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Senior Piano Concerto Competition: Honorable Mention
Emily
Nourishirazi,
a 16 year old junior at Boca Raton Community High School. She has been
playing piano for nine years, and has been studying with Dr. Irena
Kofman for the past three years. Under the strong guidance of her
teacher, she has won numerous awards across the counties, including the
Miami International Competition, the Palm Beach County Music Teacher
Association Competition, the Broward County Music Teacher Association
Competition, the Pompano Competition which also includes the Young
Virtuoso Scholarship Award from the Steinway Gallery for a distinguished
performance and several more. Recently, she also won the Ars Flores
Concerto Competition which awarded her the opportunity to perform with
the Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra. During the summer of 2009, she
participated in FAU’s Tops Music camp, and then in the summer of 2010
took part in the University of Miami Young Musicians’ Camp which focused
on chamber music. Besides playing the piano, she works as a piano
teacher for a 13 year old and also a 6 year old. She plans on continuing
her passion by majoring in music performance and pedagogy, as she enjoys
sharing the culture and gratification of music with others.
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