The Conservatory is proud to announce that the following 21 students have been selected to perform at the “Sounds of Excellence Concert” to be held in the Rendell Room at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on Friday, March 15^th from 7:30-10:00 p.m.:

• Jason Chen (piano)                          
• Jessica Du (piano)
• Alison Farrell (piano)                      
• Oliver Hu (piano)
• Susan Liu (piano)                             
• Avery Lynch (piano)
• Ashley Rutherford (voice)              
• Amine Sahmoud (violin)
• Justin Sood (percussion)                 
• Carolyn Taylor (piano)
• Madelyn Taylor (piano)                  
• Peter Taylor (piano)
• Magda Videva (cello)                                   
• Crystal Wang (piano)
• Ethan Wang (violin)
• Gillis Wang (violin)
• Kathryn Wang (violin)                     
• Danielle Wolf (voice)
• Gabrielle Wolf (voice)                     
• Tori Yohe (piano)
• Esther Zhitomirsky (piano)

Students were selected through audition and awards will be given to each individual performer.  In addition, 17 faculty members will be performing in the concert:

• Joseph Arnold (violin)                     
• Katherine Bigos (piano)
• Michelle Cosgrove (flute)                
• Steve Duffy (piano)
• Tim Farrell (guitar)                         
• Patrick Fink (piano)
• Charlie Forbes (cello)                      
• Bill Gottshall (piano)
• Susan Halteman (trumpet)             
• Joy Keener (voice)
• Faye Meyer (voice)                          
• Chris Mood (guitar)
• Jessica Renfro (voice)                      
• Olga Smirnova (piano)                    
• Valeria Sorokovskaja (piano)
• Albena Stoykova (violin)                 
• Michael Strauss (viola)

"This year is The Conservatory’s 25th anniversary, and this is a wonderful way of kicking off the year’s celebration,” said Chris Dwyer, The Conservatory’s executive director.  “We have amazing talent here among our students and faculty, and we are so pleased to be able to showcase them in such a impressive venue,”  he added.

Founded in 1988, The Conservatory is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious arts school of its kind in Bucks County – offering high-caliber group and individual programs in music, art and drama.  The Doylestown non-profit organization is unique in that it seeks to make participation in the arts available to all members of the community, regardless of their circumstance in life, income, age, background or ability/disability.