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| Junior Division |
 | Michael Casimir- 3rd Place Laureate
Instrument: violin
Age: 17
Ethnicity: African American/Haitian
Teacher: Lee Snyder
Home: Philadephia, PA
Credits: Winner, Warminster Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Compeition, the Ambler Symphony Orchestra’s Student Competition, and the Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists Competition; Local, region and state winner, Psi Phi Omega 2007 Talent Search Competition. |
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Andrew Gonzalez
Instrument: viola
Age: 16
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Teacher: Amy Davis/Stacy Migliozzi
Home: Chesapeake, VA
Credits: Grant recipient, 2008 Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission; Rookie String Player of the Year, 2006/2007 Governor’s School for the Arts: Outstanding Musician of the Year, Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia 2004/2005
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 | Khari Joyner- 1st Place Laureate
Watch Khari's performance at the Finals Concert
Instrument: cello
Age: 17
Ethnicity: African-American
Teacher: Martha Gerschefski
Home: Atlanta, GA
Credits: Soloist, Atlanta Symphony; Principal Cellist, Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra; Principal Cellist, Georgia All-State Orchestra; Winner, Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto
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 | Anna Maria Litvinenko
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
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Mary Loftus
Instrument: violin
Age: 15
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican-American
Teacher: Yayoi Numazawa/Yumi Scott
Home: Philadelphia, PA
Credits: Member, Temple University Center for Gifted Young
Musicians for four years; Associate Principal second-violinist, Youth Chamber Orchestra; awarded the Starling Scholarship; Finalist, youth division of the
Philadelphia Orchestra Albert Greenfield Competition |
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Yvonne Smith
Instrument: viola
Age: 17
Ethnicity: African-American
Teacher: Alice Young
Home: Baltimore, Maryland
Credits: Prizewinner, U.S. Army Young Artists Competition, 2007 & 2008; Winner, 2007 Baltimore School for the Arts Concerto Competition; Member, Maryland All-State Orchestras from 2005-2007
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Alexandra Alvarado Switala- 2nd Place Laureate
Instrument: violin
Age: 15
Ethnicity: Mexican-American
Teacher: Jan Mark Sloman
Home: Grapevine, TX
Credits: Winner, 2008 Texas ASTA Competition; Winner, 2008 Fort Worth Symphony Young Artist Competition; Junior Grand Prize, 2007 Dallas Symphonic Festival; 2007 2nd Place, MTNA National Solo Competition, Toronto |
 | Kiyoe Wellington
Instrument: double bass
Age: 16
Ethnicity: Black/Japanese/Swiss
Teacher: Michael Gorman
Home: Kaneohe, HI
Credits: 1st Prize, 2007 International Society of Bassists 14/under Solo Competition; Honolulu Symphony Associates Scholarship; Member, Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus since 1999; Member, International Society of Bassists since 1999 – age 6, youngest performing member in ISB history
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 | James Zabawa-Martinez
Instrument: violin
Age: 17
Ethnicity: Spanish/Mexican
Teacher: Sally O’Reilly
Home: Faribault, MN
Credits: Member, Texas All Region Symphony; Participant, “Bravo!” Music Festival |
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| Senior Division |
 | Jannina Barefield
Instrument: violin
Age: 25
Ethnicity: African-American
Teacher: Lucie Robert
Home: New York, NY
Credits: Graduate, Mannes College of Music; Grand Prize Winner, Michigan ASTA solo string competition; Winner, Bohemian Competition and MSBOA Competition |
 | Alejandro Duque
Instrument: viola
Age: 19
Ethnicity: Mexican-American
Teacher: Donald McInnes
Home: Los Angeles, CA
Credits: Student, USC; Recipient, USC Music Merit Scholarship
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 | Mildred Fernandez
Instrument: violin
Age: 24
Ethnicity: Cuban/Spanish
Teacher: Andrew Jennings/James Krehbiel
Home: Cazenovia, NY
Credits: Graduate, University of Michigan; U of M James B. Angell Scholar; 1st Place, Central New York Assoc. of Music Teachers Scholarship Competition |
 | Benjamin Samuel Harris-2nd Place Laureate
Instrument: double bass
Age: 20
Ethnicity: Mexican-American
Teacher: Eugene Levinson
Home: New York, NY
Credits: Student, Juilliard School; Soloist, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra |
 | Caleb Jones
Instrument: cello
Age: 23
Ethnicity: African-American
Teacher: Alan Stepansky/David Cole
Home: Randallstown, MD
Credits: Graduate, Peabody Institute; Graduate, Lynn Conservatory of Music; Compton Award “Outstanding Achievement in Music;” Winner, 2006 “Rising Star Award” from Howard County (MD) Arts Council |
 | Nicole Leon
Instrument: violin
Age: 22
Ethnicity: Venezuelan
Teacher: Itzhak Perlman
Home: New York, NY
Credits: Graduate, Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division; Soloist, Venezuelan Philharmonic Orchestra; Recipient, Jerome L. Greene Fellowship & Dorothy Starling Scholarship |
 | Tony Rymer- 1st Place Laureate
Watch Tony's winning performance
Instrument: cello
Age: 19
Ethnicity: Dominican
Teacher: Paul Katz
Home: Boston, MA
Credits: Student, New England Conservatory of Music; Recipient, Laurence Lesser Presidential Scholarship; 1st Place, 2003 Longy Jr. Division Concerto Competition; Finalist, 2008 Stulberg Competition |
 | Robyn Quinnett
Instrument: violin
Age: 20
Ethnicity: Black
Teacher: Lewis Kaplan
Home: Brooklyn, NY
Credits: Student, Juilliard School; Winner, 2007 Ruth Kern Young Artists Competition; Soloist, Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra |
 | John Sanderson- 3rd Place Laureate
Instrument: violin
Age: 19
Ethnicity: Black/Native American
Teacher: Mimi Zweig
Home: Morgantown, IN
Credits: Concertmaster, Indiana University Orchestra; Winner, 2007 MAYO Concerto Competition; Winner, 2006 NWYO Concerto Competition |
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Whittney Thomas
Instrument: viola
Age: 21
Ethnicity: African-American
Teacher: Donald McInnes
Home: Los Angeles, CA
Credits: 1st Prize, Pasadena Showcase Instrumental Competition; Finalist, USC Concerto Competition; Fenstermaker Scholar, Musical Merit Foundation |
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