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Welcome to the Competition!
Do you remember what you were doing
40 years ago in March of 1975? I remember
being so excited to hear that Kalamazoo was
to host a string competition in honor of Julius Stulberg. In the ensuing years, hundreds
of young artists and prominent judges have
traveled to Kalamazoo for this annual event.
The level of talent has risen steadily, but the
mission that Esther Stulberg and the
founding members envisioned has remained the same: promote
excellence in string instrument performance by gifted young artists under
the age of twenty.
There are so many to thank for this success: present and previous board
members, our executive director and those that served before, our
musical partners, our grant funders, our donors, our competition hosts,
our esteemed judges and pianists, Western Michigan University and the
School of Music, and the Stulberg family. With such support, it is not
surprising that the Stulberg Competition is consistently ranked among the
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PRESENTATIONS 4:30 pm
• Bach Award
• Announcement of Finalists
FINALS CONCERT 8 pm
AWARDS CEREMONY 10 pm
• Burdick-Thorne Gold Medal
• Silver Medal
• Pinehurst Bronze Medal
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following the Awards Ceremony
Sunday, May 17, 2015
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
President’s Welcome
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Competition Schedule
7
History
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Board of Directors and Staff
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Stulberg Artist Series
2015-2016
13
2015 Competition Statistics
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Medalist History
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Judge History
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Judge Biographies
18 & 19
Semifinalist Biographies
20-26
Collaborative Pianist
Biographies
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Semifinal Performance
Schedule
28 & 29
Finals Concert
Insert
Supporters
33 – 37
Special Thanks
38
Index of Advertisers
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Julius & Esther Stulberg
In 1920, Julius Stulberg was brought to Montreal when his parents emigrated from
Kieselien, Poland. The family eventually settled in Marshall, Michigan. Julius received
degrees from and taught at Michigan State University, where he also met his future
wife, Esther Leiberman. The Stulberg bond with Kalamazoo was forged in 1943 when he
accepted the post of conductor of the newly established Junior Symphony.
In 1945, the Stulberg family moved to Kalamazoo when Julius joined the faculty of Western
Michigan University. Throughout his life, his wife Esther was his support and helpmate.
Following Julius’ death at the age of 61 in 1974, she was the driving force behind the
establishment of the Competition, which memorializes his life’s passions. After Esther’s
death in 2001, a dedicated Board of Directors, corps of volunteers and the Stulberg family
assumed the mantle of responsibility for the competition.
Today, the Stulberg is one of the longest-standing string competitions in the country
and is unique among music competitions due to its focus on young string musicians,
strong reputation, and high caliber of judges. Over the years, more than 2,500 musicians
have participated in the Stulberg, and more than one hundred have been awarded a
medal. Many have gone on to illustrious careers in the fields of music performance and
education. Throughout its history, the Stulberg has attracted world-renowned musicians
to Kalamazoo to serve as Competition judges and Master Class instructors. Through its
Master Classes and Education Outreach, the Stulberg extends its impact by providing free
learning opportunities for local musicians and audiences.
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STULBERG BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President Grace Field
President–Elect Chris Shook
Past President Joy Light
Secretary Josie Boucher
Treasurer Greg Seiler
BOARD MEMBERS
Barbara Brose
Bob Davis
Linda Depta
David Doan
Art Feinberg
Ken Fisher
Nan Harrison
David Johnson
Renata Artman Knific
Josh Koets
Audrey Lipsey
Linda Mah
Colleen McBride
Monica Nahm
Jane Rooks Ross
Charles Wattles
Executive Director Margaret Hamilton
Cover Photo: John Lacko Photography
The mission of the Julius & Esther
Stulberg International String
Competition is to promote excellence in
string instrument performance by gifted
young artists under the age of twenty.
STULBERG ARTIST SERIES
2015-2016
July 16, 2015
Midsummer Night’s Interlude: Ruby Jubilee
Gull Lake Country Club
October 11, 2015
Stulberg Silver Medalist with Western Michigan
University Symphony Orchestra
November 6, 2015
Stulberg Gold Medalist with
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
February 19, 2016
Stulberg Gold Medalist with
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
February 21, 2016
Stulberg Bronze Medalist with
Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra
May 21, 2016
41st Stulberg International String Competition
May 22, 2016
Stulberg Master Classes
May 29, 2016
2014 Gold Medalist Zlatomir Fung
with Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
THE STULBERG INTERNATIONAL
STRING COMPETITION
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programs, activities, and services to all without
regard to race, color, religion, national origin,
age, sex, disability, gender identity or sexual
orientation.
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2015 Applicant Statistics
INSTRUMENTS GENDER
AGES
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass
Female applicants
Male applicants
11-19
70
17
51
2
71
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COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
Armenia, Australia, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine, United
Kingdom, United States.
SCHOOLS REPRESENTED
Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago, Chicago College for the Performing Arts,
Cleveland Institute of Music, Colburn School and Young Artists Academy, Columbia
University, Curtis Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High
School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Juilliard School and Pre-College, Manhattan
School of Music and Pre-College, New England Conservatory and Preparatory School, New
Trier High School, Northwestern University, Oberlin Conservatory, Phillips Academy
Andover, Rice University, University of Southern California, Yale School of Music and
many others.
2014 Stulberg Judges and Medalists--Left to right: Bronze Medalist Charles Seo, Judge Donald
Weilerstein, Silver Medalist Emma Meinrenken, Judge John Sant’Ambrogio, Judge Karen Dreyfus,
Gold Medalist Zlatomir Fung.
