The 2022 NJMTA State Conference will be live at Rider University this year!
November 12 & 13, 2022
Gill Memorial Chapel of Rider University
The 2022 NJMTA State Conference will be live at Rider University this year!
November 12 & 13, 2022
Gill Memorial Chapel of Rider University
Yining Wang received his Bachelor of Music degree from Shanghai Conservatory, which he entered as the first-place winner of the entrance auditions. He later studied with Robert Lincoln and Ilana Vered at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, where he received his Master of Music degree. At Rutgers, he performed in master classes with Ann Schein and Richard Goode. He has appeared as a soloist and collaborative pianist in numerous concerts, as well as on TV and radio.
Mr. Wang maintains an active studio. His students have won prizes in local and state competitions, and have performed at State Conferences and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference as well as in Cami Hall, Steinway Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Zenkel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, Merkin Concert Hall and Victoria Theatre at NJPAC. They have also performed on cable TV.
Mr. Wang is a Permanent Professional Certified Teacher of Music in Piano certified by the Music Teachers National Association and the Piano Teachers Society of America. He is also a recipient of the Genia Robinar Pedagogy Award of Excellence presented by the Piano Teachers Society of America and the Distinguished Pedagogy Award of Outstanding Teaching by the Cecilian Music Club. In 2016, he received the Teacher of the Year Award from the NJMTA and The Top Teacher of 2016 to 2020 Award voted by Steinway & Sons in Lawrenceville New Jersey.
Mr. Wang is a frequent adjudicator at competitions and auditions for the SMEA, NJMTA, Golden Keys and TYMA. He is a Past President of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association.
Christopher Shin, student of Veda Zuponcic/ Second Place in the Piano category
Sammi Li & Effie Li, students of Ingrid Clarfield/ Second Place in the Piano Duet Category
Myra Cui, student of Minji Kwon/Third Place in the String Category
2021 Recipient: Marianne Lauffer
Since 2009, NJMTA awards a special annual recognition titled the “Teacher of the Year” to be given at the State Conference to an outstanding teacher. This award is intended to recognize music teachers in New Jersey who have contributed in many ways to our profession and to our state association.
Every year, NJMTA presents a Service Award acknowledging a member who has contributed much time and effort to NJMTA and its vision. The awardee is selected by the NJMTA Nomination Committee.
Wennie Kao, Chair
AgeGroup Name Age Award Teacher
15-17 Hannah He 15 2nd Place Shinwen Lin
13-14 Lanzhen Cui 14 3rd Place Shinwen Lin
Sophia Peng 14 3rd Place Shinwen Lin
12 & Under Ryan Wang 10 2nd Place Richard Danley
Duet Hannah He & 15 1st Place Shinwen Lin
Lanzhen Cui 14
3rd place and HM recipients names are in alphabetical order.
Age
5
Award Student Name (Teacher)
1st Sophia Sung (Chiu-Tze Lin)
2nd Olivia Li (Michael Thomopoulos*)
3rd Kotoko Iwata (Yevgeny Morozov)
6
2nd Valerie Chu (Choah Kim)
HM Arthur Lin (Chang Liu)
7
1st Claire Li (Michael Thomopoulos*)
2nd Roy Kim (Eunju Joung Kim)
3rd Max Lu (Stella Xu)
3rd Julianne Wang (Stella Xu)
HM Emily Hua (Stella Xu)
HM Bryan Wu (Victoria Chow)
8
1st Stella Cheng (Yevgeny Morozov)
2nd Tommy Jihuan Yang (Stella Xu)
3rd Aiden Kim (Eunju Joung Kim)
3rd Annabel Nguyen (Choah Kim)
HM Cooper Chen (Julia Lam)
HM Emma Pan (Stella Xu)
9
1st Eunice Choi (Michael Thomopoulos*)
2nd Lawrence Yo-Yo Guo (Aziza Khasanova-Madaski)
