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MTNA Arizona State Competitions
| Committee Chair | Kassandra J. Weleck | |
| Composition | ||
| Chamber Music/Young Artist | ||
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The MTNA Arizona State Competitions Committee encourages every detail of musical excellence by solo and chamber music performance competitions (junior high through collegiate) and composition competitions (elementary through collegiate). New this year is the Senior Piano Duet category.
State level winners perform at the Winners Recital and are required to compete in the MTNA Southwest Division Competitions. Southwest Division winners also compete just before the MTNA National Conference and National Winners perform at a special recital during the MTNA National Conference.
Competition rules and guidelines can be found at: http://www.mtna.org/Programs/Competitions/Guidelines/tabid/304/Default.aspx
Registration must be completed online. Go to http://www.mtna.org/Default.aspx?tabid=288 to register. REGISTRATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY SEPTEMBER 11, 2007.
Please contact Kassandra Weleck, Competitions Chair, with any questions or concerns at kjweleck@gmail.com.
NEWS
MTNA STATE COMPETITION 2007 RESULTS - NOVEMBER 3, 2007
Composition
Elementary Winner: Leonard J. Moody, Jr. (Patricia Gibron, TMTA)
Elementary Honorable Mention: Steven Kujawski (Evonne Beattie, PMTA)
Senior State Representative: Rylan Zandi (Jackie Schneider-Borresen, EVMTA)
Junior Performance
Piano Winner: Carolynn Cong (Fei Xu, EVMTA)
Piano Alternate: Seva Haug-Baltzell (Diana Galindo, NAMTA)
Piano Honorable Mention: Grace Wingler (Diana Galindo, NAMTA)
Strings State Representative: Usha Kapoor, violin (Katie McLin, EVMTA)
Senior Performance
Piano State Representative: Grace Ma (Fei Xu, EVMTA)
Piano Duet State Representatives: Grace Do & Judy Zhang (Hong Zhu, EVMTA)
Strings State Representative: Victor Beyens, violin (Katie McLin, EVMTA)
Young Artist Performance
Piano Winner: Wei Xing (Caio Pagano, EVMTA)
Piano Alternate: Joshua Hillman (Baruch Meir, EVMTA)
Strings Winner: Kathryn Bivona, violin (Katie McLin, EVMTA)
Strings Alternate: Taylor Morris, violin (Katie McLin, EVMTA)
Strings Honorable Mention: Gina Dyches, violin (Katie McLin, EVMTA)
Voice State Representative: Allison Stanford, soprano (Robert Barefield, EVMTA)
Woodwind Winner: Jonathan Wintringham, saxophone (Timothy McAllister, TMTA)
Woodwind Alternate: Derek Granger, saxophone (Timothy McAllister, TMTA)
Woodwind Honorable Mention: J. Adam Briggs, saxophone (Timothy McAllister, TMTA)
Woodwind Honorable Mention: Kim Reece, saxophone (Timothy McAllister, TMTA)
Chamber Ensemble State Representative: Catalina Quartet, saxophone (Timothy McAllister, TMTA)
Winners and State Representatives will move on to the MTNA Southwest Division Competitions in New Mexico January 18-20, 2008.
MTNA SOUTHWEST DIVISION COMPETITION RESULTS - ARIZONA
Composition
Senior Honorable Mention: Rylan Zandi (Jackie Schneider-Borresen, EVMTA)
Junior Performance
Piano Winner: Carolynn Cong (Fei Xu, EVMTA)
Strings Alternate: Usha Kapoor, violin (Katie McLin, EVMTA)
Senior Performance
Piano Honorable Mention: Grace Ma (Fei Xu, EVMTA)
Piano Duet Alternate: Grace Do & Judy Zhang (Hong Zhu, EVMTA)
Young Artist Performance
Voice Division Representative: Allison Stanford, soprano (Robert Barefield, EVMTA)
Woodwind Winner: Jonathan Wintringham, saxophone (Timothy McAllister, TMTA)
Chamber Ensemble Winner: Catalina Quartet, saxophone (Timothy McAllister, TMTA)
Winners and Division Representatives will move on to the MTNA National Competitions in Denver, CO March 29-April 2, 2008.