Gloriana Wolf
About the Artist
A highly versatile musician, Gloriana Wolf is equally comfortable performing solo repertoire as she is in musical collaboration. This season Gloriana was a prize winner in the St. Paul Piano Teachers Association and Music Association of Minnetonka competitions. Last season she was a prize winner in the Thursday Musical solo competition and the La Crosse (WI) Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, placing second and third respectively. Gloriana has participated in the Young Artist World Piano Festival for five years, and in the International Institute for Young Musicians. She has also studied and performed chamber music for six years at the Stringwood Summer Festival and as a member of the Artaria Chamber Music School during the school year, collaborating on piano, violin, and viola. Gloriana graduated from Breck School and will be attending the Butler School of Music, University of Texas - Austin in the fall, as a student of Anton Nel. Currently, Gloriana is a student of Dr. Joseph Zins.
Gloriana would like to thank her family and friends for their constant love and support, her teachers--particularly Dr. Joseph Zins for his artistry, wisdom, patience, perseverance, and loving guidance.
Accomplishments
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Clear Creek Music Festival – Student Recitals. Private study with Gregory Allen. Halfway, Oregon. July, 2016.
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Alternate – The International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) International Competition. June, 2016.
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Honorable Mention - Thursday Musical Young Artist Scholarship Competition, High School Division. March, 2016.
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Guest Artist Recital - China Service Ventures Benefit Concert. Minneapolis, MN. March, 2016.
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Winner, Third Place – St. Paul Piano Teachers (SPPTA) Concerto Competition. December, 2015.
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Winner, Third Place – Music Association of Minnetonka Young Artist Concerto Competition. Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2015.
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Seminar in Piano Pedagogy – Assistant to Dr. Zins’ Seminar on The Salient Components of Artistic Expression. The University of St. Thomas Summer Workshops in Piano Pedagogy. St. Paul. August 5, 2015.
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IIYM (The International Institute for Young Musicians). Honors Recital; Student Recital; private studies and studio classes with John McCarthy and Chenggan Yang. University of Kansas, Lawrence. July, 2015.
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Selected by Audition – The E-Piano Junior Festival Master Class with Gabriel Kwok. June 2015.
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IIYM Scholarship – International Institute for Young Musicians(IIYM) Scholarship to study at the institute’s summer academy. University of Kansas, Lawrence. May 2015.
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Schubert Club Grant - $1,000. Grant to Study at the International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) Summer Academy. University of Kansas, Lawrence. May 2015.
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Guest Artist – American Association of University Women (AAUW). April, 2015.
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Winner, Second Place – Thursday Musical Young Artist Scholarship Competition, High School Division. March, 2015.
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Honorable Mention – Minneapolis Music Teachers Forum Mozart Piano Concerto Competition. January, 2015.
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Winner, Third Place - The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra’s Rising Stars Concerto Competition. January, 2015.