Priscila Navarro and Paul Wright

Byrd Piano Ensemble: Collegiate Division: Winners

Priscila Navarro and Paul Wright

Priscila Navarro is currently a 16-year-old freshman Piano Performance Major studying with Dr. Michael Baron at the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. She started her piano studies at the age of 9, at the National Conservatory of Music of Peru, under the guidance of Professor Lydia Hung. She received the academic excellence award there for 6 years, and the first place in her level of studies. She was selected by audition to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru, from 2006 to 2009. In 2007 she won the National Concerto Competition in Lima, Peru. She attended "International Institute for Young Musicians”, Kansas, in 2008. In 2009 she was awarded the Maddy Summer Artist Award, for being one of the best 15 soloists out of 700, at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, Michigan. She won the Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto, in the Concerto class, and was awarded a special scholarship. Priscila is currently the winner of the MTNA Piano Competitions for both solo and piano duets for the State of Florida and the winner of the Regional Competitions. 

Paul Wright is an 18-year-old freshman scholarship student at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Bower School of Music majoring in piano performance.  A native of Colorado Springs, CO, Paul has been studying piano since 2006 with Dr. Michael Baron, Head of Keyboard Studies at the Bower School of Music at FGCU. 

Paul recently won the Music Teachers National Association Competition in the Piano Duet Division for the state of Florida and then went on to win the Regional Competition, competing against the winners of nine other states. He was the Senior Division winner of the 2009 MTNA Senior Piano Competition for the state of Colorado.

Paul has also recently won several other competitions resulting in performances as concerto soloist with the Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra in Fort Lauderdale, as well as with the Breckenridge Festival Orchestra in Colorado, amongst several other orchestras performing several different concerti.

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