The State High School Solo and Ensemble contest was held on Sunday, Feb. 15th at the University of Hawaii. Ribbons and medals were garnered by 18 of our student musicians. They are:
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Name
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Instrument
|
Grade (Difficulty)
|
Medal
|
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Amore, Lucia
|
flute
|
3/4
|
Blue-Silver
|
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Chen, Hao
|
trumpet
|
5/6
|
Red-Gold
|
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Dye, Cameron
|
bassoon
|
1/2
|
Red-Bronze
|
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Gao, Alex
|
trombone
|
5/6
|
Red-Gold
|
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Horie, Vance
|
clarinet
|
5/6
|
Red-Gold
|
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Huang, Michelle
|
oboe
|
5/6
|
Red-Gold
|
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Kodama, Chris
|
trombone
|
5/6
|
Red-Gold
|
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Newberry, Ian
|
oboe
|
5/6
|
Red-Gold
|
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Preble, Jason
|
bassoon
|
3/4
|
Blue-Silver
|
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Salazar, Ashley
|
flute
|
3/4
|
Blue-Silver
|
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Shiroma, Sarah
|
flute
|
5/6
|
Blue-Gold
|
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Tom, Matthew
|
French horn
|
3/4
|
Red-Silver
|
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Toshi, Pamela
|
oboe
|
5/6
|
Blue-Gold
|
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Toshi, Pamela
|
English horn
|
5/6
|
Blue-Gold
|
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Whiteley, Joshua
|
trumpet
|
3/4
|
Red-Silver
|
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Wong, Kira
|
flute
|
3/4
|
Red-Silver
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Duets
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Salazar, Ashley
|
flute duet
|
3/4
|
Red-Silver
|
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Wong, Kira
|
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On Sunday, Feb. 8th, the Intermediate Solo and Ensemble held their event and the following students received ribbons and medals:
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Name
|
Instrument
|
Grade (Difficulty)
|
Medal
|
|
Courtney Otani
|
flute
|
1/2
|
Bronze-Red
|
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Cal Muramaru
|
trombone
|
1/2
|
Bronze-Red
|
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Max Weber
|
snare drum
|
1/2
|
Bronze-Red
|
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Danielle Huang
|
oboe
|
1/2
|
Bronze-Red
|
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Jordyn Yee
|
flute
|
1/2
|
Bronze-Blue
|
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Andrew Pfund
|
trumpet
|
3/4
|
Silver-Red
|
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Allie Kim
|
alto sax
|
3/4
|
Silver-Blue
|
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Jarret Lin
|
alto sax
|
3/4
|
Silver-Blue
|
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Evan de Luna
|
tenor sax
|
3/4
|
Silver-Blue
|
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Perry Buto
|
bari sax
|
3/4
|
Silver-Blue
|
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Markus Osterlund-Koga
|
French horn
|
5/6
|
Gold-Blue
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Ribbon Awards
Blue ribbon: score of 90%-100%
Red ribbon: score of 70%-89%
Medal Awards
Gold Grade V-VI (most difficult)
Silver Grade III-IV (moderately difficult)
Bronze Grade I-II (entry level)