{"id":247999,"date":"2017-03-09T06:06:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=247999"},"modified":"2017-03-09T06:06:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:06:46","slug":"doremi-wins-2-gold-4-silver-tbmf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/doremi-wins-2-gold-4-silver-tbmf\/","title":{"rendered":"Doremi wins 2 gold, 4 silver at TBMF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of the Doremi Music School group \u201cString Stars\u201d pose for a picture with pianist Cameron Fruit, front, leftmost, and instructor Ao Zhang, front, far right. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Saipan-based music school won first place, one gold, and four silver medals on Monday during the continuation of Guam\u2019s Tumon Bay Music Festival.<\/p>\n

A group called \u201cString Stars\u201d\u2014composed of Doremi Music School students from Saipan and Guam\u2014won gold at the festival in their first ever collaboration.<\/p>\n

The Saipan students are Kevin Liang, Judy Kim, Kate Ishida, Jinju Thompson, Alan Yu, Alexander Chen, Timothy Park, and Daniel Bae.<\/p>\n

Guam Doremi students include Aprile Kim, Justine Xu, Shaun Wu, Rachel Seo, Claire Yi, Irene Ko, and Marsh Zhang.<\/p>\n

The group, which consisted of 15 students overall, played Bach\u2019s intricate Concerto for Two Violins, first movement violins 1 and 2. The piece divides the group into two groups led by Mount Carmel School\u2019s Judy Kim and Saipan Community School\u2019s Alan Yu.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel fantastic. I think it\u2019s our last year to go as a group because I am not sure if I would be able to join next year,\u201d said Kim.<\/p>\n

Yu is especially thankful to his teachers, Ao Zhang and Yi Wang.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs leader of the group, including everyone here and on Guam, I would really like to thank our instructors. If it weren\u2019t for our instructors, we wouldn\u2019t be where we are today. They made it possible for us to put such a difficult piece together,\u201d said Yu.<\/p>\n

The group also had Cameron Fruit as the groups\u2019 pianist.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a very good pianist,\u201d said Zhang.<\/p>\n

Zhang said the Saipan group practiced separately from the Guam group. The whole group had little time to prepare as a whole, but still pulled off the win at the TBMF.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe practiced a lot separately. When we got to Guam, that was the only time we got to practice as a whole and we succeeded,\u201d said Zhang.<\/p>\n

Several members of the group were able to bag medals for solo performances. <\/p>\n

Dandan Middle School\u2019s Kevin Lian won gold for his solo performance, while Grace Christian Academy\u2019s Jinju Thompson, Marianas High School\u2019s Kate Ishida and Alexander Chen, and Saipan International School\u2019s Timothy Park each won silver medals for their solo performances, totaling one gold and four silver medals.<\/p>\n

The Doremi School has been winning at least one gold medal for either group or solo performances at the TBMF since 2009. Keeping the streak alive, the String Stars won gold for 2017 and even set a milestone as being their first time to collaborate with Doremi students from Guam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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