MTNA Student Competitions 2024


2024 MTNA STUDENT PERFORMANCE COMPETITIONS RESULTS (Printable)

2024 MTNA STUDENT PERFORMANCE COMPETITIONS

 

                                         

String

Winner: Melody Jian, violin                                           Teacher: Tunde Gaal

Alternate: Alice Hu, violin                                              Teacher: Brittany Sklar

            Honorable Mention: Anna Sui, cello                              Teacher: Hyojin Lee

                                                

 

Woodwind

Winner: Jianing Liu, flute                                               Teacher: Amy I-Yun Tu

Alternate: Katherine Lee, flute                                        Teacher: Amy I-Yun Tu

Honorable Mention: Rayansh Phirke, flute                   Teacher: Amy I-Yun Tu                               

 

SENIOR LEVEL

 

Piano Solo

Winner : Alice Siqi Wan                                                  Teacher: Stella Xu

            Alternate: Sarah Li                                                         Teacher: Tomoko Harada

            Honorable Mention: Tony Rosario Bello                       Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield

                                                Samuel Wu Cronk                         Teacher: Veda Zuponcic

                                                Richard Martin                             Teacher: Michelle Cann

                                                Alexander Wang                           Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin

 

String

          Winner: Jinan Laurentia Woo, violin                              Teacher: Soyeon Ahn                                                   

            Alternate: Jessica Hong, cello                                        Teacher: Hyojin Lee

            Honorable Mention: Kai Freeman, violin                      Teacher: Amy Oshiro-Morales

                                         Elie Kuan, cello                       Teacher: Hyojin Lee

 

 

Woodwind

Winner: Lina Lin, flute                                                    Teacher: Amy I-Yun Tu

Alternate: Cherie Xu, clarinet                                        Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

Honorable Mention: Matthew Gao, clarinet                  Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

                                    Alice Xie, clarinet                         Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

                                                   

 

 

 

YOUNG ARTIST LEVEL

 

Piano Solo:

            Winner: Vitalii Khairutdinov                                          Teacher: Veda Zuponcic

            Alternate: Alex Yedidia                                                   Teacher: Roberto Grohman

JUNIOR LEVEL

Piano Solo

Winner:                                             Teacher: Stella Xu

Alternate:                                              Teacher:

Honorable Mention:

JUNIOR LEVEL

Piano Solo

Winner: Hudson Guo Dong                                             Teacher: Stella Xu
Alternate: Bowen Liang                                            Teacher: Stella Xu
Honorable Mention: Averie Wu                                     Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield
                                                Conan Yang                                 
Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
                                                Kyle Zhu                                      
Teacher: Julia Lam

String

Winner: Valentina Chen, violin                                      Teacher: Sheryl Staples
Alternate: Lucille Cheng, violin                                  Teacher: Tunde Gaal
Honorable Mention: Elie Kuan, cello           Teacher: Hyojin Lee
          
                                      Hannah Moon, violin        Teacher: Yu Jeong Lee
Kenny Yang, cello
Teacher: Hyojin Lee

Woodwind

Winner: Jianing Liu, flute                                 Teacher: Amy Tu
Alternate: Sharon Xue, clarinet                                      Teacher: Gi Lee
Honorable Mention: Alexander Chen, clarinet   Teacher: Gi Lee
                                    Cherie Xu, clarinet                 
Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

 

SENIOR LEVEL

Piano Solo

Winner : Jingyuan Zheng                                                      Teacher: Stella Xu
Alternate: Richard Martin                                                  Teacher: Michelle Cann
Honorable Mention: Daniel Haiduc                          Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield   
Victor Peng
Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Angela Zhang
Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin

 String

Winner: Julie Kim, violin                                          Teacher: Elizabeth Chang    
Alternate: Kai Freeman, violin                                   Teacher: Amy Oshiro-Morales
Honorable Mention: Jessica Hong, cello                 Teacher: Hyojin Lee
                                          Darren Lee, cello                    Teacher: Hyojin Lee

Woodwind

Winner: Hong Cheng, clarinet                                       Teacher: Kenneth Ellison
Alternate: Lina Lin, flute                                               Teacher: Amy Tu
Honorable Mention: Hanyi Deng, clarinet       Teacher: Kenneth Ellison
                                    Matthew Gao, clarinet      
Teacher: Kenneth Ellison 

Brass

Representative: Christopher Juan Teacher: Dan Wion

  

YOUNG ARTIST LEVEL

Piano

Representative: Sean Baker                                         Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Alternate: Alexander DeStefano                                        Teacher: Veda Zuponcic

2023 MTNA STUDENT COMPOSITION COMPETITIONS

Julia Kovalev, Composition Competitions Coordinator

 

Elementary:

Winner: Sebastian Soloff                                                   Teacher: Nancy Modell
Honorable Mention: Pavan Patel                            Teacher: Ju-Fen Lu

Junior:

Winner: Colton Stotesbury                                                Teacher: Kaori Tanioka
Honorable mention: Philip Levonian               Teacher: Kimberly Bill
                                                 Kenny Yang                               Teacher: Ju-Fen Lu

Senior:

Winner: Evan Chang                                                            Teacher: Philip Orr
Honorable Mention: Charlotte Geary        Teacher: Natasha Pence
                                                  Michael Middlezong            
Teacher: Kaori Tanioka


 If there is only one (1) entrant in a State-level category, there will be NO State Competition. The entrant will be named the State Representative and will advance directly to the Division Competition.