Congratulations to our NJMTA member, Jordan Smith, whose student, James Wang, has received the Second Place in the MTNA Senior Performance Competition Woodwinds Category!
Tomoko Harada is named as 2020 MTNA Foundation Fellow!
Tomoko Harada is an accomplished teacher who has been serving as a member of NJMTA in the following ways…
Member since 1998
President – Jan. 2020
President Elect – July 2019-Dec. 2019 in charge of 2019 State Conference
National Certified Teacher of Music in Piano since 2008
Judging Coordinator since 2005-2019
Received NJMTA Service Award 2009
Panelist Speaker for NJMTA State Convention in 2009
Adjudicator: NJMTA Recital Auditions, NJMTA Spring Festivals, MTNA Competition Senior (NJ State)
Students participation: MTNA competition, NJMTA Young Musicians Competition, NJMTA Recital Auditions, HS Scholarship Competition
MTNA National Composition Competition Winner!
Jonathan Hartanto (student of Kaori Tanioka) is the 2nd place winner in the Junior Division of the MTNA National Composition Competition. Congratulations to both Jonathan and Kaori!
MTNA National Competitions - DIVISION WINNERS!
Congratulations to the following students who participated in the MTNA Competitions at the Eastern Division Level:
James Wang (student of Jordan Smith), Eastern Division Senior Woodwinds winner
Gordon Li and Jasmine Meyer (students of Julia Lam), Eastern Division Piano Duet winners .
James Wang, Gordon Li and Jasmine Meyer will advance to the national level and perform at the MTNA National Conference in March in Chicago, Illinois.
2020 Performathon
On February 1st and 2nd, the NJMTA Children Helping Children 2020 Performathon raised over $11,500 for HomeFront's Joy, Hopes & Dreams program.
It was a special weekend filled with beautiful music, a special feeling of community and a wonderful team effort. Thank you to all of the teachers and students who volunteered their time throughout the weekend!
Congratulations to everyone for a successful event!
Sincerely,
Suzanne Lehrer
2019 Service Award goes to Ingrid Tang
This year’s Service Award goes to Ingrid Tang, in appreciation for all the hard work she puts in as the Chair for the Strings for Fall and Spring events.
Thank you, Ingrid!
2019 Teacher of the Year is JULIA LAM
Congratulations to Julia Lam, the 2019 recipient of NJMTA’s Teacher of the Year award.
NJMTA has established a special award to recognize an outstanding teacher in teaching, character, and service, to be in line with MTNA’s Teacher of the Year Award(given at the annual National Conference).
2019 State Conference Intermediate Master Class Performer List
Intermediate Master Class with Helen Marlais
Sat. Nov. 16, 2019, 9:15-10:45 am
Amy Chu, age 8 (Student of Chiu-Tze Lin)
M. Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36, No. 6, I. Allegro con spirit
Arielle Chen, age 9 (Student of Ingrid Clarfield)
E. Grieg: Nocturne in C Major, Op. 54, No. 4
Angelina Jiang, age 12 (Student of Wendy Wu)
A. Beach: Pantalon, Op. 25, No. 3
Jerry Liu, age 11 (Student of Margarita Rovenskaya)
W. A. Mozart: Fantasy in D minor, K. 397
Jason Lu, age 9 (Student of Chang Liu)
G. Ligeti: Musica Ricercata, No. 3 Allegro con spirito
ALTERNATE 1
Robert Gugliotta, age 11 (Student of Hendry Wijaya)
F. Chopin: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posthu.
ALTERNATE 2
Kyson Zhou, age 12 (Student of Anna Harutyunyan)
B. Bartok: Stick game (Joc cu bata) from Romanian Folk Dance No. 1
*All students were anonymously selected by the clinician based on repertoire choice.
2019 MTNA Composition Competition RESULTS
Julia Kovalev, chairperson
Elementary:
Winner: Kenny Yang, Student of Ju-Fen Lu
Honorable mention: Kevin Yang, Student of Ju-Fen Lu
Junior:
Winner: Jonathan Hartanto, Student of Kaori Tanioka
Honorable mention: Aadhitya Raam Ashok, Student of Irene Lafharis
Honorable mention: Evan Chang, Student of Philip Orr
Senior:
Representative: T. Wang, Student of Nancy Modell
2019 NJMTA Composer Commission Competition RESULTS
Emily Lau, chairperson
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(Third prizewinners, honorable mention (HM) recipients are listed in alphabetical order according to their last names)
FALLING SNOW
Prize Student Teacher
1st David Yu Stella Xu
2nd Caroline Ren Yuhui Chloris Li
3rd Evan Bai Yuhui Chloris Li
3rd Karen Du Julia Lam
3rd Ava R. Lan Stella Xu
3rd Bowen Liang Grace J. Yang
3rd Brian Meng Veda Zuponcic
3rd Rishabh Ramaswamy Chiu-Ling Lin
3rd Annie Wei Stella Xu
TWO STEP
Prize Student Teacher
1st Annabelle Chow Stella Xu
2nd Christine Peng Stella Xu
3rd Kristie Chao Stella Xu
3rd Claire Hua Yuhui Chloris Li
3rd Jiachen Jiang Grace Chang
3rd Ava Zhang Chiu-Ling Lin
3rd Kaleb Zhao Grace J. Yang
HM Samuel Conk Veda Zuponcic
HM Victor Peng Chiu-Tze Lin
DANCE WITH MIRRORS
Prize Student Teacher
1st Hans-Derek Yu Veda Zuponcic
2nd Patrick Sun Stella Xu
3rd Katherine Wu Stella Xu
HM Cindy Dang Grace Chang