MTNA Student Competitions


Chairperson: WEI-YUH CHRISTINA XIE 2020nj.mtna@gmail.com

The MTNA National Student Competitions are the most successful and prestigious student competitions in the country. Each year, thousands of students compete for top prizes and national recognition.

The MTNA Competitions include Composition Competitions, Performance Competitions (which include Brass, Piano, String, Voice, and Woodwind), and Chamber Music Competitions. 

State level winners (both Performance Competitions and Composition Competitions) are invited to perform at the NJMTA annual state conference - MTNA Competitions Winners

Watch the video about the MTNA Competitions.

 

MTNA Senior State Competition & Chamber Music State Competition Coordinator
WEI-YUH CHRISTINA XIE   2020nj.mtna@gmail.com

MTNA Junior State Competition & Young Artist Competition Coordinator:
AMY TU mtnacompetitions2@njmta.com

MTNA Student Composition Competition Coordinator
JULIA KOVALEV   mtnacomposition@njmta.com 


2022 MTNA STUDENT COMPETITIONS RESULTS (Printable)

2022 MTNA STUDENT PERFORMANCE COMPETITIONS

JUNIOR LEVEL

Piano Solo

Winner: Alice Siqi Wan                                                  Teacher: Stella Xu
Alternate: Linda Nichvoloda                                         Teacher: Marina Genina
Honorable Mention: Ryan Lu                                       Teacher: Stella Xu
                                                Perry Zou                                    
Teacher: Jeffrey Cohen

String

Winner: Matthew Ho, Cello                                           Teacher: Clara Kim
Alternate: Chelsea Wang, Violin                                  Teacher: Jiwon Kim
Honorable Mention: Lucille Cheng, Violin          Teacher: Tunde Gaal
          
                                      Jessica Hong, Cello             Teacher: Hyojin Lee

Woodwind

Winner: Renée Whittemore, Flute                                Teacher: Amy Tu
Alternate: Cherie Xu, Clarinet                                        Teacher: Kenneth Ellison
Honorable Mention: Matthew Gao, Clarinet    Teacher: Kenneth Ellison
                                    Jianing Liu, Flute                        
Teacher: Amy Tu

 

SENIOR LEVEL

Piano Solo

Winner : Jingyuan Zheng                                                      Teacher: Stella Xu
Alternate: Samuel Cronk                                                     Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Honorable Mention: Alyssa Xu                                   Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield   

 String

Winner: Nicholas Yoo, Violin                                          Teacher: Elizabeth Chang                                                    Alternate: Keitaku Iwata, Violin                                   Teacher: Chloe Kiffer
Honorable Mention: Ella Eom, Violin                     Teacher: Elizabeth Chang
                                          Julie Kim, Violin                     Teacher: Elizabeth Chang

Woodwind

Winner: Hong Cheng, Clarinet                                       Teacher: Kenneth Ellison
Alternate: Lina Lin, Flute                                               Teacher: Amy Tu
Honorable Mention: Hanyi Deng, Clarinet       Teacher: Kenneth Ellison
                                    Daniel Guo, Saxophone               
Teacher: Kenneth Ellison 

Voice

Representative: Hannah He, Soprano                    Teacher: Shinwen Lin

  

YOUNG ARTIST LEVEL

Piano

Representative: Sean Baker                                          Teacher: Veda Zuponcic

String

Representative: Dabin Hwang, Cello                       Teacher: Mira Kang

2022 MTNA STUDENT COMPOSITION COMPETITIONS

Julia Kovalev, Composition Competitions Coordinator

 

Elementary:

Winner: Ella Zhang                                                             Teacher: Nancy Modell
Honorable Mention: Pavan Patel                            Teacher: Ju-Fen Lu
                                                 Allan Ping                                
Teacher: Ju-Fen Lu

Junior:

Winner: Colton Stotesbury                                                Teacher: Kaori Tanioka
Honorable mention: Samantha Geary                  Teacher: Natasha Pence  
                                                 Kenny Yang                                    Teacher: Ju-Fen Lu

Senior:

Winner: Evan Chang                                                            Teacher: Philip Orr
Honorable Mention: Aadhitya Raam Ashok       Teacher: Karoi Tanioka
                                                  Chern Yang                               
Teacher: Kyu Rhee

Young Artist:

              Representative: Jonathan Gold                                       Teacher: Allan Cohen

 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.




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See the winners from past MTNA Competitions 

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