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Stulberg Medalists
Year Gold
SilverBronze
2014
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Emma Meinrenken, violin
2013
Youjin Lee, violin
Ariel Horowitz, violin
2012 Matthew Lipman, viola
Brannon Cho, cello
2011 Austin Huntington, cello
Mayumi Kanagawa, violin
2010 Richard Narroway, cello
Benedicte Lauziere, violin
2009
Nicholas Schwartz, double bass Ran Cheng, violin
2008
Matthew Allen, cello
Ji-Won Song, violin
2007
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Christel Lee, violin
2006
Susan Jang, violin
Shannon Lee, violin
2005
Jinjoo Cho, violin
Nikolaus Leopold, cello
2004
Amaury Coeytaux, violin
Anna Burden, cello
2003
Tien-Hsin Wu, violin
Robin Scott, violin
2002
Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin
Kathryn Eberle, violin
2001
Yuri Namkung, violin
Nicole Kim Hanson, cello
2000
Deanna Talens, cello
Dylana Leung, violin
1999 Austin Hartman, violin
Christine Kim, cello
Nicholas Crosa, violin
Caroline Campbell, violin
1998
Madeline Adkins, violin
Nicholas Crosa, violin
1997
1996 Corinne Chapelle, violin
Sharon Roffman, violin
1995 Catherine Basrak, viola
Soovin Kim, violin
1994 Esther Noh, violin
Ani Aznavoorian, cello
Merrie Arnold, violin
Catherine Basrak, violin
1993 1992
Jennifer Koh, violin
Wei-Pin Kuo, violin
Kirsten Johnson, viola
Mona Knock, violin
1991 1990
Wendy Warner, cello
Jennifer Hyun-Jou Koh, violin
1989 Elizabeth (Lisa) Kim, violin
Lisa Kim, violin
1988 Sang Mee Lee, violin
Karen Lee, violin
1987 Sheryl Staples, violin
Jennifer Clare Wion, violin
1986 Elisa Barston, violin
Rachel Barton, violin
1985 Ivan Chan, violin
David Perry, violin
1984 Stephanie Arado, violin
Lynne Richburg, viola
1983
Sarah Plum, violin
Greg Sauer, cello
1982 Eunice Lee, violin
Adela Pena, violin
1981
Joshua Bell, violin
Se Yon Sandy Kim, violin
1980 Hae-Young Ham, violin
Se Yon Sandy Kim, violin
1979 Anthony Ross, cello
Hal Grossman, violin
1978 Benny Kim, violin
Susan Synnestvedt, violin
1977 Kari-Lise Ravnan, cello
Cheryl House, cello
1976 Lucia Lin, violin
Cheryl House, cello
Charles Seo, cello
Laura Park, violin
Vincent Meklis, violin
Christine Lim, violin
Allan Steele, cello
Tony Rymer, cello
Rebecca Anderson,
violin
Yina Tong, cello
Hiro Matsuo, cello
Bryan Lee, violin
Miran Kim, violin
D. Joshua Roman, cello
Rachel Harding, violin
Karina Canellakis, violin
Rachel Kim, violin
Misha Ovrutsky, violin
Zachary DePue, violin
Duke Lee, viola
Joel Noyes, cello
Ani Aznavoorian, cello
Soovin Kim, violin
Mona Knock, violin
Marjorie Bagley, violin
Brent Samuel, cello
Rachel Barton, violin
Wendy Warner, cello
Joan Kwon, violin
Elizabeth Ann Larson,
violin
Sheryl Staples, violin
Desiree Ruhstart, violin
Eunice Roh, violin
Eunice Roh, violin
David Ying, cello
Eric Kim, cello
Joshua Bell, violin
Susan Synnestvedt,
violin
Scott Woolweaver, viola
Hee-Soo Kim, violin
Margaret Lang, viola
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Stulberg Judges
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 Karen Dreyfus, viola
John Sant’Ambrogio, cello Donald Weilerstein, violin
Richard Aaron, cello
Victoria Chiang, viola
Soovin Kim, violin
Matt Haimovitz, cello Rachel Barton Pine, violin Roland Vamos, violin/viola
Raymond Harvey, conductor Paul Katz, cello Joseph Silverstein, violin
Ronald Copes, violin Nick Eanet, violin Joel Krosnick, cello
Samuel Rhodes, viola (all members of the Juilliard String Quartet)
Miriam Fried, violin Ronald Leonard, cello Richard Young, viola
Bayla Keyes, Violin Tom Knific, double bass Rhonda Rider, cello
Timothy Eddy, cello Daniel Phillips, violin Todd Phillips, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola
(all members of the Orion String Quartet)
David Cerone, violin Linda Cerone, violin Steven Doane, cello
Anner Bylsma, cello Ani Kavafian, violin Ida Kavafian, violin/viola
James O. Buswell IV, violin Michael Kugel, viola Marc Johnson, cello
Ivan Chan, violin Chauncy Patterson, viola Cathy Meng Robinson,violin
Keith Robinson, cello (all members of the Miami String Quartet)
Benedict Goodfriend, violin Hans Jorgen, cello Almita Vamos, violin
Emilio Colon, cello Gerald Fischbach, violin Marcus Thompson, viola
Benny Kim, violin Wendy Warner, cello Max Wilcox, record producer
Owen Carman, cello Igor Fedotov, viola Hal Grossman, violin
Karen Buranskas, cello Myron Kartman, violin Max Wilcox, record producer
Heidi Castleman, viola Anthony Elliott, cello Cyrus Forough, violin
Heidi Castleman, viola Ross Harbaugh, cello David Updegraff, violin
Joshua Bell, violin Lucia Lin, violin Anthony Ross, cello
Robert Culver, viola Bernard Greenhouse, cello Yoshimi Takeda, conductor
Bernard Greenhouse, cello Stephen Shipps, violin Marcus Thompson, viola
Nathaniel Rosen, cello Sergiu Schwartz, violin Karen Tuttle, viola
Csaba Erdelyi, viola Winifred Mayes, cello Edward Shmider, violin
Catherine Comet, conductor Csaba Erdelyi, viola Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Paul Doktor, viola Alan Harris, cello Marilyn McDonald, violin
Alan Harris, cello William Preucil, viola Edward Shmider, violin
Yitschak Schotten, viola Neil Stulberg, conductor David Vanderkooi, cello
Norman Paulu, violin William Preucil, viola David Vanderkooi, cello
Josef Gingold, violin Richard Kaposcinski, cello Max Wilcox, record producer
David Cerone, violin David Holland, viola Richard Kaposcinski, cello
Raya Garbousova, cello David Holland, viola Leonard Sorkin, violin
Richard Blum, viola David Cerone, violin Michael Press Haber, cello
Richard Blum, viola Michael P. Haber, cello Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Alan Harris, cello Jacob Krachmalnick, violin Abraham Skernick, viola
James O. Buswell IV, violin Alan Harris, cello Abraham Skernick, viola
Urico Rossi, violin Andor Toth, Jr., cello Francis Tursi, violin
James O. Buswell IV, violin Fritz Magg, cello Yosef Yankelev, violin
Orlando Cole, cello Nathan Gordon, viola Paul Rolland, violin
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Judges
Heidi Castleman, Professor of Viola at the Juilliard
School of Music, has taught at the Cleveland Institute
of Music, the Eastman School of Music, New England
Conservatory, SUNY Purchase, Rice University and
Philadelphia Musical Academy. Ms. Castleman
performed as a member of the former New York String
Sextet and as a guest artist with ensembles including
the Cleveland, Audubon, Lydian and Cavani Quartets.
