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STARS MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRECOLLEGE DIVISION GRADUATION 2021
Saturday, May 15, 2021 | 5:45 pm
MA N H AT TA N SC HOOL OF MUSIC P R E C O L L E G E D I VI SI ON GRADUAT ION Congratulations and Well Wishes Prelude
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1809–1847) Overture (excerpt) FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MSM Precollege Philharmonic Orchestra Performed February 8, 2020
Greetings from the Director of the Precollege Tiffany Bizup
Greetings from the Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Joyce Griggs
Greetings from the President Dr. James Gandre
Greetings from the Parents Association Michael Steger
Presentation of Graduates Postlude
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (excerpt) FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MSM Precollege Philharmonic Orchestra Performed February 8, 2020
N AME D SC HOLA RSHI PS Alex Assoian Music Project Precollege Endowed Scholarship Kendall Gonzales Drake Owen Smith
Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation Precollege Scholarship Ryan Kim
Andrew Goodman Memorial Precollege Scholarship Kearston Gonzales
Carl Owen Memorial Scholarship Jacob Shin Emiliya Lytvynova-Mullerman
Constance Keene Precollege Piano Scholarship Jiayang Jin Zoe Pian-Chowdhury
Cuker/Stern Endowed Precollege Scholarship Jane Lim
CWKH Precollege Scholarship Iris Chang
Dianne Danese Flagello Scholarship Felicia Ambrogi Katherine Kim Lena Jin
Dorothy Hales Gary Scholarship Ethan Jiang Kenny Kim
Dr. Michelle Solarz August Precollege Endowed Scholarship Aiden Hyun
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Elva Van Gelder Memorial Piano Scholarship Qiyaqin Zhang
Hansoree Scholarship Minji Kim Matthew Kang
Jazz Scholarship Vasiliy Bolgov
Jocelyn Gertel Precollege Scholarship Emily Jung
Jonathan and Conrad Strasser Memorial Scholarship Helena Steger
Josephine Luby Precollege Scholarship Jeffrey Kishinevsky
Karen Beardsley and Maitland Peters Precollege Scholarship Brandon Lim Charlotte Bazzle
Kate Bamberger Memorial Scholarship Sara Yamada Cedar-Rose Newman
Marion Feldman Scholarship Jaeho Lee Nicholas Kim
Mary B. Lenom Scholarship Wilson Li
Matilda Cascio Endowed Precollege Scholarship Kaelem Michel
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Nana’s Way Scholarship Taku Murakami Julian Rogai Dustin Zhao Aidan Doyle
Patinka Kopec Precollege Violin Scholarship SoHyun Ko Genesis Kang
Precollege Parents Scholarship Susanna Lo
Rita and Morris Relson Scholarship Yunus Hokkaci
Robert and Amy McGraw Precollege Scholarship Ilana Grollman
The Rochlis Family Foundation Precollege Scholarship Anthony Reznikovsky
Rosetta Goodkind Scholarship Eugene Hong Amy Liu
Sassa Maniotis Scholarship Anna Patnaik Yiwen Zhang
Earl Carter Precollege Theory Scholarship Catherine Xie
Frank and Jean Zhang Scholarship Elizabeth Williams
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D E AN ’ S LI ST Dean’s List recognition is given to students having a GPA of 3.9 or higher for the entire academic year. Molly Arnuk
Alexander Nam
Mia Bernard
Angie Okano
Aimee Chang
Aidan Pan
Iris Chang
Zoe Pian-Chowdhury
Stella Chen
Anthony Reznikovsky
Aiden Coleman
Riley Schultz
Serena Deng
Jacob Shin
Aidan Doyle
Jack Towse
Dylan Goodman
Yvonne Tucker
Zachary Hommel
Joanna Wang
Ethan Jiang
Jack Wei
Matthew Kang
Andreas Welch
Kayla Kessler
Elizabeth Williams
Susanna Lo
Lilian Xu
Wesley Miller
Ivan Yang
Taku Murakami
Sean Zhang
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2 02 1 G R AD UATE S Graduate
Years Studied
College Attending in Fall 2021
Luke Actie, bass trombone
2
University of Hartford
Adam Ali, trumpet
4
Unknown
Molly Arnuk, composition
2
Royal College of Music
Adithi Balasubramanian, jazz alto saxophone
1
UCLA
Mia Kim Bernard, cello
6
The Juilliard School
Claudius Betz, piano
2
Unknown
Alexander Cha, clarinet 5
Indiana University – Jacobs School of Music
Aimee Chang, piano
6
Yale University
Iris Chang, clarinet
5
Columbia University
Jocelyn Chang, piano
9.5
Unknown
Stella Chen, violin
4
Brown University
Elizabeth Chun, violin
3
Dartmouth College
Aiden Coleman, jazz tenor trombone
1
Unknown
Lita Neumann Crichton, oboe
