2021 MTNA Student Competitions RESULTS

2021 MTNA Student Performance Competitions

Wei-Yuh Christina Xie, Chairperson & Senior Coordinator

Amy I-Yun Tu, Junior and Young Artist Coordinator  

 

JUNIOR LEVEL

Piano Solo

Winner: Ryan Lu                                                            Teacher: Stella Xu 
Alternate: Sarah Li                                                       Teacher: Tomoko Harada
Honorable Mention: Samuel Cronk               Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
                                                 Linda Nichvoloda        Teacher: Vladimir Valjarevic

                                          

String

Winner: Sophia Nam, Viola                                            Teacher: Hyun Jung Joo
Alternate: Audrey Lee, Violin                                        Teacher: Tunde Gaal
Honorable Mention: Valentina Chen, Violin     Teacher: Stefan Jackiw 
                                                 Chelsea Wang, Violin        Teacher: Jeremy Zhu

 

Woodwind

Winner: Chloe Yu, Clarinet                                            Teacher: Kenneth Ellison
Alternate: Matthew Gao, Clarinet                              Teacher: Kenneth Ellison 

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SENIOR LEVEL

Piano Solo

Winner : Christopher Shin                                            Teacher: Veda Zuponcic 
Alternate: Apollo Lee                                                    Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
Honorable Mention: Sammi Li                                 Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield    
                                                Elizabeth Yang                      Teacher: Grace Yang                   

String

Winner: Myra Cui, Violin                                              Teacher: Minji Kwon                                                
Alternate: Leo Chang, Cello                                          Teacher: Marion Feldman
Honorable Mention: Kaylin Chung, Violin        Teacher: Elizabeth Faidley
                                          Nicholas Yoo, Violin          Teacher: Elizabeth Chang

Woodwind

Winner: Audrey Yan, Flute                                            Teacher: Amy Tu
Alternate: Joyce Zhu, Flute                                           Teacher: Amy Tu
Honorable Mention: Hanyi Deng, Clarinet       Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

  

Senior Piano Duet

State Representative: Sammi Li/ Effie Li            Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield                                  

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YOUNG ARTIST LEVEL

Piano

Winner: Alexander Lo                                                   Teacher: Natalya Antonova
Alternate: Sean Baker                                                  Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Honorable Mention: Christopher Banka              Teacher: Vladimir Valjarevic

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2021 MTNA Student Composition Competitions

Julia Kovalev, Composition Competitions Coordinator

 

Elementary:

              Representative: Ella Zhang                                        Teacher: Nancy Modell

 

Junior:

Winner: Kevin Yang                                                     Teacher: Je-Fen Lu
Honorable mention: Kenny Yang                                Teacher: Ju-Fen Lu                                                 
Therese Tsang                            Teacher: Adam Gilbert

 

Senior:

             Winner: Devin Lu                                                         Teacher: Kaori Tanioka

             Honorable Mention: Evan Chang                                Teacher: Philip Orr

                                                 Christopher Pan                         Teacher: Yiming Wu

 

Young Artist: 

              Representative: Vladyslav Nazarchuk                          Teacher: Inessa Gleyserova

 

Accepting proposals for the NJMTA Conference 2021!

We are excited to announce that the 2021 NJMTA Conference will take place on Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14 via Zoom!


NJMTA Conference is an annual event with special guest artists, advanced and intermediate piano masterclasses, and recitals of Young Musician Competitions, High School Scholarship and MTNA Student Competitions winners.

We are accepting proposals for your participation in four ways:

  1. 30-45 minute full-length presentation

  2. 5-minute “bize-sized” presentation

  3. Poster

  4. Questions to be submitted for all conference attendants to see and answer.

If you can contribute to any of these four items, please let us know of your intent by completing this online registration form by Tuesday, June 8 at 11:59pm. (Go to form)

All presentations are subject to approval by the Conference Planning Committee.

