MTNA Student Competitions 2017

PERFORMANCE

Wei-Yuh Christina Xie, Chairperson & Senior Coordinator
Amy I-Yun Tu, Junior and Young Artist Coordinator  

JUNIOR LEVEL 

Piano Solo

Winner: LiYuan Byrne                                              Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
Alternate: Elizabeth Yang                                         Teacher: Grace Yang
Honorable Mention: Vincent Jiang                          Teacher: Gloria Chu
                                     Sammi Li                                 Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield
                                              Sabrina Lu                              Teacher: Michael T.
                                                Christopher Shin                   Teacher: Veda Zuponcic

Strings

Winner: Bethany Bobbs, Cello                                  Teacher: Sieun Lin
Alternate: Tienne Kelly Yu, Violin                            Teacher: Gary Kosloski
Honorable Mention: Charlotte Rose Depew, Violin Teacher: Tunde Gaal
                                       Nathan Lin, Violin                   Teacher: Elizabeth Faidley
                                     Samantha Liu, Violin              Teacher: YouSun Kim
                                Ryan Tully, Violin                   Teacher: Elizabeth Faidley

Woodwinds

Winner: Audrey Yang, Flute                                      Teacher: Joseph Lu
Alternate: Hannah Lee, Flute                                    Teacher: Amy I-Yun Tu
Honorable Mention: Veronica Li, Clarinet               Teacher: Larry Guy
                                    Allan Zhang, Clarinet              Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

SENIOR LEVEL 

Piano Solo

Winner: Carrie Chen                                                 Teacher: Michael T.
Alternate: Kelsey Lee                                                 Teacher: Beatrice Long
Honorable Mention: Charlie Liu                              Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield
                                               Tsan Kenneth He                    Teacher: Stella Xu

Piano Duet

Winner: Jake Cheng & Jeffrey Koc                            Teacher: Julia Lam
Alternate: Kyle Huang & Mia Huang                        Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin

Strings

Winner: Chelsea Xia                                                     Teacher: Elizabeth Faidley
Alternate: Dallas Noble                                                 Teacher: Hirono Oka
Honorable Mention: Mia Huang                                  Teacher: YouSun Kim
                                             Jay Kuo                                       Teacher: YouSun Kim
                                             Emily Wang                                 Teacher: Tunde Gaal
                                             Benedikt Winzer                          Teacher: Khullip Jeung

 Woodwinds

Winner: Juan Carlos Narvaez, Flute                          Teacher: Amy I-Yun Tu
Alternate: Anita Lin, Flute                                          Teacher: Joseph Lu
Honorable Mention: Eric Zhao, Saxophone              Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

YOUNG ARTIST LEVEL

Piano

Winner: Ani Mouradian                                              Teacher: Violeta Kundrotiene
Alternate: Aaron Fagerstrom                                    Teacher: Veda Zuponcic

COMPOSITION

Julia Kovalev, New Jersey Composition Coordinator

ELEMENTARY LEVEL

Winner: Michael Middlezong                           Teacher: Kaori Tanioka

JUNIOR LEVEL

Winner: Jonathan Hartanto                              Teacher: Kaori Tanioka
Honorable Mention: Aadhitya Ashok        Teacher: Felicia Ruffman

SENIOR LEVEL 

Winner: Louis Josephson                                 Teacher: Craig Levesque
Honorable Mention: Curtis Chen                 Teacher: Jen-Chiao Fang
                                    Hiroki Nagao                 Teacher: Craig Levesque
                                    T. Wang                 Teacher: Nancy Modell