Coral Gables, FL…May 16, 2013…On Sunday, May 5, 2013 music students from Miami-Dade and Broward counties performed at the Florida State Music Teachers Association District VI Student Day Honors Recitalheld at the Coral Gables Museum. The performers were selected after an intensive evaluation held at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center of Florida International University the previous week. Nearly 100 students were tested in three main areas — performance, written and aural theory. Levels of difficulty ranged from Primary through college preparatory Level 12.
The following students were eligible to perform:
Primary level: Ashley Garcia, Victoria Hernandez, Anna Levi, Alan Motoki, Matthew Ley
Level 1: Krish Chaturvedi, Felice Dong, Ainsley Franklin,Vasundara Govindarajan, Rohsien Lee, Diego Restrepo
Level 2: Bryce Eckhardt,Angeline Font, Hope Franklin, Daniel Gavazzi, Priscilla Gomes, Julia Lee, Olivia Martin-Johnson, Rachel Robertson, Aldo Santos Sameer Sridhar
Level 3: Daniel Alayo, Miranda Ortega, Diana Ramirez, Lara Ramirez, Gabriella Santos, Cindy Wang Laisa Ramirez
Level4: Brandon Celani, Brianna Dessa, Elena Espinoza, Andrew Forman, Samantha Forman, Kasra Greiner, Karina Huang, Justin Lee, Oliver Lee, Julianna Otero,José A.Ramirez
Level 5: Katrina Cawaing, Caterina Dong, Carlos Gomez, Nayah Merisier, Vikram Roy, Amanda Vazquez
Level 6: Leah Harris, Rebecca Menendez, Aaron Morales, Tanya Roy
Level 7: Andres Gomez, Sarah Mar, Ben Silver
Level 8: Bill Chan
Level 9: Alexa Garcia, Erica Garcia, Jacob Mason
Level 11:James Bao, Kyle Pulido, Daniela Rodriguez
Level12: José Vazquez
Awards for the best early Sight Readers were presented to Priscilla Gomes, Grade 3 and Cindy Wang, Grade 5. Aural Theory awards went to Alexa Garcia and Jacob Mason. Jacob Mason also received the highest scores in piano performance. He performed Ballade Op. 23 No. 1 by Frederic Chopin.
Participating teachers were: Conchita Betancourt, Carmen Cuenca, Eusebia Fuenzalida, Margarita Garcia, Marianela Gonzalez, Victoria Ibanez, Zelda Jensen (chairperson), Cynthia Chun Kam, Laura Keith, Neusa Prado Kervel, Susana Malnati, Lisa Morales, Sharon Perry and Debora Sanchez.
Florida State Music Teachers Association is an organization whose members are professionally engaged in the teaching of music in the State of Florida. The primary purpose of the Association is the advancement of music in the State of Florida through excellent teaching, learning, and performing which seeks to recognize individual achievement at all levels. Specifically, the Association strives to raise and maintain the standards of music teaching; stimulate public interest in music; encourage the study of music; and protect its members in all matters pertaining to the profession.
Local teachers belong to Miami Music Teachers Association (est. 1934) which is affiliated toFlorida State Music Teachers Association (www.fmta.org) and Music Teachers National Association(www.mtna.org).
