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2008 Sejong Music Competition
November 16 (Sunday), 2008
Co-sponsored by The Korea Times Chicago & Piano Forte Chicago

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4th Annual Sejong Music Competition Winners Concert and Award Ceremony
January 13, 2008, Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago

Photo by Myong Suk Suh
(Competition on 11/18/2007 at UIC, Winners Concert on 1/13/2008 at Ganz Hall)

Photo from the
4th Annual Sejong Music Competition Award Ceremony and Winners Concert, Jan 13, 2008, Ganz Hall, Chicago

newspaper articles: 1/15/08 1/17/08

video clips from the Winners Concert

Concert Program Book

Congratulations !

4th Annual Sejong Music Competition Winners (Nov 18. 2007)

Piano		Senior Division	Junior Division
	1st Place	Paul Juhn	None

Violin		Senior Division	Junior Division
	1st Place	Samantha Bennett	Gallia Kastner

Cello		Senior Division
	1st Place	Benjamin Lash
Click here for a complete Winners List

Past Winners

- 2007 -

2007 Piano:
Senior: 1st-Paul Juhn (Emilio del Rosario) Mundelein, IL, 2nd-Alice Huang (Shu-Ching Chung) Verona, WI , 3rd-Matthew Sun-Oo Scherer (Soo Lee) Winnetka, IL
Junior: 1st-None, 2nd-Susie Lee (Emilio del Rosario) Naperville, IL & Dhongkyu Yoon (Dr Michael Thiele) Brookfield, WI, 3rd-Emma Michalak (Soo Lee) Evanston, IL

2007 Violin:
Senior: 1st-Samantha Bennett (Almita Vamos / Marko Dreher) Evanston, IL , 2nd-Shelley Liu (Almita Vamos) Winnetka, IL , 3rd-Hannah Selonick (Desiree Ruhstrat) Evanston, IL
Junior: 1st-Gallia Kastner (Almita Vamos / Marko Dreher) Arlington Heights, IL , 2nd-Susie Koh (Almita Vamos / Marko Dreher) Buffalo Grove, IL, 3rd-Connie Liou (Julie Maura) Elk Grove Village, IL

2007 Cello:
Senior: 1st-Benjamin Lash (Tanya Carey) Evanston, IL , 2nd-Jessica Cho (David Cunliffe) Glenview, IL , 3rd-None

- 2006 -

2006 Piano:
Senior: 1st- Sean Yeh, Libertyville, IL (Emilio Del Rosario) , 2nd-Paul Juhn, Mundelein, IL (Emilio Del Rosario) , 3rd- Yueun Kim, Chicago, IL (Theodore Edel)
Junior: 1st-Lauren Eun Kim, Bannockburn, IL (Emilio Del Rosario), 2nd-Myung Sook Stella Tu, Northbrook, IL (Sueanne Metz) , 3rd-Jonathan Lyu, Vernon Hills, IL (Dr. Sung Hoon Mo)

2006 Violin:
Senior: 1st-Siwoo Kim, Westerville, OH (Almita & Roland Vamos), 2nd-Emily Hyun, Winnetka, IL (Betty Haag-Kuhnke) , 3rd-Ashley Sachay, DeKalb, IL (Desiree Ruhstrat)
Junior: 1st-Laura Park, Palatine, IL (Injoo Choi) , 2nd-George Hyun, Winnetka, IL (Betty Haag-Kuhnke),Erika Gray, Wilmette, IL (Desiree Ruhstrat)

2006 Cello:
Senior: 1st-Mindy Park, Palatine, IL(Haans Jorgen Jensen) , 2nd-Benjamin Lash, Evanston, IL(Tanya Carey), 3rd-Hyunjin Jessica Cho, Glenview, IL (David Cunliffe)

- 2005 -

2005 Piano:
Senior: 1st- none, 2nd- Andrew Kim (Soo Lee), 3rd- none
Junior: 1st- Paul Juhn (Emilio Del Rosario), 2nd- Alice Huang(Shu-Ching Chuang), 3rd- Myung Sook Stella Tu (Sueanne Metz)

2005 Violin:
Senior: 1st- Shawn Moore (Cyrus Forough), 2nd- Yeon Sun Huh (Kyung Sun Lee), 3rd- Ji Yeun Yook (Kyung Sun Lee)
Junior: 1st- Herah Kim (Desiree Ruhstrat), 2nd- Laura Park (Injoo Choi), Jaimie Sachay (Desiree Ruhstrat)

- 2004 -

2004 Piano:
Senior: 1st- Jooeun Shim ( Emilio del Rosario) and Ada Jeon (Sylvia Wang / Soo Young Lee), 2nd- none, 3rd- Jonathan Shih (Cheryl Cheon-Ae Lim)
Junior: 1st- Andrew Yoon (Emilio Del Rosario), 2nd-Paul Juhn (Emilio Del Rosario), 3rd- Alice Choe (Emilio Del Rosario)

2004 Violin:
Senior: 1st- Susan Jang (Almita Vamos) , 2nd- Eun-Hye Dong (Kyung Sun Lee), 3rd- Sang Won Chung (Kyung Sun Lee)
Junior: 1st- Sophia Cho (Almita Vamos), 2nd- Herah Kim (Desiree Ruhstrat), 3rd- Thomas Huntington (Cyrus Forough) and Jaeyon Chung (Gerardo Ribeiro)

Past Sejong Music Competition Archive
Music Competitions
2008	4th Annual Sejong Music Competition Winners Concert and Award Ceremony (January 13, 2008) Winners Concert \| Video Clips Jan 2008 \| Program Book
2007	4th Annual Sejong Music Competition November 18 (Sunday) 2007 Winners List \| Judges \| Korean American TV CH 41 News Clip
2007	3rd Annual Sejong Music Competition Winners Concert and Award Ceremony General Info - January 14, 2007 at Ganz Hall, Chicago \| News Article \| Program Book images \| Video Clips \|
2006	3rd Annual Sejong Music Competition Competition Rules (11/19/2006) \| Winners' List \| Judges \| News Articles \| Winners Concert (1/14/2007)
2005	2nd Annual Sejong Music Competition Competition Rules (11/13/2005) \| Winners List \| Judges \| Winners Concert (1/15/2006)
2004	1st Annual Sejong Music Competition Competition Rules (11/14/2004)\| Winners' List \| Judges \| Winners Concert (1/15/2005)

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