2021 Honors Recital

Performance is an integral part of the education programs offered at the Sun Valley Music Festival’s Music Institute. Students not only prepare for informal departmental recitals but also participate in juried adjudications and regional and state competitions. The academic year culminates with the Institute’s Honors Recital, where students audition for a chance to perform. Usually open to the public, this year’s recital took place on May 1 to a small in-person audience in Hailey, Idaho—the first live audience the education programs have been able to host in over a year. The concert concluded with the Carol Nie Outstanding Music Student Award, where one exceptional student was presented scholarship funds to help them continue their musical pursuits.

Please enjoy the broadcast presentation and join the Festival in celebrating the achievements of these outstanding young musicians:

Leila Brickley, Alexia Crowdson, Anne Cunyas, Julia Sinnamon (1:58)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 4 Violins in G Major, No. 1
  I. Largo e staccato
  II. Allegro                         

Amarah Wesley, piano (6:52)
Lynn Freeman Olson: Square Dance Tune

Judah Rosenlund, piano (8:02)
Kevin Olson: Polar Bear Rock

Wyatt Koch, violin (9:06)
Niccolò Paganini: Theme from Witches’ Dance

Charlotte Brickley, string bass (10:24)
Shinichi Suzuki: Perpetual Motion

Asher Knowles, tenor (12:07)
Celius Doughtery: Across the Western Ocean

Mikayla Wesley, piano (15:18)
James Bastien: Sea Mist

Alfredo Echevarria, piano (16:53)
William Gillock: Star Dancers

Lydia Morgan, mezzo-soprano (18:36)
David Yasbek: Omar Sharif

Elena Alajbegovic, cello (22:56)
Luigi Boccherini: Minuet

Leila Brickley, violin (25:41)
Friedrich Seitz: Concerto in D Major, Op. 22
  III. Rondo

Mattigan Monschke, mezzo-soprano (29:44)
Marc Shaiman: Fly, Fly Away from Catch Me if You Can

Angel Cahuana, piano (39:14)
Glenda Austin: Hayride Hoedown

Vanessa Olsen, piano (40:18)
Joe Gargiulo: Bongo Bongo

Alexia Crowdson, violin (41:36)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet

Gracie Shiver, violin (45:57)
Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs

Liv Nelson, soprano (51:10)
Rupert Holmes: Moonfall

Jamie Jordan, piano (53:54)
Robert Vandall: Jazz Sonatina

Lila Fenn, piano (56:20)
Edvard Grieg: Sailors Song

Neva Baer, soprano (57:59)
Jaenine Teori and David Lindsay-Abaire: Morning Person from Shrek the Musical

Camas Filbert, violin (1:00:12)
Ferdinand Küchler: Concertino in D Major, Op. 15
  II. Siciliano.Larghetto
  III. Allegro

Eli Trevino, cello (1:03:13)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Allegro Appassionato, Op. 43

Claire Watson, soprano (1:08:14)
Alan Jay Lerner and Leonard Bernstein: Take Care of This House from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Lowie Watkins, violin (1:11:16)
Max Bruch: Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Alexandra Vallejo, piano (1:19:23)
Muzio Clementi: Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 2
  III. Allegro  

Bailey Cole and Wren Biggers, violin
Kennedy Larsen, viola   Eli Trevino, cello (1:21:56)
Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2
  I. Allegro moderato

Presentation of the Carol Nie Outstanding Music Student Award (1:31:08)