Earlier this year, the Nelly Berman School of Music held its “Celebration of the Arts” Music Competition, offering young music students the chance to work to prepare a piece at a high level, perform in front of a camera, get thoughtfully written feedback.
Though our winners’ concerts, originally to be held at West Chester University on Sunday, March 15th, were canceled due to COVID-19, we are, in the words of school director Elena Berman, “making lemonade out of lemons” and presenting our competitors’ wonderful audition tapes in a virtual concert series!
The West Chester University concerts were originally part of a large fundraising effort, and your donation at this time would be greatly appreciated! Our suggested donation for these virtual concert experiences is $15 and can be made via Paypal at https://nbsmusic.com/support/.
Thank you to all of our donors (since September 2019):
- Friends ($10 – $299):
- Frank Friedman
- Drs. Michael & Jan Gliatto
- Maria Iavarone
- Vadim & Victoria Kavalerov
- the Lee Family
- the Neff Family, Rebecca Newman
- Michael & Marina Ratner
- the Skawinski Family
- Eugene Smolyak & Maya Sterkina
- Katherine Zhou
- Supporters: ($300-$499):
- Robert A. Cantor
- Benjamin & Hazel Sun
- Romantics: ($500-$999):
- Jeffrey & Dominique Reiff
- William Gu & Helen Xing
- Virtuosos ($1000-$5000):
- Elaine Kligerman
- Marta Rozans
- Drs. Robert & Andrea Solomon
- Erica Clarke, piano (Platinum & Grand Prix 1st Place Winner) – Impromptu Op. 90 No. 4 by F. Schubert
- Andrew Li, voice (Gold & First Place – Voice Winner) – “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen
- Ben Roses, violin (Platinum & 1st Place – Strings Winner) – “Czardas” by V. Monti
- Sophia Ma, harpsichord (Platinum & Grand Prix 3rd Place Winner – Aria K. 32 by D. Scarlatti
- George Zhang, piano (Platinum Winner) – Sonata Op. 49 No. 1 Mvt. I by L. Beethoven
- Caleb Uy, piano (Platinum & Grand Prix 2nd Place Winner) – Impromptu No. 1 Op. 29 by F. Chopin
- Kelly Lao, piano (featured performer) with Irina Rostomashvili, Irina Schuck, Jack Moore, and Elliot Mallard – Piano Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 by J.S. Bach
- Miles Zhou, violin (Gold & 2nd Place – Strings Winner) – Violin Concerto Mvt. II by M. Bruch
- Michael Zhou, piano (featured performer) – “A La Albeniz” by R. Shchedrin with the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet
- C. S., trumpet (Gold & 1st Place – Winds & Brass Winner) – “Andante et Allegro” by J. Ropartz
- Torsten Fras, harpsichord (featured performer) with Irina Rostomashvili, Irina Schuck, Jack Moore, and Elliot Mallard – Concerto No. 6 for Harpsichord & Strings by D. Scarlatti
- Billy Broker, piano (Gold Winner) – Barcarolle Op. 60 by F. Chopin
- Andy Wu, piano (featured performer) – “Euphoria” Etude by A. Titov
- Chris Jung, piano (featured performer) – Rhapsodie Espagnole by F. Liszt
- Miles Zhou, violin – Violin Concerto Mvt. II by M. Bruch
- Ryan Zhang, piano – Variations on a Theme by Paganini by I. Berkovich
- Anushka Chakraborty – Prelude in C minor BWV 999 by J.S. Bach
- Apollo Murray – Lied ohne Worte Op. 109 by F. Mendelssohn
- Joyce Chen, piano – Sonatina Op. 157 No. 4 Mvt. I by F. Spindler
