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scinewsStudent Competition Regional Winners
The 2008 Student Competition Regional Winners have been announced! Congratulations to the winners. Their compositions will now move on to the next round and compete for the top prizes.
Region I:
1. Jose-Luis Hurtado, Lasciare (Brian Ferneyhough, Composition Teacher)
2. Chien-Yu Huang, Pure Sound Waves (John Mallia, Composition Teacher)
3. Joan Arnau Pamies, Two Miniatures (John Heiss, Composition Teacher)
Region II:
1. Joungbum Lee, Three Poems for Five Instruments (David Liptak, Composition Teacher)
2. Joseph Rubenstein, Tremors: A Report (Joseph Dubiel, Composition Teacher)
3. Janece Gerber, Je me delace (Jeffrey Stadelman, Composition Teacher)
Region III:
1. Manena Contreras, Paradoja (Matthew Greenbaum, Composition Teacher)
2. Altin Volaj, Collage a Pink Floyd (Lawrence Moss, Composition Teacher)
3. Kyle Gullings, In memorium Hibakusha (Steven Strunk, Composition Teacher)
Region IV:
1. Chia-Yu Hsu, Among Gardens (Stephen Jaffe, Composition Teacher)
2. Jorge Variego, Walls (James Paul Sain, Composition Teacher)
3T. Alexander Wroten, Pathosis (John Fitz Rogers, Composition Teacher)
3T. Steve Danyew, Lhotse (Scott Stinson, Composition Teacher)
Region V (East):
1. Clint Needham, Violin Concertino (Claude Baker, Composition Teacher)
2. Michael Bratt, The Kobler-Ross Model (Margaret Brouwer, Composition Teacher)
3. Eric Nathan, Onement (Sven-David Sandstrom, Composition Teacher)
Region V (West):
1. Fasun Kaksal, String Quartet #1 (Marta Ptaszynska, Composition Teacher)
2. Moon Young Ha, The Mascot (Erik Lund, Composition Teacher)
3. Youn-Jae Ok, Zest for Olive Salad (Stacy Garrop, Composition Teacher)
Region VI:
1. Wah-hei Ng, Three Bagatelles (Chen Yi, Composition Teachers)
2. Tim Rogers, Love Song (Yevgeniy Sharlat, Composition Teacher)
3. Luke Gullickson, Islands (Yevgeniy Sharlata, Composition Teacher
Region VII & VIII (combined due to the number of entries):
1. Benjamin Taylor, Sugar Rush (Steven Ricks - Composition Teacher)
2. Jack Tolson, Duel (Rafael Hernandez, Composition Teacher)
3. Brian Mark, Six Degrees for Strings (David Garner and David Conte, Composition Teachers)
Thanks to our regional adjudicators, Jeremy Beck, Andrea Reinkemeyer, Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Charles Bestor, Vuk Kulenovich, Greg Fritze, Andrew List, and Kari Juusela, for their hard work in advancing the competition.