3rd Natalie Tsai (Kuan-Juei Su)
3rd Kyle Zhu (Julia Lam)
HM Katherine Lee (Wei-Yuh Xie)
HM Catherine You (Chiu-Ling Lin)
10
1st Yidi Ding (Amy Yang)
2nd Bowen Liang (Stella Xu)
3rd Luciana Sofía Velez (Fiorella Araya-Cheng)
3rd Terrance Lin (Yuhui Chloris Li)
3rd Jaden Liu (Grace Yang)
HM Calvin Xu (Beatrice Long)
HM Audrey Ren (Veda Zuponcic)
HM Evelyn Liu (Eunju Joung Kim)
HM Amy Chu (Chiu-Tze Lin)
HM Bella Ng (Veda Zuponcic)
11
1st Andrew Li (Stella Xu)
2nd Alex Ziyou Yuan (Stella Xu)
3rd Eric Feng (Gloria Chu)
3rd Averie Wu (Ingrid Clarfield)
HM Annie Wei (Stella Xu)
12
1st Ryan Lu (Stella Xu)
2nd Angela Zhang (Chiu-Tze Lin)
3rd Anna Deng (Yevgeny Morozov)
3rd Sophie Gang (Stella Xu)
3rd Christina Wang (Chiu-Ling Lin)
HM Athena Liu (Yining Wang)
HM Cherie Xu (Grace Yang)
HM Hannah Zou (Ingrid Clarfield)
13
1st Alice Siqi Wan (Stella Xu)
2nd Helena Kim (Mansoon Kim)
3rd Samuel Cronk (Veda Zuponcic)
HM Aaron Li (Yevgeny Morozov)
14
1st Sarah Li (Tomoko Harada)
2nd Effie Li (Ingrid Clarfield)
3rd David Sun (Rita Shklar)
HM Kevin Jin (Gloria Chu)
HM Anastasia Kudin (Igor Resnianski)
15
1st Christopher Shin (Veda Zuponcic)
2nd Christina Wang (Stella Xu)
3rd Evan Lin (Ingrid Clarfield)
3rd Ivyann Shen (Michael Thomopoulos*)
HM Gracelynne Hao (Ingrid Clarfield)
HM Claire Jiang (Grace Yang)
1st Alyssa Xu (Ingrid Clarfield)
2nd Geoffrey Li (Stella Xu)
3rd Audrey Gang (Stella Xu)
3rd Amber Wang (Ingrid Clarfield)
HM Wesley Liu (Beatrice Long)
HM Jeffrey Xu (Yelena Mamonova)
16
17
1st Brandon Hwang (Stella Xu)
2nd Elizabeth Yang (Grace Yang)
3rd Sammi Li (Ingrid Clarfield)
HM Apollo Lee (Chiu-Tze Lin)
HM Christopher Pan (Chiu-Tze Lin)
Collegiate
1st Alexander DeStefano (Amy Yang)
HM Sean Baker (Veda Zuponcic)
HM Marie Kobin (Yelena Ivanov)
DUET
10 & Under
1st Claire Li/Eric Li (Michael Thomopoulos*)
2nd David Zhang/Kyle Zhu (Julia Lam)
3rd Jacob Yu/Nathan Yu (Richard Woo)
3rd Sharon Xue/Christina Xue (Veda Zuponcic)
HM Zoe Chau/Charlotte Chau (Jason Gallagher)
DUET
11-14
1st Athena Liu/Sophia Liu (Yining Wang & Hweilan Luo)
2nd Chloe Ren/Audrey Ren (Veda Zuponcic)
DUET 15-17
1st Michelle Ng/Joie Kuan (Chiu-Tze Lin)
2nd Tvisha Faria/Laura Liu (Yelena Ivanov)
not a member of NJMTA/MTNA
Advanced Master Class: Sunday, November 14, at 3pm
Eunju Kim, Chairperson
Students selected for the Master Class are listed in alphabetical order according to their last names.
Claire Jiang, age 15 Teacher: Grace Yang
Five Bagatelles by C. Vine
Effie Li, age 14 Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield
Sonata Op.22 I. Allegro con brio by L. V. Beethoven
Katharine Luo, age 13 Teacher: Gloria Chu
Un Sospiro from Three Concert Etudes S.144 by F. Liszt
Alyssa Xu, age 16 Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield
Sonata in A Major, Op. 81, No. 6; IV. Vivace by S. Prokofiev
Alternate Christopher Pan, age 17 Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
Alternate Michelle Ng, age 17 Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
Chairperson: Richard Woo
Winners of the 2021 High School Scholarship Competition are:
Performance:
Scholarship Recipient: Elizabeth Yang, piano (teacher Grace Yang)
Alternate: Sammi Li, piano (teacher Ingrid Clarfield)
Music Education / Pedagogy: N/A
Composition: N/A
Judges for Essays and NJMTA Activities: Yining Wang and Betty Stoloff
Judges for Performance: Gulimina Mahamuti and Diyi Tang
Students selected are:
Catherine You, age 9, Student of Chiu-Ling Lin
Ethen Hong, age 9, Student of Richard Woo
Evan Liu, age 7, Student of Hwei-Lan Luo
David Zhang, age 8, Student of Julia Lam
Alexander Lin, age 13, Student of Chiung-Yin Liu
Hana Fang, age 9, Student of Bing-Bing Chang
See program here.