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2019 Lyon & Healy Awards, March 14-16

2019 Awards Winners Anya Garipoli and Claire Thai, Noel Wan was unable to attend the results ceremony.

CHICAGO – March 16, 2019 – Lyon & Healy Harps is pleased to have presented the Lyon & Healy Awards at its Hall in Chicago from March 14-16.  Claire Thai, Noel Wan and Anya Garipoli were chosen as the three Award Winners out of 54 participants.  Each received $2,000 from Lyon & Healy Harps for further education, a $500 Lyon & Healy gift certificate and a Winners’ plaque to commemorate their Award.  The jury, consisting of Ms. Sarah Bullen, Principal Harpist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Paula Page, Principal Harp of the Houston Symphony, and Ms. Yolanda Kondonassis, celebrated soloist and author, also recognized Adam Phan, Juan Riveros, Grace Repke, Chelsea Lane and Hannah Cope with Honorable Mentions.  “The level of playing was just really spectacular,” said Bullen, “we had a lot of top talent here.”  Added Kondonassis, “it was not an easy decision.”  Each participant performed Jacques de la Presle’s Le Jardin Mouillé and Nino Rota’s Sarabanda e Toccata.

 

Lyon & Healy 2019 Awards Contestants

Florencia Arizpe, Argentina
Mana Azimi, USA
Chelsea Balmer, USA
Yunxi Chen, China
Charlene Chin, USA
Deanna Cirielli, USA
Hannah Cope, USA
Katherine Damon, USA
Mary Duplantier, USA
Matt Dupont, France
Abigail Enssle, USA
Emma Ferguson, USA
Noa Gabay, Israel/United Kingdom
Anya Garipoli, USA
Allison Garrett, USA
Kaila Geisinger, USA
Alethea Grant, USA
Lauren Hayes, USA
Rebekah Hou, USA
Caroline Jorgensen, USA
Elin Kelly, United Kingdom
Mari Kelly, United Kingdom
Abigail Kent, USA
Chelsea Lane, USA
Subin Lee, South Korea
Cheok Wun Leong, Macau
Julia Lewit, USA
Jiayi Li, China
Valerio Lisci, Italy
Dai-An Liu, Taiwan
Felipe Martini, Argentina
Valentina Reyna Masat, Argentina
Maho Morikawa, Japan
Alexandra Mullins, USA
Adam Phan, USA
Cindy Qin, USA
Alix Raspe, USA
Juan Riveros, USA
Grace Roepke, USA
Natalie Salzman, USA
Autumn Selover, USA
Abigail Smith, USA
Jessica Sudarta, Indonesia
Li Shan Tan, Singapore
Grace Tanner, USA
Charmaine Teo, Singapore
Claire Thai, USA
Yin Yan Yany Tse, Hong Kong
Sarah Veber, Canada
Noel Wan, USA
Clara Warford, USA
Johanna Wienholts, USA
Monet Wilson, USA
Xiaodi Xu, USA

 

Awards Rules and Procedures

The Awards were open to all harpists who had not passed their 30th birthday by March 1, 2019. Auditions were open to the public. Contestants were not interrupted during performance. Repertoire was played from memory.

Registration is now closed for the 2019 Awards (online applications had to be received by Tuesday, January 15, 2019).

 

 

Congratulations to previous Lyon & Healy Awards Winners!

Lyon Healy Awards

2017 Carlton College, Northfield, MN

Winners:
Ching Wei Lin
Madeline Jarzembak
Subin Lee

2015 Utah State University, Logan, UT

Winners:
Hannah Cope
Seika Dong
Rachel Miller

Honorable Mention:
Noel Wan

2014 Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai

Winners:
Qia Hang
Se Hee Hwang
Jia Peng

2013 Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles

Winners:
Helen Gerhold
Rachel Hall
Ann Marie Liss

2013 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales

Winners:
Elizabeth Bass
Llywelyn Jones
Jasmin-Isabel Kühne
Markus Thalheimer

2011 University of North Texas College of Music, Denton, TX

Winners:
Sarah Nicole Davis
Samuel Karlinski
Katelyn Mullins
Elizabeth Anne White

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

2010 Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China

Winners:
Zhao Chen
Gao Xing
Chen Yunhuan

2009 Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT

Winners:
Sadie Turner
Elizabeth Anne White
Danyi Xia

Honorable Mentions:
Emily Levin