MTNA student competitions: national finalists

American Music Teacher, April-May, 2003

MTNA STUDENT COMPOSTITION
COMPETITION

Sponsored by Warner Bros. Publications
ELEMENTARY
Gabrielle Nina Haigh, East Central
Division, Cleveland Heights, OH;
Mary Ann Griebling, teacher
Douglon Tse, Eastern Division, Milton,
MA; Alla Elana Cohen, teacher
Josh Norville, Northwest Division,
Oregon City, OR; Laura McMillan,
teacher
Leah Michelle Carter, South Central
Division, Ft. Worth, TX; Glenna O'Dell,
teacher
Parker Ramsey, Southern Division, Burns,
TN; Carol McClure, teacher
Jade Adele Conlee, Southwest Division,
Salt Lake City, UT; Janice Pyper and
Jiaming Chen, teachers
Mitchell Breeling, West Central Division,
Omaha, NE; Regina Carnazzo, teacher

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Alex Kreger, East Central Division,
Brookfield, WI; Carol A. Klose, teacher
Alexander Moran, Eastern Division,
Newfields, NH; Alla Elana Cohen, teacher
Patrice Lyon, Northwest Division,
Pullman, WA; Michelle Mielke, teacher
Yieu Chyan, South Central Division,
Denton, TX; Anna Farish, teacher
Aparna Chatterjee, Southern Division,
Raleigh, NC; John Ruggero, teacher
Hayley Kae Weight, Southwest Division,
Heber City, UT; Laurisa Ward Cope,
teacher
Leigh West Alan, West Central Division,
Littleton, CO; Ruth O'Neal, teacher

HIGH SCHOOL
Jonathan Chapman Cook, East Central
Division, Kalamazoo, MI; Jill Christian,
teacher
Anton Alatsatianos, Eastern Division,
Bethesda, MD; Valerica Maican, teacher
Jeremy DesChane, Northwest Division,
Bellingham, WA; Robert E. Lundquist,
teacher
Andre Charles Duvall, South Central
Division, North Little Rock, AR; Linda D.
Kennedy, teacher
Roger Zare, Southern Division, Sarasota,
FL; Sandra E Lawler, teacher
Niqolaios Lopez y Qosqadi, Southwest
Division, Albuquerque, NM; Annabelle
Leviton, teacher
Wendy Jin, West Central Division,
Rochester, MN; Dorothy Sandquist,
teacher

COLLEGIATE
Pierre Miller, East Central Division,
Kalamazoo, MI; Leslie Tung, teacher
Felipe Lara, Eastern Division, Revere, MA;
Alla Elana Cohen, teacher
Carlo Vincetti Frizzo, South Central
Division, Baton Rouge, LA; Dinos
Constantinides, teacher
J. Adam Burnette, Southern Division,
Rome, GA; Peter DeWitt, teacher
Dustin Callahan, Southwest Division,
Santa Clara, CA; Martha Ashleigh, teacher
Jorge Alfredo Santa Ana Gurrola, West
Central Division, Kirksville, MO;
Warren Gooch, teacher

MTNA JUNIOR NIGH SCHOOL
PERFORMANCE COMPETITIONS

MTNA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BRASS
COMPETITION
Sponsored by Conn-Selmer, Inc.
Charles Albrecht, trumpet, East Central
Division, Bowling Green, OH;
Charles Saenz, teacher
Charles Peck, horn, Eastern Division,
Lincoln University, PA; Cynthia Carr,
teacher
Kurt Riecken, trombone, Southern
Division, Maitland, FL; Eric Mendez,
teacher
Rebecca Gruskin, horn, West Central
Division, Duluth, MN;
Sarah Schmalenberger, teacher

