2011 Lyon & Healy Awards
University of North Texas College of Music
June 18 - 19, 2011

Congratulations to the 2011 Awards Winners!


Sarah Nicole Davis
23 years old
San Diego, CA
Samuel Karlinski
18 years old
Atkinson, NH
Katelyn Mullins
17 years old
Matthews, NC
Elizabeth Anne White
19 years old
Salt Lake City, UT

Honorable Mentions:

Alisa Coffey
Chen-Yu Huang
Emily Klein
Melissa Stockstill
Maura Valenti

Awards Rules and Procedures

1.       The Awards are open to all harpists who have not passed their 35th birthday by June 1, 2011.
2.       Participants must be a member of the American Harp Society.
3.       Auditions will be open to the public.  Contestants will not be interrupted during performance.
4.       Repertoire must be played from memory.

Awards

The Lyon & Healy Awards will determine three (3) Award Winners, each receiving:
1.       $2,000 in cash to be used to further education
2.       $500 gift certificate from Lyon & Healy Harps

Required Repertoire

                Participants will play each of the following pieces:
                                Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie pour la Harpe
                                Henriette Renié: Legende

Participants


Alisa Coffey
26 years old
Great Falls, VA


Alison Balbag
26 years old
Los Angeles, CA


Amber Carpenter
22 years old
Matthews, NC
Ann Marie Liss
29 years old
Aurora, CO

Carolyn Lund
25 years old
Atlanta, GA

Chen-Yu Huang
27 years old
Urbana, IL
Elizabeth Anne White
19 years old
Salt Lake City, UT
Emily Clarkson
19 years old
Brownwood, TX

Emily Klein
22 years old
Gladwyne, PA
Haley Rhodeside
19 years old
Merritt Island, FL
Hannah Blalock
19 years old
Matthews, NC


Hsin Huei Poe
30 years old
Taipei, Taiwan

Katelyn Mullins
17 years old
Matthews, NC
Sarah Javaux
20 years old
Omaha, NE


Lisa Kahn
24 years old
Savoy, IL


Marissa Knaub,
29 years old
Sewickley, PA

Maura Valenti
23 years old
New Haven, CT
Melissa Stockstill
25 years old
Baker, LA
Natalie Salzman
20 years old
West Tisbury, MA

Peggy Houng
19 years old
Burtonsville, MD

Samuel Karlinski
18 years old
Atkinson, NH
Sarah Nicole Davis
23 years old
San Diego, CA

 

No Photo Provided:

Meredith Clark, 25 years old, Oakland, CA
Tess Epperson, 24 years old, Provo, UT
Michelle Heuer, 25 years old, Dekalb, IL
Constance Koo, 26 years old, Cleveland, OH










Jury

        Mr. David Itkin, Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of North Texas School of Music
        Ms. Susann McDonald, Chair of the Department of Harp at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
        Dr. Carrol McLaughlin, Distinguished Professor of Harp at the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts

Schedule

               Lyon & Healy Awards are open to the public.  All events take place at the University of North 
               Texas College of Music, 415 Avenue C, Denton, TX 76201.

                Friday, June 17, 2011

                                12:00 p.m. – Registration in the Music Commons
                                12:00 - 4:00 p.m. – Practice rooms available on a first-come, first-served basis to Lyon &
                                                             Healy Award participants.  One hour limit per person.
                                4:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Harp selection session for participants needing a harp in the Harp Pen
                                5:00 p.m. – Drawing to determine each participant’s performance time in MU287

                Saturday, June 18, 2011

                                9:00 a.m. – Lyon & Healy Awards begin in Voertman Hall.
                                12:30 p.m. – Lunch break
                                2:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Lyon & Healy Awards continue.

                Sunday, June 19, 2011

                                9:00 a.m. – Lyon & Healy Awards begin in Voertman Hall.
                                12:30 p.m. – Lunch break
                                2:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Lyon & Healy Awards continue.
                                7:00 p.m. – Lyon & Healy Awards winners are posted.

                Monday, June 20, 2011

                                3:30 – 4:30 p.m. – Lyon & Healy Awards Winners Recital in the Recital Hall

*Schedule subject to slight changes based on the final number of participants.