Winners named in piano competition

Published 4:43 pm Friday, April 22, 2011

Winners have been named in the 15th annual Helen Crowe Snelling Memorial Awards piano competition, sponsored by the Sammamish Music Club.

Twenty-one students from Sammamish and Issaquah participated in the two divisions, which was held March 13 at Pine Lake Covenant Church.

Level 1 (ages 12-14)

Ethan Chau, 1st Place (Khim Chau, teacher)

Menglan Ji, 2nd Place (Joyce Tang)

Gordon Lee, 3rd Place (Selina Chu)

Rebecca Xie, HM (Joyce Tang)

Brian Callans, HM (Scott Reed)

Level 2 (ages 15-18)

Tyler Yen, 1st Place (Sondra Hopper, teacher)

Tom Ostrander, 2nd place (Sondra Hopper)

LinLin Xing, 3rd Place (Joyce Tang)

Jim Blackett, HM (Scott Reed)

Nirapama Suneel, HM (Selina Chu)