What some of our past winner are doing now!
Last Researched
Year Winner
Division
10.14 1997 Grand
Piano Mandy Kung
Name City
School Link
Today
Houston
Moores School of Music at the University of Houston
http://www.sasofa.org/faculty.htm
Director, Piano Instructor, St. Andrew School of Fine Arts
10.14 1997 Grand
Strings Stirling Trent
Julliard, SMU, Univ. of So. California
Colleyville
http://www.stirlingtrent.com
Violinist and private teacher; faculty, Idyllwild Summer Arts Academy
1997 1st
Winds Shannon Thornton
1998 Grand Prize
Piano Eva Chan
The Colony
Houston
10.14 1999 Grand Prize
Strings Jessica Cheng Arlington
University of So California Thornton School of
Music http://chambermusicstl.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=56 Member, St.
Louis Symphony Orchestra violin section
2000 1st & Grand Prize Piano Joseph Hsieh
Carrollton
2001 Grand Prize
Piano Joey Zhou
Dallas
2002 Grand Prize
Strings Gene Lee
Dallas
10.14 2003 Grand Prize
Piano Jessica Zhu
http://www.jessicazhu.com
Pianist
Sugar Land
2004 Grand Prize
Piano Terry NiPlano
2005 Grand Prize
Strings Michael Li
Plano
2006 Grand Prize
Winds Sunhwa Lee
Carrollton
10.14 2007 Grand Prize
Piano Benjamin Kwak Bellaire
University of Houston
Benjamin’s two passions in life are music and science, and he hopes to pursue a career in medical research
http://www.fbso.org/Press_Release.html?p2_articleid=36
Benjamin Hoykon Kwak listed as graduate at
Brown University May 27, 2012. (Unable to verify if same B. Kwak.)
http://brown.edu/web/documents/commencement-program-2012.pdf
10.14 2008 Grand Prize
Piano Kyle Orth
Richardson
NOTE: there is a Kyle Orth, pianist, born in 1990, with a website, graduate of TCU, experiences in Dallas area. He would
have been 8 years old when winning JMCC. Is this possible?
http://www.kyleorth.com
10.14 2009 Grand Prize
TCU; Julliard
Piano Sahun Hong
Fort Worth
http://www.sahunhongpiano.com/bio/
Lives in Baltimore area now; performing live concerts
10.14 2010 Grand Prize
Lulu Chang
Piano
College Station Dartmouth College
https://www.scribd.com/doc/202328934/Lulu-Chang-Resume
Lulu Chang @luchangluTexas born and bred. @dartmouth '15.
@squarespace marketing. contributor @bustle and formerly of @thenationalmemo.
10.14 2011 Grand Prize
Cello
Russell Houston
Richardson
Northwestern University, Class of 2016 https://twitter.com/cellistrjh
10.14 2012 Grand Prize
Oboe
Jonathan Gentry
Frisco
Student at New England Conservatory of Music http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jonathan-gentry/82/218/934
10.14 2013
Piano J. T. Hassell
Amarillo
junior at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan http://tedx.ttu.edu/jt-hassell.php
10.14 2013 Grand Prize
Violin Christine Wu
Cleveland Institute of Music
https://www.mydso.com/blog/2014/4/22/2014-lynn-harrell-competition-winners.aspx
2013
Clarinet
10.14 2014 Grand Prize
Steven Tai
Plano
Dallas
Piano Patrick Pan
Clear Lake
Unknown
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/bay_area/news/patrick-pan-performs-piano-concerto-with-thehouston-symphony/article_596d25c2-fc8a-59f0-b799-8e53dd5a0321.html
10.14 2014
Cello
Stephen Perkyns
Houston
Stephen plans to pursue a music performance degree after graduation.
http://www.symphonynorth.org/bios/perkyns_2013.aspx
10.14 2014 ClarinetFranklin Jia
Plano
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Domain/2021/NYO-USA_Roster-3-1-2013.pdf
http://www.theleadingtonefoundation.org/our-musicians.html