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CMI/SC
2008
Chamber
Music Institute Southern California
Chamber Music --
Private Lessons -- Composition -- Improvisation
10711
Ashworth Circle, Cerritos, California 90703-2600 --- 562.804.2725 |
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May
5 News MTAC Composers Today State Contest
Congratulations!
to
Charlie Sharzer, 1st Place Winner
in Division 5 (High School Composers)
He named
his first movement of his first string quartet, "The Campaign"
He will perform the quartet at the State Convention in Riverside on
Friday, June 27,
with the help of Olivia Cottrell, Kay Pech and Manon Robertshaw.
Charlie is a viola student in the Pech studio and his composition
teacher is Suzanne Wong, MTAC-Whittier Branch.
A graduating HS Senior, he has been accepted and plans to attend Yale
University in the fall.
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April
20 News ASTA Area IV (Orange County)
Olivia Cottrell won
2nd place (playing Khachaturian) and
was recommended for Greater LA Finals on May 10
Congratulations!
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March
30 News MTAC-State Panel Honors Winners:
Olivia and Charlie (see below)
will perform at the State Convention in Riverside, California,
during the weekend of June 28-29, 2008 |
Olivia
Cottrell, violin soloist,
will perform
the first movement of the Khachaturian Violin Concerto
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Charlie
Sharzer, viola soloist, will perform
the Bruch Romance for Viola and Orchestra
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February
10 MTAC-Whittier Branch VOCE Competition
Winners
1st Place Trophy Winner - Senior Solo Category
Olivia Cottrell, violin soloist,
J. S. Bach Adagio in G minor, Khachaturian
Violin Concerto 1st mvt
1st Place Trophy Winners - Intermediate Ensemble Category
Michelle Antimie, Lynnie Sharzer, Adam Cottrell, Katie Ruthenbeck,
violin quartet, Telemann and Lachner quartets
2nd
Place Winners - Senior Ensemble Category
violinists Olivia and Adam Cottrell with violist Charlie Sharzer,
Haydn String Trio in D, Kodaly Serenade- III. Vivo
2nd Place Winner - Senior Solo Category
Charlie Sharzer, viola soloist,
J. S. Bach Suite #4 in E-flat - Prelude, Hindemith "Schwanendreher"
Concerto 1st mvt
2nd
Place Winner - Intermediate Solo Category
Michelle Antimie, violin soloist,
J. S. Bach Concerto in a- 1st mvt, Monti Czardas
2nd
Place Winner - Junior Solo Category
Adam Cottrell, viola soloist,
Handel Concerto in b-1st mvt, Fauré Elegy |
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CMI/SC
Hall
of Fame
(VOCE State Finalists)
2008
Olivia Cottrell, violin soloist
2007
Olivia Cottrell, violin soloist
2007
Cottrell Family Trio: Olivia, Anna & Nathan
2006
Cottrell String Quartet
2006
Peries-Sun-Murtough-Choi Quartet
2006
Darrell Peries, violin soloist
2002
Sunny Lin, viola soloist
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February
2008 - News
Congratulations
to Olivia Cottrell (violin) - her
piano trio was selected to perform the Beethoven Trio no. 3 in C
minor for the Rio Trio Master Class at USC in
Schoenberg Hall at 7 pm on Friday, February 1. The other members of
her trio are Laura Davey, piano, and Hyun Jae Lee, cello. They also
performed their Beethoven Trio at the CMI concert on Sunday, February
3, at 7:30 pm. |
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Friends
of Today's Music
commissioned Melissa Hui
to write a composition for violin and piano
"...
and blue sparks burn"
Pech,
Hui, Nadal and Sharifi
Chamber Music Institute/So. California
was honored to be selected
to perform this world premiere
of "... and blue sparks burn"
for the State Convention of MTAC,
July 2002.
The
duo of violinist Marina Sharifi
and pianist Justina Nadal
was coached
by faculty member, Kay Pech.
Born
in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Melissa Hui received
her
Doctor of Musical Arts from Yale University.
Her mentors include Jacob Druckman,
Earl Kim and Mel Powell.
Completed in February 2002, Hui
says,
"the work was conceived in October of 2001
soon after the tragic events of September 11, 2001,
in New York City and Washington, D.C.
While the nation was mourning the tremendous
and senseless loss of lives, I was haunted by
the images of dust and eerie calm that
permeated the news coverage in the
aftermath of the disaster.
This is my personal response." |
First Place
in 2000
in the State of California
Winning the
Senior Ensemble Division
of
the California State VOCE
Competition
provided by the Music Teachers' Association of California
on April 16, 2000
The CMI/SC
Piano Trio included
violinist Marina Sharifi,
pianist Jody Chou,
and cellist Jay Tilton
At their performance of the Shostakovich Piano
Trio
on July 1, 2000, our CMI/SC trio was presented
the $1,200 First Place Award by MTAC
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