerardo Ribeiro.

Monika Ruzková, 21, from Rakovnik, Czech Republic, is a student of Professor Ivan Straus at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Previously, she studied with Professor Jaroslav Foltyn. She has performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Philharmony of Hradec Králové. Monika's awards include first prize at the violin competition in Nová Paka, third prize at the 2005 Competition of Conservatories and the first prize at the B. Martinu Competition in 2006, where she was presented with a special prize for best performance.

Ms. Ruzková has attended the International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest in Austria and the French-Czech Music Academy in Telc. She is a student of Charles Avsharian at Meadowmount.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS SCHOLARSHIPS

Meadowmount thanks the National Federation of Music Clubs for these yearly scholarships awarded to outstanding Meadowmount students. 2007 recipients are:

Cellist Gabriel Cabezas, 15, from Illinois, began his musical studies at age four.

He has won numerous awards including Overall Performance Winner of the Midwest Young Artists Junior Division of the 2004 Walgreen National Competition, the Bronze Medal winner of the Junior Division of the 2005 Fischoff Chamber Music National Competition, the Overall Performance winner of the Midwest Young Artists Open Division of the 2005 Walgreen National Competition and the First Prize Laureate of the Junior Division of the 2006 Sphinx National Competition.

He as received "The Maria Isabel Prieto Award" at the Fifth Carlos Prieto Violoncello International Competition for talent and performance. Gabriel has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Portland Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, the New World Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, the Rackham Symphony Choir and the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings.

In 2007 he recorded "Moyugba Orisha" on CD featuring a collection of Latin American works on the White Pine Music recording label. Gabriel studies with Professor Hans Jørgen Jensen at Meadowmount.

Jared Scott, 25, from Flagstaff, Arizona, is a student of Hans Jørgen Jensen at Northwestern University and at Meadowmount. His former teachers include Nancy Greene, Nelzimar Neves, and Nadene Bean. He has performed as a soloist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and the University of Arizona Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra.

In 2005, he was named the second place winner at the Music Teachers National Association Competition. In previous summers, he as attended music festivals such as Kent/Blossom, Music Academy of the West, the Encore School for Strings and the National Orchestral Institute.

New York Federation of Music Clubs Award

Violinist Lisa Romain, 22, from New Jersey, received her Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School where she studied with Sally Thomas, also her teacher at Meadowmount.

Her other teachers include Steven Rochen, Ann Setzer and David Updegraff. She is the winner of competitions sponsored by the Summit Symphony, the Orchestra at William Patterson University, the Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation, and the Goldblatt Scholarship Foundation. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with pianist Jerome Lowenthal of The Juilliard School and internationally renowned German violinist Ulf Hoelscher.

She participated in the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Juilliard's ChamberFest, the Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Seminar, and the Chamber Music Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Fellowships

The Meadowmount School of Music has created Fellowships to honor the memory of Founder, Ivan Galamian, his wife Judith Galamian and founding faculty members Josef Gingold, Leonard Rose and Gregor Piatigorsky. Please visit the Distinguished Meadowmount Alumni page for more information.