2020 Teacher of the Year is awarded to Tomoko Harada

Every year, NJMTA presents the Teacher of the Year Award to a teachers who is highly exemplary in their teaching, character and service. Nominations are taken, and then the members vote on the nominees. The board would like to thank the Teacher of the Year Committee( (Chiu-Tze Lin, chair/Phyllis Lehrer, Yining Wang) for monitoring the election, ensuring that it was done fairly and with the highest standards of transparency and fairness.

The NJMTA board is proud to announce that this year’s Teacher of the Year is awarded to Tomoko Harada.

Tomoko Harada has shown that she is consistently committed to the highest standards for music education. Her passion towards teaching is well reflected in her students' performances as they are always of superb musical and technical quality. Tomoko's participation in any organization is the biggest treasure they can have, as she dedicates her impeccable administrative skills to make sure their activities succeed. “She is a smart, capable, trustworthy, humble, and hardworking person as well as an intelligent piano teacher.” “…heard nothing but praise for Tomoko Harada as a person of the highest ethical standards, a widely respected teacher, and most of all, a truly honored citizen of the musical community!”

Congratulations Tomoko Harada!

2020 NJMTA Service Award is awarded to Julia Kovalev

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.

The committee has chosen Julia Kovalev as the recipient of this year's NJMTA Service Award.

Julia Kovalev has been a member of the Board for over 10 years, acting as the chairperson of the MTNA Student Composition Competition and bringing more awareness to the area of student composition. Under her leadership, there has been a significant increase in the number of participants in the competition. Without her efforts in promoting this event, NJMTA would not have been able to share the work of talented composition students in New Jersey on both the state and national levels. Furthermore, she initiated the idea of including the composition competition winners in the State Conference winners' recitals so that they can have an opportunity to have their work performed in front of the public. Above all, Julia is always willing to help in not only the event that she is in charge of, but in other MTNA competitions as well.

Please join us in congratulating Julia Kovalev as the recipient of the 2020 NJMTA Service Award.

Congratulations, Julia!


2020 New Jersey MTNA Performance Competitions Results

Wei-Yuh Christina Xie, Chairperson & Senior Coordinator
Amy I-Yun Tu, Junior and Young Artist Coordinator

JUNIOR LEVEL

PIANO SOLO

Winner: Ryan Lu Teacher: Stella Xu
Alternate: Samuel Cronk Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Honorable Mention: Christina Wang Teacher: Chiu-Ling Lin
Aidan Zhoung Teacher: Dohyun Chun

STRING

Winner: Julie Kim, Violin Teacher: Elizabeth Chang
Alternate: Chelsea Wang, Violin Teacher: Jeremy Zhu
Honorable Mention: Nicolas Lin, Violin Teacher: Elizabeth Faidley
Aurelia Faidley-Solars, Cello Teacher: Hans Jensen

WOODWIND

Winner: Katherine Fang, Flute Teacher: Joseph Lu
Alternate: Hong Cheng, Clarinet Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

SENIOR LEVEL

PIANO SOLO

Winner: Natalie Joyce Chow Teacher: Beatrice Long
Alternate: Christopher Shin Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Honorable Mention: Apollo Lee Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
Elizabeth Yang Teacher: Grace Yang

STRING

Winner: Myra Cui, Violin Teacher: Minji Kwon
Alternate: Bethany Bobbs, Cello Teacher: Catherine Bobbs
Honorable Mention: Charlotte Rose Depew, Violin Teacher: Tunde Gaal
Angelina Dong, Violin Teacher: Jeremy Zhu
Nathan Lin, Violin Teacher: Elizabeth Faidley

WOODWIND

Winner: Hannah Lee, Flute Teacher: Amy Tu
Alternate: Audrey Yan, Flute Teacher: Amy Tu
Honorable Mention: Ethan Feng, Clarinet Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