MTNA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PIANO
COMPETITION
Sponsored by Baldwin Piano Company
Michelle Naughton, East Central
Division, Madison, WI;
Emilio del Rosario, teacher
Daniel Suo, Eastern Division, Princeton,
NJ; Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield, teacher
Joshua Archibald-Seiffer, Northwest
Division, Boise, ID; Del Parkinson,
teacher
Alexander Lue, South Central Division,
Richardson, TX; Samuel Wong, teacher
Charles Chocallo, Southern Division,
Marietta, GA; David Watkins, teacher
Kenric Tam, Southwest Division, Los
Altos Hills, CA, John McCarthy, teacher
Qinghua Shine-Shine Lao, West Central
Division, Erie, CO; Larry Graham, teacher

MTNA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STRING
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Thomas Rodgers, violin, East Central
Division, Anderson, IN; Mimi Zweig,
teacher
Felicia Tan, violin, Eastern Division,
Mansfield, PA; Ann Setzer, teacher
Jeong-Bo Shim, violin, Northwest
Division, Corvallis, OR;
Kathryn Lucktenburg, teacher
Rachel Fellows, violin, South Central
Division, Mounds, OK, Esther Fellows,
teacher
Paishiun Nelson Hsieh, violin, Southern
Division, Orlando, FL; Lev Gurevich,
teacher
Kelly Astle, violin, Southwest Division,
Salt Lake City, UT; Jack Ashton, teacher
Andrea Daigle, violin, West Central
Division, Eldorado Springs, CO;
Jennifer John, teacher

MTNA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WOODWIND COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Sang-Woo Moon, flute, Eastern Division,
Gaithersburg, MD; Donna Dymond,
teacher
Karl Beheim, clarinet, Northwest
Division, Anchorage, AK; Chris Beheim,
teacher
Jessica Anastasio, flute, South Central
Division, San Antonio, TX; Tallon Perkes,
teacher
David Weigert, clarinet, Southern
Division, Alexandria, VA; Kenneth Lee,
teacher
Elizabeth Shin, flute, Southwest Division,
Arcadia, CA; Ginny Atherton, teacher
Taneea Ortman, clarinet, West Central
Division, Hartford, SD; Beverly Gibson,
teacher

MINA HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
COMPETITIONS

MTNA HIGH SCHOOL BRASS
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Jonathan Hill, tuba, Northwest Division,
Tacoma, WA; Chris Okla, teacher
Ashton Kimbrough, trumpet, Southern
Division, Montgomery, AL;
Dennis Herrick, teacher
Glenn Dobbs, trumpet, South Central
Division, Owasso, OK; Wiff Rudd, teacher

MTNA HIGH SCHOOL PIANO
COMPETITION
Sponsored by Yamaha Corporation of
American-Piano Division
Jiyeon Shin, East Central Division,
Oberlin, OH, Haewon Song, teacher
Yoonjung Han, Eastern Division, New
York, NY; Victoria Mushkatkol and Min
Kim, teachers
Lucy Chang, Northwest Division,
Bellevue, WA; Victoria Bogdashevskaya,
teacher
Jessica Zhu, South Central Division,
Sugar Land, TX, John Weems, teacher
Sergiy Komirenko, Southern Division,
Raleigh, NC, John Ruggero, teacher
Brandon Lee, Southwest Division, Logan,
UT; Gary Amano, teacher
Hubert Lau, West Central Division, Lee's
Summit, MO; Iris Logeman, teacher

MTNA HIGH SCHOOL STRING
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Hejin Bae, violin, East Central Division,
Northbrook, IL; Gerardo Ribeiro, teacher
Serenus Hua, violin, Eastern Division,
Lincroft, NJ; Ann Setzer, teacher
Vicky Lee, violin, Northwest Division,
Bellevue, WA; Margaret Pressley, teacher
Jeffery King, violin, South Central
Division, Piano, TX; Jan Sloman, teacher
Suliman Tekalli, violin, Southern
Division, Orlando, FL; Lev Gurevich,
teacher
Yun-Ting Lee, violin, Southwest
Division, Chandler, AZ; Phyllis
Skoldberg, teacher
Karin Andreasen, violin, West Central
Division, Moorhead, MN; Sally O'Reilly,
teacher

