Student News

David Requiro, cello, has won first prize in the 2008 Walter W. Naumburg International Violoncello Competition.  The award includes a cash prize, a New York recital debut and recital and orchestral performances.  David is pursuing a MM in cello performance and studies with Richard Aaron.

The 2008 Gimore Keyboard Festival invited several of Michigan’s finest student pianists to take place in its prestigious masterclass series during the months of April and May. Ilya Blinov (DMA), a student of Arthur Greene, Zhu Zhu (BM) and Nozomi Marusawa (BM), students of Logan Skelton, Hye-Won Jung (MM) and SunAh Lee (DMA), students of Christopher Harding, were all selected to perform for international performing and teaching artists including Christopher Taylor, Lori Sims, and Paul Lewis.

DMA candidate Ya-Chi Cheng won the principal percussion position with the San Antonio Symphony.  (March 2008)

Pius Cheung, marimba, is one of only two winners of the 2008 Young Concert Artists Competition in New York.   Pius is pursuing a DMA in percussion and studies with Michael Udow.