Young musicians prepare to play with Henderson orchestra
Four youths from the Las Vegas Valley have been selected to perform with the Henderson Symphony Orchestra in its annual Young Artists Concert March 30.
The winners of the symphony's Young Artist Competition in the Junior Division for grades 6-8 are seventh-graders Nikita Haduong, a violinist who attends Del Webb Middle School, and pianist Tussah Heera, a home-schooled student. The winners in the Senior Division for grades 9-12 are cellist Shana Kim, a sophomore at The Meadows School, and violinist Tena Shizuma, a senior at the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Visual and Performing Arts.
For the concert, Shana will perform Saens Concerto Op. 33, first movement; Tussah will perform Mozart's piano Concerto in D, first movement; Tena will perform Glazounow Violin Concerto in A Minor Op. 82, the first and second movements; and Nikita will perform Lalo's Symphony Espagnole Op. 21, second movement.
Taras Krysa will conduct the winners and the Henderson Symphony Orchestra at 2 p.m. March 30 at the Henderson Pavilion, 200 S. Water St. Admission is free. For more information, call 267-2171.
In other youth news:
• A four-member team from Moapa Valley High School won first place in the culinary competition at the sixth annual ProStart Student Invitational Feb. 22. Carson City High School placed second with Las Vegas High School and Regional Technical Institute of Reno finishing third and fourth respectively.
In the management competition, Carson City won first place and Moapa Valley finished second followed by Regional Tech in third and Coronado High School in fourth place.
Individual winners included Alex Shurtlift of Moapa Valley, who won first place in the knife skills contest, with Houston Costa of Moapa Valley placing third. Reanna Urena of Spring Valley High School won the cake decorating contest with Everett Wilkes of Silverado tying for third place and Will Warning of Silverado finishing in fourth place.
More than 200 juniors and seniors from Nevada took part in the competition, which was judged by 23 chefs and industry experts.
The top teams in the culinary and management competitions advance to the finals April 24-26 in San Diego.
• Kevin Kowalski, a senior at The Meadows School, was named one of two Nevada recipients of the 2007-08 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement. Shankari Rajagopal of Fallon was the other Nevada recipient. The award is given to students in each state based on their performance in the science and math courses of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. Kowalski will receive a $2,000 scholarship.
• A poem written by Hannah Leavitt, a fourth-grader at the Alexander Dawson School, is published in the March issue of "Highlights for Children." Hannah's poem, "The Scientist," is featured in the "Your Own Pages" section of the magazine.
If you know of a worthy candidate for this column, mail information to Youth Spotlight, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070, or send faxes to 383-4676.