Master classes and lecture-demonstrations include
those given in Vienna, Salzburg, Lubeck, Shanghai,
South Korea, as well as in Montreal, Chicago, Dallas,
Interlochen and Boulder. During past summers, Ms.
Castleman has taught and performed at the Aspen
Sarasota, Banff, Eastern and Blossom Music Festivals, as well as at the Perlman Music
Program. Ms. Castleman now participates annually in the Heifetz Institute and Sejong
International Music Festival. A founding trustee of Chamber Music America (and its
President from 1983-87), Ms. Castleman also served on the Boards of the American String
Teachers Association (ASTA), the Aspen Music Festival and the Perlman Music Program.
She currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Fischoff Competition. Ms. Castleman
has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including “Teacher of the Year”
awards from the American String Teacher Association (1994 and 2004), the Chamber
Music America “Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award” (2001), the American
Viola Society “Maurice W. Riley Viola Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Viola”
(2004), and in 2006 an Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Montreal.
Sarah Chang is recognized as one of the foremost
violinists of our time, having performed with the most
esteemed orchestras, conductors, and accompanists
in an international career spanning more than
two decades. Since her debut with the New York
Philharmonic at the age of eight, Ms. Chang has
dazzled audiences with her technical virtuosity and
emotional depth. Ms. Chang’s most recent recording
for EMI Classics - her 20th for the label - featured the
Brahms and Bruch violin concertos with Kurt Masur
and the Dresdner Philharmonie, and was received
to excellent critical and popular acclaim. Her
2007 recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons attracted
international commendation, with BBC Music Magazine stating: “She has never made a
finer recording.” She has also recorded Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 and Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No.1 live with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Sir Simon
Rattle; Fire and Ice, an album of popular shorter works for violin and orchestra with
Placido Domingo conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker; the Dvorák Violin Concerto with
the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis; as well as several chamber music
and sonata discs with artists including pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Lars Vogt. She is the
recipient of numerous international awards, including the Avery Fisher Career Grant and
Gramophone’s “Young Artist of the Year” award. In 2011, Ms. Chang was named an official
Artistic Ambassador by the United States Embassy.
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ERIC KIM, Eric Kim, professor of cello at the Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music, has a diverse
career performing throughout the world as recitalist,
chamber musician, and soloist. He served as principal
cello of the Cincinnati Symphony from 1989 to 2009
and has also held principal positions with the San
Diego and Denver symphonies. Having made his solo
debut at age 15 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Kim was a featured soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra
on its critically acclaimed tour of the Far East, also
appearing as soloist with the orchestras of Cincinnati,
Denver, and San Diego. He has collaborated as soloist with such conductors as Zubin
Mehta, Sergiu Comissiona, Lawrence Foster, Alan Gilbert, Paavo Jarvi, Gianandrea Noseda,
and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Active as a chamber musician, he has performed with such
artists as Emmanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yefim Bronfman, Susan Graham, Lynn Harrell, Stephen
Hough, Jaime Laredo, Menahem Pressler, and Gil Shaham, as well as collaborating with
members of the Emerson, Guarneri, and Orion string quartets. At the invitation of violinist
Pinchas Zukerman, he performed with Zukerman at the festivals of Athens (Greece), Mostly
Mozart (NY), Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), and Verbier (Switzerland). He has participated
in several international tours as a member of the Pinchas Zukerman and Friends chamber
ensemble. Kim can regularly be heard at the festivals of Angel Fire (NM), Aspen, La Jolla,
Orcas Island (WA), Sangat (India), Santa Fe, and Savannah. He has made several recordings
for the RCA, EMI, Telarc, and Koch labels.
Master Classes
Sunday, May 17, 2015, 12:30-3:30 pm
Concurrently on the Half Hour | Free & Open to the Public | Dalton Center
A master class is a music lesson conducted in public. The Stulberg Master Class program
offers a unique opportunity for local musicians to study with Heidi Castleman, Sarah
Chang and Eric Kim. Participants are selected through a live audition process. Each student
also conducts performance demonstrations over the summer as part of the Stulberg
Education Outreach program with partner organizations such as Kalamazoo Kids in Tune,
Friendship Village, Heritage Community and the Kalamazoo Public School System.
Please join us. Master classes provide an interesting and valuable learning experience for
musicians, teachers and audience alike.
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Semifinalists
Max Bobby
Fourteen year-old Max Bobby studies cello at the Juilliard PreCollege Division with Richard Aaron and Sieun Lin. He began
lessons with Maxine Neuman at the age of five and has been
described as “unusually gifted with an extraordinary degree
of musical maturity”. At age 12, Max made his solo debut at
the Siletz Bay Music Festival in Oregon. He is the winner of the
2015 Juilliard Herbert Concerto Competition. In 2013 he was
invited as a soloist with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, for the
Interfaith Concert of Remembrance at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in NYC. Max
successfully raised funds for this noble cause. His aspiration, sharing the joy he feels when
playing music, results in a wide range of collaborations, including fundraisers, live ballet
performances, schools and nursing homes. In 2011, Max won a gold medal from AADGT
International Competition and performed at Carnegie Hall. He received a full scholarship
to the Vianden International Music Festival in Luxembourg, where he performed solo and
with chamber groups. He was also a winner in the OCA-WHV Rising Stars competition. Max
is a scholarship recipient to the Morningside Music Program for the summer of 2015. He
has spent the past two summers at the Meadowmount School of Music and at the Jacobs
School of Music at Indiana University, where he was the winner of the concerto competition.
He a freshman at Mamaroneck High School, where he enjoys all things science, works on
perfecting his pratfall, and is a connoisseur of cringe comedies and merguez sausages.
Erika Gray
Nineteen-year old violist Erika Gray has been engaging
audiences for over a decade with her charismatic and
energetic playing in both chamber music and soloistic settings.
At six, Erika began her studies with Desiree Ruhstrat on the
violin, and when she was 16, decided to broaden her musical
expression by adding serious study of the viola. Erika currently
studies at the Curtis Institute of Music with Roberto Diaz and
Hsin-Yun Huang, where she holds the Gerry and Marguerite
Lenfest Followship. Erika was a 2015 National Young Arts finalist and was honored to
receive the Silver Award. In February, she performed at the Kennedy Center as part of
Curtis on Tour. Erika has performed in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, the Royal
Albert Hall, the Great Hall at the Moscow Conservatory, the Mariinsky II theatre, Suntory
Hall, the Kennedy Center, Chicago’s Symphony Center and has performed extensively in
the US, as well as in several foreign countries. The youngest participant in the Pacific Music
Festival 2014, she received a full scholarship to travel to Japan and work with conductor
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Osmo Vänskä. During the summer of 2013, Erika toured as associate principal violist of the
inaugural National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America with the distinguished
conductor Valery Gergiev and soloist Joshua Bell. Following that, she was invited to perform
in Carnegie Hall with the New York String Seminar. This summer, Erika will be attending the
Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland.
