MTNA STUDENT COMPETITIONS 2025
CHAIRPERSON: AMY I-YUN TU (mtnacompetitions@njmta.com)
2025 MTNA STUDENT COMPETITIONS RESULTS (Printable)
2025 WINNERS - PERFORMANCE
JUNIOR LEVEL
PIANO
Winner: Bowen Liang Teacher: Stella Xu
Alternate: Claire Li Teacher: Michael Thomopolous
Honorable Mention: Lexi Cui Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
Jaden Lin Teacher: Grace Yang
Bryan Wu Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
STRING
Winner: Claire Lee, violin Teacher: Sheryl Staples
Alternate: Max Lu, cello Teacher: Seojin Yang
Honorable Mention: Catherine Yu, cello Teacher: Hyojin Lee
WOODWIND
Winner: Katherine Lee, flute Teacher: Amy I-Yun Tu
Alternate: Mukund Venkatesan, flute Teacher: Sandy Olson
Honorable Mention: Sophia Kim, flute Teacher: Christine Kang
Katelyn Park, clarinet Teacher: Bryan Rudderow
SENIOR LEVEL
PIANO
Winner : Hudson Dong Teacher: Stella Xu
Alternate: Edward Ojard Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Honorable Mention: Tony Rosario Bello Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield
Eric Feng Teacher: Gloria Chu
Alice Wan Teacher: Stella Xu
Alexander Wang Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
PIANO DUET
Winner : Conan Yang & Samuel Cronk Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Alternate: Amy Chu & Natalie Qian Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
STRING
Winner: Alice Xinyue Hu, violin Teacher: Brittany Sklar
Alternate: Darren Lee, cello Teacher: Hyojin Lee
Honorable Mention: Elie Kuan, cello Teacher: Hyojin Lee
WOODWIND
Winner: Eric Sigalov, saxophone Teacher: Valentin Kovalev
Alternate: Jayjune Shin, saxophone Teacher: Gi Lee
Honorable Mention: Cherie Tong Xu, clarinet Teacher: Kenneth Ellison Jonathan Lin, saxophone Teacher: Wonki Lee
YOUNG ARTIST LEVEL
PIANO SOLO
Winner: Vitalii Khairutdinov Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Alternate: Alexander DeStefano Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
STRING SOLO
State Representative: Bethany Bobbs, cello Teacher: Catherine Bobbs
WOODWIND SOLO:
State Representative: Hong Cheng, clarinet Teacher: Maureen Hurd Hause
2025 WINNERS - COMPOSITION
Elementary:
Winner: Suvi Kuo, Student of Meng Wang
Honorable Mention: Madhav Thirucherai, Student of Samuel Yulsman
Honorable Mention: Emmy Zhang, Student of Nancy Modell
Junior:
Winner: Ella Zhang, Student of Nancy Modell
Honorable Mention: Ellie She, Student of Nancy Modell
Honorable Mention: Sebastian Soloff, Student of Nancy Modell
Senior:
Winner: Jeffrey Li, Student of Jonathan Spitz
Honorable Mention: Olex Donghao Li, Student of Yiming Wu
Honorable Mention: Colton Stotesbury, Student of Kaori Tanioka
Honorable Mention: Enoch Yu, Student of Yiming Wu
See the winners from past MTNA Competitions
Please visit the MTNA website for up-to-date information on all MTNA competitions:
https://www.mtna.org/MTNA/engage/competitions/Composition_Guidelines.aspx
https://www.mtna.org/MTNA/engage/competitions/performance_guidelines.aspx