Hardaway of Fayetteville Winner of Student Soloists Competition

Noah Hardaway, of Fayetteville, was announced as a winner of the Shenandoah Conservatory’s 2024-25 Student Soloists Competition (SSC). The final round of the competition was held on Sunday, April 7, in Armstrong Concert Hall.

Category I winners of the SSC were Gabrielle Gans (violin) and Noah Alden Hardaway (piano), while Category II winners were Jean Lin (piano) and John Tuvera Lim (baritone). They will be featured in performances with the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra throughout the 2024-25 season.

Student Soloists Competition participants performed in preliminary and semifinal rounds judged by the SCC Committee, which featured Shenandoah Conservatory faculty representatives from the Instrumental, Keyboard and Vocal/Choral divisions, as well as Director of Orchestral Studies and Associate Professor of Conducting Emanuele Andrizzi, D.M.A., who also serves as SCC Committee chair. The final round was adjudicated by an all-external jury.

About The Winners

Violinist Gabrielle Gans ‘25 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) studies with Victor Brown Endowed Chair in Violin and Professor of Violin Akemi Takayama, D.M.A.

Pianist Noah Alden Hardaway ‘21, ‘24 (Master of Music in Performance, Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance) studies with Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Chair of Keyboard Division and Professor of Piano John O’Conor, Mus.D.

Pianist Jean Lin ‘25 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance) studies with Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Chair of Keyboard Division and Professor of Piano John O’Conor, Mus.D.

Baritone John Tuvera Lim ‘25 (Master of Music in Performance) studies with Professor of Voice Byron Jones ‘04, D.M.A.