Kent Blossom Music Festival welcomes over 40 young artists for 50th anniversary season
Soon, students will start arriving from around the world for the the Kent Blossom Music Festival's 50th anniversary season. Running 5 weeks, July 1 - Aug. 5, the faculty of the festival includes members of The Cleveland Orchestra, Hugh A. Glauser School of Music and guest artists. Students will work weekly with these faculty members in private lessons, chamber music coaching and orchestra classes. They will also have several opportunities to perform, with regular appearances on the free Student Concert Series and a side-by-side performance with The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center. More information about the student concerts can be found here.
This year the Kent Blossom Music Festival is welcoming a diverse groups of young artists with students coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Colombia and the United States. They also represent some of the finest conservatories and colleges in the world. See below for a complete list of the 2018 participants.
FLUTE
Eric Leise
University of North Texas-College of Music
Corinth, Texas
Vincenzo Volpe
University of Toronto-Faculty of Music
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
OBOE
Paul Chinen
University of Miami-Frost School of Music
Miami, Florida
Virginia Kao
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, California
William Stevens
University of California-Los Angeles-Herb Albpert School of Music
Lakewood, California
CLARINET
Meghan Colbert*
Roosevelt University Conservatory
Berea, Ohio
Gregory Hamilton
University of Georgia-Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Watkinsville, Georgia
Dustin Lin
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Nashville, Tennesse
BASSOON
Keegan Hockett
University of Miami-Frost School of Music
West Des Moines, Iowa
Jamael Smith
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Lynnwood, Washington
Ryan Yamashiro
Cleveland Institute of Music
Chino Hills, California
HORN
Ava Conway
Eastman School of Music
Palos Verdes Estates, California
Rebecca McGown
Case Western University
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Nathan Peebles
Cleveland Institute of Music
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
PIANO
Evan Hines*
University of Michigan-School of Music, Theatre and Dance
Sugarland, Texas
Celina Kobetitsch
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Woodridge, Illinois
Hikari Nakamura
University of Michigan-School of Music, Theatre and Dance
Japan
YeeJin Yuk
Rice University-Shepard School of Music
Ghent, New York
VIOLIN
Paula Castaneda
Kent State University-Hugh A. Glauser School of Music
Colombia
Nathaniel Humphrey*
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Wei-Ni Hung
Manhattan School of Music
Taiwan
Yi Jing
Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
China
Tzu-Ming Kuo
Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Taiwan
Wing Yan Kwok
Manhattan School of Music
Hong Kong
Abigail McLaughlin
Cleveland State University
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Yuzhe Qiu
New England Conservatory of Music
China
Mitchell Reilly
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
Kansas City, Missouri
Lik Hang Wu
Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Hong Kong
Yu-Ru Wu
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
Taiwan
Jie Zhang
Hoschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig, Germany
China
VIOLA
Olivia Espericueta
Cleveland Institute of Music
Tempe, Arizona
En-Ting Hsu*
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
Taiwan
Hui-Yi Kao
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
Taiwan
Jack Kehrli
Cleveland Institute of Music
Kirkland, Washington
Yee Ling Elaine Ng*
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
Hong Kong
Jacquelyn O’Brien*
Cleveland Institute of Music
Schenectady, New York
CELLO
Katarina Davies
Cleveland Institute of Music
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Wei-An Hung*
Cleveland Institute of Music
Taiwan
Hari Parkash Khalsa
Cleveland Institute of Music
Broomfield, Colorado
Jessica Lee
Bard College at Simon’s Rock
San Antonio, Texas
Cherry Leung
Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Hong Kong
Viviana Pinzón
Kent State University-Hugh A. Glauser School of Music
Colombia
BASS
Martin Lazo*
Southern Methodist University-Meadows School of Music
Carrollton, Texas
