One of the goals of West Beaton Conservatory is to share the joy of music by regularly playing for others while encouraging others to do the same. Both Emma and Sylvie have been doing so from a young age through nursing homes, church services, recitals, and piano competitions. They look forward to doing the same for you! Read more about why they love music!
Emma Winje
Emma is a twenty-two-year-old who has been playing piano for 16 years and teaching for about five years. Her instructors included Jan Herr, Karen Okerlund, Dr. Grigor Khachatryan, and Dr. Tyler Wottrich at NDSU. She has performed and participated in competitions, recitals, collaborative music camps, church music, and many other wonderful things that have grown her as a musician. Emma won the 2021 Dorothy Sewall Hector Scholarship Competition, the 2019 FM Symphony Young Artist Concerto Competition, the 2018 and 2017 Iva Fillebrown Scholarship Competition, and the 2017 Popplers Music Competition. Currently, she graduated from NDSU with a degree in piano performance. Attached is her full musical resume. Outside of music she loves being outdoors, traveling, skiing, organizing, and spending time with her family. Below are some recordings of her recent repertoire she has been playing.
Sylvie Winje
Sylvie is a twenty-one-year-old who has been playing piano for 15 years, studying under Jan Herr, Karen Okerlund, Dr. Grigor Khachatryan, and more recently Dr. Tyler Wottrich. She has performed and participated in multiple festivals, camps, competitions, and church music. Currently, she is attending NDSU for a piano performance degree. Attached is her full musical resume. Outside of music she loves reading, cooking, spending time with family, being outdoors, and exercising. Here are some samples from Sylvie’s repertoire (recorded by Sylvie on our Yamaha pianos):
- Chopin Scherzo in B flat minor Op. 31 No. 2
- Bach Prelude in G Minor, BWV 861, WTC I
- My Father’s World, by Phillip Keveren
- How Beautiful, by Phillip Keveren
Duet team
Sylvie and Emma regularly practice and perform duets as well, and participated in the Northern State University Duet Fest hosted by Kenneth Boulton and JoAnne Barry to further hone their skills. Here are some samples from their duet repertoire: (recorded by Emma and Sylvie on our Yamaha U3 SH piano):
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