Fourteen-‐year old Sterling Elliott began his cello studies at the age
of three under the direction of Suzuki Cello teacher Susan Hines.
Sterling, the youngest of 3 siblings, did not originally want to play
the cello; he wanted to play the violin like his older brother and
sister. After a bit of encouragement, he made The Elliott Family String
Quartet perfect by learning to play the cello. Sterling performs
frequently with his siblings and mother in the Elliott Family
Quartet/Trio.
2nd Place: Mira Williams - viola
Mira Williams, 15, studies viola with Marko Dreher. Under the baton of
James Setapen, Mira is principal violist for the Academy of the Music
Institute of Chicago, a pre-college program for gifted, young musicians.
She has been a William Warfield Scholar at the Academy from 2009 to the
present. Mira performs regularly with Academy members and has
participated in master classes and private lessons with Almita and
Roland Vamos, Kirsten Docter, Heidi Castleman, Rachel Barton Pine, Steve
Tenenbom, Mark Jackobs, Caroline Coade, Jeffrey Irvine, Roberto Diaz,
David Bowlin, Paul Neubauer, and Robert Rozek, who called her “a big
international talent with world class instincts.”
3rd Place: Hannah White - violin
Hannah, age 13, has been playing the violin seven years. A fellow, she
is in her fourth year as merit scholarship recipient and member of the
Music Institute of Chicago's Academy, a pre-college training program for
highly gifted musicians where she studies with MIC artist faculty
members Dr. Hye-Sun Lee and Almita Vamos. Hannah is also a recipient of
the William Warfield Memorial Scholarship.
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