Merit Scholarships are awarded once per academic year, and are based upon the students’ demonstrated proficiency, disciplined music study habits, and commitment to excellence. Adjudicators from across the country listened to the applicants’ performances and we are pleased to announce this year’s cohort of Merit Scholars. Congratulations to these accomplished students!

Josephine Abuhl

viola · studio of Ruth Meints

Landon Backhaus

violin · studio of Jesse Griggs

George Barnidge

piano · studio of Kyu-Youn Butler

Aaryn Beck

voice · studio of Karina Brazas

Leah Bessmer

violin · studio of Ruth Meints

Judson Cloudt

voice · studio of Cody Jorgensen

Isaac Davidson

violin · studio of Kevin Tompkins

Daniel DeLuca

bass guitar · studio of Kevin Sullivan

Frank DeLuca

piano · studio of Dr. Boban Martic

Audrey Dolezal

piano · studio of Kathy Knebel

Taryn Geiger

violin · studio of Ruth Meints

Jinyee Huang

piano · studio of Dr. Boban Martic

Wenqing Jia

violin, piano · studios of Lisa Nielsen & Kathy Knebel

Ava Larson Gallegos

voice · studio of Cody Jorgensen

Christopher Lee

violin · studio of Ruth Meints

Pauline Lee

violin · studio of Ruth Meints

Nicole Liu

piano · studio of Anne Madison

Amor Lopez Pearson

flute · studio of Deanna Estrada

Liliana Martic

cello · studio of Candace Jorgensen

Charlotte McGill

voice · studios of Karina Brazas

Xander Meade

cello · studio of Candace Jorgensen

Annil Mukherjee

cello · studio of Molly Rezich

James Murphy

piano · studio of Anne Madison

Eunha Ok

piano · studio of Kyu-Youn Butler

Seha Ok

violin · studio of Ruth Meints

Jasmine Palikhya

violin · studio of Ruth Meints

Martin Prieto

guitar, voice · studios of Andrew Stickman & Karina Brazas

Katie Ramos

piano · studio of Yulia Kalashnikova

Winston Schneider

piano, composition · studios of Anne Madison & Dr. Kenneth Meints

Dmitrii Shaposhnikov

piano · studio of Dr. Stacey Barelos

Marty Si

piano · studio of Dr. Janka Krajciova

Anna Suh

viola · studio of Ruth Meints

Jacob Thompson

cello · studio of Dr. Elizabeth Grunin

Andrew Tran

percussion · studio of Derek Dreier

Bingyi Wang

piano · studio of Anne Madison

Claire Wang

piano · studio of Kathy Knebel

Emelia Weaver

violin · studio of Ruth Meints

Lillian Westman

voice · studio of Karina Brazas

Nikhil Woods

guitar · studio of Andrew Stickman

Rachel Wu

viola · studio of Ruth Meints

Passion Yu

cello · studio of Dr. Elizabeth Grunin

Edward Zhang

violin · studio of Ruth Meints

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