Arizona Chamber Music Strings
Competition in January 2024 (Division)
Arizona Chamber Music Winds
Competition in January 2024 (Division)
Arizona Junior Performance Piano
Winner: Katheryn Chan, student of Hong Zhu
Alternate: Justin Kang, student of Snezana Krstic
Honorable Mentions: William Shan, student of Qingqing Ye; Aiden Zhou, student of Tatyana Eldridge
Arizona Junior Performance String
Winner: Joshua Lee (violin), student of Jooyeon Han
Alternate: Audrey Zhou (violin), student of Susanne Rothaar
Arizona Junior Performance Woodwind
Representative: Jake Shim (clarinet), student of Stefanie Gardner
Arizona Senior Performance Piano
Winner: Daniel Kang, student of Snezana Krstic
Alternate: Lawrence Wren, student of Hong Zhu
Honorable Mentions: Nathan Spencer, student of Andy O’Brien; Yoobin Cha, student of Soo Yoen Kim; Jarron Deng, student of Qingqing Ye
Arizona Senior Performance String
Winner: Abraham Kim (cello), student of Jamie Kellogg
Alternate: Sophia Kim (cello), student of Thomas Landschoot
Honorable Mentions: Charles Pabst (cello), student of Wesley Skinner; Yun-Tsai Yeh (violin), student of Susanne Rothaar
Arizona Senior Performance Woodwind
Representative: Daniel Jeon (clarinet), student of Stefanie Gardner
Arizona Senior Piano Duet
Winner: Brayden Wagner & Patrick Carter, students of Natalya Thran
Alternate: Alicia Lucchesi & Mia Lucchesi, students of Rong Lucchesi
Arizona Young Artist Composition
Representative: Victor Ramirez, student of Raymond Ryder
Arizona Young Artist Brass
Representative: Jacob Kittleson (tuba), student of Deanna Swoboda
Arizona Young Artist Performance Piano
Winner: Samuel Nelson, student of Baruch Meir
Alternate: Tanner Dodt, student of Kevin Fitz-Gerald
Honorable Mentions: Eunbin Ko, student of Baruch Meir; Siyuan Zhang, student of Fanya Lin
Arizona Young Artist Performance Woodwind
Winner: Jerick Meagher (saxophone), student of Christopher Creviston
Alternate: Nathan Valencia (saxophone), student of Christopher Creviston
Honorable Mention: Isaac McIntosh (saxophone), student of Stefanie Gardner
Competition Judges
Composition: Christopher Oill
Piano:
Junior Piano – Peter Davis, Olga Gorelick, & Radmila Stojanovic-Kiriluk
Senior Piano – Fanya Lin, Baruch Meir, & Silvan Negruțiu
Senior Piano Duet – Mandarin Cheung-Yueh
Young Artist Piano – Miki Aoki, Mandarin Cheung-Yueh, & Hong Zhu
Strings: Jason Sah (violin/viola), Xiaolin Li (violin), & Laurie Selby (cello)
Woodwinds: Patrick Murphy (saxophone) & Robert Spring (clarinet)
All Arizona winners move on to the Southwest Division competition in January 2024 (video only). If the winner is unable to perform, the Alternate will take his/her place in the competition.
All Southwest Division winners will compete in the MTNA National Competitions in Atlanta, Georgia March 16-20, 2024 at the Hilton Atlanta Downtown.