P E A B O DY P R E PA R AT O RYpresents the
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL
AWARDS CEREMONY
Sunday, May 31, 2020, 2:00 pmVirtual
2019–20concert season at Peabody
PEABODY PREPARATORY
THIRT Y-SIX TH ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY
WelcomeMaria Mathieson, Director of the Peabody Preparatory
Opening RemarksFred Bronstein, Dean of the Peabody Institute
Announcement of Achievement Awards
Recognition of Graduating Seniors
2020 Senior SpokespersonKeith Fleming
Presentation of Performance Awards and Special Prizes
Presentation of the Suzanne Seff Kuff Excellence in Teaching Award
toDaniel Levitov
Presentation of Music Certificate AwardsVictoria Ritter
Special Thanks
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSLilia Anderson, cantateErin Arnold, cantateJoshua Aung, voiceElizabeth Banyas, cantateTara Bass, fluteSamantha Biggs, violinLogan Bitner-Parish, cantateLetizia Borroni, cantateKirsten Braddy, violinJahniya Braga, violinMaggie Brantley, violinHenry Bushnell, celloElizabeth Carpenter, voice and cantateEsther Chae, pianoKristina Chao, fluteAudrey Chen, pianoGrace Chen, fluteEugun Alex Chung, pianoJaxyn Corcoran, compositionJason Cox, pianoAna Cunningham, cantateKai Daley, cantateFlora Damon, voiceAmalia Danai, fluteAutumn DeCosmo, voice and cantateGabrielle Echiverri, violinEleanor Edgar, pianoLauren Edwards, violinJoshua Fan, pianoLydia Field, cantateGrace Fioretto, cantateZoe Fischthal, compositionBrianna Fisher, cantateAdinah Fiterstein, violinDaniel Fiterstein, violinMana Gitiforooz, violinFlorian Grader-Beck, violinSapphire Grader-Beck, celloEmmet Green, pianoGeorgiana Grinstaff, violinAubrey Guertin, violinYueqi Guo, pianoHope Han, pianoShirley He, compositionBryce Heo, celloAllison Hesch, cantateAlexis Hinz Morrow, voiceMacKenzie Hoey, violinShanna Kachuriner, cantate
Elisabeth Kaiser, violinSamantha Kalainov, violinHongze Khor, celloRiya Khosla, cantateYehna Kim, violinAndrew Krasulski, pianoSydney Lavin, pianoChloe Lee, violinAlexandria Lee-Llacer, violaXavier Lee-Llacer, violaSulayman Leheny, pianoKaitlyn Leitherer, harpEvan Leng, pianoAaron Lieberman, cello and compositionOlivia Lim, pianoZachary Liu, pianoMaria Liu, violinAgnes Loper, violinIsabel Marcus, voiceAria McCloskey, celloKei Leigh Mese-Jones, celloAna Minut, pianoSloane Mitchell, violinArshia Mondal, voiceJulia Monthie, cantateJayden Moore, violaSarah Murphy, violinAnanya Nair, violinRichard Nesti, violinGrace Null, cantateThaedeus (Tajo) Overduin, pianoEris Owens, saxophoneAaron Palmer, saxophoneKarun Pandian, violinTaeyeon Park, violinFaith Park, fluteAlicia Poling, cantateDaniel Porteous, violinRory Powell, harpLuis Quintero, pianoAthena Ren, pianoChristina Rivera, violin and cantateOlivia Roh, fluteMartin Rojas, violaAaron Sadowski, violin and violaYuma Sasaki, celloMaya Sauder, celloMatthew Seliger, violinDavid Seol, flute
Claire Shi, fluteSonia Shih, violinNIna Shih, violinChloe Smith, pianoElyse Sohn, celloNina Staniszewska, violinElisabeth Stevens, voiceLena Stipek Sherbert, cantateLuke Strom, pianoWilliam Tucker, pianoHannah Turner, violinJoseph Ali Unalp-Arida, celloFaustina Vaitekunas, pianoRishi Vanka, piano
Vincent Wang, pianoAiden Wang, violinRoman Wasyluszko, violinKisiah Waters, pianoJohn Paul Wnek, pianoMichael Wnek, celloAshley Wu, violinHannah Wu, pianoKatherine Yang, violinJamie Ye, celloBenjamin Yin, pianoJeffrey Zhang, violinAlyson Zheng, violinJamie Zhu, piano
ADULT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSDavid Garcia, pianoGabriel Gonzalez, pianoYueqi Guo, pianoHannah Lee, piano
Reggie Littlejohn, pianoJasmine Mays-Robinson, voiceTimothy McCoy, voiceMiguel McKenzie, piano
GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORSMeenakshi Adiyodi, children’s chorusClaire Alexander, children’s chorusChloe Angel, children’s chorusMakayla Bowen-Longino, bassoonIsaac Bowman, pianoEsther Brodsky, dance and children’s chorusPetra Budavari, children’s chorusGloria Cai, celloAudrey Casper, children’s chorusNyshae Cheatam, saxophoneSarah Chen, children’s chorusOliver Crossland, bass, tromboneFiona Cunninghame-Murray, violinEllie Curtin, children’s chorusFlora Damon, voiceHannah Darrow , children’s chorusHenna Datta, children’s chorusJenna Dietruch, clarinetJulia Firlie, pianoKeith Fleming, tubaCorinne Foley, oboeEmily Friedman, tromboneMalachi Gaines, euphoniumKennedy Geier, children’s chorusFlorian Grader-Beck, violinSamuel Hahn, children’s chorusArenal Haut, children’s chorusAlexis Hinz Morrow, voice and children’s chorus
MacKenzie Hoey, violinNathan Hoffman, violaJena Ialongo, violin Inayat Jain, children’s chorusAbigail Jones, saxophoneVictoria (Tori) Kerry, children’s chorusAbdullah Khan, children’s chorusHongze Khor, celloMinhee Kim, children’s chorusHannah Kim, French hornEsther Lee, children’s chorusEllen Li, danceAaron Lieberman, cello and compositionMartha Lieberman, trumpetElizabeth Liedahl, children’s chorusAngelina Lim, fluteElizabeth Maloy, children’s chorusYuncong Mao, tromboneJulia Marine, children’s chorusBecca Marr, violaBeatrice McAleer, danceTimothy McHowan, tromboneOlivia Messmer tubaGabrielle Moomaw, children’s chorusDanielle (Dani) Moralde, children’s chorusElizabeth O’Brien, pianoEric O’Leary, clarinetAaron Palmer, saxophone
Angela Sieun Park, fluteEmmeline Pasquerette, violinKyla Perkinson, fluteJulia Plumer, violinPaige Plunkett, children’s chorusEthan Pound, tromboneManasi Prashant, children’s chorusIsabelle Rawa, violinEleanor Redgrave, dance Tess Redman, children’s chorusGloria Robberto, children’s chorusLila Roberts, pianoMartin Rojas, violaMadeline Rothfield, children’s chorusSadie Roussell, children’s chorusAaron Sadowski, violin and violaJuliana Elizabeth Salehi, French hornYuma Sasaki, cello
Stella Scanlon, celloShreya Shankar, bassoonKatherine Shen, clarinetNina Shih, violinRetta Simpson, children’s chorusEliot Smith, celloNina Staniszewska, violinAaron Sterlin, oboeSamuel Stover, bassLindsey Taylor, children’s chorusJensen Terry, children’s chorusJoseph Ali Unalp-Arida, celloAthena Verghis, children’s chorusMikolaj Walczak, violinSeamus Wang, trumpetAlina Yang, children’s chorusBenjamin Yin, pianoJeffrey Zhang, violin
PERFORMANCE AWARDSHenry Bushnell, celloEthan Chung, pianoFiona Cunninghame-Murray, violinJing Fan, violinJacqi Fan, violinGeorgiana Grinstaff, violinYueqi Guo, pianoHeejee Lee, pianoAngelina Lim, fluteAlan Mao, pianoJasmine Mays-Robinson, voice
Joseph Mostwin, celloTaeyeon Park, violinAngela Sieun Park, fluteLaura Stanell, voiceElizabeth Wnek, violinAnne-Marie Wnek, violinAndy Yoon, piano
SPECIAL PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Director’s Recognition Awards Winner, String Ensemble CompetitionAlexander Yang, cello
Winner, Junior Concerto CompetitionTaeyeon Park, violin
Winners, Fall 2019 and Spring 2020, Wind Orchestra Concerto CompetitionEmmeline Murphy, oboe (2019) Angela Sieun Park, flute (2020)
Winner, Concerto CompetitionMiyabi Henriksen, violin
Richard Franko Goldman PrizeRecognizing outstanding accomplishment as a member of the Peabody Youth OrchestraNathan Hoffman
Victoria Gittings PrizeRecognizing outstanding accomplishment in pianoHeejee Lee
Louis Cheslock Prize Recognizing outstanding accomplishment as a composerAaron Lieberman
Elmer Reid Burgess PrizeRecognizing the winner of the Preparatory’s Concerto CompetitionMiyabi Henriksen
Volunteer Service AwardOn behalf of the Peabody Preparatory, we would like to thank the following company for its dedication and generosity throughout the 2019-20 school year.Rodger Perrin, Owner, Perrin & Associates Fine Violins
Elementary CertificatesChloe Chang, pianoAudrey Chen, pianoDinghui Xu, pianoNicholai Skaria, pianoAmber Zhang, pianoAshton Christo, celloFrancesca Christo, celloSophia Liang, celloThomas Menezes, celloZoe Lilly, celloEric Huang, cello
Intermediate CertificatesKei Leigh Mese-Jones, celloLiana Kai, celloLauren Rabe, cello
Advanced CertificatesJoseph Ali Unalp-Arida, cello
We are deeply grateful for the named scholarships, awards, and prizes listed below. Their generosity enables students of all ages and backgrounds to study at the Preparatory.
