FROM CITY PRESS RELEASE: The winners of the 8^th Annual Young Artist Awards will be presented in concert at the Arts Barn on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.  Sponsored by the City of Gaithersburg and the Kentlands Community Foundation, the Young Artist Award is a juried competition providing talented musicians ages 12 to 18 with an enriching artistic experience.  The Arts Barn is located at 311 Kent Square Road.

Tickets for the concert are $10 for residents and $12 for nonresidents and may be purchased in advance by calling the Arts Barn at 301-258-6394 or online at www.gaithersburgmd.gov using RecXpress.

Winners of the 2011 awards include:
Piano Category
First Place – Lillian Gao, North Potomac, MD
Second Place – Paul Elhallal, Gaithersburg, MD
Third Place- Christopher Wong, Gaithersburg, MD

Vocal Category
First Place – Emily Samuelson, soprano, Gaithersburg, MD
Second Place – Christopher Wolf, tenor, Gaithersburg, MD
Third Place – Madeline Jentsch, soprano, Gaithersburg, MD 

String Category
First Place – Julianna Hsing, violin, Potomac, MD
Second Place – Teresa Lewandowski, violin, Gaithersburg, MD
Third Place – Daniel Bogachek, violin, Gaithersburg, MD

Wind/Brass Category
First Place – Elena Olshin, flute, Rockville, MD
Second Place - Daniel Watson, clarinet, Damascus, MD
Third Place – Ariana Yeatts-Lonske, French horn, Rockville, MD

Honorable Mentions
Jessica Liu, piano, Bethesda, MD
Jeffrey Yang, piano, Rockville, MD
Georgia Mills, piano, Bethesda, MD
George Schwartz, piano, Manassas, VA
Shaina Martinez, soprano, Germantown, MD
Tingrui Zhao, violin, Kensington, MD
Raymond Lin, cello, Gaithersburg, MD
Annie Fang, flute, Potomac, MD