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2021 Arizona State Winners

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Arizona Chamber Music Strings

Competition in January 2022 (Division)

Arizona Chamber Music Winds

Competition in January 2022 (Division)

Arizona Junior Performance Piano

Winner: Justin Kang, student of Snezana Krstic & Jessica Yam
Alternate: Claire Liu, student of Yali Luo
Honorable Mention: Clayton Schmitt, student of Jennifer Ju

Arizona Junior Performance String

Winner: Joshua Lee (violin), student of Jooyeon Han
Alternate: Sophie Kim (cello), student of Tom Landschoot
Honorable Mention: Evan Yoon (cello), student of Tom Landschoot

Arizona Senior Composition

Winner: Annabel Ohman, student of Christopher Oill

Arizona Senior Performance Piano

Winner: Tony Kim, student of Yali Luo
Alternate: Asuka Firdaus, student of Snezana Krstic
Honorable Mention: Tanner Dodt, student of Fei Xu

Arizona Senior Performance String

Winner: Jonathan Okseniuk (violin), student of Jing Zeng
Alternate: Seungchan Min (violin), student of Steven Moeckel
Honorable Mentions: Caroline Ma (viola), student of Susanne Rothaar
Brandon Lee (viola), student of Susanne Rothaar

Arizona Senior Performance Woodwind

Winner: Giovanna Gioscia (saxophone), student of Christopher Creviston
Alternate: Elizabeth Ovelil (flute), student of Brian Gordon

Arizona Senior Piano Duet

Representative: Alexander Zhao & Carrie Ma, students of Yan Zhang

Arizona Young Artist Performance Piano

Winner: Hyeongji Choi, student of Baruch Meir
Alternate: Ruiya Zhong, student of Cathal Breslin
Honorable Mention: Conor Smyth-Small, student of Cathal Breslin

Arizona Young Artist Performance Woodwind

Winner: Ben MacDonald (saxophone), student of Christopher Creviston

Competition Judges

Composition: Russell Ronnebaum
Piano: Alvin Chow (Junior & Senior), Patricia Dinkins-Matthews (Junior & Senior), Lise Keiter (Junior & Senior), & John Owings (Young Artist)
Strings: Stephanie Baer, viola (Senior); Dmitri Berlinsky, violin (Senior); Jason Sah, violin & viola (Junior & Senior)
Woodwinds: Stephen Page, saxophone (Senior & Young Artist)

All Arizona winners move on to the Southwest Division competition in January 2022 (video only). If the winner is unable to perform, the Alternate will take his/her place in the competition.

MTNA Competitions Coordinator: Linda Stump, lindastump@mtna.org
Arizona Competitions Coordinator: Dr. Yali Luo, yluo2yluo2@gmail.com

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