The 2018 Winners of the High School Competition pictured here with Mary Parse (far left), High School Awards Chair and Janie Keys (far right), WMMC President. The four winners are (left to right) Kevin Yu, pianist; Eliot Kim, violinist; Lillian Sun, Violinist; and Claire Kim, pianist.
Meet the talented winners of the 2018 Wilcox, Maurer, Putter and Rudd Awards for High School Students
Claire Kim, Maurer Award winner, graduated this year from Cedar Park High School and plans to major in piano performance at UT Austin in the fall. She performed the Spanish Rhapsody by Franz Liszt. Her teacher is Shearon Horton.
Lillian Sun, the recipient of the the Putter Award for second place in the Maurer Contest, studies violin with Molly Emerman. Lillian graduated this year from Westlake High School and will attend Stanford in the fall. She performed the first movement of the Wieniawski Second Violin Concerto, with pianist, Alex Maynegre.
Eliot Kim, a ninth-grader, is the first place winner of the Wilcox Award. He attends Westwood High School, and studies with William Dick. He played the second movement of the Second Violin Concerto by Henryk Wieniawski, with pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa.
Kevin Yu, also a ninth grader, is the second place winner of the Wilcox Award. He is a student at Westlake High School and studies piano with Susan Groves. He played Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 2 in F Major.
Frederic Chopin, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Johannes Brahms, Cole Porter, Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon, and George Gershwin
Performed by:
Rachel May, violinist, Terri Freeland, cellist, and Robert Centeno, pianist
Phyllis Noonan, pianist
Kay Race, pianist
Lisa Shirah-Hiers, pianist
Jerry Conn, tenor, and Walter Tibbitts, guest pianist
RIchard Rodgers, Harvey Schmidt, Ray Henderson, Jimmy Webb, Ralph Rainger, Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, Paul Fleischman, Agustin Lara, ColePorter, Ernesto de Curtis
Performed by
The Silver Strings Orchestra directed by Catherine van Zanten
Suzy Gallagher, soprano, Kit Thompson, tenor, and Greta Gutman, pianist
Marcia Edwards and Sarah Harriman, vocalists
Charles Palmer, baritone, and Kathryn Govier, pianist
Walter Gieseking (1895-1956), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), John Bartlett (fl.1606-1610), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Jacques Ibert (1890-1962), Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924, April Verch (b. 1978)
Performed by
Sheryl Goodnight, flutist and Stephen Burnaman, guest pianist
Janie Keys, pianist
Carla Johnson, soprano and Katie Kerwin, guitarist
Pat Yingst, flutist, Andy Ross, guest oboist and Maxine Gomes, pianist
Katherine Shields, soprano and Mary Parse, pianist
Ruby Jane Smith (guest) and Gregory Shields, fiddlers
Featuring Music by: Alexandre Guilmant, Ludwig van Beethoven, J.S.Bach, Eugene Reuchsel
Performed by: Gena Tabery, organist; Barbara George, cellist and Felicity Coltman, pianist; Ruby Jane Smith and Gregory Shields, violinists, and Brian Grothues, pianist; Paul Keith, guest organist
A Concert Dedicated to International Music
Sonata for Flute and Piano by Samuel Zyman (b. 1956), performed by Sheryl Goodnight, flutist and Stephen Burnaman, guest pianist
Partita No. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), performed by Richard Kilmer, violinist
Ballade in A-flat Major, op. 47, by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), performed by Susan Groves, guest pianist
French Suite in E major by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), performed by Toby Blumenthal-Phillips, pianist
Caprice Español, by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), performed by Maxine Gomes and Carolyn McColloch, pianists
Eliot Kim, a ninth-grader, is the first place winner of the Wilcox Award. He attends Westwood High School, and studies with William Dick. He played the second movement of the Second Violin Concerto by Henryk Wieniawski, with pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa.
