Ms. Morley has performed in Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, and has been featured as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony, and Mormon Tabernacle Choir.   She won 1st Place in the Licia Albanese - Puccini Competition of 2006.

 

Crawford Gates

Dr. Gates has written 867 musical works in all media, especially including major stage works and a number of large orchestral works. His works have been recorded by the Utah Symphony and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He is published by Hal Leonard, Southern Music, Kjos, etc. He taught at both Eastman School of Music and Brigham Young University. His most widely performed works have been the Utah Centennial Musical play Promised Valley (1947, with three weeks of performance in U of U stadium). Since then, this work has been played on five continents and in six languages, with a 19 year summer run (1967-1985) in two theaters built in downtown Salt Lake especially for its performances.

 

Mindy Chen

Born in 1996, Mindy Chen, a six grader from Fremont, California, is currently a scholarship student at the Preparatory Division of San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She started playing the violin at the age of four, made her first concert appearance in the same year, and won her first violin competition at the age of seven.

 

Stephen Beus

“Mesmerizing... explosive... intelligent... he belongs on the world stage” (Salt Lake Tribune). American pianist Stephen Beus is recognized as one of the most promising pianists of his generation. In the space of four months, Mr. Beus won first prize in the 2006 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, first place in the Vendome Prize International Competition (Lisbon) and he was awarded the Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association (Indianapolis).