2022 YOUNG MUSICIANS COMPETITIONS - WINDS RESULTS

Division Award Student/Teacher             

12-14 HM Dave Daiwei Liu/Sehee Christine Cho, age 13, Hsunchi Hsueh
(Duet)

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12-14 1st Cherie Xu, Clarinet, age 13, Kenneth Ellison
(Junior) Stamitz, Concerto in Bb major, mvt. 1 Allegro 

2nd Matthew Gao, Clarinet, age 14, Kenneth Ellison
3rd Julia Zhou, Clarinet, age 13, Kenneth Ellison
HM Wei-En Liao, Clarinet, age 13, Kenneth Ellison
HM Garland Liu, Flute, age 12, Amy Tu

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15-17 1st Lina Lin, Flute, age 15, Amy Tu
(Senior) Bach, Sonate V, BWV 1034, mvt. 1 and 4

2nd Hanyi Deng, Clarinet, age 16, Kenneth Ellison
3rd Daniel Guo, Saxophone, age 15, Kenneth Ellison
HM Andy Yin, Flute, age 16, Amy Tu
HM Hong Cheng, Clarinet, 16, Kenneth Ellison

2022 Commissioned Composer Competition Results

Julia Kovalev, Chairperson 

(Third prize winners, honorable mention (HM) recipients are listed in alphabetical order according to their last names)

COMPOSER:  Carol Comune 

Cha Cha the Chameleon 

Prize                  Student                             Teacher

1st                            Vicky G. Sun                               Stella Xu
2nd                          Danny Chen                               Yuhui Chloris Li
3rd                           Tai Wang                                     Chiu-Tze Lin
3rd                           Kaya Yoo                                     Stella Xu
HM                          Sophia Eby                                  Esma Pasic-Filipovic
HM                   Valeria Zhang                      Wei-Yuh Christina Xie

Blue Aura 

Prize                        Student                             Teacher

1st                           Zachary Jin                                Stella Xu
2nd                          Joviale Wu                                     Esma Pasic-Filipovic
3rd                   Evan Bai                               Yuhui Chloris Li
HM                         Ellie Wu                                     Wei-Yuh Christina Xie
HM                         Emily Wu                                         Grace J. Yang

Impulsive 

Prize                     Student                            Teacher

1st                           Raymond Xu                           Stella Xu
2nd                           Annabelle Chow                       Stella Xu
3rd                          Christina Wang                          Stella Xu
HM                         Kristie Chao                              Stella Xu

 Born in My Heart…from East to West

Prize                     Student                            Teacher

1st                        Joie Kuan, piano/Tehya Lim, cello   Chiu-Tze Lin/Hyo-Jin Lee

2022 Young Musicians Competitions - STRINGS Results

Chairperson: Phoebe Hu

1st place winners will perform at the Winners Recital next weekend at the NJMTA State Conference.

Recital Details: Sunday, November 13, 2022, 3:15 pm.
Gill Memorial Chapel of Rider University

Elementary (Age 10-under)

1st place-

Ivy Yin, violin, age 8, Teacher: Tunde Gaal
(Edouard Lalo: Symphonies Espagnole, Opus 21, first movement)

2nd place-

Melody Jian, violin, age 9, Teacher: Tunde Gaal

3rd place-

Derek Liu, violin, age 10, Teacher: Yousun Kim

Honorable Mention-

Annabelle Zhao, violin, age 9, Teacher: Yousun Kim

Judges: Shana Douglas and Alisa Seavey Dewberry

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Junior (Age 11-14)

1st place-

Kai Freeman, violin, age 14, Teacher: Amy Oshiro,
(Henryk Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2, 3rd movement)

2nd place-

Lucille Cheng, violin, age 13, Teacher: Tunde Gaal

3rd places-

Charlotte Xinger Ji Dressel, cello, age 13, Teacher: Hyojin Lee
Erika Lee, cello, age 11, Teacher: Mira Kang,

Honorable Mention-

Sunny Cui, violin, age 13, Teacher: Kevin Tsai,
Jessica Hong, cello, age 14, Teacher: Hyojin Lee,
Darren Lee, cello, age 14, Teacher: Hyojin Lee,
Emily Wang, violin, age 14, Teacher: Yousun Kim

Judges: Shana Douglas and Alisa Seavey Dewberry

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Senior (Age 15-17)

1st place-

Angeluna Xu, violin, age 17, Teacher: Yousun Kim
(Bela Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances)

2nd place-

Heather Lee, violin, age 15, Teacher: Yousun Kim

3rd place-

Henry Depew, violin, age 16, Teacher: Tunde Gaal
Jacob Kang, cello, age 15, Teacher: Mira Kang

