We congratulate the 36 young students who made the commitment and effort to prepare for and participate in the 2021 YLMS Competition. The competition is designed to give local students an opportunity to compete locally and we are so pleased to find that even in this time of COVID/lockdown, the level of participation was on par with previous years.
Without any further ado, we are thrilled to announce the following medalists and special prize winners of the 2021 YLMS Competition for Young Harpists:
Preliminary
Gold $100 – Kaylin Tsai
Silver $75 – Aaditaya Amin
Bronze $50 – Sofia Mohammed
Special Mention – Katelyn Ho
Level 1
Gold $150 – Charlotte Trinh
Silver $100 – Valarie Wang
Bronze $75 – Chloe Gao
Special Mention – Iris Farid
Level 2
Gold $200 – Hannah Chen
Silver $150- Viviana Alfaro
Bronze $100 – Jessica Cheung
Special Mention – Melody Chien
Level 3
Gold $250 – Naomi Sun
Silver $200 – Judy Liu
Bronze $150 – Carter Williams
Special Mention – Kartika Santoso
Special MusicWorks-Harp Editions Prize
Preliminary division: $50 – Kaylin Tsai
Level 1: $50 – Chloe Gao
Level 2: $75 – Bianca Gao
Level 3: $100 – N/A
Special Harpiana Prize
Preliminary division: $50 – Aaditaya Amin
Level 1: $50 – Charlotte Trinh
Level 2: $75 – Jessica Cheung
Level 3: $100 – N/A
Salzedo Prize
$100 – Valarie Wang
Join us in celebrating and listening to our local young harpists in the YLMS Winner’s Recital, as well as a special presentation-performance by guest artist Chloe Tula, a multi-prizewinning, emerging young professional harpist based in the Bay Area.
2021 YLMS Competition for Young Harpists Winners’ Recital
Sunday, May 23rd
4:00 – 5:30pm
Zoom info will be sent by email to membership / contestants. This event is free and open to the public, please email bacahs [at] gmail.com to get the link.
A very special thank you to our wonderful judges panel:
Cheryl Ann Fulton
Sarah Goss
Julia Kay Jamieson
Doug Rioth
Chloe Tula
Sarah Voynow
A very special thank you to the teachers who supported their students through the competition experience:
Anna Maria Mendieta
Dan Levitan
Dominique Piana
Douglas Rioth
Esther Lee
Jennifer Ellis
Jessica Siegel
Karen Thielen
Laura Porter
Linda Wood Rollo
Lynn Taffin
Sonya Yu
And, a very special thank you to the YLMS committee who made it all possible!
Jessica Schaeffer, chair
Karen Gottlieb
Susie Spiwak
Ryan Conrad
Henry Spiller