5
Brown University
Oliver D’Avolio, jazz piano
4
Unknown
Serena Deng, violin
9
Columbia University
Aidan Doyle, jazz tenor trombone
2
New England Conservatory
Dylan Goodman, percussion 4
Harvard College/ Berklee School of Music
Ilana Grollman, percussion
2
Emerson College
Emily Nicole Hansen, voice
3
Harvard College
Yunus Hokkaci, piano
4
Brown University
Damon Hollenbeck, viola
4
Cornell University
Zachary William Hommel, trumpet
1
Northwestern University
8
Graduate
Years Studied
College Attending in Fall 2021
Julianne Huang, piano
3
Unknown
Ethan Jiang, piano
3
Unknown
Lena Jin, flute
5
Vanderbilt University
Matthew Bumjoon Kang, clarinet
4
Columbia University
Kayla Kessler, jazz double bass 2
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
Kenny Kim, clarinet
2
Amherst College
Hunter Kui, viola
5
Vassar College
Katherine Lavin, voice
4
Unknown
Zachary Levine, jazz percussion 2
Frost School of Music
Jia Li, violin
Unknown
1
Johann Li, violin 5 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Susanna Lo, piano
3
Eastman School of Music
Emiliya Lytvynova-Mullerman, 5 piano
Unknown
Prairwaa Madden, piano
Oberlin Conservatory
2
Wesley Miller, piano 1
Case Western Reserve University
Taku Murakami, 4 jazz alto saxophone
William Paterson University (Honors College)
Alexander Nam, piano
5
Yale University
Angie Okano, cello
1
Royal College of Music
Aidan Pan, oboe
2
Manhattan School of Music
Joel Pang, bassoon
1
Cornell University
Junsang Park, piano 4 Pennsylvania State University Zoe Pian-Chowdhury, piano
11
Yale University
Brendon Rapushaj, voice
1
Manhattan School of Music
9
Graduate
Years Studied
College Attending in Fall 2021
Anthony Reznikovsky, piano
9.5
Oliver Thomas Rivera, piano
2
Manhattan College
Mateusz Rogowski, voice
4
Lebanon Valley College
Lynca Saito, piano
3
Unknown
Ashley Nicole Schlusselberg, voice
2
Unknown
Riley Schultz, double bass
2
Manhattan School of Music
Jacob Shin, viola
6
Yale University
Unknown
Maximilian Stuart, piano 4
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Jack Robert Towse, jazz trumpet
6
The Juilliard School
Lynna Tsai, piano
7.5
Boston College
Yvonne Tucker, trumpet
1
Ithaca College
Joanna Wang, piano
5
Unknown
Tiffany Wang, composition
4
Unknown
Jack Wei, piano
7
Carnegie Mellon University
Andreas Welch, piano
5
Columbia University
Elizabeth Williams, piano
4
University of Chicago
Aaron Xia, piano
4
University of Chicago
Lilian Xu, piano 3.5
University of California - Berkeley
Sydney Yan, violin
1.5
Unknown
Ivan Yang, piano
3
Boston University
Mengjun Yao, piano
3
Unknown
Sean Zhang, bassoon
3
Purdue University
Vivian Ivy Zhang, violin
3
Unknown
Yiwen Zhang, piano
3
Manhattan School of Music
Jiamin Zhao, piano
3
Manhattan School of Music
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Precollege Administration
Tiffany Bizup, Director Catherine Heiba, Performance Coordinator Corinna Waggoner, Administrative Assistant Olivia Pidi, Part-time Administrative Assistant
Parents Association Officers Michael Steger Guowei Li Duane Williams Anna Chang
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Prelude & Postlude
MS M P R E C OLLE G E PHILHARMONIC O R C H E STRA SPRI N G 2020 Nathan Hetherington, conductor VIOLIN I
Kyoko Saito, co-concertmaster Peiyu Yang, co-concertmaster David Clarke Bangjun Xia Adrian Trachsel Brian Wang Lena-Marie Stoger Matthew Steinbaum VIOLIN II
Cedar-Rose Newman, principal Eric Baw Serena Deng Sara Yamada Benjamin Lerman Alexandra Wong Chelsea Lu Sydney Yan VIOLA
Kevin Wallace, principal Hunter Kui Jacob Shin Kristine Bartley Ge Xu
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CELLO
Maxwell Remmer, principal Oren Tirschwell Kyle Pinzon Giorgio Poma Andrew Wallace Mia Kim Bernard Ian Maloney Connor Tsui Layla Rafimayeri Taegyu Ha Gloria Kang DOUBLE BASS
Kyle Perea, principal Bennett Norris* Conor O’Hale* Ryan Sujdak* FLUTE
Carolyn Lau Sam Vukic Brooke Walden Hope Zhang OBOE
Julie Baty William Belfor Sophia Chen Hailey Unger
CLARINET
Alexander Cha Iris Chang Matthew Kang Kenny Kim BASSOON
Morgan Davison* Michael Lamar* FRENCH HORN
Benjamin Rossen Thomas Viola TRUMPET
Matthew Davis Jack Towse TUBA
Daniel Horn TIMPANI
Dylan Goodman HARP
Emily-Rose Matskows * Guest artist