Lewisville Lake Symphony Young Artists' Competition

Winners: 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

The $1,200 Letitia Goodman Memorial Scholarship Award

 is provided by Bill and Pat Leggett

Competition supported by Texas-New Mexico Power Company

2010 Winners

Grand Prize Winners

Aaron Kurz, Piano (14)

Greenhill School, Addison

Studies with Dr. Carol Leone
Russell Houston, Cello (15)

Greenhill School, Addison

Studies with Ko Iwasaki and Jim Higgins
Dong-Yeon Kim, Piano (15)

Jasper High School, Plano

Studies with Dr. Christina Long

Senior Division
1st place

Charles Jin, Piano (15)

St. Marks School, Dallas

Studies with Samuel Wong
2nd place Jonathan Chern, Violin (17)

West Plano High School, Plano

Studies with Zhan Wang
3rd place Lilian Ludford, Violin (15)

Hockaday School, Dallas

Studies with Ron Houston
and Grace Park, Piano (15)

Greenhill School, Addison

Studies with Hwa Lee
 

Junior Division

1st place William Chiang, Piano (13)

Renner Middle School, Plano

Studies with Andrey Ponochevny
2nd place James Hwang, Piano (12)

Pioneer Heritage Middle School, Frisco

Studies with Dr. Mei-Na Hsu
3rd place Natalia Weimann Violin (13)

Home-schooled

Studies with Sachiko Mori

(L to R) Russell Houston, Dong-Yeon Kim, Aaron Kurz 

2009 Winners

Grand Prize Winners

Laura Liu, violin (16),

Plano
Spring Creek Academy, Plano
Studies with Emmanuel Borok

Daniel Yi, oboe (17),

Flower Mound
Marcus High School, Flower Mound
Studies with Sharon Lacey

Annie Zhu, piano (14),

Plano
Hockaday School, Dallas
Studies with Samuel Wong

Senior division

First place

Seula Lee, violin (17)

Carrollton
Hebron High School, Carrollton
Studies with Song Young Kim
 

Second Place - tie
Michelle Suh, violin (17)

Austin
Westlake High School, Austin, TX
Studies with Jennifer Bourianoff
 

Stephen Du, piano (14)

Flower Mound
Marcus High School, Flower Mound, TX

Studies with Samuel Wong
 

Junior Division
First Place - tie

Stephen Xi, violin (13)

Plano
Rice Middle School, Plano
Studies with Ron Neal

William Chiang, piano (12)

Plano
Renner Middle School, Plano
Studies with Andrey Ponochevny

Second Place
Evan Ritter, piano (12)

Dallas
Park Hill Junior High, Richardson
Studies with Bret SerrinAnnie

Laura Liu

Annie Zhu

Daniel Yi

Daniel Yi, elected to forfeit the opportunity to perform with the Lewisville Lake Symphony and his share of the prize money in order to resolve a schedule conflict with an audition for the elite US Marine Band -- "The President's Own". He is one of only seven finalists for an oboe position from across the nation. 

2008 Winners

Senior Division

First Place:  Seula Lee (16)

Carrollton, 11th grade at Hebron High School. Teacher:  Songyoung Kim

Second Place:  Diana Meng (17)

Keller, a senior at Keller High School.  Teacher is Dr. Xiao-Hui Jiang

Third Place is a tie: 

Plano, 11th grade at Plano Senior High School.  Teacher: Dr. Xiao-Hui Jiang.

Anna McDonald

Alison Chiang

2007 Winners

Grand Prize Winners

($500 each)

Kyle Orth, piano (16)

10th Grade, Home schooled (Richardson TX)

(Teacher:  Marcy McDonald)

John-Henry Crawford (13)

8th Grade (Southfield School, Shreveport LA)

(Teacher: Kristina Vaska-Hass)

Senior Division

First Place

Ruby Sun

Second Place

Robert Switala

Third Place

Alina Cho

Junior Division

First Place

Katherine Qiu

Second Place (Tie)

Alexandra Switala

Angela Meng

2006 Winners

Grand Prize Winners

($333 each)

Edward Song, cello (17)
11th Grade, Coppell High School
(Teacher: Jungshin Lewis)

Jimmye Ahn, clarinet  (16)
10th grade, The Hockaday School
(Teacher: Kwanghoon Yi)

Rebekah Kim, piano  (17)
11th Grade, Liberty Christian School
(Teacher: Hyangmee Kim)

Senior Division

First Place
Gabriel Ha

Second Place
Katie Haun

Third Place
Diana Meng

Junior Division

First Place
Wyndham Tsai

Second Place
Robert Lee

Honorable Mention
Alexandra Switala

Honorable Mention
Stephen Du

Honorable Mention
Ashley Wang

2005 Winners
More on the 2005 'Stars of the Future' concert

Grand Prize Winners

An Qi, Piano (16)

10th grade at Centennial High School in Frisco.
(Teacher:  Yifan Liu)

Malori Fuchs, Violin (18)  12th grade.  She is home schooled and lives in Frisco
 (Teacher: Rebecca Stern)

Antoinette Gan, Cello   (16) 10th grade at Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. 
(Teacher:  Michael Coren)

Junior Division
1st Place
Robert Switala, Violin  (12)   7th grade.  Home schooled.  Grapevine.

2nd Place
Jane Yoon, Flute  (13)  8th grade at Rice Middle School in Plano.

2nd Place
Wyndham Tsai,  Cello (12) 6th grade at Oakmont Elementary in Fort Worth

Senior Division
1st Place
Jimmye Ahn, Clarinet   (15)   9th grade at The Hockaday School in Dallas.

2nd Place
Edward Song, Cello  (16)  10th grade at Coppell High School.

3rd Place
Robert McDonald, Piano   (16)  10th grade.  Home schooled. North Dallas

2004 Winners

Grand Prize Winners
Journey Son, Cello                        

Hebron High School - Carrollton TX   Follow-up story
 (Teacher -- Jungshin Lewis)

Patrick Thomas, French Horn        Marcus High School -Flower Mound TX     
 (Teacher -- Karen Houghton)

Eric Yang,piano     

Shepton High School - Plano TX   
(Teacher -- Yifan Liu)

Junior Division
1st place - Jimmye Ahn              Hockaday School - Dallas TX

 2nd place - Cathy Kim               

The North Hills School

3rd place - Christopher Shea     

Cistercian Prep School

Senior Division
(All Honorable Mentions)
Kristin Carr                                  Marcus High School - Flower Mound TX

Amy Lee                                      Trinity High School

James Song                                Coppell High School - Coppell TX

Antoinette Y. Gan                       Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts - Ft Worth TX
 

Grand Prize Winners Journey Son, Patrick Thomas and Eric Yang

2003 Winners   Pictures

Grand Prize Winners

Jason Wu, violin, Senior division
Plano West Senior High School Eleventh Grade

Nicolette Kocsardy, violin, Senior division

Grapevine High School Ninth Grade

Miranda Joy Ha, piano, Senior division
Plano Senior High School Twelfth Grade
 

Division winners

Junior Division
1st place - Edward Song, Cello

Coppell Middle School West Eighth Grade

2nd place - Rachel Ostler, Violin

Richardson (Homeschool) Sixth Grade

3rd place - Jonathan Thompson, Oboe         

Lewisville-Huffines Middle School Eighth Grade

Senior Division
1st place - Mary Draper,  Violin
Plano Senior High School Twelfth Grade

2nd place - Ryan Cockerham, Violin            

Coppell High School Twelfth Grade
3rd place - Elizabeth Hance, Flute                

Grapevine High School Ninth Grade

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