2008 Hey, Mozart! New Mexico Composers and Honorable Mentions
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Amalia (Las Cruces) shares her violin with Sarah Jo (Clovis).

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Amy (Albuqurque) finishes off her work with a full keyboard glisssando.

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Ian, Elisa and Timothy (Placitas, Albuquerque) perform Ian's work, Journey to the Corona, at the NHCC.

Photos by Toni Beatty
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Composers

Jocelyn Boyack, 7, Albuquerque

Dana Brener, 12, Albuquerque

Thomas Chadwick, 7, Los Alamos

Jaimi Donaldson, 11, Las Cruces

Levi Doyle, 8, Las Cruces

Jade Kennedy, 6, Santa Fe

Jasmine Kennedy, 9, Santa Fe

Ian Kingsolver, 10, Placitas

George Laird, 8, Albuquerque

Simon Laird, 12, Albuquerque

Andrew McLaughlin, 11, Las Cruces

Abbie Reeves, 10, Albuquerque

Sara Jo Samora, 8, Clovis

Tankred Steinbach, 10, Albuquerque

Amy Thomas, 9, Albuquerque

Amalia Zeitlin, 12, Las Cruces

Honorable Mention Composers

Tanner Boyack, 9, Albuquerque

Abigail Bugg, 9, Clovis

Autumn Chavez-Repp, 11, Las Cruces

Leedy Corbin, 5, Albuquerque

Dylan Cuellar, 11, Albuquerque

Leonardo Escamilla III, 9, Anthony

Jett Facey, 8, Albuquerque

Melanie Green, 9, Rio Rancho

Noah Haarmann, 9, Jemez Pueblo

Eliza Harrison, 11, Santa Fe

Abby Herrick, 8, Albuquerque

Sam Herrick, 10, Albuquerque

Malia Kao, 12, Albuquerque

Ella Kirk, 8, Silver City

Phillip Miller, 12, Las Cruces

Megan Rohrer, 11, Albuquerque

Elijah Salazar-Menzies, 7, Espanola

Listen to a sample of each CD track using this player:
And, listen to the original melodies for each track using this player:
The recording of the children's melodies was made at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on September 12, 2008 by Manny Rettinger, sound engineer, University of New Mexico, School of Music.