- Sophia Ma, piano – Seaside Suite by N. Faber
- Andrew Li, voice – “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen
- Ava Bowman, piano – “Le Petit Negre” by C. Debussy
- Eric Zhang, harpsichord – Invention 1, BWV 772 by J.S. Bach
- Carissa Uy, piano – Mazurka in F-Sharp minor by C. Debussy
- Eric Zhang, piano – Toccata Op. 60 No. 4 by D. Kabalevsky
- Evan Lu, piano – Sonata in C Major Op. 2 No. 3 Mvt. I by L. Beethoven
- Suri Ahn, violin – Hungarian Dance No. 5 by J. Brahms
- Andrew Li, piano – To Spring Op. 43 No. 5 by E. Grieg
- Wade Wu, piano – Prelude from English Suite No. 2 in A minor by J.S. Bach
- C. S., trumpet – “Andante et Allegro” by J. Ropartz
- Claire Yang, piano – Etude Op. 10 No. 9 by F. Chopin
- Billy Broker, piano – Barcarolle Op. 60 by F. Chopin
- Bridget Xu, piano – Etude Op. 25 No. 1 by F. Chopin
- Rachel Wang, harpsichord – Sarabande from G major Suite by E. Jacquet de La Guerre
- Sophia Cui, piano – The Avalanche Op. 45 No. 2 by S. Heller
- Carissa Uy, French horn – “Vocalise” by S. Rachmaninoff arr. Voxman
- Raktim Basu, piano – Minuet from Partita in B-flat Major BWV 825 by J.S. Bach
- Kylie Sun, flute – Presto by V. Kosenko
- Luis Romano, violin – Musette by J.S. Bach
- Ella Chen, piano – Sonata in C Major Mvt. I by M. Clementi
- Steve Xie, piano – Italian Folk Song Op.39 No. 15 by P. Tchaikovsky
- Eric He, piano – Minuet in D minor by L. Mozart
- Benjamin Qu, piano – Manhattan, 1928 by R. Faber
- Grace Lu, violin – Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13, 1st Mvt. by F. Seitz
- Angela Piao – “Song without Words” Op 72 No 2 by F. Mendelssohn
- Ryan Wen, piano – Sicilienne by R. Schumann
- Danial Adibi, piano – Sonata Op. 22 No. 11 Mvt. I by L. Beethoven
- Ian Hsu, clarinet – Minuet from the String Quintet Op. 11 No. 5 by L. Boccherini transcr. Simon
- Daniel Lao, piano – Prelude in C Major Op. 12 by S. Prokofiev
- Betti Pang, harpsichord – Sarabande in D minor by E. Jacquet de la Guerre
- Edjia Daku, voice – ” Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins
- Rachel Lee, piano – Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 Mvt. I by L. Beethoven
- Sasha Murray, piano – Suite Española – IV Cádiz Op. 47 by I Albéniz
- Chloe Chen, piano – Song Without Words No. 2 By Mendelssohn; To Spring by E. Grieg
- Bambi Tang, piano – Ballade No.1 in G minor Op.23 by F. Chopin
- Sophia Cui, cello – R. Schumann The Two Grenadiers
- Claire Malbacho, piano – Steibelt Adagio
- Timothy Chang, piano – M. Clementi Sonatina; E. Mac-Dowell Tarantella
- Chris Qu, violin – N. Klauss Concerto C Major
- Adalyn Cheng, piano – R. Schumann “The Wild Horseman”; F. BurgMuller “Ballade”
- Zax Raj, piano – Chopin Polonaise in G minor (oeuvre posthume)
- E. S., violin – Rieding Rondo
- Patrick Zhang, piano – Beethoven Sonatina in G Major, Ahn. 5
- Sarah Mathew, piano – C. M. Weber Sonatina in C Major op.3 No.1 Mvt. I
- Oviya Ignaci, piano – D. Shostakovich 24th Prelude
- Celina Zhang, piano – E. Grieg Valse op. 38 No. 7; F. Schubert Valse Noble Op. 77 No. 9
For the full list of “Celebration of the Arts” Music Competition winners: please visit our competition winner announcement page!
