First-grader keys in on scholarship benefit concert Jasmine Chang, a first-grade student at Livingston Park Elementary School in North Brunswick, participated in a master class recital with noted pianist and teacher Ingrid Clarfield on Saturday. North Brunswick first-grader Jasmine Chang practices for her master class recital on a piano designed by famous glass artist Dale Chihuly. Held at Jacobs Music in Lawrenceville, the two-day benefit was for the Damien Dixon Memorial Piano Scholarship at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. Chang was one of six students selected for the master class. She performed on the Steinway 500,000 piano, which was designed by artist Wendle Castle and has the engraved signatures of 880 Steinway artists. Chang practiced on a piano designed by famous glass artist Dale Chihuly prior to her performance. Chang's teacher, Soo Kyung Cho, is a member of the piano faculty at Westminster Conservatory of Music. Chang had previously won first place in the NJMTA Young Musicians Competition, a gold medal in the Golden Key Competition and an Achievement Certificate of Mid- Season Musicals. Damien Dixon began playing the piano at age 5 and later taught piano and accompanied vocal students at Westminster Choir College. Born in 1976, he passed away in 2005 due to cancer, at age 29. To honor his memory, Clarfield established the scholarship to support piano students at the school.