Honorable Mention-

Wesley Chen, violin, age 15, Teacher: Tunde Gaal
Katrina Lee, cello, age 16, Teacher: Hyojin Lee
Nora Lee, violin, age 17, Teacher: Yousun Kim

Judges: Eric Jones and Margaret Dziekonski

2022 High School Performance Scholarship Recipient announced

Chairperson: Richard Woo

2022 Recipient of High School Performance Scholarship is CHRISTOPHER SHIN, student of Veda Zuponcic.

Three scholarships are offered to high school seniors who will be pursuing music study in college with one of the following majors: Performance, Music Education or Pedagogy and Composition. At the 2022 NJMTA State Conference, the Performance category recipient will perform one of their selections, the Music Education/Pedagogy category recipient will read their essay, and the Composition category recipient will arrange to have their composition(s) performed with live performers on acoustic instruments. If there is more than one recipient in any category, then the award will be shared. For each category recipient, one half of the scholarship amount will be awarded in the student’s first semester of college music study, and the second half will be awarded in their second semester. Awards are contingent upon the student’s continuation of their college major.

See more info about HSS

2022 Teacher of the Year is to be awarded to Veda Zuponcic

Veda Zuponcic is the recipient of the 2022 Teacher of the Year Award

Established in 2009, Teacher of the Year Award is intended to recognize music teachers in New Jersey who have contributed in many ways to our profession and to our state association. The award will be given at the state conference.

2022 MTNA STUDENT COMPETITION RESULTS

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

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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.

2022 High School Scholarship for Composition is awarded...

Recipient of 2022 High School Scholarship Composition Scholarship is CHARLES LOVE (student of Nancy Modell)

Three scholarships are offered to high school seniors who will be pursuing music study in college with one of the following majors: Performance, Music Education or Pedagogy and Composition. At the 2022 NJMTA State Conference, the Performance category recipient will perform one of their selections, the Music Education/Pedagogy category recipient will read their essay, and the Composition category recipient will arrange to have their composition(s) performed with live performers on acoustic instruments. If there is more than one recipient in any category, then the award will be shared. For each category recipient, one half of the scholarship amount will be awarded in the student’s first semester of college music study, and the second half will be awarded in their second semester. Awards are contingent upon the student’s continuation of their college major.

See more info about HSS

2022 Conference Advanced Master Class Audition Results

EUNJU KIM, Chairperson

Students selected for the Master Class are listed in alphabetical order according to their last names.

Kevin Jin, age 15                          Teacher: Gloria Chu
                           Nocturne in C Minor, Op.48, No. 1 by Frederic Chopin                       

Joie Kuan, age 16                          Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
                            Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations) by Robert Muczynski

Christopher Shin, age 16               Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
                          Sonata in A Major, Op. 101, Mvt. III & IV by Ludwig van Beethoven

Angela Zhang, age 13                   Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
                          Sonata in A Major, Op.2, No.2, I: Allegro vivace by L. van Beethoven

Alternate             Emily Boksner, age 15                  Teacher: Rita Shklar

Alternate             Henry Tsai, age 14                        Teacher: Rita Shklar

2022 Young Musicians Competition RESULTS for Piano

2022 YMC Winners - Piano

CHAIR: CHRISTINE KANG & JU-FEN LU

3rd place and HM recipients names are in alphabetical order.

*students with an (*) are students of a non-NJMTA member teacher.

Click here for a printable list with full winners’ repertoire.

Age Group     Prize             Student                                     Teacher          

   5                   HM                Avery Yu                                    Yuhui Chloris Li
                                                                                                                                                                                                

   6                  1st                 Amanda Zheng                       *
                        2nd                 Sophia Sung                             Chiu-Tze Lin
                        3rd                 Olivia Li                                      *
                        3rd                 Alexandra Wu                          Aziza Khasanova-Madaski
                        HM                Andrew Zhang                         Chiu-Tze Lin         
                                                                                                                                                                                                  

   7                   1st                   Sylvie Chiu                                Ikumi Hiraiwa
                        2nd                 Jayden Li                                  Tomoko Harada
                        3rd                  Francis He                                Choah Kim
                        3rd                  Jian Ping Hu                             Stella Xu
                        HM                 Edwin Cheng                          Tomoko Harada
                        HM                 Stanley Chu                              Stella Xu
                                                                                                                                                                                                  

   8                  1st                   Claire Li                                *
                        2nd                  Max Lu                                    Stella Xu
                        3rd                   Harris Dong                          Stella Xu
                        3rd                   Bryan Wu                                Veda Zuponcic
                        HM                  Clementine Wu                       * 
                        HM                  Leah Yeon                                Mansoon Kim
                                                                                                                                                                                                

