Violist Yong-Ha Jung, a Flower Mound High School junior, won first place in the 2017 Schmidbauer Young Artist Competition at Stephen F. Austin State University. The strings and piano competition offers a unique performance opportunity for young musicians, offering prizes that include cash awards, scholarship incentives from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Music and performance opportunities with orchestras. Pictured following this year's event are, from left, Chloe Trevor and James Cho, adjudicators; Claire Wells, second prize; Yong-Ha Jung, first prize; Richard Lee, adjudicator; Jason Wang, finalist; Scott Shattuck, associate dean, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ College of Fine Arts; Jiaming Zhang, finalist; Sai Sai Ding, third prize; Dr. Gary Wurtz, director, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Music; and Dr. Gene Moon, competition chairman and director of orchestras at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.
Axe ’Em, Jacks!
Violist Yong-Ha Jung, a Flower Mound High School junior, won first place in the 2017 Schmidbauer Young Artist Competition at Stephen F. Austin State University. The strings and piano competition offers a unique performance opportunity for young musicians, offering prizes that include cash awards, scholarship incentives from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Music and performance opportunities with orchestras. Pictured following this year's event are, from left, Chloe Trevor and James Cho, adjudicators; Claire Wells, second prize; Yong-Ha Jung, first prize; Richard Lee, adjudicator; Jason Wang, finalist; Scott Shattuck, associate dean, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ College of Fine Arts; Jiaming Zhang, finalist; Sai Sai Ding, third prize; Dr. Gary Wurtz, director, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Music; and Dr. Gene Moon, competition chairman and director of orchestras at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.