Each spring, Center for Musical Arts students prepare auditions for the Honors Recital with the help of their teachers. This year’s Honors Recital will occur online; the recital will be streamed live from the Center for Musical Arts and will be available beginning at 2 pm on Sunday, May 2. (Watch this space for a link.)

Participating Judges

Piano/Voice:
🎵 Bob Spillman | Professor Emeritus, CU College of Music

Strings:
🎵 Anne Beer | Violinist, President of the Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts’ Board of Directors

Winds:
🎵 Peggy Bruns | Flutist, Co-Founder of the Center for Musical Arts

2021 Performers & Repertoire (subject to change)

🎵 Greta Richardson, Harp | Marcel Grandjany, Aria in Classic Style
student of Carolyn Kuban

🎵 Emma Putnam, Violin | Suzuki, Perpetual Motion
student of Lindsie Katz

🎵 Adi Coleman, Voice | Frank Churchill, “Baby Mine” from Dumbo
student of Dianela Acosta

🎵 Eita Ishikawa, Piano | Scott Joplin /Arr. Allan Small, Maple Leaf Rag
student of Deborah Schmit-Lobis

🎵 Rose Paine, Voice | Yosef Hadar, Erev Shel Shoshanim
student of Faye Nepon

🎵 Graeme Appel, Guitar | Heitor Villa-Lobos, Choros No.1
student of Michael Quam

🎵 Connor Lockridge, Piano | Connor Lockridge, Bellows (composed for organ)
student of Deborah Schmit-Lobis

🎵 Faith Horn, Voice | Gabriel Fauré, Chanson d´Amour
student of Dianela Acosta

🎵 Liam Dols, Piano | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Solfeggietto
student of Deborah Schmit-Lobis

🎵 John Frye, Voice | Alan Menken, “Evermore” from Beauty and the Beast
student of Alex Sierra

🎵 Jordan Schatz, Piano | Frédéric Chopin, Waltz in B minor
student of Deborah Schmit-Lobis

🎵 Jennifer Peralta, Voice | Harvey Schmidt, “Much More” from The Fantasticks
student of Alex Sierra

🎵 Matt Winter, Euphonium | G. Balay, Petite Piece Concertante
student of Steve Foreman

🎵 Temple and Charles Meloche, Voice | Mel Brooks, “Together Again” from Young Frankenstein
students of Alex Sierra