Alexis Hatch
Alexis Hatch, 19, began studying the violin at the age of three
with her father, American violist Peter Hatch. As a citizen
of both the United States and Spain, she has performed in
concerts in both countries. She made her orchestral debut
with the Alicante Symphony as featured soloist at the age
of ten, appeared in recitals in such Spanish cities as Ciudad
Real, Toledo, Alicante and El Campello as well as on Spanish
National Television (RTVE) in numerous video performances
that are still seen and heard throughout Spain on weekends on the program Jovenes
Solistas. She was a founding artist at the International Festival of Classical Music in
Villanueva de los Infantes, where she has performed as soloist with orchestras and in
chamber music with many leading international musicians. Alexis has been the winner
of many awards and prizes, including the Antelope Valley Symphony’s Young Artist
Competition (2012 and 2013), Pacific Palisades Symphony’s Young Artist Competition
(2013), the Young Musician’s Foundation Scholarship Competition (2012 & 2013), the
ASCAP Foundation’s Leiber and Stoller Scholarship Competition (2013), and the Toronto
Sinfonietta’s Concerto Competition. In February 2015, she won the Glenn Gould School
concerto competition. She will perform the Elgar Concerto this fall in such locations as
Toronto and Montreal with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra. Presently, Alexis studies at
the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School in Toronto, where she is a student
of Paul Kantor and Barry Shiffman.
Oliver Herbert
Oliver Herbert is a 17 year-old cellist from San Francisco. He
began his cello studies at age seven and currently studies
with Clive Greensmith at the Colburn School in Los Angeles.
Since his concerto debut in 2013, Oliver has enjoyed solo
and recital appearances around the United States. With
a great interest in cello repertoire, Oliver aspires to bring
challenging, diverse, and relevant programs to the audience.
His upcoming engagements include an appearance with
the Las Vegas Philharmonic. In summer 2014, Oliver was
Principal Cellist with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America. As
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part of the ensemble, Oliver performed in concert venues including Carnegie Hall, Seiji
Ozawa Hall, and Walt Disney Hall. Oliver has also served as Principal Cellist with the San
Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Colburn Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Oliver
has attended numerous music festivals including the Yellow Barn Young Artists Program
and IMS Prussia Cove. In the summer of 2015, Oliver will be a fellow at the Ravinia
Steans Music Institute. Oliver is the grand prize winner of the Felix Khuner Young Artist
Competition, the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, the
Philadelphia International Music Festival Concerto Competition, the Nova Vista Symphony
Concerto Competition, the Colburn Academy Concerto Competition, and the Spotlight
Competition. He is also a 2015 National YoungArts Foundation Finalist and a 2015 U.S.
Presidential Scholar in the Arts nominee. Before starting his studies at Colburn, Oliver was
a student at the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts. His past teachers include
Iris Pingel and Peter Wyrick.
Felicity James
Since her solo orchestral debut at the age of eleven, violinist
Felicity James has appeared with many prominent orchestras
of the Pacific Northwest, including the Spokane and Coeur
d’Alene Symphonies and the Seattle Symphony under the
direction of Ludovic Morlot. Previously a prizewinner of the
Stradivarius International Violin Competition and winner of
the Aspen Music Festival’s Mozart violin competition, Felicity
has performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the New York String
Orchestra Seminar and was also featured on NPR’s From the Top with pianist Christopher
O’Riley. An avid chamber musician, she has played in various ensembles at the Aspen,
Sarasota and Methow Valley Music Festivals and performs regularly with her quartet at
the Colburn School, where her coaches are Clive Greensmith, Martin Beaver, and Arnold
Steinhardt. Felicity is currently a Bachelor of Music candidate at the Colburn Conservatory
of Music, where she studies with Robert Lipsett.
Daniel Kaler
Praised by critics and listeners alike for his warm, luminous
sound, expressive phrasing and effortless technique, 17-yearold Daniel Kaler is a fifth generation musician. Currently a
cello student of Professor Hans Jensen, Daniel has many
prestigious awards to his credit. He appeared as a soloist
with the Midwest Young Artists Symphony Orchestra under
the direction of Allan Dennis, the New Trier high School
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Peter Rosheger,
the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Grant Cooper, University
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of Illinois Symphony Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of Daniel Black, Northport
Symphony Orchestra in Florida under the direction of Sasha von Dassow, the Oistrakh
Symphony Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of Mina Zikri and with the Music
Institute of Chicago Academy Orchestra in Ravinia, IL, presenting works by Dvorak, Saint
Saens, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Kabalevsky, Popper and Faure. Kaler performed at many of
the concert series and festivals around the country, such as The Heifetz Institute, The
Bowdoin International Music Festival, The Player’s Theatre of Sarasota, Stars of Tomorrow,
Northbrook Chamber Music Festival, Music In The Loft, Young Steinway, The Chicago
Cultural Center, Harris Theatre and Millennium Park.
Do Hyung Kim
Nineteen-year old violinist Do Hyung Kim was born in Seoul,
South Korea and started playing the violin at the age of three.
In Korea, she won multiple competitions including the grand
prize for the Korean Times Competition at the age of six. At
the age of seven, Do Hyung moved to New York because she
was accepted to the Juilliard School of Music’s Pre-College as
a student of professors Hyo Kang and I Hao Lee. She attended
summer festivals such as Great Mountains Music Festival
(Korea), C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival (New York), and Casalmaggiore Music Festival
(Italy). In 2010, she received a Tilles Scholar Award and performed with the orchestra by
winning first place in the concerto competition of the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival.
After graduating from high school and pre-college in 2013, she has been attending the Yale
School of Music for the Certificate Degree under Hyo Kang.
