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Diana Meng
Diana Meng (Keller, Texas): A junior at Keller High School. She has been studying piano since she was 4 years old. She has won numerous awards. Performing: Rachmaninoff-Prelude Op 32. No.5 in G major Teacher: Dr. Xiao Hui Jiang
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Adam Drennan
Adam Drennan (Flower Mound, Texas): Senior at Coram Deo Academy. He has studied piano for 13 years. He also has taught piano for 4 years to 27 students. He has won several awards. Performing: Rachmaninoff-Prelude in C# minor Teacher: Dante Andrade
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Cathy Aur
Cathy Aur (Plano, Texas): A junior at Plano Senior High School. She has been studying piano for 11 years. She won 1st at the Collin County Young Artist Competition in 2003. Performing: Debussy-Toccata Teacher: Alton Chan
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James Hayden
James Hayden (Flower Mound, Texas): A junior at Flower Mound High School. He was first introduced to playing the piano during his toddler years. He started lessons at 9. Performing: James Hayden-Dreaming Teachers: Chris Winston & Michael Springer
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Vivian Chen
Vivan Chen (Plano, Texas): 15 year old high school student at Jasper High School. In addition, to playing piano, she has also studied cello and violin. Performing: Robert Schumann-concerto in A Minor Op. 54 I.Allegro (1st movement) Teacher: Mr. Yi Fan Liu
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Tyler Liu
Tyler Liu (Southlake, Texas): A senior at Carroll Senior High School. He has studied piano fro 11 years. He swims on the varsity team and has made regional’s every year. Performing: Brahms-Ballade in G Minor Opus 118 Teacher: Yi Fan Liu
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Sophia Nguyen
Sophia Nguyen (Fort Worth, Texas): A junior at RL Paschal High School. She has played piano for 12 years. Her favorite subjects are English, History and Science. She enjoys reading and writing. Performing: Chopin-Etude op.10 #8 Teacher: Dr. Rosalie Levant
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Rex Huang
Rex Huang (Richardson, Texas): A 11th grader at Plano Senior High School. He has studied violin for 10 years and piano 12 years. He has won (5) 1st places at Dallas Symphonic Festival for 5 years. Teacher: Alfred Mouleclous
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Rebecca Glass
Rebecca Glass (Plano, Texas): Her music career began at the age of 4 years old. She learns through Braille music notation. Performing: F. Chopin-Fantaisie Impromptu Opus 66 B187 Teacher: Dr. Rozalie Levant
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Paul Ockelmann
Paul Andrew Ockelmann (Dallas, Texas): A senior at St. Mark’s School of Texas. He is a national merit semifinalists, honor student and captain of the varsity tennis team. Performing: Scott Joplin-Maple Leaf Rag Teacher: Sandy Hall
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Michelle Lu
Michelle Lu (Plano, Texas): A senior at The Hockaday School. She has been playing piano since age 5. Performing: Rachmaninoff-Prelude in C-sharp minor Op.32No.2 Teacher: Ms. Julie Chung
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Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor (Arlington, Texas): He is this year’s recipient of the Bayard H. Friedman Award for outstanding Student in Performing Arts. He has been studying piano for 10 years. Performing: Claude Debussy-Feuz d’artifice Teacher: Tama’s Unger
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Michael Danser
Michael Danser (Dallas, Texas): A freshman at SMU. He has studied piano for 11 years, clarinet 9 years, guitar 7 years and tuba for 4 years. Performing: Sergei Rachmaninoff-Prelude in C minor Op.3 No.2 Teacher: B.J. Mauldin
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Mark O'Meara
Mark O’Meara (Dallas, Texas): A junior at St. Mark’s School of Texas. He has studied for 11 years. He is a member of the Upper School Choir and plays in the Studio Band. Performing: Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl-I Should Care Teacher: Jerry Samuels
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Kyle Orth
Kyle Orth (Richardson, Texas): A junior, he has studied piano for 8 years and practices 3 hours a day. Has had a solo with the Plano Symphony, Lewisville Lake and Richardson Symphony. . Performing: Igor Stravinsky-Danse Russe Teacher: Marcy McDonald
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Kevin Havis
Kevin Havis (Fort Worth, Texas): A senior of Paschal High School of FW. He has been playing piano for 11 years. He plays percussion in the band and piano in the jazz band. Performing: Brahms-Rhapsody in G minor Op.79 Teacher: Gail Apprich
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Katie Blankenship
Katie Blankenship (Haslet, Texas): A senior, has been taking piano lessons since she was 6 years old. She has competed in Guild Auditions for 3 years. Performing: Ludwig Von Beethoven-Minuet in D major Teacher: Vicki Schweiss
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Jen Nguyen
Jen Nguyen (Coppell, Texas): A junior at Coppell High. She began studying piano at the age of 5. She has competed in various competitions. Performing: Beetoven-Sonata Opus 14 No. 1 Movement 3 Teacher: April Boukadoum
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Jeffery Ou
Jeffery Ou (Dallas, Texas): A sophomore at Shepton High School. He competed in 2004 at the North Texas Youth Music Competition winning grand prize. Performing: Rachmaninoff-Etude Tableaux Op.39 No.6 Teacher: Baya Kakouberi
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Jason Wang
Jason Wang (Plano, Texas): A sophomore at Jasper High School. He began studying piano in China at the age of 6. He is ranked top 10 academically in school. Performing: Saint-Saens-Concerto No.2 Op.22 Mov.1 Teacher: Xiaohui Jiang
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Harvey Liu
Harvey Liu (Plano, Texas): A senior at John Paul II High School. He has studied piano for 9 years. He is the president of the senior class. Performing: Franz Liszt-Transcendental Etude no.7 “Eroica” Teacher: Yi Fan Liu
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Erik Danielson
Erik Danielson (Mansfield, Texas): A junior at the Fort Worth Academy of fine Arts, where he has attended for 8 years. He has been studying piano since 1st grade. Performing: Khachaturian-Toccata Teacher: Maureda Travis
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Carlos Ospina
Carlos Ospina (Irving, Texas): A sophomore. He has studied piano for 5 years. He received the Whitlock Theory gold metal the last 3 years. Performing: Chopin-Polonaise in A Major “military” Op.40 No.1 Teacher: Carolyn Harris
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Alina Cho
Alina Cho (Plano, Texas): Senior at Plano Senior High School has studied piano for 10 years. Has won the Collin County Young Artist Competition and Dallas Symphonic Festival. Performing: Rachmanioff-Prelude in C-sharp, Op.3 #2 Teacher: Dr. Jiyun Yoo
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Alcee Chriss
Alcee Chriss (Burleson, Texas): A 10th grader at Booker T. Washington High School. He has competed in many competitions in the DFW area. Performing: Fredrick Chopin Brilliante-Grand Polonaise Brilliante Teacher: Eva Flowers
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