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Kyle Ehrmann

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 People’s 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 Artist’s 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.