Ellen Huff Powers Young Artists Competition

Congratulations to the 2012 Ellen Huff Powers Young Artist Competition Winners, who competed for scholarships on February 12, 2012!

• First Place ($1,000): Forrest Eimold, piano, who performed Debussy's Pour Le Piano, III. Toccata.
• Second Place ($750): Hannah Ryu, violin, who performed Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, I. Allegro and II. Adagio.
• Third Place ($500): Andy Zhang, piano, who performed Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1, I. Allegro.
• Fourth Place ($250): Susanna Monroe, violin, who performed Vieuxtemps' Yankee Doodle: Souvenir d'Amerique, Op. 17.

Helen Clapp Stevenson, Advisor
Adjudicators: I-Hsuan Cheng, Sandy Kiefer, and Andrew Sorg

The Ellen Huff Powers Music Scholarship Program was established in honor of Ellen Huff Powers, a founder of Powers Music School and the School's Director from 1964-1984. These scholarships are awarded each year to students who exhibit exceptional musical ability. These scholarships are merit-based only and financial need is not considered. The scholarships help support participation of students ages 10 - 14 in the summer day program, Music on the Hill. Criteria used to evaluate the student's performance at the scholarship competition include musical talent, technique, and musicianship.

7th Annual Peter Elvins Vocal Competition

Anna Gabrieli, Advisor

2012 Adjudicators:

• Richard Dyer, Former Music Critic for The Boston Globe and two-time winner of the Deems Taylor/ASCAP Award for music criticism
• Sondra Kelly, World-renowned Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano
• Lloyd Schwartz, Classical Music Editor for The Boston Phoenix, commentator on music and arts for NPR's program Fresh Air, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism

Congratulations to the 2012 Peter Elvins Vocal Competition Winners, who competed for cash prizes on January 28, 2012!

OPERA DIVISION:

• SECOND PLACE (tie): Hae Ji Chang, soprano, of Seoul, South Korea, currently studying at New England Conservatory in Boston, MA
• SECOND PLACE (tie): Noelle Nordstrom, soprano, from Brooklyn, NY
• THIRD PLACE: Brandon Martinez, baritone, from Boston, MA

TEEN DIVISION:

• FIRST PLACE: William Su, bass-baritone, of Beijing, China, currently studying at Walnut Hill School 
• SECOND PLACE: Michael Alexander Gonzalez, tenor, from Miami, FL, currently studying at Walnut Hill School
• THIRD PLACE: Tatum Robertson, soprano, from New Orleans, LA, currently studying at Walnut Hill School

Created in the memory of long-time Powers voice faculty Peter Elvins, this competition is open to all vocalists ages 15 - 39. The winners of each division are awarded a cash prize. Peter Elvins took tremendous pride in his students' growth and accomplishments as musicians. His legacy of passion for music and teaching lives on in this vocal competition. The competition categories are: 1) the Teen Division for ages 15-18, and 2) the Opera Division for ages 19 - 39 no managed singers).