Thank you to all entrants of the October 14, 2023 Jazz, Rags, and Blues Festival. We had 78 students participate today. There were so many fabulous pieces performed! Congratulations to all students and teachers!

Our visiting master class artist Dylan Hayes chose the following students for gold seal and/or best of festival recognition:

Eliana Cho
Ellie Shen
Evelyn Xia
Jayden Chu
Yuxin Shun
Claire Zhang
Olivia Lee
Jesse Greene
Julian Tang
Alice Liang
Joshua Hua
Sunney Shi
Aisha Beydoun
Khoa Tran
Keira DeWitt
Oliver Koenig
Isabel Marston
Aiden Carli
Lydia Thomas
Audrey Gillin
Jasmine Garcia
Ethan Carli
Yura Gillin
Caleb Buker
Colin Ip
Emily Shen
Yu Yan Perrie
Annabelle Lai
Zerina Chan
Theodore Lambert
Amelia Lucas
Claire Shan
Gavin Xi
Alexander Knutson
Katie Shirts
Vincent Ariano
Ben Hazen
Annie Marston
Alaina Buker
Laurel Bjur
Juhee Kim
Junia McBride
Penelope Funakoshi
Logan Lai
Kate Nguyen
Jeanne Bernard
Adrian Lewinsohn
Lillian Mergler
Jayce Brown
Chloe Mergler
Cassidy Wong
William Shirts

Miyako Berman (Junior, Best of Festival for Jazz, alternate; Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
Tinsley Xu (Junior, Best of Festival for Jazz; Teacher: Shaoming Greene)
Owen Greene (Junior, Best of Festival for Blues, alternate; Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
Joyce Ye (Junior, Best of Festival for Blues; Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
Jaden Shan (Junior, Best of Festival for Rags, alternate; Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
Brandon Yang (Junior, Best of Festival for Rags; Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
Logan Lai (Senior, Best of Festival for Blues, alternate; Teacher: Valerie Gathright)
Zara Do (Senior, Best of Festival for Blues; Teacher: Frances Goei )
Elaina Mergler (Senior, Best of Festival for Jazz, alternate; Teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler)
Radmila Sabirova (Senior, Best of Festival for Jazz; Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
Khloe Chen (Senior, Best of Festival for Rags, alternate; Teacher: Frances Goei)
David Thomas (Senior, Best of Festival for Rags; Teacher: Laurie McFarland)

Thanks to EMTA members Marie-Wollam Mergler, Valerie Gathright, and Cathy Baylor for organizing this wonderful concert and festival and also to the many other volunteers.