Irene and Walter Allen Memorial Scholarship for At Risk Children
Meta Packard Barton Endowed Scholarship
Milton B. Blumberg Memorial Scholarship
Lilllian P. Bonney Memorial Scholarship
Celia Brace Memorial Fund
Bunting Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Elmer Reid Burgess Competition Prize
Randolph Burgess Memorial Award
Susan Frances Burgess Award
Louis Cheslock Prize
Marlyn Schwartzman Cohen Scholarship
Grace Newsom Cushman Prize
Lillian A. Denison Award
May Diekmann Endowed Piano Scholarship
Lisa Di Julio Scholarship
May Garrettson Evans Scholarship
Constance and Ramon Getzov Endowed Scholarship
Victoria Gittings Prize
Richard Franko Goldman Prize
Jean Turk Goldstein Scholarship
Douglas and Hilda Perl Goodwin Scholarship
Suzanne Grenouillou Memorial Scholarship
Hanson-Kelly Scholarship
Lynn Taylor Hebden Prize
Johanna Hawkins Memorial Scholarship
Minna D. Hill Memorial Piano Scholarship
Emmert Hobbs Scholarship Fund
John L. Holland Scholarship
Attillo R. and Myrtle L. Jackson Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy Breneman Fox Jones Endowed Scholarship
Jacques L. Kahn Scholarship
Patricia Lion Krongard Endowed Scholarship
Susan Fine Langsam Scholarship
Selma Zelda Levin Memorial Scholarship
Isaac and Flora London and George London Endowed Violin Scholarship
Carol Lynn Dance Scholarship
Thomas Markland Scholarship
Samuel May Memorial Piano Scholarship
Mazaika Family Endowed Scholarship
Esther Mazor Scholarship
Audrey Cyrus McCallum Scholarship
Lynne and Bob McCoy Memorial Scholarship
Terry Morganthaler Scholarship
George Peabody Bicentennial Scholarship
Geraldine and Howard Polinger Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy S. Pollack Endowed Piano Scholarship
Dorothy S. Pollack Endowed Scholarship
Frank C. Marino Foundation
Rosa Ponselle Memorial Scholarship
Maud Randolph Memorial Scholarship
Harold Rehrig Scholarship
Robert Resnick Endowed Scholarship
Wendy Robinson Memorial Fund
Fannie Rosen Scholarship
Joseph and Lucille Russ Scholarship
Linda Shapiro Scholarship
Barnett and Charles Silver Memorial Scholarship
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholarship
Lena Stiebler Scholarship
Mabel Thomas Memorial
Flight Officer Barry Winston Wood Endowed Scholarship
Eliza Woods Scholarship
Frank and Grace C. Yin Suzuki Piano Scholarship
We would also like to thank all those who have donated to the General Scholarship Fund, which is crucial to our students’ success.
PRODUCTION STAFFDavid BlachowiczProduction Services Manager
Caleb BradleyEnsemble Librarian
Chelsea BuyalosConcert Series Coordinator
Natalie ColonyProduction Assistant, Lighting
Elizabeth DigneyBox Office Coordinator
Melina GajgerEnsemble Program Manager
Anna HarrisConcert Office Manager
Ben JohnsonSenior Graphic Designer
Renee KelseyPiano Technician
Andrew KipeDirector of the Concert and Ensemble Operations
Yuriy KosachevichPiano Technician
Dennis MalatProduction Coordinator
Harry OehlerProduction Coordinator
Adam ScaliciProduction Assistant, Audio/Visual
Mary SchwendemanSenior Piano Technician
Amelia StinnetteCommunications Coordinator for Concert Programs
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIONRonald J. DanielsPresident of the Johns Hopkins University
Sunil KumarProvost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
PEABODY PREPARATORY STAFF
Sherry Berlow Academic Services Specialist
Michelle Feracci Senior Accountant
Carissa Fowlkes Registration Systems Coordinator
Ed Hinke Senior Manager, Business Services Operations
Victoria Ritter Education Manager
Pamela Stevens Annapolis Campus Coordinator
April Tune Administrative Coordinator
PEABODY INSTITUTE ADMINISTRATIONFred BronsteinDean
Abra BushSenior Associate Dean of Institute Studies
Sarah HooverAssociate Dean for Innovation, Interdisciplinary Partnerships, and Community Initiatives
Maria MathiesonDirector of the Preparatory
Townsend PlantAssociate Dean for Enrollment and Student Life
Joe RooneyAssociate Dean for Finance and Administration
Courtney RoweAssociate Dean for External Relations