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NMI gets at least 10 awards at TBMF
The annual Tumon Bay Music Festival concluded over the weekend with Saipan getting at least 10 awards after besting some participating Guam schools.
The 2019 TBMF last Saturday concluded with the announcement of a tie for the top award, the Sweepstakes Trophy: the Okkodo High School band of Guam as directed by Maximo Ronquillo and Stringstars, which is directed by Ao Zhang.
The Mount Carmel School Concert Band, directed by Julian Greening, got the silver award for the Band and Orchestra festival during the second day and tied with Guam’s L.P. Untalan Middle School Band and St. John’s School String Orchestra. Guam’s Guam Adventist Academy Handbell Choir got gold.
Marianas High School Band, as directed by David Frahm, was able to grab gold on the first day of the Band and Orchestra Festival and tied with Guam’s Harvest Christian Academy High School band, directed by Andrew Dongon; the Harvest Christian Academy High School Orchestra, directed by Kelly Schlarb; and the Harvest Christian Academy School Symphony Orchestra, directed by both Dongon and Schlarb.
The MHS Glee Club Rhythm n’ Harmony was able to get gold for the Choral Festival during the second day with the direction of Clarisse Torio, who is also a student at MHS.
Saipan Tribune learned last week that Saipan-based music school Yonsei Academy was able to get a total of eight awards—seven gold and a silver—for piano performances and one violin performance.
Hans Xu, Ruby Zhang, Jemima Lin, Jennifer Woo, Sua Kim, Judy Liang, and Kate Ishida were the seven students under the Yonsei Academy. One student, according to a press release from the school, was left unnamed.
The Yonsei Academy students are also students from several schools on Saipan, including Grace Christian Academy, Agape Christian School, MHS, and MCS.
Four students, Lin, Zhang, Woo, and the unnamed student, participated in the TBMF for the first time, according to the music school.
