APPLETON, WIS. — Lawrence University musicians Helen Kashap and Daniel Schenk earned first- and second-place honors, respectively, at the annual Wisconsin Music Teachers Association Badger Collegiate Piano Competition held May 19 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Both are students in the piano studio of Associate Professor of Music Anthony Padilla.
Kashap, a freshman double major in piano performance and history from Saskatoon, Canada, played two movements from Beethoven’s “The Tempest Sonata,” Chopin’s “Nocturne,” and “Danzas Agentinas” by Alberto Ginastera. She received a first-place prize of $200 for her winning performance. This summer, Kashap will spend a month studying at the Orford Arts Academy in Montreal. Students are selected for the program by audition.
Schenk, a junior double major in piano performance and biology from Royal Oak, Mich., performed works by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, and Scriabin in the competition.
Participants in the WMTA competition, which is open to students attending any college or university in Wisconsin, are required to play a solo recital of between 20 and 30 minutes in length. The program must include at least three selections from one of five historical periods: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic and Contemporary.