MTNA HIGH SCHOOL VOICE
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Stephanie Schiller, mezzo-soprano, East
Central Division, Geneva, IL;
Georgeanna Elkin, teacher
Joshua Fein, baritone, Eastern Division,
Easton, CT; Constance Chase, teacher
Maliea Yakymi, soprano, Northwest
Division, Portland, OR; April Duvic,
teacher
Allison Holcomb, soprano, South Central
Division, Alexandria, LA; Lisa Benner,
teacher
Diana Bostick, mezzo-soprano, Southern
Division, Birmingham, AL; Laura Doss,
teacher
Jennifer White, soprano, Southwest
Division, Salt Lake City, UT; Rebecca
Glade, teacher
Meredith Claycomb, soprano, West
Central Division, Sioux Falls, SD;
Cheryl Koch, teacher

MTNA HIGH SCHOOL WOODWIND
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Tim Sawyier, oboe, East Central
Division, Chicago, IL;
J. Ricardo Casteneda, teacher
Thomas Wible, flute, Eastern Division,
Port Vue, PA; Wendy Webb Kumer,
teacher
Nyle Matsuoka, oboe, Northwest
Division, Twin Falls, ID; Janie Griff,
teacher
Christine Massey, oboe, South Central
Division, Houston, TX; Linda Gilbert,
teacher
Gale Scott, flute, Southern Division,
Auburn, AL; Nancy Vinson, teacher
Daniel Fun, flute, Southwest Division,
Montrose, CA; Myung So Kim, teacher
Kelli Brazier, flute, West Central
Division, Littleton, CO;
Margaret Peterson, teacher

COLLEGIATE ARTIST PEFORMANCE
COMPETITIONS

MTNA COLLEGIATE ARTIST BRASS
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Ryoichi Tamaki, tuba, East Central
Division, Bowling Green, OH;
Velvet Brown, teacher
Taya Radabaugh, tuba, Eastern Division,
Buckhannon, WV; David Milburn,
teacher
Aimee Beaulieu, horn, South Central
Division, Nacogdoches, TX; Charles
Gavin, teacher
Adam Lessard, euphonium, Southern
Division, Winterville, GA; David Zerkel,
teacher
Crystal Lee, horn, West Central,
Manhattan, KS; Jacqueline Fassler-Kerstetter,
teacher

MTNA COLLEGIATE ARTIST GUITAR
COMPETITION
Sponsored by Gibson Musical Instruments
Luke Honer, Eastern Division, Hartford,
CT; Richard Provost, teacher
Marco Sartor, Southern Division,
Charleston, SC; Ireland Regnier, teacher
Benjamin Silva, Southwest Division,
Albuquerque, NM; Michael Chapdelaine,
teacher

MTNA COLLEGIATE ARTIST ORGAN
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Matthew Brown, Southern Division,
Burlington, NC; John Mitchener, teacher
Christopher Krampe, West Central
Division, Des Moines, IA; Carl Staplin,
teacher

MTNA COLLEGIATE ARTIST PIANO
COMPETITION
Sponsored by Steinway & Sons
Wei-Ya Lai, East Central Division,
Oberlin, OH; Robert Shannon, teacher
Amy Sze, Eastern Division, Rochester,
NY; Nelita True, teacher
Stephen Beus, Northwest Division,
Othello, WA; Leonard Richter, teacher
Jevgenija Truksa, South Central Division,
Natchitoches, LA; Nikita Fitenko, teacher
William Villaverde, Southern Division,
Charleston, SC; Enrique Graf, teacher
Dustin Gledhill, Southwest Division,
Provo, UT; Irene Peery-Fox, teacher
Katie Mahan, West Central Division,
Golden, CO; Andrew Cooperstock,
teacher

