BGSU SAXOPHONE STUDIO
The Bowling Green State University Saxophone Class has won impressive honors and awards in locations all over
the globe. If you need a reason to "brag" about our studio, here are a few facts about recent competition activity.
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS Preston Duncan, Christopher Ford, James Fusik*, Yiannis Moralis, Ryan Muncy, Joseph Murphy, Beth Shirk, Scotty Stepp, and David Wegehaupt *(declined)
BGSU CONCERTO WINNERS David Babich, Matthew Balensuela, Christopher Bartz, Phillip Berg, Christopher Blossom, Chi Him Chik, Susan Cook, Christopher Corde, Preston Duncan, Eva Egolf, Noa Even, James Fusik, Xiao Han, Zach Hinson, Sheldon Johnson, Jacob Kopcienski, Steve Leffue, Dennis Lindsay, Wesley Miller, Lori Moorehead, Lee Morrison, Christopher Murphy, Joseph Murphy, Andrew Park, Russell Peterson, Bryan Polacek, Kirk O’Riordan, David Rice, Erin Rogers, Phil Wells, James Umble, Carey Valente, Yu Wen Wang, Carl Wiggins, Theresa Witmer, Aiwen Zhang COLEMAN AWARD FOR WOODWINDS OR BRASS
1st Prize Winner (2002) – Bohica Quartet NATIONAL SAXOPHONE COMPETITION (NASA)
1st Prize Winner (2006) – Joel Diegert WILLIAM C. BYRD COMPETITION
Honorable Mention (2005) – Ryan Muncy RICHARDSON COMPETITION 1st Prize Winner (2010) – James Fusik STOCKHAUSEN CÓURSES (Kürten, Germany) Co-Winner for Interpretation (2010) – James Fusik UKRANE INTERNATIONAL SAXOPHONE COMPETITION 4th Prize Winner (2000) – Jessica Maxfield INTERATIONAL JEAN MARIE LONDEIX COMPETITION THAILAND
Semifinalist (2014) - Chi Him Chik USA SERVICE BANDS
US Navy Band – David Babich, Adrienne Welker INTERNATIONAL GENEVA CONCOURS
Top Prize Winner and Soloist with Swiss Romande (1995) CANADIAN MUSIC COMPETITION
1st Prize (2013) - Justin Massey AGNES FOWLER COMPETITION
3rd Prize Winner (2005) – David Babich |
NATIONAL FISCHOFF COMPETITION
Gold Prize Winner (2005) – Blue Square Quartet INTERNATIONAL GENEVA CONCOURS Top Prize Winner and Soloist with Swiss Romande (1995) – Russell Peterson MTNA NATIONAL SOLO COMPETITION
1st Prize Winner (2002) – Michael Ibrahim MTNA NATIONAL CHAMBER COMPETITION
3rd Prize Winner (2005) – Blue Square Saxophone Quartet ADOLPHE SAX INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Semifinalist (2010) – James Fusik HOAGG NATIONAL YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION
2nd Prize Winner and Soloist with Houston Symphony (1992) ARRIAGA NATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION
1st Prize Winner (2011) – Harmonium Quartet LIMA SYMPHONY COMPETITION
1st Prize Winner (2015) - Chi Him Chik
BGSU CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION Undergraduate Division
2nd Prize (2015), Blues 151 (Kuhlman, Chik, Greenwell, Kato) Graduate Division
1st prize (2014) Limbo Quartet (Schultz, Salazar, Philips, Brown) |
Fulbright Scholar
BGSU Concerto Competition Winners
Coleman Award for Woodwinds or Brass
National Saxophone Competition (NASA)
William C. Byrd Competition
Richardson Competition
Stockhausen Courses (Kurten, Germany)
Ukrane International Saxophone Competition
International Jean Marie Londeix Competition (Thailand)
USA Service Bands
Canadian Music Competition
Agnes Fowler Competition |
National Fischoff Competition
MTNA National Solo Competition
MTNA National Chamber Competition
Adolphe Sax International Competition
Hoagg National Young Artist Competition
Arriaga National Chamber Music Competition
Lima Symphony Competition
Douglas M. Wayland Chamber Music Competition
2nd Prize (2016) - Enohpoxas Quartet (Buck, Bowser, Hostetler, Semanovich) 1st Prize (2016) - Gravity Quartet (Heslip, Kuhlman, Chik, Murphy) 2nd Prize (2016) - Girisha Quartet (DeLouis, Zhang, West, Tanner) 1st Prize (2014) Limbo Quartet (Schultz, Salazar, Phillips, Brown) 2nd Prize (2014) Sidu Quartet (Baer, Zhang, Tu, Zoulek) 2nd Prize (2013) Melt Snow (Tu, Zhang, Liu) 1st Prize (2011) WCJC Quartet (Chang, Conn, Johnson, Stegeman) 1st Prize (2010) WCJC Quartet (Conn, Wiggins, Chang, Johnson) 1st Prize (2009) Dodecahedron Quartet (Fusik, Li, Wiggins, Braet) 2nd Prize (2008) Volunteer Quartet (Fusik, Diegert, Patayanikorn, Braet) |