Hae Sue Lee
Fifteen-year-old Hae Sue Lee started the viola at the age
of eight. She is currently a student at the Curtis Institute
of Music. At age nine, she entered the Juilliard Pre-College
Program with Toby Appel as her mentor. While at Juilliard, she
placed first in the New York International Music Competition
as well as the Alex & Buono International String Competition
to play at the Weill Hall of Carnegie Hall. Hae Sue also
performed with New York Ensemble 212 with YoonJae Lee,
conductor. Hae Sue relocated to Seoul, South Korea in 2010
and continued her viola studies with SoonWha Oh at the Korea National University of the
Arts. While in South Korea, Hae Sue won first place in numerous competitions. In 2011,
Hae Sue was part of a trio invited to the Korean President’s “Blue House” to perform for the
visiting Malaysian King. In return, she was invited to the Malaysian International Children
Arts Festival. Hae Sue was invited to perform at the Dubai Emirates International Peace
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Music Festival for Young Virtuosos, as well. In 2013, Hae Sue performed the Concerto
Competition Winner’s Performance at the GMMFS in South Korea. After GMMFS, Hae Sue
was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music, where she currently studies with Roberto
Diaz and HsinYun Huang. In 2014, Hae Sue won the Greenfield Music Competition in 2014,
resulting in a performance of the Walton Viola Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra in
April, 2015. In March of 2015, Hae Sue won first place (viola) in the Johansen International
Competition sponsored by the Friday Morning Music Club in Washington, DC.
Sydney J. Lee
Cellist Sydney J. Lee is 18 years old, a senior at Ramapo High
School in New Jersey. At age 14, Sydney made her orchestral
debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. As the first
place winner of the Juilliard Pre-College Cello Concerto
Competition in 2011, she was featured as a soloist with the
Juilliard Pre-College Symphony. Sydney appeared on NPR’s
From the Top national radio broadcast as a soloist in 2012.
She also won second place in the 2014 Lennox International
Young Artists Competition. As the grand prize winner of the Monmouth Symphony
Orchestra Young Artist Concerto Competition, she was featured as a soloist with the
Monmouth Symphony Orchestra in March of 2014. In October of 2014, Sydney won first
place in the 10th International Cello Competition ‘Antonio Janigro” in Proeč, Croatia and
subsequently will perform with the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra in Croatia next season.
Sydney is a 2015 National YoungArts finalist, having participated in the National YoungArts
Week in January, 2015 in Miami, Florida. She has participated in the Music Alp Festival at
the Academie Internationale de Courchevel, France; the Meadowmount School of Music;
the Morningside Music Bridge Program in Calgary, Alberta; and the Sejong International
Music Festival. Sydney is currently the lead cellist of the Heartstrings Cello Ensemble,
a group dedicated to community service and supporting local and global missions. For
the past nine years, Sydney has been enrolled at the Juilliard School, Precollege Division,
where she currently studies with Richard Aaron.
Derek Louie
Derek Louie is a 16 year-old cellist in his sixth year at The
Juilliard School Pre-College, where he studies with Minhye
Clara Kim. Derek has given numerous performances
including appearances on NPR’s From The Top and The Rising
Stars Concert Series at the Great Mountains Music Festival
in South Korea. Derek has been a prize winner in several
competitions including the 2015 Schmidbauer Young Artist
Competition, the Ensemble 212 Young Artist Competition
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and the Ensemble du Monde Concerto competition. Derek soloed with the Ensemble 212
Orchestra at Merkin Hall in May of 2014 as well as the Ensemble du Monde Orchestra in
December of 2014. He was a semi-finalist in the 8th International Tchaikovsky Competition
for Young Musicians in Moscow. He won grand prize in the 2013 International Virtuoso
Competition. He also won the New York Chamber Players 3rd Music Competition and
soloed with their orchestra in October of 2013. Derek was a finalist in the 2013 Mondavi
Young Artist Competition and a semi-finalist in the 7th International Tchaikovsky Music
Competition for Young Musicians in Montreux, Switzerland. He soloed with the American
Symphonia Orchestra in 2011. In 2013 Derek attended the Heifetz Institute on a merit
scholarship. He has studied with Myuang-Wha Chung, Frans Helmerson, Ralph Kirshbaum
and Jian Wang and has performed with Joan Kwuon. He has also been a member of
several chamber groups and has performed at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, Alpensia
Concert Hall in South Korea, Merkin Hall and several times at Paul Hall, Lincoln Center.
Derek attends the Professional Children’s School in New York City.
Yaegy Park
Violinist Yaegy Park was born in 1997 in Houston, Texas. She
began violin studies at age three, and had her first concert at
age four as a Houston Young Artist. In 2008, Yaegy was named
a Jack Kent Cooke Artist and performed on the NPR show
From the Top. Over the next few years, she won top prizes
in competitions such as the American Protégé International
Competition, the International Russian Rotary Children’s
Music Competition, the International Virtuoso Competition,
the YWCA New York Music Competition, LISMA International
Competition, the NY Chamber Players Competition, and the Blount-Slawson Young Artist
Competition. Yaegy is also an avid chamber musician, having won competitions in the
chamber division at the KRB NY International Music Competition and the Crescendo
International Music Competition. She was recently named a Young Arts Winner of 2015.
Currently, Yaegy attends Juilliard Precollege studying with Catherine Cho. She is a member
of the Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture.
Albert Seo
Canadian cellist Albert Seo, age 16, attends Southridge
Senior School in British Columbia. He has been described as
a “charismatic messenger of music”. Albert started studying
the cello at age 7, and currently studies with Ariel Barnes at
the Vancouver Academy of Music. In 2013, he won prizes
in the Canadian Music Competition, receiving first-place in
his age division. He has soloed with youth orchestras such
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as the Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Youth
Symphony Orchestra, placing first in their respective concerto competitions. Nominated
at the Seattle Youth Music Festival Concerto Play-Offs, he performed with the Seattle
Philharmonia Orchestra. He competed in the 22nd Annual Bjorn & Lori Hareid Senior
Seconday receiving the “Loyal Protestant Association Scholarship”. In addition to his solo
work, he also plays in a chamber group placing first in such competitions as the Friends
of Chamber Scholarship Competition and the 2014 Kiwanis Nationals held in Kelowna,
British Columbia. Last summer, Albert attended the Domaine-Forget Academy in Quebec,
participating in masterclasses with Phillipe Muller, Raphael Wallfisch and Paul Watkins. He
plans to pursue music as extensively as he possibly can in North America. At the Morgan
Crossing Senior House, he volunteers by playing cello to the elderly in the lounges. Albert
finds music a source of deep expression. He hopes that by performing he can promote
music to a level more valued in society.
Audience
Information
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Use of cameras and recording devices by audience
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Please turn off all pagers, cellular phones and watch
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Collaborative Artists
ELIZABETH DEMIO is a well-known collaborative pianist, recitalist and
soloist in the Cleveland area. Besides appearing in over 100 concerts
annually with local aspiring musicians, she has appeared frequently
with soloists such as David Riquiro, Massimo La Rosa, Randolph Kelly,
John Mack, John Clouser, Umberto Clerici, the Cavani Quartet and
has appeared in tours and given master classes in several cities in the
U.S., Korea and Mexico.