MTNA COLLEGIATE ARTIST STRING
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Susan Schroeder, violin, East Central
Division, Ann Arbor, MI; Paul Kantor,
teacher
Amy Lee, violin, Northwest Division,
Olympia, WA; Kent Coleman, teacher
Sarah Vendsel, violin, South Central
Division, Dallas, TX; Jan Sloman, teacher
Samuel Nordlund, cello, Southern
Division, Tuscaloosa, AL;
Carlton McCreery, teacher
Ann Cox, violin, Southwest Division,
Ogden, UT; Shi-Hwa Wang, teacher
Holly Huelskamp, violin, West Central
Division, Columbia, MO; Eva Szekely,
teacher

MTNA COLLEGIATE ARTIST VOICE
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Susan Lamberson, soprano, Macomb, IL;
Charolette Megginson, teacher
Augustine Mercante, countertenor,
Wilmington, DE; Melanie DeMent,
teacher
Maria Meyer, mezzo-soprano, Seattle,
WA; Sandra Glover, teacher
Natasha Ospina, soprano, Waco, TX;
Robert Best, teacher
Phillip Dothard, baritone, Rome, GA;
John Ramsaur, teacher
Melissa Riedel, mezzo-soprano, Los
Alamos, NM; June Coulter, teacher
Jennifer Powell, mezzo-soprano,
Springfield, MO; Rosemary Owens,
teacher

MTNA COLLEGIATE ARTIST WOODWIND
COMPETITION
Sponsored by the MTNA FOUNDATION
Angela Brenton, flute, East Central
Division, Bowling Green, OH;
Kevin Schempf, teacher
Sarah Lincoln, saxophone, Eastern
Division, Pittsburgh, PA; James Houlik,
teacher
Sophia Tegart, flute, Northwest Division,
Pullman, WA; Ann Yasinitsky, teacher
Laura Rakel, flute, South Central
Division, Denton, TX; Mary Karen
Clardy, teacher
Stacy Wilson, saxophone, Southern
Division, Greensboro, NC; Steven Stusek,
teacher
Lisa Timm, bassoon, Southwest Division,
Tucson, AZ; William Dietz, teacher
Anne Davidson, flute, West Central
Division, Lawrence, KS; John Boulton,
teacher

MTNA COLLEGIATE CHAMBER MUSIC
PERFORMANCE COMPETITION
Sponsored by the Allen I. McHose
Scholarship Fund
Rasa Saxophone Quartet, East Central
Division, Michigan State University,
Lansing, MI: Paul Nolen, soprano saxophone;
Bryan Jao, alto saxophone;
Paul Forsyth, tenor saxophone;
Wilton Elder III, baritone saxophone;
Joseph Lulloff, coach

University of Massachusetts Saxophone
Quartet, Eastern Division, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA:
Jeffrey Gallant, soprano saxophone;
Thomas Nasiatka, alto saxophone;
Holly Carlton, tenor saxophone;
Susan Poirier, baritone saxophone;
Lynn Klock, coach

WSU Sextet, Northwest Division,
Washington State University, Pullman,
WA: Sophia Tegart, flute; Sarah Wilson,
clarinet; Sara Marie Blake, oboe;
Adam Zahand, bassoon; Jonathan Kirk,
horn; Mary Jean Doornink, piano;
Gerald Berthiaume, coach

Blue Enigma Saxophone Quartet, South
Central Division, University of Houston,
Houston, TX: Steven Hicks, soprano
saxophone; Daniel Cervantes, alto
saxophone; Kelly Love, tenor saxophone;
Jeff Schellinger, baritone saxophone;
Karen Wylie, coach

Georgia Saxophone Quartet, Southern
Division, University of Georgia, Athens,
GA: Michael Napoleon, soprano saxophone;
Lianne Heller, alto saxophone;
Edward Jennings, tenor saxophone;
Daniel Nash, baritone saxophone;
Kenneth Fischer, coach

NDSU Saxophone Quartet, West Central
Division, North Dakota State University,
Fargo, ND: Jeremy Marquardt, soprano
saxophone; Rena Kuch, alto saxophone;
Jennifer Braus, tenor saxophone;
Brian Wittkop, baritone saxophone;
Matthew Patnode, coach