Student of Dr. Marie Jureit-Beamish
Braeden Shizume is an eleventh grade student at Nathan Hale Ray High School in East Haddam. He has been studying the piano for eight years. He is currently under the tutelage of Dr. Marie Jureit-Beamish. In the past several years, he has won numerous awards, including the CTMTNA Karen Nelson Scholarship, honorable mention at the Connecticut MTNA State competition, first place at both the 2021 and 2022 Opus Music Competition (Connecticut), the Rachmaninoff Award at the URI Piano Extravaganza, and was a finalist in the Hartford Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition. He hopes to attend one of the nation’s top music conservatories in the Fall of 2024 to continue his musical education and career.