On 2008 she was the pianist for two finalists in the Naumberg
International Cello Competition, resulting in her Carnegie Hall debut
and subsequent U. S. tour with first place winner David Requiro. She performs often as a
soloist with the Trinty Cathedreal Chamber Orchestra, having performed twenty Mozart
concerti and the five Beethoven concerti as well as Schumann, Mendelssohm, Ravel and
others. She has also appeared as soloist for the Orquesta Sinfonica de Veracruz and the
Orquesta de la UNAM in Mexico.
As a recording artist she can be heard on the Crystal, Yaffe and Azica labels, most recently
with the debut album with David Requiro, a CD with works by Bernard Garfield with John
Clouser as soloist, and with trombonist Massimo La Rosa on the CD entitled Cantando.
DeMio is on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music in the collaborative piano
department, as well as the staff of the Encore School for Strings, the Stulberg International
String Competition, and the John Mack Oboe Camp. She holds degrees from CIM and the
University of Michigan. Her teachers have included Vitya Vronsky and Theodore Lettvin.
ANDREA SWAN is a Chicago-area chamber musician, collaborative
pianist, orchestral player, soloist and teacher. She is the principal
keyboard player with the Grant Park Music Festival and plays regularly
in the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra. She also accompanies
instrumentalists in their final auditions for positions in the Chicago
Symphony and Lyric Opera Orchestras and has served as the official
accompanist for numerous music festivals and competitions around
the United States, including the Stulberg International String
Competition. Ms. Swan performs regularly with two piano trios, the Evanston Chamber
Ensemble (now in its 36th season) and the Pressenda Trio. She appears frequently on
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s chamber music series and performs annually at
Northwestern University’s Winter Chamber Music Festival. As a collaborative pianist, she
has performed with many artists locally, throughout the United States and on tours to the
Far East. In addition, she premiered many new solo and chamber music compositions
while she was the pianist for the University of Chicago’s Contemporary Chamber Players
and the Fulcrum Point New Music Project. She maintains a large private class of adult
piano students.
Ms. Swan holds degrees from Oberlin College and Indiana University. Her mentors
include Jack Radunsky, Gyorgy Sebok, Menahem Pressler, Josef Gingold and Janos Starker.
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Semifinal Performance Schedule
9:00 a.m.
Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major J.S. Bach
Prelude
Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30
Victor Herbert
I. Allegro impetuoso II. Andante Tranquillo III. Allegro
Max Bobby, cello
Elizabeth DeMio, piano
Sonata No. 2 in A minor
9:30 a.m.
Grave
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
II. Allegro III. Andante Sostenuto
Do Hyung Kim, violin
Andrea Swan, piano
J.S. Bach
Max Bruch
J.S. Bach
10:00 a.m. Suite No. 6 in D Major
Prelude
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Derek Louie, cello
Elizabeth DeMio, piano
J.S. Bach
10:30 a.m. Suite No. 3 in C Major
Prelude
Viola Concerto Sz. 120, BB 128
Bela Bartók
I. Moderato
Erika Gray, viola
Andrea Swan, piano
11:00 a.m. Suite No. 6 in D Major
J.S. Bach
Prelude
Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Antonin Dvořák
I. Allegro
Sydney J. Lee, cello
Elizabeth DeMio, piano
11:30 a.m. Sonata No. 1 in G minor
J.S. Bach
Fuga
Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Sergei Prokofiev
I. Allegro Moderato
Yaegy Park, violin
Andrea Swan, piano
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May 16, 2015
1:00 p.m.
Suite No. 3 in C Major J.S. Bach
Prelude
Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Edward Elgar
I. Adagio-Moderato II. Lento-Allegro molto
Albert Seo, cello
Elizabeth DeMio, piano
Partita No. 2 in D minor
J.S. Bach
1:30 p.m.
Sarabanda and Giga
Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Camille Saint-Saëns
I. Allegro non troppo
Felicity James, violin
Andrea Swan, piano
Suite No. 3 in C Major
J.S. Bach
2:00 p.m.
Prelude
Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Robert Schumann
I. Nicht zu schnell
Oliver Herbert, cello
Elizabeth DeMio, piano
2:30 p.m.
Suite No. 2 in D minor J.S. Bach
Prelude
Concerto for Viola William Walton
I. Andante comodo
Hae Sue Lee, viola
Andrea Swan, piano
3:00 p.m.
Sonata No. 1 in G minor J.S. Bach
Fuga
Concerto in B minor, Op. 61
Edward Elgar
I. Allegro
Alexis Hatch, violin
Elizabeth DeMio, piano
3:30 p.m.
Suite No. 3 in C Major Prelude
Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
I. Allegro
Daniel Kaler, cello
Andrea Swan, piano
J.S. Bach
Antonin Dvořák
* FINALS CONCERT TONIGHT at 8 p.m. *
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HEAVEN & EARTH
Brahms: A German Requiem
Rhea Olivaccé
Soprano
Saturday, May 30, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
7:00 p.m. Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Zaide Pixley
Kalamazoo Philharmonia, Andrew Koehler, conductor
Bach Festival Chorus, James Turner, director
Anthony Clark Evans
Baritone
e concert will begin with the dramatic music of Brahms’s ideolocigal
opposite, Richard Wagner and his work Siegfried’s Funeral March from
e Ring. To conclude the evening, the Bach Festival Chorus will join
the Kalamazoo Philharmonia in the performance of Johannes Brahms’s
unequaled choral masterpiece, Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45. Tickets for