  9                   1st                   Grace Hwang                        Eunju Joung Kim
                        2nd                  Emma Li                                  Chiu-Tze Lin
                        3rd                   Emma Pan                             Stella Xu
                        3rd                   Tommy Jihuan Yang          Stella Xu
                        HM                  Lilian Ji                                   Ingrid Clarfield
                        HM                  Janice Li    *
                        HM                  Kristine Shmagin                  Choah Kim                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                

 10                1st                    Eunice Choi                             *   
                        2nd                  Katherine Lee                      Wei-Yuh Christina Xie
                        3rd                   Allan Ping                              Ju-Fen Lu
                        3rd                   Natalie Tsai                          Kuan-Juei Su
                        3rd                   Kyle Zhu                                Julia Lam
                        HM                  Abhinav Anand                    Yevgeny Morozov
                        HM                  Aaron Wang                         Helen Wang
                        HM                  Alan Xiang *
                        HM                  Catherine You                      Chiu-Ling Lin
                                                                                                                                                                                                 

11                  1st                    Jaden Liu                            Grace Yang
                        2nd                    Bowen Liang                      Stella Xu
                        3rd                    Amy Chu                            Chiu-Tze Lin
                        3rd                     Sophia Liu                          Hwei-Lan Luo
                        HM                   Karen Du                            Julia Lam
                        HM                   Christina Xue                      Veda Zuponcic
                                                                                                                                                                                                

12                  1st                    Annie Wei                            Stella Xu
                        2nd                   Andrew Li                             Stella Xu
                        3rd                    Hudson Dong                     Stella Xu
                        3rd                     Eric Feng                             Gloria Chu
                        HM                   Olivia Hua                            Gloria Chu
                        HM                   Natalie Qian                        Chiu-Tze Lin
                                                                                                                                                                                                  

13                  1st                       Ryan Lu                               Stella Xu
                        2nd                      Angela Zhang                    Chiu-Tze Lin
                        3rd                       Sophia Gang                       Stella Xu
                        3rd                       Sophie Wang                     Grace Yang
                        HM                      Dennis Ji                             Ingrid Clarfield
                        HM                      Sophia Mu                           Gloria Chu
                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 14                 1st                       Samuel Cronk                     Veda Zuponcic
                        2nd                       Daniel Haiduc                     Ingrid Clarfield
                        3rd                       Alice Siqi Wan                     Stella Xu
                        3rd                       David Wu                             Stella Xu
                        HM                      Sarah Chen                         Hanbo Liu
                        HM                       Katharine Luo                    Gloria Chu                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                

 15                 1st                       Jingyuan Zheng                Stella Xu
                        2nd                      Sarah Li                               Tomoko Harada
                        3rd                        Alexia Fang                         Hanbo Liu
                        3rd                        Effie Li                                  Ingrid Clarfield
                        HM                       Taksh Gupta                        Ingrid Clarfield
                        HM                       David Sun                             Rita Shklar
                                                                                                                                                                                                

 16                 1st                        Christopher Shin              Veda Zuponcic
                        2nd                       Christina Wang                Stella Xu
                        3rd                        Joie Kuan                          Chu-Tze Lin
                        HM                       Tvisha Faria                        Yelena Ivanov
                        HM                       Yiming Huang                   Hanbo Liu
                        HM                       Laura Liu                             Yelana Ivanov
                        HM                       Mihran Maldjian                Juana Zayas
                                                                                                                                                                                                

17                  1st                        Alyssa Xu                              Ingrid Clarfield
                        2nd                      Audrey Gang                      Stella Xu
                        HM                      Antonio Angelico              Alessandra Tiraterra
                                                                                                                                                                                                

Collegiate 1st                       Sean Baker                           Veda Zuponcic
                        2nd                      Quinnie Mei                       Veda Zuponcic

Young Musicians Competition Winners - Piano Duet

Age Group      Prizes        Student                                              Teacher

10 and under    1st             Claire Li/Olivia Li                       *   
                             2nd            Cooper Chen/ David Zhang          Julia Lam
                                                                                                                                                                                                

11 - 14              1st             Kyle Zhu/Karen Du                          Julia Lam
                       3rd             Nathan Chau/Zoe Chau                    Jason Gallagher
                         3rd            Florence Chen/Milan Zhang           Richard Woo
                         HM           Christina Wang/Angela Zhang      Chiu-Ling Lin/Chiu-Tze Lin
                                                                                                                                                                                                

15 - 17              1st             Sophia Kim/Helena Kim                 Mansoon Kim    
                         3rd           Anya Wang/Daniel Li                        Julia Lam

*students with an (*) are students of a non-NJMTA member teacher.

Julia Lam named as 2023 Foundation Fellow

Julia Lam is a teacher based in Basking Ridge, serving NJMTA since 1992, from Certification chair to Presidency, now chairing for the Commissioned Composer Competition. Her students have excelled at state, national and International competitions.

Read more about Julia Lam on the Foundation page.