Kyle Ehrmann is an eleventh grade student at
Wayne Valley High School. He is a student of Ruth Kotik of Wayne and
has studied piano since he was eight years old. He has won numerous
competitions, which include the Music Educators Association, New Jersey
Federation of Music Clubs, Cecilian Music Club and the Leschetizsky
Association of Gifted Young Peoples Concerts. During the past
six years, he has performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
as a winner of the Piano Teachers Society of America (PTSA) competitions.
In addition, Kyle received high honors from the New Jersey Music Teachers
Association. Kyle played at master classes on a Young Artists
level sponsored by the Music Educators Association as well as master
classes sponsored by the Pompton Valley Music Teachers Association.
Besides playing in Weill Hall, he has also performed at the 92nd Street
Y, the Donnell Library, Lincoln Center and Steinway Hall in New York.
Because of Kyle's interest in jazz studies, he attended the Jazz Camp
at William Paterson University. His hobbies include surfing and snowboarding.
Kyle Ehrmann was a winner in the 2002 Fourth Annual Andrew De Grado
Piano Competition in the soloist category with his performance of
Nocturne in A flat Major, Op. 32, No. 2 by Chopin and La Campanella
by Liszt.