2022 Annual Holiday Awards Party
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Welcome to the 2022 PWJ Annual Holiday Awards Party, where we recognized students who made extraordinary progress this year! 
Fun Awards
Most likely to play at Disneyland – Oliver Blatt
Most likely to play at Carnegie Hall – Harry Garland
Most likely to brighten your day – Barb Christenson
Most Encouraging Student – Kumi Miura & Laurie McCullough
Most Stylish Player – Dan Tasciotti
Young Virtuoso –Mette Rädecker & Christopher Jones
Performance Awards
Blues Performance – Frank Scaccia & Harrison Moss
Jazz Ballad Performance – Chirayu Poudel & Joyce Heineman
Jazz Swing Performance – Shanti Lie & Karen Rigdon
Jazz Waltz Performance Award – Coji Takahashi
Latin Jazz Performance – Wilma Hiser & Ho Ting Ting
Pop Performance – Chantal Dobbelaere & Steven Hill
Contemporary Performance – Lee Hayton & Yvonne Yeroyan
Boogie Performance – Paul McFarland
Rock & Roll Performance – Julie Perry
Stride Performance – Kirna Smit
Ragtime Performance – Clement Cruz & Robert Primrose
Funk Performance – Max Althoff
Gospel Performance – Rie Kitamura
Holiday Performance – Dianne Sutton & Lisa Hansen
Classical Performance – Krisztina Berkes & Dave Punke
Best Original Song – Mausi Beach
Vocal performance – Sabine Hohler & Emily Yurcheshen
Non-piano instrumental – William Evenhouse
Most Creative Video – Tom Cook/Kumi Miura & Dina Melucci
Outstanding Duet – Barb Christenson/Andrei Borg, Mette & Kirna
Trio Performance – Masako Cross
Merit Awards
Most Improved Beginner – Mike Brady & Jill Humbert
Most Improved Intermediate – Justin Mlcak & Carrie Lin
Most Improved Advanced – Milad Mohsenian & Jardin
PWJ Honors Award – Martyn Ramsden
Office Hours (March 18)
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Member Circle (March 17)
“Member Circle” is a zoom meeting led by a Community Leader where students will have the opportunity to share their breakthrough moments with each other and discuss a particular theme.
Student Assessment (February 2025)
In this video, Daine reviewed all of your submissions from the month of February.
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