Alumni Achievements 2011 (so far...!)
Adam Cottrell (10) is First Chair of the viola section for the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Abigail Elder (07) was First Prize in the Junior Viola Division of the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition.
Josh Halpern (08, 09) and his quartet, The Polaris Quartet, won the Gold Medal in the Junior Division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
Bethany Hargreaves (07, 08, 09) won the Bach Performance Prize at the Ohio Viola Society Competition.
Rachel Howsmon (06, 07, 08, 09) won First Prize in the High School Division at the Ohio Viola Society Competition.
Austin Huntington (06) won the Gold Medal at the Stulberg International String Competition.
Thomas Huntington (06) performed the Bruch Violin Concerto with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.
Ellen Sonnenburg (09, 10) performed in the American Honors Performance Series in Carnegie Hall.
Rachel White (11) was one of 12 finalists in the National Solo Competition run by the American String Teachers Association.
Credo alumnae Bethany Hargreaves (08-10), Melissa Carlier (08, 09), Megan Carlier (09-11) and Yael Kurzbauer (09, 10) performed at the AMEROPA festival Prague as the Lorraine Quartet.
Alumni Achievements 2010
Megan Carlier (09, 10) is Principal Cellist of the Renaissance Music Academy of Virginia Chamber Orchestra.
Melissa Carlier (07-09) is Concertmaster of the Renaissance Music Academy of Virginia Chamber Orchestra.
Hannah Cartwright (09) won the Stephen Paul Wunsch Award through the Wichita Youth Symphony Concerto Competition
Nathan Cottrell (08) placed first in the Sigma Alpha Iota Competition for the instrumental category.
Jessica Emery (10), violin, was selected to the Texas All-State Orchestra
Sarah Grimes (09) soloed with the Minnesota Orchestra
Rachel Howsmon (06-09) is Principal Violist of Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Carrie Jones (09) is Co-Principal Violist of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
Emily Jones (07) won the James Glacking Youth Musicians Competition and will be soloing with the North Suburban Symphony (IL).
Natalie Kress (03, 04, 05, 06, 09) is Concertmaster of the New York Youth Symphony
Eleanor Lee (10) is Principal Cellist of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra
Ben Manis (08, 09) is Co-Principal Cellist of Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Yurie Mitsuhashi (09, 10, 11) was featured on "From the Top" on National Public Radio
Hannah Moses (07, 08) won the Lakeland Civic Orchestra Young Artist Competition.
Ben Pawlak (09, 10) won the Youth Orchestra of the Southern Fingerlakes Concerto Competition
Charlies Reed (08-10) is Principal Cellist of the OMEA All-State Orchestra
Grace Sommer (08, 09) is Principal Cellist of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
Michael Taylor (07) is concertmaster of the Youth Orchestra of Fort Worth and won the orchestra's concerto competition.
Rebekah Taylor (09, 10) is Principal Cellist for Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Allie Thompson (05-07) performed in the cello section of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.
Sawyer Thomson (08, 09) won the Akron Youth Symphony Concerto Competition
Joel Wilkinson (09) won the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Concerto Competition
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whatever is admirable — if there is anything excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things.”
Philippians 4:8