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| Junior Division Semi-Finalists |
 | Mia Barcia-Colombo- 3rd Place Laureate
Instrument: Cello
Age: 17 Ethnicity: Mexican
Teacher: Richard Naill
Home: Los Angeles, CA
Credits: Colburn School Chamber Music Institute "Honors Trio"; Principal cellist, Harvard-Westlake High School Symphony Orchestra
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 | Maia Cabeza
Instrument: Violin
Age: 12 Ethnicity: Argentinean
Teacher: R. Luby/P. Kopec
Home: Chapel Hill, NC
Credits: Winner, Chapel Hill Philharmonia Concerto Competition; 2nd Place Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Talent Search; member, Triangle Youth Philharmonic
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 | Isabel Escalante
Instrument: Violin
Age: 17 Ethnicity: Venezuelan
Teacher: Stephen Redfield
Home: SC
Credits: Semi-finalist, 2004 Lennox Competition; 2004 Aspen Music Festival; scholarship recipient and current student, University of Southern Mississippi
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 | Rachel Goldberg- 1st Place Laureate
Instrument: Viola
Age: 13 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Desiree Ruhstrat
Home: Palatine, IL
Credits: 1st Place Winner, 2003 Harper Symphony Young Artists Competition; soloist with Harper Symphony Orchestra; 1st Place Winner, 2004 Chicago Viola Society Competition
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 | Matthew Leslie
Instrument: Violin
Age: 16 Ethnicity: Cuban
Teacher: Carol Cole
Home: Miami, FL
Credits: Concertmaster of the Coral Reef Senior High School Chamber and Symphony Orchestras; member of Florida's All-State Orchestra
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 | Michael Long II
Instrument: Viola
Age: 17 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Marilyn Seelman
Home: Decatur, GA
Credits: Emerson Scholar at Interlochen Arts Camp, 2004; Principal viola, Southwest DeKalb High School Orchestra; member of GMEA All-State Orchestra
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 | Britton Riley
Instrument: Cellist
Age: 17 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Gilda Barston
Home: Lexington, MA
Credits: 1st place 2004 Longy Sr. Division Concerto Competition; 1st place 2002 Longy Jr. Division Concerto Competition; cellist of the Longy Honors String Quartet
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 | Tony Rymer- 2nd Place Laureate
Instrument: Cello
Age: 15 Ethnicity: Dominican
Teacher: Eugene Kim
Home: Natick, MA
Credits: 1st Place 2003 Longy Jr. Division Concerto Competition; 2003 Project Step Scholarship student
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 | S. Ariel Stoddard
Instrument: Violin
Age: 16 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Louise Behrend
Home: Somerset, NJ
Credits: Performed duet with New World Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie's Zankel Hall; 1st Place Winner, School for Strings Vivaldi Concerto Competition
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| Senior Division Semi-Finalists |
 | Jason Amos
Instrument: Viola
Age: 19 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Yizhak Schotten
Home: Southfield, MI
Credits: Co-Principal Violist, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra; Past Principal of Aspen Sinfonia.
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Christina Castelli- 1st Place Laureate
Instrument: Violin
Age: 26 Ethnicity: Colombian
Home: New York, NY
Credits: Carnegie Hall debut recital; Laureate, Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition
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 | Maureen Conlon Gutierrez
Instrument: Violin
Age: 23 Ethnicity: Mexican
Teacher: Jim Lyon
Home: State College, PA
Credits: 1st Place National Violin Competition "Hermito Novelo"; 1st Place State String Competition, Salamanca Mexico
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 | Mariana Green-Hill- 2nd Place Laureate
Instrument: Violin
Age: 26 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Ann Setzer
Home: Bronx, NY
Credits: 3 seasons of The Young Eight Chamber Music Festival; solo appearances with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops and Cape Ann Symphony
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 | Christopher Jenkins- 3rd Place Laureate
Instrument: Viola
Age: 25 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Michael Tree
Home: New York, NY
Credits: Semi-Finalist of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, solo appearance with Harvard Summer Orchestra. Current student at Manhattan School of Music.
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 | Gareth Johnson
Instrument: Violin
Age: 19 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Sergiu Schwartz
Home: Wellington, FL
Credits: Soloist with Boston Pops, National Symphony, St. Louis, Seattle, and Cincinatti Symphonies; current student at Lynn University Conservatory of Music |
 | Shelby Latin
Instrument: Violin
Age: 23 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Mayumi Seiler
Home: Bloomington, IN
Credits: Soloist with Rockford, Beloit-Janesville Orchestras and Chicago Sinfonietta; Gold and Bronze double medalist of the ACTSO Competition
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 | Taliaferro Nash
Instrument: Viola
Age: 21 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: George Taylor
Home: Rochester, NY
Credits: Attended Chautauqua, Musicorda, Interlochen, Breuard; Rudolph Canzater Scholarship; CBC Scholarship
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 | Fernando Vela
Instrument: Viola
Age: 24 Ethnicity: Latino
Teacher: Toby Appel
Home: New York, NY
Credits: Bowdoin Festival 1998; Music Academy of the West 1999; Aspen Festival 2003 and 2004
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 | Dorthy White
Instrument: Viola
Age: 23 Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Masao Kawasaki & Catherine Carroll
Home: Cincinnati, OH
Credits: 2nd Place Geraldine B. Gee International Viola Competition 2003; 2nd year Master of Music student at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
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