reserved seating may be purchased on-line or by phone. Advance
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SAVE THE DATE
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Gala celebration
Stulberg’s 40th Anniversary
at
Gull Lake Country Club
Midsummer Night’s Interlude
Ruby Jubilee
featuring
Stulberg Artists
6 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres & cash bar
7 p.m. Dinner
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WE THANK OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS
GRANTS
The Stulberg Competition is supported in part
by awards from the following:
Burdick-Thorne Foundation
Dorothy U. Dalton Foundation
Irving S. Gilmore Foundation
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Arcturus Fund
Fetzer Fund
Pinehurst Fund - in support of
the Bronze Medal
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
National Endowment for the Arts
Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation
BUSINESS & CORPORATE SPONSORS
OFFICIAL COMPETITION SPONSOR
William Blair and Company Foundation
COMPETITION SUPPORTER
The Northern Trust Company
COMPETITION CONTRIBUTOR
Bronson Healthcare
Honigman
The Wiser Financial Group
COMPETITION FRIEND
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MATCHING GIFTS
Irving S. Gilmore Foundation
IBM
Pfizer Foundation
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS
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Bravo! Restaurant and Café
Barbara and David Brose
Cartier Mansion Bed & Breakfast
Cleaning America
Julie and Bob Connors
Consort Display
Crescendo Academy of Music
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Effortless Dance
Fred Einspahr
First Congregational Church of Kalamazoo, UCC
Fitness Spot
Fontana
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Great Lakes Grass
Greenleaf Hospitality Group
Gull Lake Country Club
Mindy Hamilton
Honoré Salon
House of Flavors
Hunan Gardens
Imperial Beverage
JKDA Computers
Kalamazoo Art League
Kalamazoo Bach Festival Society
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Renata, Tom and Gene Knific
Claire and Kevin Lacey
John Lacko
Wyatt Lane
Jeanette Maxey
McCrosky Marketing Communications
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Shayne and Kevin Plemmons
Silvia Roederer
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Sawall Health Foods
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Dana Scott
Staybridge Suites
Superior Imaging Printmill
University Roadhouse
David Van Haren
Western Michigan University Department of
Theatre
Western Michigan University School of Music
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INDIVIDUALS
PATRONS
John and Rosemary Brown
David and Susan Doan
Barbro and Norman Jung
John R. Light
Diane Robertson
Dr. and Mrs. David Stulberg
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Stulberg
Mary L. Tyler
Henry and Mary von Schreiner
Charles Wattles
Marian and Jack Wattles
SUPPORTERS
Charles Cowap and Rachel Rawson Cowap
Joyce DeNooyer
Arthur and Marilyn Feinberg
Ken and Marian Fisher
Fred and Nan Harrison
Preston and Barbara Parish
Esther Stulberg Pollick
CONTRIBUTORS
Ryan and Josie Boucher
Robert and Barbara Davis
Linda and Dan Depta
Louis and Barbara Farraye
Grace Field
Harold and Billie Fischer
David and Valerie Flagler
John and Linda Francis
Margaret Hamilton and Rod Carpenter
David Johnson and Christine Hahn
Tom and Gail Kasdorf
Gwen Reed Knowlton and Sam Knowlton
Jane Rooks Ross and Barry Ross
Greg and Dawn Seiler
Dr. Richard T. and LaVonne Stavig
Alan and Sue Stulberg
Carolyn and Bernie Stulberg
Judy and Sherman Van Solkema
Carrie and Bill Venema
Joshua and Pamela Weiner
Sidney and Carolyn Williams
FRIENDS
Shirley Bach
Magnus Bernhardsson and
Margaret McComish
David and Heide Boutell
Helen Brady
Barbara and David Brose
Eric V. and Linda Brown
Elizabeth Burns and Roger Zinser
Mervin and Kay Burtis
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Dae and Ellen Cha
Tenho S. Connable
David Cooley
Paul and Judy Davidoff
Robert and Marianne Denes
Glen and Greeta Douglass
Barbara Eldridge
Hans Engelke
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Field
Martin and Joyce Flavin
Phil and Mary Jo Flenner
Gary Forsleff
Robert and Kathleen Gadwood
Ed and Pat Gasaway
C.J. and Ann Gianakaris
Francis and Toni Gross
Carol Haenicke
Mark and Mira Halpert
H. Nicholas Hamner
Peggy and Bob Hegel
Richard Heintz
Martha and Jim Hilboldt
John and Jane Hoogerheide
David and Helen Horn
Agnes Hughes
Bob and Patti Huiskamp
Tom and Cheri Huntington
Heather Ingram
Judy Jolliffe
Ani Kavafian
Renata and Tom Knific
Andrew Koehler
Karen and Jon Koets
Michael Krischer and Janet Heller
Annie Leong
Lucille Lewis
Tim and Joy Light
Audrey Lipsey
Linda Mah
Tom and Pam Mansager
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell B. Mason
William and Jeannette Maxey
John and Jessica McComish
John and Karen McComish
David and Marilyn Milko
Linda and Joseph Mills
Monica Nahm
George Nielsen
Derl and Heidi Oberlin
Helen B. Osterwald
Floyd and Phyllis Parks
Ann Paulson and Bill Pierce
John and Joyce Petro
Mariette Potvin
Phyllis Rappeport
Gonzalo and Lisa Rodriguez
2014 Master Class: violinist Liya Jin and judge Donald Weilerstein.
Freeman Russell
Frank Sardone and Susan Fall
Lawrence and Marilyn Schlack
Dr. and Mrs. William Scott
Peter and Elizabeth Seaver
Chris and Kathy Shook
Elizabeth Start
D. Sue Stulberg
Dan and Nancy Stulberg
Sarah Stulberg
Peter and Patricia Thomas
Irene and Stephen Trivers
Dr. Bill and Ruth Ann Uggen
Henry and Martha Upjohn
Almita Vamos
Kristy and Tom Vander Molen Jr.