SENIOR PIANO DUET

State Representative: Gordon Li/ Jasmine Meyer Teacher: Julia Lam

YOUNG ARTIST LEVEL

PIANO SOLO

State Representative: Christopher Banka Teacher: Vladimir Valjarevic

2020 New Jersey MTNA Composition Competitions Results

Julia Kovalev, Composition Competitions Coordinator

Elementary:

Winner: Chloe She Teacher: Nancy Modell
Honorable Mention: Emi Simonds Teacher: Sondra Tammam

Junior:

Winner: Evan Chang Teacher: Philip Orr
Honorable Mention: Michael Middlezong Teacher: Kaori Tanioka
Kenny Yang Teacher: Ju-Fen Lu

Senior:

Winner: Kailyn Williams Teacher: Danette Whelan
Honorable Mention:Aadhitya Raam Ashok Teacher: Kaori Tanioka
T. Wang Teacher: Nancy Modell

2020 NJMTA Young Musicians Competition Results- PIANO

Mi-Young Kim, chairperson


JUDGES

Ages 13, 18 Steven Graff
Peter Toth

Ages 14, Duets Eric Fung
Soyeon Park

Age 15 Xun Pan
Yiheng Yang

Age 16 Tai-Cheng Chen
Daniel Epstein

Ages 5 & 6, 17 Li-Chen Hwang
Quynh Nguyen

Ages 7,10 Kazuko Hayami
Marina Obukovsky

Ages 8, 9 Mark Pakman
Amy Yang

Ages 11, 12 Karina Bruk
Tammy Lum

WINNERS

Age Category Award Student Teacher (repertoire to be performed)

5 & 6 1st Julianne Wang Stella Xu
Toccata from Four Rondos, Op.60 by D. Kabalevsky
2nd Emily Hua Stella Xu
3rd Isabelle Bao Choah Kim
3rd Max Lu Stella Xu
HM Evan Liu Hwei-Lan Luo

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7 1st Tommy Jihuan Yang Stella Xu
Rondo from Sonatina in G, Op.151, No.1 by Diabelli
2nd Stella Cheng Yevgeny Morozov
3rd Florence Chen Richard Woo
3rd Emma Li Chiu-Tze Lin
HM Cecilia Yang Elvira Kipnis
HM David Zhang Julia Lam

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8 1st Luke Yeon Stella Xu
Allegro con spirito from Sonatina in D, Op.36, No.6 by M. Clementi
2nd Katherine Lee Weiyuh Xie
3rd Athena Lin Chang Liu
3rd Arden Shi Chloris Li
HM Allan Ping Ju-Fen Lu
HM Catherine You Chiu-Ling Lin

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9 1st Luciana Sofia Velez Fiorella Araya-Cheng
Tarantella in A minor by A. Pieczonka
2nd Bowen Liang Grace J. Yang
3rd Lucia Camilli Fiorella Araya-Cheng
3rd Evelyn Liu Eunju Joung Kim
HM Sophia Liu Hwei-Lan Luo
HM Audrey Ren Veda Zuponcic

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10 1st Alex Ziyou Yuan Stella Xu
Rondo on Argentine Children's Folk Tunes by Ginastera
2nd Andrew Li Stella Xu
3rd Olivia Hua Gloria Chu
3rd Averie Wu Ingrid Clarfield
HM Arielle Chen Ingrid Clarfield
HM Emily Leta Ewig Fiorella Araya-Cheng
HM Eric Feng Gloria Chu

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11 1st Ryan Lu Stella Xu
Sonata in d minor, Op.14: 4. Vivace by Prokofiev
2nd Anna Deng Yevgeny Morozov
3rd Sophie Gang Stella Xu
3rd Angela Zhang Chiu-Tze Lin
HM Athena Liu Yining Wang
HM Hannah Zou Ingrid Clarfield

