Results of this year’s Stanger Auditions, held on February 11, 2017

First Place: Aditi Prakash, Viola

Viola Concerto, Movement 1, by Sir William Walton

12^th Grade, Naperville North High School

Teacher: Thomas Wermuth

Second Place: Jack Boettcher, Cello

Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Op. 107 by Shostakovich

10^th Grade, Naperville North High School

Teacher: Hans Jorgen Jensen

Third Place: Thomas Huang, Piano

Barber Piano Concerto Opus 38 by Samuel Barber

10^th Grade, Barrington High School

Teacher: Dr. Soyoung Kee

Fourth Place: Nicole Weirui Tong, Violin

Barber Violin Concerto, Op.14 by Samuel Barber

9^th Grade, Naperville North High School

Teacher:  Desiree Ruhstrat

Honorable Mention (listed alphabetically)

Evelyn Cappelli, Piano

Concerto for Piano, Op. 16, by Edvard Grieg

11^th Grade, Oak Park River Forest High School

Teacher; Nancy Cappelli

Christina D'Antonio, Viola

Concerto for Viola by Walton

12^th Grade, Wheation-Warrenville Hgih School

Teacher: Peter Slowik

Kaylin Liu, Violin

Concerto #2 in d minor, by Wieniawski

9^th Grade, Metea High School

Teacher: Paul Zafer

Rebecca Moy, Violin

Concerto in e minor, by Mendelssohn

11^th Grade, Classical Consortium

Teacher; Olga Kaler

Margaret O'Malley, Violin

Concerto in e minor, Op. 64, by Felix Mendelssohn

10^th Grade, Glen Ellyn, Homeschooled

Teacher: Gerardo Ribeiro

Isabella Spinelli, Violin

Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, Tchaikovsky

12^th Grade, Illinois Math and Science Academy

Teacher: MingHuan Xu