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)