Congratulations to all students and their teachers who participated in the State-Level MTNA Competitions this past weekend! Student names are listed below. Teacher names are listed in parentheses.
Winners and Representatives advance to Divisional-Level Competition in January.
Thanks to Nancy Van Kampen, judges, and volunteers for making this event possible!
Minnesota Elementary Composition – 1 entry
Representative – Edward Ojard (John McLaird)
Minnesota Junior Performance Piano – 4 entries
Winner – Clara Wrolstad (Reid Smith)
Alternate – Noah Greenstein-Sheppard (Paul Wirth)
Honorable mention – William Gannon (Paul Wirth)
Minnesota Senior Performance Piano – 15 entries
Winner – Shuen Wu (Alexander Braginsky)
Winner – Brianne Ulrich (Paul Wirth)
Alternate – Joseph Caswell (Reid Smith)
Honorable mention – Nita Qiu (Joseph Zins)
Kimberly Shen (Alexander Braginsky)
Austin Cheng (Alexander Braginsky)
Minnesota Senior Performance String – 2 entries
Winner – Joyce Zhao, Violin (Sally O’Reilly)
Alternate – Stephen Ma, Violin (Jackie Lo)
Minnesota Senior Performance Voice – 2 entries
Winner – Mark Jesmer, Voice-Tenor (Travis Erikson)
Alternate – Ronald Romero, Voice-Tenor (Melissa Culloton)
Minnesota Senior Performance Woodwind – 1 entry
Representative – Irene Cho, Clarinet (Tori Okwabi)
Minnesota Senior Piano Duet – 1 entry
Representative – Emma Taggart & Jacob Taggart (Reid Smith)
Minnesota Young Artist Performance Piano – 4 entries
Winner – Andrew Cannestra (Kent McWilliams)
Alternate – Bowen Liu (Richard Lange)
Minnesota Young Artist Performance String – 3 entries
Winner – Michael Chu, Violin (Sally O’Reilly)
Alternate – Jessica Folson, Violin (Francesca Anderegg)
Honorable mention – Clara Brown, Violin (Francesca Anderegg)
Minnesota Young Artist Performance Voice – 1 entry
Representative – Tyrie Williams, Voice-Bass (Mariane Lemieux-Wottrich)
Minnesota Young Artist Performance Woodwind – 1 entry
Representative – Miles Broske, Clarinet (Scott Anderson)