Edie Park (13) is an 8Th grader at the Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago, IL. She started piano at six, currently studying with Dr. Christina Tio at the Music Institute of Chicago. Edie was the recipient of the Artist of Tomorrow Merit Scholarship Award for the past three consecutive years. She enjoys participating in competitions. Recently she won 2ndplace at the 2022 Illinois State Music Teachers’ Association (ISMTA) Piano competition in addition to recent local, state, and international events, such as the Sejong music Competition, Houston International Music Competition, Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition (Bonn, Germany), and the American Protégé International Piano & Strings Competition. Edie was selected to masterclasses with renown pianists, Jean-Louis Haguenauer, James Giles, Jerome Lowenthal, Alan Chow, Lydia Brown, Silvia Wang, and Frank Wibaut. She was also invited to perform at Carnegie Hall and the Beethoven Haus in Bonn, Germany.
She is an avid supporter of WFMT, the classical radio station in the Chicago area. She also loves reading, writing, studying Latin and taking walks to Lake Michigan. She is the school Spelling Bee champion advancing to the regional level, a valued member of the school debate and math teams. As an actively involved member of the community, Edie began publishing a neighborhood online newspaper during the pandemic to help her neighbors feel connected. As a Girl Scout Cadette, she is working towards a community serving project of building a walkway that highlights the neighborhood’s historically memorable events. Edie aspires to become a (possibly music!) historian when she grows up.
You can find Edie’s 2022 Baroque Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Edie’s 2023 Baroque Music Competition piano performance here.