Ocean City and EHT Students Win Cash in Music Competition

Students from eight area high schools competed on Tuesday for $3,500 in prize money  and the opportunity to perform with the Ocean City Pops Orchestra this summer, and Lindsey Burton of Egg Harbor Township High School and Clifford Morin of Ocean City High School were the top winners.

The performances were part of the third annual Esther C. Weil Student Music Competition on the Ocean City Music Pier. The Friends of the Ocean City Pops sponsor the event. 

High schools represented in the competition included: Absegami, Cape May County Technical, Egg Harbor Township, Mainland Regional, Middle Township, Oakcrest and Ocean City.

Winners were as follows:

FIRST PLACE VOCAL DIVISION ($1,000)

Lindsey Burton, Senior
Egg Harbor Township High School
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again"
Andrew Lloyd Webber

FIRST PLACE INSTRUMENTAL DIVISION ($1,000)

Clifford Morin (Saxophone), Senior
Ocean City High School
"Sonata No. 3 / Adagio & Allegro"
G.F. Handel arr. Sigurd Rascher

SECOND PLACE VOCAL DIVISION ($500)

Amanda Leonetti, Junior
Ocean City High School
"Vissi D'arte"
Giacomo Puccini

SECOND PLACE INSTRUMENTAL DIVISION ($500)

Tyler Sarfert (Marimba), Sophomore
Oakcrest Regional High School
"Restless"
Rich O'Meara

THIRD PLACE VOCAL DIVISION ($250)

Taria Mitchell, Senior
Egg Harbor Township School
"Bist Du Bei Mir"
J.S. Bach

THIRD PLACE INSTRUMENTAL DIVISION ($250)

Jamie Wechsler (Piano), Freshman
Egg Harbor Township High School
"February"
P.I. Tchaikovsky