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Marian Wisham, judge & creator of our T & V Gala 
         Sondra Hopper
                     Selina Chu

Theme and Variations Gala
NOVEMBER 22, 2015 at Stage 7 Pianos

Winning Team:  Paganini    Variations 
Ayana Bharadwaj 
Marina Chen
Elbert Cheng*
Betty Park*
Varun Pradeep*
Vaishali Sakthikumar*
Nikhila Suneel*
Kaelyn Wescott
       *Chu studio

Theme and Variations is one of the oldest and most popular musical forms.  In this educational concert, students perform sets of variations in teams, for a fun evening of music and prizes.  This year's Gala marked the 10th Anniversary of the partnership between Sondra Hopper's studio and my own! 

2014's winning team played a set of Beethoven variations on the opera "La Molinara" 






2013 "Happy Birthday" team winners

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Sondra and Selina at the 2013 Gala. 

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Sondra Hopper and Selina Chu
perform Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance"

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2012 Theme and Variations Gala Participants
Students of Selina Chu and Sondra Hopper
Sampurna Basu
Ayana Bharadwaj
Derek Chao
Karina Chao
Kristine Chao
Elbert Cheng
Noah Cheng
Ollie Cheng
Sharon Heung
Kavya John
Niki  Kothari
Harsha Mohite
Jay  Shieh
Nirupama Suneel
Anna Wescott
Kaelyn Wescott
Kevin Wu
Patrick Wu

2009 Theme and Variations Gala
Sondra Hopper and Selina Chu






     Winning team of 2009
           Tom Ostrander, Ben Chao,
                                                                      Evan Shieh, Suraj Saifullah

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