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Duo & Song Winners Recital Finale
- Fri, Aug 8, 2025
- 7:30 PM
- 7-17s Ticket: $0 | Individual Ticket: $10-70
- Lobero Theatre
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Celebrate with us as the 2025 Summer Music Festival’s prize-winning artists from the Marilyn Horne Song Competition and Duo Competition display their virtuosic artistry in three mini-recitals.
Program
MARINA DRANISHNIKOVA Poem for Oboe and Piano
ANTAL DORÁTI Duo Concertante for Oboe and Piano
Lento, rubato
Molto vivace
Jamie Yoojin Lee oboe, Lydia Ai-ling Yu piano
MAURICE RAVEL selections from Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
“Chanson romanesque”
“Chanson épique”
“Chanson à boire”
LORI LAITMAN “The Apple Orchard”
JOHANNES BRAHMS “Wenn ich mit menschen und mit Engelzungen” from Vier ernste Gesänge
RICHARD STRAUSS “Zueignung” from 8 Gedichte aus ‘Letzte Blätter’, Op. 10, No. 1
Jack Burrows baritone, Tony Stauffer piano
INTERMISSION
ERNEST BLOCH “Prayer” from From Jewish Life
BRAHMS Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano in F Major, Op. 99
Mia Kim Bernard cello, Amber Ginmi Scherer piano
Artists

Jack Burrows
Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winner, baritone
ABOUT
Fellow
2024, 2025
Age
23
Birthplace
Seattle, Washington
School/Professional Affiliation
Pacific Lutheran University
Compeers
Robert Howell Wilk and Erik Wilk, Christine Holland
Scholarship
The Léni Fé Bland Endowed Scholarship in Voice
Music Academy Award
2025 Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winner
JACK BURROWS ('24) 23, born in Seattle, Washington, completed his bachelor's degree at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), studying with Holly Boaz. The returning Music Academy alum won the Angela Meade Competition in 2023. Roles include Paris in Roméo et Juliette with Vashon Opera, and King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors with PLU Opera.
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Tony Stauffer
Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winner, piano
ABOUT
Fellow
2024, 2025
Age
28
Birthplace
Orthez, Pyrénées atlantiques, France
School/Professional Affiliation
University of Montreal
Compeers
Todd Yancey and David Denniston
Scholarship
The Mary A. Kana Endowed Scholarship in Solo Piano
Music Academy Award
2025 Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winner
TONY STAUFFER ('24) 28, born in Orthez, France, has recently completed his degree at the University of Montreal, studying with Francis Perron and Liz Upchurch. He has performed in vocal recitals at the University of Montreal and McGill University, and will join the Opéra de Montréal's Young Artist Program as a répétiteur and vocal coach this August.
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Mia Kim Bernard
Duo Competition Winner, Strings, cello
ABOUT
Fellow
2025
Age
20
Birthplace
Hoboken, New Jersey
School/Professional Affiliation
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Patty Jacquemin
Scholarship
The Gabor Rejto Endowed Scholarship in Cello
Music Academy Award
2025 Duo Competition Winner
MIA KIM BERNARD 20, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, recently completed her bachelor's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Astrid Schween. She has performed as a soloist with the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, and as a section member with the Juilliard Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. She was a 2024 fellow at The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
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Amber Ginmi Scherer
Duo Competition Winner, Strings, piano
ABOUT
Fellow
2025
Age
28
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
School/Professional Affiliation
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Caryl Crahan
Scholarship
The Ann Jackson Family Foundation Scholarship in Collaborative Piano
Music Academy Award
2025 Duo Competition Winner
AMBER GINMI SCHERER 28, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is earning her Doctor of Musical Arts at The Juilliard School, studying with Jonathan Feldman and Lydia Brown. She won the 2024 Federation of Art-Song Fellowship Competition and the Juilliard Vocal Arts Honors Auditions, and is a Piano Faculty member at Brooklyn Music School.
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Jamie Yoojin Lee
Duo Competition Winner, Winds & Brass, oboe
ABOUT
Fellow
2025
Age
24
Birthplace
New York, New York
School/Professional Affiliation
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Pamela and John Johnston
Scholarship
The Menk Family Trust Endowed Scholarship in Oboe
Music Academy Award
2025 Duo Competition Winner
JAMIE YOOJIN LEE 24, born in New York, New York, completed her master's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Elaine Douvas. She won the 2020 Dong-A Music Competition and the 2017 Japan Wind and Percussion Competition. She has performed with the Juilliard Orchestra, Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, and Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Lydia Ai-ling Yu
Duo Competition Winner, Winds & Brass, piano
ABOUT
Fellow
2025
Age
26
Birthplace
Taipei, Taiwan
School/Professional Affiliation
Indiana University
Compeers
Linda and Bob Van Buren, Evie Vesper and Steve Powell, Marilyn Zellet
Scholarship
The Mercedes H. Eichholz Endowed Scholarship in Collaborative Piano
Music Academy Award
2025 Duo Competition Winner
LYDIA AI-LING YU 26, born in Taipei, Taiwan, is earning her Doctor of Musical Arts at Indiana University Bloomington, studying with Anne Epperson. She has performed in her first-year DMA recital and other degree recitals at University, and was a 2024 Bowdoin Music Festival Collaborative Piano Fellow.
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