Dr. Ross Salvosa received RAVE REVIEWS by the participants and the teachers at the 2023 EMTA Time Era Festival. All the pianists performed their Baroque/Rococo time period pieces and everyone received an educational, one on one verbal feedback by the adjudicator. Dr. Ross Salvosa was impressed with the level of preparation and performance quality by ALL the EMTA pianists! He commended the teachers repeatedly for their role in preparing the students for this annual music festival. Dr. Ross Salvosa presented EXCELLENT performers with a GOLD SEAL. In addition, Dr. Ross awarded the following people below with Gold Medals for exceptional preparation and presentation. Best of Festival recipients will perform at the end of the year at the EMTA Best of Festival Gala Concert. 

6 AND UNDER:

Hudson Chang, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Luoyuchen Zeng, Gold Medal (Teacher: Mariya Koshkina)

Cailey Wie, Gold Medal (Teacher: Allan Park)

Eliana Cho, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Lena Waggoner, Gold Medal (Teacher: Mariya Koshkina)

AGES 7-8

Yuxin Sun, Gold Medal, Best of Festival Award (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Kinsley Cao, Gold Medal (Teacher: Tanya Otto)

Ava Hakami, Gold Medal (Teacher: Mariya Koshkina)

AGE 9

Miyako Berman, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

May Xu, Gold Medal (Teacher: Tanya Otto)

Julian Tang, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

YuYan Perrie Lam, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Luoyuluo Zeng, Gold Medall (Teacher: Mariya Koshkina)

Aisha Beydoun, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

AGE 10

Xiwen Hu, Gold Medal (Teacher: Shaoming Greene)

Brandon Yang, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Lillian Mergler, Gold Medal (Teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler)

AGE 11

Yiling Sun, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Gavin Xi, Gold Medal, Best of Festival Award (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Qiancang Dai, Gold Medal (Teacher: Shaoming Greene)

AGE 12

Jozef Kocaj, Gold Medal  (Teacher: Roxanne Kar)

Jaden Shan, Gold Medal  (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Joyce Ye, Gold Medal, Best of Festival Award (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Emily Shen, Gold Medal (Teacher:Marie Wollam-Mergler)

AGE 13

Isabel Yang, Gold Medal, Best of Festival Award (Teacher: Shaoming Greene)

Alexander Vollmer, Gold Medal, Best of Festival Award (Teacher: Allan Park)

AGE 14

Radmila Sabirova, Gold Medal, Best of Festival Award (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

AGES 15, 16

Allison Lin, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Courtney Tam, Gold Medal (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

AGE 17

Echo Vance, Gold Medal, Best of Festival Award (Teacher: Laurie McFarland)

Minjae Kim, Gold Medal, Best of Festival Award (Teacher: Allan Park)

Ryan Chung, Gold Medal, Best of Festival Award (Teacher: Allan Park)