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12 1st Emma Liu Eunju Joung Kim
Fantasy in F# minor ( Scottish Sonata), 1st movt by F. Mendelssohn
2nd David Wu Stella Xu
3rd Samuel Cronk Veda Zuponcic
3rd Andrew Khislavskiy Svetlana Zelov
HM Helena Kim Mansoon Kim
HM Rachel Ziran Yuan Stella Xu

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13 1st Sarah Li Tomoko Harada
Ballade No. 3 Op 47 by F. Chopin
2nd Anastasia Kudin Igor Resnianski
3rd David Sun Rita Shklar
HM Esther Li Beatrice Long

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14 1st Christopher Shin Veda Zuponcic
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 by F. Liszt
2nd Christina Wang Stella Xu
3rd Claire Jiang Grace J. Yang
3rd Vienna Li Tomoko Harada
HM Zackary Li Chang Liu
HM Oliver Que Svetlana Zelov

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15 1st Jason Liu Yevgeny Morozov
Mephisto Waltz No 1 by F. Liszt
2nd Jeffrey Xu Yelena Mamonova
3rd Audrey Gang Stella Xu
3rd Geoffrey Li Stella Xu
HM Maya Lily Knoller Julia Lam
HM Amber Wang Ingrid Clarfield

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16 1st Natalie Chow Beatrice Long
Sonata in E flat major, Op. 81a, 1st movt by Beethoven
2nd Apollo Lee Chiu-Tze Lin
3rd Brandon Hwang Stella Xu
HM Gordon Li Julia Lam
HM Elizabeth Yang Grace J. Yang

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17 1st Emily Wang Stella Xu
Islamey: Oriental Fantasy, Op.18 by Balakirev
2nd Justin Zhong Stella Xu
3rd Jennifer Liu Ingrid Clarfield
HM Elias DiMatties Rita Shklar

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18 1st Sean Baker Veda Zuponcic
Variations by Kapustin
2nd Jenna Cooley Gloria Chu

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Duet Elem 1st Sharon Xue & Christina Xue Veda Zuponcic
Israeli Dance No. 5: Shepherd's Round by Haim Alexander

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Duet Senior 1st Gordon Li & Jasmine Meyer Julia Lam
Eight Variations on a theme by Count Waldstein, WoO 67
by Ludwig van Beethoven

2020 NJMTA Young Musicians Competition Results- STRINGS

Ingrid Tang, chairperson

JUDGES: Vladimir Dyo, violin
Derek Barnes, cello

Division            Award  Student/Instrument/Age                      Teacher 

Age 10 & Under       1st               Dominique Zen, violin, age 10                    Jeremy Zhu                         

                             2nd             Tessa Chow, cello, age 10                                Christine Hong

                             3rd              Ivy Yin, violin, age 6                                               Tunde Gaal

                              HM             Derek Liu, violin, age 8                                       Yousun Kim

Age 11-14           1st         Emily Wang, violin, age 12                              Yousun Kim

                                                 2nd              Katrina Lee, cello, age 14                                Hyojin Lee

                                                3rd         Jessica Hong, cello, age 12                             Hyojin Lee

                                             3rd         Henry Depew, violin, age 14                        Tunde Gaal

                                        HM        Audrey Lee, violin, age 11                              Tunde Gaal

                         HM        Evelyn Chao, violin, age 14                           Yousun Kim

                         

Age 15-17           1st        Charlotte Depew, violin, age 17                 Tunde Gaal

                                 2nd              Ashley Zhang, cello, age 16                               Hyolin Lee   

                                 3rd              Samantha Liu, violin, age 16                            Yousun Kim

                                     3rd              Henry Zheng, violin, age 16                               Nancy Wilson

                                   3rd               Jaeah Shin, cello, age 15                                        Mira Kang

                                   HM              Nora Lee, violin, age 15                                         Yousun Kim

                                            HM        Michael Sun, violin, age 17                                Yousun Kim

                             HM        Anthony Zhai, violin, age 16                             Ingrid Tang

                         

Age 18                 1st         Dabin Hwang, cello, age 18                              Mira Kang