Caurine Easterling Strings Achievement Awards Competition

Elizabeth Blakeslee, chair

Judges, Upper Strings:  Laura Kobayashi, Joanna Owen, and Jennifer Wade

Judges, Lower Strings:  Doris Lederer, C. Thomas Shaw, and Bridgett Stuckey

Elementary Violins

1^st Sarah Slate (Natalia Yampolsky)

2^nd Emily Kassab (Ronda Cole)

3^rd Justin Ghofrany (David Strom)

HM          Jasper de Boor (Ronda Cole)

HM           Malva de Boor (Ronda Cole)

HM           David Kirchenbauer (Ronda Cole)

HM           Mabelle Young-eun Park (Olga Khroulevitch)

Intermediate Violins

1^st Evelyn Mo (Natalia Yampolsky)

2^nd Sean Yongjoo Lim (Olga Khroulevitch)

3^rd Sam Panner (Ronda Cole)

HM           Calvin Liu (Natalia Yampolsky)

HM           Daniel Kim (Helen Fall)

Senior Violins

1^st John Kirchenbauer (Ronda Cole)

2^nd Shankar Balasubramanaian (Olga Khroulevitch)

3^rd Helen Jung  (Natalia Yampolsky)

Elementary Lower Strings

1^st Gabrielle Li, cello (Miron Yampolsky)

2^nd An-Ya Olson, harp (Elizabeth Blakeslee)

3^rd Robert Kirchenbauer, cello (Alice Vierra)

HM          William Kim, cello (Miron Yampolsky)

HM          Emma Rood, harp (Elizabeth Blakeslee)

HM          Magalan Tso, cello (Miron Yampolsky)

Intermediate Lower Strings

1^st Kai-Lan Olson (Elizabeth Blakeslee)

2^nd Allison Park, cello (Igor Zubkovsky)

3^rd Zubin Kane, cello (Loran Stephenson)

HM          Lawry Boyer, cello (Alice Vierra)

HM          Katie Shen, cello (John Kaboff)

Senior Lower Strings

1^st Elise Kolle, harp (Elizabeth Blakeslee)

2^nd Shannon Smith, viola (Helen Fall)

3^rd Raymond Griggs, cello  (Alice Vierra)

HM          Megan Kitts, viola (Amanda Scheetz)