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2007 Keyboard Contest Winners!!! -0.6-.2007 Our third annual Elements Amazing Keyboard Competition is complete! Our special guest judge Herman Jackson (keyboardist for American Idol) along with former Elements student Steve Gamo and director of operations Lori Passante had their hands full as 20 awesome keyboardists went head to head for the grand prize of a Yamaha SGX 500 eighty-eight key keyboard. The competition was stiff, but in the end, the winner was 4th grader Jacob Berger of Cherokee elementary school, who played The Nutcracker March, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nacthmusic, and Burgmuller's Arabesque, all after just 30 weeks of keyboard club! Second prize, and a Casio WK 3700 keyboard, went to Min Kwon, a 6th grader from Arrowhead Elementary, who played The Entertainer Rag, The Pink Panther, and A Little Night Music. Third prize went to 2nd grader Christian Leber of Hopi, who played For Elise, The Entertainer, and Arabesque. Also, 2nd year student Aaron Chen, a second grader from Cherokee, won first prize in the open competition, for 2nd and 3rd year students. He played Clementi's Sonatina in C Op. 36, number 1, as well as Scherzo by Von Weber and and Ballade by Burgmuller. 2nd prize went to Dillon Schulz, a 4th grader from Cherokee, who played 100 Years from Five for Fighting, Blue Charlie Brown by Vince Guiraldi, and Bach's awesome Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor. Third prize went to the amazing Drew Stanton, 5th grader at Hopi, who played Bach's Invention in C Major, Clementi Op. 36 number 3, (the harder sonatina in C) and offered a blazing version of Khatchaturian's Sonatina. Congratulations to everyone who participated!!! 2007 Keyboard Contest Finals -0.6-.2007 Congratulations to all who participated in the semi-final round of the Elements Amazing Keyboard Contest. The championship will be June 16th, 1:00 pm at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel in Phoenix. Our special guest judge will be none other than the keyboardist for America's most popular television show, the maestro Herman Jackson!!! In addition to his work with American Idol, Herman has recorded and performed with a virtual who's who of music, including Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Outkast and many more!!! This contest will be our best yet, so make sure you keep practicing! Keyboard Club 2006!!! -0.8-.2006 Our 9th year of keyboard club will be our best yet! The website has just been updated with a ton of hot new songs, mp3 clips, downloads, etc etc... As always, club size is limited so make sure you register early to ensure you get in on the fun!!! 2006 Keyboard Contest Winners! -0.6-.2006 Congratulations to all of the incredible musicians who participated in the Elements Amazing Keyboard Contest; this year was our strongest field yet! First prize (and the totally cool Casio WK32000 keyboard) went to the amazing keyboardist Aaron Chen, 1st grade from Cherokee Elementary, who played Beethoven's For Elise, Mozart's Turkish Rondo, and A Little Night Music. 2nd prize, and a CTK 491 Keyboard, went to Sarah Reyes, 6th grader from Arrowhead, who played the Moonlight Sonata, Bach's Minuet in G, and the Turkish Rondo.

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