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Oregon Music Hall of Fame Scholarship Performances and Presentations 2010

2010 OMHOF Scholarship Presentation

Thank You Safeco for Funding a 4th Scholarship!

Wednesday May 12th 5PM @ Jimmy Mak’s Free Event!

The Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) will hold their annual Scholarship Presentation on Wednesday May 12th at Jimmy Mak’s at 5pm. OMHOF will present 4 high school seniors from the sate of Oregon with scholarships with 3 of the recipients performing at the event. The event is free and open to the public. This years recipients are:

Cara Gabrielson Beaverton High School Voice Performed with: Portland Youth Philharmonic-David Hattner, Oregon Ballet Theatre/ ACDA Regional Convention, Oregon Symphony-Niel Deponte, Carol Rich, Pacific Youth Choir, Beaverton Chamber Symphony-Dr. Charles Encell, Trinity Episcopal Music, Oregon Bach Festival. Awards: National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts—National Silver Award 2010 Classical Singer Magazine High School Voice Competition—1st Place Regional 2009 Classical Singer Magazine High School Voice Competition—3rd Place National 2009 Music Teachers National Association Sr. Perf. Competition—1st Place Soprano 2009 OSAA Solo Competition Soprano (District)—1st 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 OSAA Solo Competition Soprano (State)—1st 2008, 2009; 4th 2007 Oregon Eagles Youth Talent Scholarship Competition—1st 2008 Cara is undecided as to which college she will be attending, but plans to continue to study music in college. She is the recipient of The Oregon Eagles Talent Scholarship, the Classical Singer Magazine Scholarship, the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts Scholarship, and the OMHOF Scholarship. Cara would like to continue her career in classical voice, concentrating in opera.

Julie Asparro Lake Oswego High School Viola Performed with: Portland Youth Philharmonic-David Hattner (co-principal violist 2008-present), Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra (principal violist), All-Northwest Honors Orchestras-Bridget Reischl/Gerard Schwarz, All-State Honors Orchestras-Jeff Edmonds/ Donald Schleicher, Lake Oswego High School Orchestra-Nina van Pelt, Oregon Symphony Orchestra Awards: Portland Youth Philharmonic—Principal Violist 2008-present Oregon State Solo Championship—1st Place 2009 District Solo Music Competition—1st Place 2009, 2010 District Solo Competition—rated “1+” 2005 –present Metro Arts Young Artists Debut Concerto Competition—Finalist All-Northwest Honors Orchestra—2007, 2009 Three Rivers League Solo Competition—1st Place 2008-2010 Principal Violist of Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra—2006-2007 Oregon Viola Society Solo Competition—2nd Place 2006 OMEA All-State Honors Orchestra—2005-2008; Principal viola 2009 Julie has not yet decided on a college, but rates St. Olaf College, U of O Honors College, and Williams College as her first three choices. She will continue her musical career in college. She currently teaches beginning/intermediate viola and is co-founder of J&J’s Afternoon Music Camp which is an interactive musical day camp for children which educates and raises enthusiasm about classical music history, composers and instruments.

Jenny Asparro Lake Oswego High School Violin and Piano Performed with: Portland Youth Philharmonic-David Hattner, Lake Oswego High School Orchestra-Nina Van Pelt, Oregon Music Educators Association High School All-State Honor Orchestra-Donald Schleicher, Music Educators National Conference All-Northwest Orchestra-Gerard Schwarz, OMEA All-State Orchestra-Jeff Edmons, MENC All-Northwest Orchestra-Bridget Reischl, OMEA All-State Orchestra, OMEA All-State Middle School Orchestra-Jeffrey Bishop. Awards: Violin—OSAA District 14 Solo Contest—1st Place 2009, 2010 OMTA Honors Recital 2009 Three Rivers League Solo Competition—1st Place 2009, 4th Place 2008 Ratings of “1” for 4 consecutive years at OSAA District Solo Competition Piano—OMTA Piano Syllabus evaluation—Honors graduating “with distinction” OSAA District 14 Solo Contest—Qualified for State competition 2010 OMTA Romantic Festival—Winner 2007, 2008, 2009 OMTA Classical Festival—Winner 2007 OMTA Baroque Festival—Winner 2006 Three Rivers League Solo Competition—3rd Place 2008 Ratings of “1” for 4 consecutive years at OSAA District Solo Competition Jenny has not yet decided on a college, but ranks St. Olaf College as her first choice. She plans to continue her musical career in college. She currently teaches violin through the PYP Peer Mentor Program and is co-founder of J&J’s Afternoon Music Camp which is an interactive musical day camp for children which educates and raises enthusiasm about classical music history, composers and instruments.

Note: Jenny Asparro and Julie Asparro are twin sisters. Interestingly enough, the OMHOF Scholarship Selection Committee selected both Asparro sisters as scholarship winners before realizing that they were related. Even more interesting is that in the selection rating process, both sisters earned the exact same point total.

Rebecca Lomnicky Corvallis High School Scottish Fiddle, Piano, Voice Performed with: Corvallis Camerata Orchestra, Oregon All-State Orchestra, All-Northwest Orchestra, Oregon State String Orchestra Champions, Concertato Orchestra, Willamette Chamber Orchestra, Northwest Folklife Festival, Oregon Scottish Society, Eugene Scottish Festival, Portland Highland Games. Awards: Fiddle—International Glenfiddich Scottish Fiddle Champion--2009 US National Scottish Fiddle Junior Champion—2005 Dirty Linen Magazine—Honorable Mention for self produced solo CD, The Call Corvallis Folk Music Award—2007, 2008 Classical Violin—Oregon All-State Orchestra—(1st Violin) 2009 All-Northwest Orchestra—(1st Violin) 2009 Piano—Goldie Rodgers Composition award for piano—2007-2009 OMTA State Ensemble Honors Recital—2006-2007 Rebecca lists Stanford, Gonzaga, Brown, and Cornell as her top college choices. She plans to continue her musical education in college and wants to pursue music as a career. Rebecca has appeared on several CDs, both as a soloist and as a guest artist. She regularly performs at folk music festivals and at public and private house concerts. She is also a fiddle teacher and workshop instructor.

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