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MTNA Arizona State Competitions

Committee Chair	Andrew O'Brien
Composition
Chamber Music/Young Artist
Collegiate
High School
Junior High

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

October 31 State level performance competitions

Desert Foothills United Methodist Church

NEWS

The Arizona MTNA Competition was held on Saturday, November 1st at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. A total of 23 competitors/ensembles competed for the opportunity to move on to the MTNA Southwest Division Competition in January 2009. The results are as follows:

JUNIOR COMPETITION
Composition
     State Representative - Kevin Bodhipaksha (Susanne Rothaar)
Piano
     Winner - Carolynn Cong (Fei Xu)
     Alternate - Charles Zhao (Yali Luo)
Strings
     Winner - Kevin Bodhipaksha, viola (Susanne Rothaar)
     Alternate - Jeanelle Brierley, violin (Susanne Rothaar)

SENIOR COMPETITION
Composition
     State Representatve - Brooke Clason (Susanne Rothaar)
Piano
     Winner - Josephine Yang (Baruch Meir)
     Alternate - Grace Ma (Fei Xu)
     Honorable Mention - Rudy Chen (Yali Luo)
Strings
     Winner - Usha Kapoor, violin (Katie McLin)
     Alternate - Eric Chang, violin (Susanne Rothaar)
Woodwinds
     State Representative - Quinn Van Drew, saxophone (Michael Napoleon)

YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION
Chamber Ensemble
     State Representative - Arizona Graduate Winds (University of Arizona)
Piano
     Winner - Mauricio Arias (Robert Hamilton)
     Alternate - Aryo Wicaksono (John Steele Ritter)
Strings
     State Representative - Regina Dyches, violin (Katie McLin)
Voice
     Winner - Jamilyn Manning-White, soprano (Carole FitzPatrick)
     Alternate - Allison Stanford, soprano (Robert Barefield)
Woodwinds
     Winner - Derek Granger, saxophone (Timothy McAllister)
     Alternate - Jason Souliere, bassoon (William Dietz)

JUDGES
Composition
     Wallace Taylor
Piano
     Dr. Mandarin Cheung-Yueh
     Sherry Lenich
     Barbara Spoelman
Strings
     Junko Hayashi
Voice
     Dr. Marcus Denton
Woodwinds
     Paul Brewer

Winners and State Representatives move on to the MTNA Southwest Division Competition January 10-11, 2009 at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Congratulations to all competitors, teachers, and families of competitors! A big thanks also goes out to the volunteers that assisted with various tasks during the competition day.