James vanWestrienen
James S. and Sheila Ware
Donald Weilerstein
Kathleen Whitney
Nancy A. Wilson
MEMBERS
Cynthia Addison
Charles and Carol Alaimo
David Baldwin and Timothy Graham
Jane Baley
John and Patricia Berninger
Ian and Priscilla Blair
Harry and Jan Boesch
Jerry Bowman and Susan Alexander-Bowman
William and Ruth Breyfogle
Sally Bristol
Alisa J. Carrel
Jill and Dan Christian
Coby and Jeff Chalmers
Coty O’Neil Family
John and Theresa Crowell
Maury Decoster and Sunny Hill
William and Fiona Denny
Robert and Etsuko Dlouhy
Carl Doubleday
David Dvorak
Mary Dyer
Diane and Randy Eberts
Richard and Pamela Enslen
Nancy and Arthur Falk
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Dr. Ronald Flachs
Bonnie Fonner and Nathan Snyder
Elizabeth Fox
Ranja and Stephen Friedman
James and Arlene Gardner
Peter Gistelinck
Robert and Rosemary Glenn
Jeanne Grice
Dan Guyette
Andrew Halpert
Bassam and Veronica Harik
Raymond Harvey
Janice Herrick
Dr. Evelyn Iversen
Jerre James
Jerry and Barbara James
Geraldine French Jennings
Hon. and Mrs. J. Richardson Johnson
Patrick and Celeste Jones
Stephen and Linda Jones
Frank Joseph
Valda Karlsons
Masako Kawamura
Patricia and Richard Kirschner
Mary Klenow
Tom and Donna Lambert
Jacqueline LaParl
Ralph and Barbara Ledesma
Roger and Kristy Lepley
Elizabeth Appel Maier
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Mason
Colleen McBride
James McKim and Lindsay South-McKim
John and Margaret Merrion
Marsha Meyer and Michael Dunn
Katharine Miller
Michelle Miller-Adams
Larry and Janis Montei
Brenda and Jeff Murphy
Caroline Novak
Mozelle and Robert Padgett
Kim and Amy Ranger
Joe and Helene Reish
James and Lois Richmond
Gary and Cynthia Marie Ruoff
George and Vivian Skadron
Dan and Judy Smith
Mark and Julie Smith
Ryoko Soga
Ross and Norma Stancati
Clarice Start
Debra Stulberg and Andrew Howard
Jan Stycos
Nola and Dave Thole
Nancy Troff and Michael Harrell
Cathy and John Vandersalm
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Anne and Bart vanGiessen
Sherie Veramay
Gerald and Margaret Welch
Joseph and Mary White
Shirley Wise
Brad and Betsy Wong
Vicki Wright
Jo Ann and Raoul Yochim
Joyce Zastrow
TRIBUTE GIFTS
In memory of Beatrice Allen
Almita Vamos
In memory of William and Marjorie Appel
Elizabeth Appel Maier
In memory of Patricia Buist
Barbara Eldridge
In memory of Celia and David Davidoff
Paul and Judy Davidoff
In memory of Betty Donaldson
Kathleen Whitney
In memory of Gunther Fonken
Agnes Hughes
In memory of Zoe Forsleff
Gary Forsleff
In memory of Lewis and Sally Iversen
Dr. Evelyn Iversen
In memory of Gail Kasdorf
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Stulberg
In memory of Robert Lint
Patrick and Celeste Jones
In memory of Frances Russell
Freeman Russell
In memory of Julius and Esther Stulberg
Carolyn and Bernie Stulberg
In memory of Sam Stulberg
Sarah Stulberg
In memory of Roland Stycos
Jan Stycos
In memory of Matt VanderSalm
John and Cathy Vandersalm
In memory of Donna vanWestrienen
James vanWestrienen
In honor of Nina Stalter
Mary Dyer
In memory of Ara Zerounian
Ani Kavafian
In honor of Bernie and Carolyn Stulberg
Magnus Bernhardsson and
Margaret McComish
In honor of Paul F. Davidoff
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Stulberg
In honor of David Doan
Sidney and Carolyn Williams
In honor of Grace Field
The Coty O’Neil Family
In honor of Joy Light
Sidney and Carolyn Williams
In honor of the Stulberg board and Margaret
Hamilton
David and Susan Doan
In honor of Bill Venema’s Birthday
Ann Paulson and Bill Pierce
In honor of 4-14-14 Anniversary
John and Jessica McComish
In honor of Joy and Tim Light’s 50th Wedding
Anniversary
Fred and Nan Harrison
Judy Jolliffe
In Honor of 40 Years of Support and
Leadership – Grace Field, Zoe Forsleff,
Margaret Hamilton, Sandra Hunt,
Elizabeth Rohs
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Stulberg
In honor of Rebecca Pollick’s graduation
Esther Stulberg Pollick
This list reflects contributions made between
April 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015.
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SPECIAL THANKS
WELCOME
William Venema
JUDGES and MASTER CLASS INSTRUCTORS
Heidi Castleman
Sarah Chang
Eric Kim
MUSICIAN INTERVIEWER
Barry Ross
AWARD PRESENTERS
Raymond Harvey
Andrew Koehler
Mary Lam-Rodrigues
Kevin West
VENUE
Kevin West
Western Michigan University School of Music
HOSTS
Pamela Boudreau
Patricia Crowley
Joann Dodson
Mark and Diane Donovan
Harold and Billie Fischer
Stephen and Ranja Freidman
Mehee Joe
Nelly Kurzmann
Monica Nahm
Marianne Orr
Ardith Sarkozy
Irene Trivers
Charles Wattles and Rosemary Willey
COMPETITION VOLUNTEERS
Anna Nordmoe
Carrie Powell
Jack Powell
Julie Powell
Rachel Powell
Ava Wood
PERFORMANCE PARTNERS
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Western Michigan University Symphony
Orchestra
EDUCATION OUTREACH PARTNERS
Friendship Village
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Kids in Tune
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Suzuki Academy of Kalamazoo
2014 Master Class: cellist Hana Rumora and judge John Sant’Ambrogio.
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Dr. Barry Ross gives the A note for the
last time as KSO Concertmaster
Music Instruction for All Ages & Abilities
• Study and learn in a positive & supportive atmosphere with
professional, enthusiastic, experienced, university-trained
teaching artists including Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Artists-in-Residence
• Private instruction on strings, woodwinds, brass, piano, guitar,
mandolin, percussion, voice, theory & composition
• Wind, string, guitar, and jazz chamber groups
• Crescendo Fiddlers
• Community Voices for teens and adults with mental and
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• Music Together® classes for infants, toddlers, & preschoolers
• Music Together Big Kids® classes for 5-7 year olds
• Orff Studio classes for students in grades K - 5
• Epic Broadway! musical theater camp starts in July
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Chemical Bank, we believe it is important to be a part of the communities
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Michigan Festival of
Sacred Music
A full lineup of
musicians and
traditions,
November 5-15, 2015
The world is full of sacred
music. We bring some of the
best to Kalamazoo.
www.mfsm.us
Rachel Barton Pine in
concert Friday, Nov. 13,
Nov. 14 and Nov. 15.
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“The earth has music for those who listen.”
― George Santayana
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Honigman and our Kalamazoo attorneys
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Joseph A. King
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Bryan J. Beck
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Index of Advertisers
Arts Council
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Bronson Advanced
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Radiology Services
Bronson Healthcare
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Chemical Bank
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Code Studio Strings
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Consort Display Group
Crescendo Academy of Music
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Discover Kalamazoo
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First National Bank
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Fontana
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Friendship Village
Gasaway Investment Advisors
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Gilmore Keyboard Festival
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Gilmore Real Estate
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Honigman
JKDA Computers
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John Lacko Photography
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Kalamazoo Bach Festival
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Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
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Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Langeland Family Funeral Homes
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Marshall Music Co.
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McCrosky Marketing
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Michael Becker Fine Violins Ltd.
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Michigan Festival of Sacred Music
Millennium Restaurant Group
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Nature Connection of Kalamazoo
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Northern Trust
Okun Agency
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Psarianos Violins Ltd.
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Radisson
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Ray Financial Group of
Wells Fargo Advisors
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Richmond Center for Visual Arts
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Schupan & Sons
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Shar Products
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Staybridge Suites
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Superior Imaging Printmill
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VanderSalm’s
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Western Michigan University
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A continuing supporter of
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Investments in
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William Blair & Company
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40th Annual Stulberg
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