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| Junior Division |
 | Juan-Salvador Carrasco
Instrument: cello Age: 15 Ethnicity: Mexican
Teacher: Ron Leonard
Home: Santa Monica CA
Credits: 1st Place, 2008-2009 Parness Young Artists Competition; 1st Place, 2008-2009 ASTA California State Solo Competition; Member, Colburn Honors Quartet |
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Mariana Cottier-Bucco
Instrument: violin Age: 16 Ethnicity: Venezuelan
Teacher: Lee Snyder
Home: Norristown PA
Credits: Gold Medal, Golden Key Festival; Winner, Philadelphia Sinfonia Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition; Winner, 2009 Old York Symphony Youth Concerto Competition
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 | Brendon Elliott
Instrument: violin Age: 15 Ethnicity: African-American
Teacher: Vahn Armstrong
Home: Newport News VA
Credits: Concertmaster, Peninsula Youth Orchestra; 1st Place, 2008 & 2009 Richmond Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competitions; 2009 Merit Scholarship Award for Eastern Music Festival
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 | Xavier Foley
Instrument: bass Age: 15 Ethnicity: African American
Teacher: Doug Sommer
Home: Marietta GA
Credits: Principal Bassist, Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, 2009-2010; 1st Place, 2009 International Society of Bassist 14 and under Concerto Competition; Honorable Mention, ASYO Concerto Competition 2009
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Andrew Gonzalez- 2nd Place Laureate
Instrument: viola Age: 17 Ethnicity: Puerto Rican American
Teacher: Amy Davis
Home: Chesapeake VA
Credits: Member, 2009 Virginia All State Orchestra; Grant recipient, 2008 Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission; Soloist, Hampton Roades Chamber Players 2007 |
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Randall Goosby- 1st Place Laureate
Watch Randall's performance at the Finals Concert
Instrument: violin Age: 13 Ethnicity: African American/Korean
Teacher: Philippe Quint
Home: Bartlett TN
Credits: Grand Prize, 2009 Conservatory Music in the Mountains Young Artists Concerto Competition ; Grand Prize, 2008 Mid-South Fair Youth Talent Contest; Winner, 2008 Germantown Symphony Concerto Competition; Winner, 2008 Memphis Youth Symphony Concerto Competition
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Annelle Gregory
Instrument: violin Age: 14 Ethnicity: African-American
Teacher: Michael Tseitlin
Home: San Diego CA
Credits: Concertmaster, San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra; 1st Place, 2009 San Diego Youth Symphony’s Sinfonia Concerto Competition; 2nd Place, 2009 ASTA Competition, Jr. Division; Assistant Principal, San Diego Youth Symphony Philharmonia and Symphony Orchestra |
 | Kenneth Jones-Madrid
Instrument: violin Age: 17 Ethnicity: Venezuelan
Teacher: Almita Vamos
Home: Evanston IL
Credits: Concertmaster, Venezuelan National Youth Orchestra; Concertmaster, Baroque Festival of Music; Performed in documentary “Tocar y Luchar (Play and Fight)”
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 | Anna Maria Litvinenko- 3rd Place Laureate
Instrument: cello Age: 15 Ethnicity: Cuban/Ukrainian
Teacher: Konstantin Litvinenko
Home: Miami FL
Credits: 1st Place, Greater Miami Youth Symphony Concerto Competition; Member, Greater Miami Youth Symphony; 1st Place, Walenstein Music Competition and Michael & Madelyn Savarick Annual Music Competition; Guest Artist, Miami Symphony Orchestra |
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Lianna Dugan
Instrument: Viola Age: 19 Ethnicity: Mexican American
Teacher: Peter Slowik
Home: Oberlin OH
Credits: Student, Oberlin Conservatory; Principal Viola, Oberlin Orchestra; 2nd Place, 2006 Virtuoso Violas Competition |
 | Gareth Johnson- 1st Place Laureate
Watch Gareth's performance at the Finals Concert
Instrument: violin Age: 24 Ethnicity: African-American
Teacher: Elmar Oliveira
Home: Wellington FL
Credits: Soloist with Detroit, Atlanta, Seattle, St. Louis, Cincinnati, New World and Baltimore Symphonies, and the Boston Pops |
 | Paul Laraia- 2nd Place Laureate
Instrument: viola Age: 20 Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Teacher: Kim Kashkashian
Home: Boston MA
Credits: Student, New England Conservatory of Music; Silver Medalist, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; Member, The Bela Quartet |
 | Yunior Lopez
Instrument: viola Age: 21 Ethnicity: Cuban
Teacher: Steven Dann
Home: Las Vegas NV
Credits: Undergraduate, Royal Conservatory of Music; Conductor, Academy Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Conservatory; 1st Prize in viola and 2nd overall, Bolognini Music Competition
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 | Javier Orman
Instrument: violin Age: 25 Ethnicity: Uruguayan
Teacher: Yehonatan Berick
Home: Charleston SC
Credits: Masters Degree, University of Michigan; Winner, 2002 & 2005 South Carolina Music Teachers Association Soloist Competitions; Program Director, Charleston Academy of Music |
 | Britton Riley
Instrument: cello Age: 22 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Richard Aaron
Home: Ann Arbor MI
Credits: Graduate Scholarship Student, University of Michigan; Past Principal, USC Symphony; Symphony Award, USC Symphony |
 | John Sanderson- 3rd Place Laureate
Instrument: Violin Age: 20 Ethnicity: Black/Native American
Teacher: Mimi Zweig
Home: Bloomington IN
Credits: Undergraduate, I.U. Jacobs School of Music; Concertmaster, 2009 Indiana University Orchestra; Principal 2nd, Indiana University Chamber Orchestra; Winner, 2007 MAYO Concerto Competition |
 | Victor Sotelo
Instrument: Cello Age: 25 Ethnicity: Mexican
Teacher: Hans Jorgen Jensen
Home: Chicago IL
Credits: Prizewinner, 2009 Alexander & Buono International String Competition; Prizewinner, 2007 American Opera Society Competition |
 | Nicholas Villalobos
Instrument: Double Bass Age: 22 Ethnicity: Mexican
Teacher: Catalin Rotaru
Home: Provo UT
Credits: Student, Arizona State University; 1st Prize, Spring Arizona Bass Player’s Solo Competition; Finalist, 2009 ASU Concerto Competition; 1st Prize, 2006 ASTA Bass Competition |
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