Arizona Chamber Music Strings
Competition in January 2025 (Division)
Arizona Chamber Music Winds
Competition in January 2025 (Division)
Arizona Junior Composition
Winner: Ethan Chang, Breakout Saga (piano), student of Karalyn Schubring
Honorable Mentions: Lillian Tan, The Dove (piano duet); Vivian Nguyen, Memories of the Great Turtle (piano); Emily Oswald, The Black Swan (horn, basson, piano), all students of Karalyn Schubring
DIVISION COMPETITION – Honorable Mention – Ethan Chang, Breakout Saga (piano), student of Karalyn Schubring
Arizona Junior Performance Piano
Winner: Katheryn Chan, student of Hong Zhu
Alternate: Alexis Dyche, student of Ji-Young Kim
Honorable Mention: Ayla Moreno, student of Kyungsun Choi
Arizona Junior Performance String
Winner: Aaron Zhang (viola), student of Susanne Rothaar
Alternate: Graham Schaub (violin), student of Jing Zeng
Arizona Senior Composition
Winner: Iris Li, To the Moon (piano, cello, accordion), student of Karalyn Schubring
Honorable Mentions: Abigail Billyard, Daydream (orchestra), student of Karali Hunter; Israel Kim, Quartet Inferno (string quartet), student of Jamie Kellogg; Lily Nguyen, Midnight Walk (piano), student of Karalyn Schubring
DIVISION COMPETITION – Honorable Mention – Iris Li, To the Moon (piano, cello, accordion), student of Karalyn Schubring
Arizona Senior Performance Piano
Winner: Claire Liu, student of Yali Luo
Alternate: Abigail Billyard, student of Karali Hunter
Honorable Mentions: Sean Dai, student of Kyungsun Choi; Troy Peterson, student of Baruch Meir
Arizona Senior Performance String
Winner: Joshua Lee (violin), student of Jooyeon Han
Alternate: Abraham Kim (cello), student of Jamie Kellogg
Honorable Mentions: Alex Gong (viola), student of Susanne Rothaar; Sophia Kim (cello), student of Tom Landschoot
DIVISION COMPETITION – Winner – Joshua Lee (violin), student of Jooyeon Han
Mr. Lee will compete in the national finals in Minneapolis on Sunday, March 16th.
Arizona Senior Performance Woodwind
Representative: Nelson Brock, saxophone, student of Matthew Fox
Arizona Senior Piano Duet
Representative: Ethan & Rebecca Luke, piano duet, students of Douglas Rowan
Arizona Young Artist Performance Piano
Winner: Austin Gentry, student of Silvan Negruţiu
Alternate: Ty Promreuk, student of Alan Chow
Honorable Mention: Wenqi Du, student of Baruch Meir
Arizona Young Artist Performance String
Winner: Ava Wipf (violin), student of Katie McLin
Alternate: Yun Hao (violin), student of Danwen Jiang
DIVISION COMPETITION – Alternate – Ava Wipf (violin), student of Katie McLin
Competition Judges
Composition: Jamie Whitmarsh (OK)
Piano:
Junior Piano – Alvin Chow (OH), Laura Melton (OH), & Yevgeny Yontov (OH)
Senior Piano – Alvin Chow (OH), Lise Keiter (VA), & Yevgeny Yontov (OH)
Senior Piano Duet – none (no competition)
Young Artist Piano – Alvin Chow (OH)
Strings:
Junior & Young Artist – John Irrera (violin, VA)
Senior – Erica Eckert (viola, CO), Kan Wang (violin, AZ), & Xialing Zheng (cello, New Zealand)
Woodwinds: none (no competition)
All Arizona winners move on to the Southwest Division competition in January 2025 (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 Minneapolis, MN, March 15-19, 2025 at the Hilton Minneapolis.