On Friday and Sunday, the leads will be Jessica Thompson, a GPD candidate studying with Ah Young Hong, and Jiwoon Kwak, a GPD candidate studying with Steven Rainbolt.
Second prize went to Eunkyung Yoon, a graduate professional diploma candidate studying with Yong Hi Moon.
Violinist Pervinca Rista, a graduate performance diploma candidate studying with Victor Danchenko, was named winner of the 2009 Performing Arts Award in Instrumental Performance.
Pianist Victor Goldberg, a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate studying with Alexander Shtarkman, presented concerts and master classes in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in February.
Sam, the male lead in Trouble in Tahiti, is played by Peter Tomaszewski, a Graduate Performance Diploma candidate studying with John Shirley-Quirk.
Clarinetist Melissa Bowles, a Graduate Performance Diploma candidate studying with Steven Barta, recently won the Virginia Music Teachers National Association Concerto Competition.
Pianist Irene Kim, a Graduate Performance Diploma candidate studying with Boris Slutsky, won second prize in the 34th Annual Carmel Music Society Competition in California.
At the Thursday and Saturday performances, the ill-fated pair will be played by soprano Jennifer Edwards, a Graduate Performance Diploma candidate studying with Phyllis Bryn-Julson, and tenor William Davenport, a senior studying with Stanley Cornett.
Patrick Merrill, a junior studying piano with Yong Hi Moon, won first place in the Young Artist division of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association Competition, held Nov. 13 in Columbia, Md. John Wilson, a Master of Music candidate studying with Marian Hahn, was chosen as an alternate.
Pianist Adam Golka, a GPD candidate studying with Leon Fleisher, made his Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Youth Symphony on March 7. Golka performed Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3, conducted by Ryan McAdams, the orchestra's 27-year-old music director.
