Winners of the Hawaii Youth Talent Showcase, a concerto competition to determine the most talented school-age orchestral musicians, will perform tomorrow in a concert with the Honolulu Symphony. Youth talent contest winners
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The musicians each studied and performed a classical concerto to play with the symphony. The orchestra will accompany each student in his or her concerto recital.
The winning students are:
>> Matthew Bow, cello (Punahou School, Grade 12): He started learning cello with Louise Ching when he was 6 and is currently the principal cellist in the Hawaii Youth Symphony and the Punahou Symphony and plays with various quartets and the Hawaii Suzuki String Tour Group. He performed with the Honolulu Symphony as a soloist in 1996 and 1999. In 2000, Bow won the Southwest Division of the Music Teacher National Association High School String Competition held in Las Vegas, and placed as the first runner-up in the 1999-2000 National MTNA High School String Competition in Minneapolis.
>> Laura Jean Keller, violin (Punahou School, Grade 8): She began playing violin at age 3, studying with Helen Higa until age 9. She then studied with the late Hiroko Primrose, James Stern and Loree Katahara. Her current teacher is James Stanford. Keller earned first place in the 2001 Hawaii State MTNA competition and was selected for Honorable Mention in the U.S. West Regional Competition in Las Cruces, N.M. She made her solo debut with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra in May 2000.
Hawaii Youth Talent Showcase Winners perform with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra Budding talent
Where: Blaisdell Concert Hall
When: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow
Tickets: $13 for adults, $5 for kids
Call: 792-2000
>> Marcus Kunishima, percussion (Castle High School, Grade 12): He's studied percussion for six years. He is a former student of James Lee Wyatt III and currently studies with Stephen Dinion. He's been a member of the Hawaii Youth Symphony I Orchestra for three years and has received awards including the Morning Music Club Scholarship and the Windward Arts Council Scholarship.
>> Chase G.S. Kurokawa, piano (Punahou School, Grade 6): He began playing piano in 1996 at age 7 under the instruction of Susan Fukushima. He plays the violin in the Punahou School sixth-grade orchestra.
>> Thomas Lee, violin (Punahou School, Grade 9): Lee began playing violin at age under the late Hiroko Primrose. He is currently a violin student of Jim Stanford. At Punahou he plays violin and viola in a quartet.
>> Yohsuke Miyamoto, piano (Punahou School, Grade 9): Miyamoto plays violin in the Punahou Symphony and is a student of piano instructor Ellen Masaki.
>> Clint Okayama, piano (Punahou School, Grade 9): Okayama was a student of Punahou's Beryl Fujita, and since the fourth grade he has been a student of Ann Tanabe.
>> Eric Wu, piano (Punahou School, Grade 5): Wu began piano lessons at age 6 with Lucy Lin, and at age 7 received honorable mention in HMTA Junior Artist Auditions Level I. In 1999 and 2000 he won first place in the HMTA Junior Artist Auditions for Levels I and II. He sang with the Honolulu Boys Choir, studies violin with Kathy Hafner and plays in the Punahou orchestra.
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