Plano Profile March 2010 : Page 94
community SCENE & SEEN more photos on planoprofile.com Young Artist winners The annual Collin County Young Artist Competition featured a record number of entrants. Some 110 student musicians took part in the day- long event at Collin College in Plano. Winners in the piano competition included William Chiang, Esther Burnett, Charles Jin, Kevin Lai, Shokhvrit Mand, James Hwang, Aaron Kurz, and Ximei Li. Grand prize winners Derek Hawkes, Russell Houston, and Charles Jin will join the Plano Symphony Orchestra in concert this month. For more on this year’s competition and these winners, please turn to page 10. Winners in the winds competition included Brian Geise, Steven Tsai, Derek Hawkes, and Franklin Jia. Front row: Veronica Zheng and Soyeon Uhm. Winners in the strings competition and event sponsors included (back row) sponsor Feng Yang of Topaz Labs, Stephen Xi, Eugene Kim, Matthew Geise, Isabella Markham, Lilian Ludford, Russell Houston, and sponsor Miriam Raphael with ATMOS Energy. Front row: Maya Buchanan, Abby Jorden, Claire Druffner, Jordan Lee, and Charlie Lin. 94 PLANO PROFILE MARCH 2010
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The annual Collin County Young Artist Competition featured a record number of entrants.
Some 110 student musicians took part in the daylong event at Collin College in Plano.
Winners in the piano competition included William Chiang, Esther Burnett, Charles Jin, Kevin Lai, Shokhvrit Mand, James Hwang, Aaron Kurz, and Ximei Li.Grand prize winners Derek Hawkes, Russell Houston, and Charles Jin will join the Plano Symphony Orchestra in concert this month. For more on this year’s competition and these winners, please turn to page 10.Winners in the strings competition and event sponsors included (back row) sponsor Feng Yang of Topaz Labs, Stephen Xi, Eugene Kim, Matthew Geise, Isabella Markham, Lilian Ludford, Russell Houston, and sponsor Miriam Raphael with ATMOS Energy. Front row: Maya Buchanan, Abby Jorden, Claire Dru!ner, Jordan Lee, and Charlie Lin.
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