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Jonathan Sun (violinist, Sunny Hills HS '06) is a pre-med major at UC-San Diego, very busy preparing for medical school with a double major in psychology and biology. Currently he is in pursuit of research opportunities. He returned in July 2011 to perform the Brahms String Quartet No. 1 on July 24 in Cerritos.
Marina Sharifi (violinist, homeschooled '02) married her partner. Hannah Eldridge, in Chicago on August 13, 2011. Marina and Hannah, we wish you both a long and happy life together. Since you're both violinists, we see lots of chamber music in your future. Marina has completed her Masters' Degree at UC-Berkley and just completed her third year at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago, pursuing a double degree in Medicine as well as a simultaneous PhD in Biology Research.
Judy Kang (cellist, La Mirada High School '07) is a senior at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California. She just gave a wonderful senior recital in Los Angeles in August 2011 and returned to CMIsc in July 2011 for a performance with Jonathan Sun, Darrell Peries, and Lynnie Sharzer of Brahms' First String Quartet.
Lynnie Sharzer (violinist and violist, Los Alamitos HS '10) has returned to Emory University in Atlanta, GA,
for her sophomore year. She is a member of the violin section of the University Orchestra and will play viola in their chamber music ensembles. She returned to CMIsc in July 2011 performing in the Brahms Quartet.
Charlie Sharzer (violist, Los Alamitos HS '08) has returned to Yale for his senior year and continues his composition studies as well as astrophysics. Charlie studied conducting during summer 2011 in anticipation of his new duties as conductor of the Yale Davenport Pops Orchestra.
He has completed his First Symphony and it was performed by the Yale Davenport Pops Symphony on April 15, 2011. You can hear three movements online... here's the link to the first mvt: Super Smash Bros. (1st movt)
Yale Davenport Pops Orchestra presents: DPops Gets Smashed 2011 April 15 Symphony on
Themes from Super Smashed Bros. by DPops' John Swisher and Charlie Sharzer I. Speisekarten und Stadien "Mario Underground Theme", "Pokemon Stadium", "SSB Melee Menu Theme", "Kirby Dreamland", and more.
He also performed Scriabin's Prometheus: Poem of Fire at Yale in February 2010, a project by a PhD student to realize the light show to go with the music Scriabin had imagined 100 years ago and written into his score.
The link to watch Yale's wonderfully edited performance (and preparation) runs about an hour..... but watch it and you'll even see Charlie in it several times.
Michi Wiancko shown below (violinist, San Clemente HS '95, Cleveland Insitute of Music '99, Juilliard Master of Arts '01) is not only a GREAT violinist, she is a composer and also has an alter-ego she calls Kono Michi. Her new CD "9 Death Haiku" is terrific.... very sensual and creative. Be sure to visit her website at http://www.michiwiancko.com Last year Michi teamed with her brother Paul (cellist) and they performed throughout the world. Both are based in New York City and are very busy active musicians. Michi's new CD (released July 2011) has received excellent reviews. |
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Who are the others in this photo?
(L to R) Michi Wiancko, YoYo Ma, Paul Wiancko and Hiroko Wiancko (mother).
All three of the Wianckos studied chamber music with Kay Pech in the 1990s. In August 2009 Michi performed Schumann Piano Quintet for the Mark Morris Dance Group at the Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center. Michi shared the stage (actually the orchestra pit with spotlights) with Yo Yo Ma, Emmanuel Ax, Colin Jacobsen, and Jessica Troy.
Chris Wybenga (cellist, Valley Christian High School) continues graduate school he began in the 2009 Fall Semester at the University of San Francisco in non-profit management.
David Lee (violinist, Sunny Hills HS '98) was one of our FIRST students in CMI in 1997. He taught English in South Korea and is still playing. He recently returned to the Southern California area to start a new business here... and, yes, he's still playing his violin occasionally.
Alida Schat (violin, former student of Kay Pech in New Jersey in the 1970s) is the concertmaster of the Dutch Metropole Orchestra and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, and first violinist of the Amsterdam String Quartet. She appears on numerous recordings under the baton of Ton Koopman and others.
She's the blonde in front on this album cover:
Olivia Cottrell (violinist, Riversprings Charter School '08) is a junior at Biola university majoring in Violin performance with a minor in Biblical studies. She is thoroughly enjoying her classes, especially sight-singing and dictation. She loves playing in the Biola Symphony, performing a great variety of music: from complete operas by Mozart to The Polar Express, and debuting new pieces for composition majors.
wanted: more information about our former students . . . . . .