MTNA Competitions
James Helton, chairperson
Congratulations to our young musicians who represented Indiana so well at East Central Division!
COMPOSITION
Elementary WINNER: Benjamin Breaux, student of Caroline Ahn
Junior HONORABLE MENTION: Henry Olson, student of Caroline Ahn
Senior HONORABLE MENTION: Noah Strawhacker, student of Amanda Cornet
PERFORMANCE
Senior string ALTERNATE: Cooper Olsen, violin, student of Mimi Zweig
Again, CONGRATULATIONS to these fine students and their teachers!!
Music Teachers National Association is pleased to announce the results of the composition competition for Indiana.
Elementary:
Representative: Benjamin Breaux, Student of Caroline Ahn
Junior:
Representative: Henry Olson, Student of Caroline Ahn
Senior:
Winner: Noah Strawhacker, Student of Amanda Cornet
Honorable mention: Srikar Vaasan, Student of Jessica Dorman
Young Artist:
This year, the Indiana judge was James Rhinehart. Winning and representative compositions automatically advance to the division competition. The results of that competition will be announced in mid-December.
The IMTA 2022 State Conference registration period is now open. The conference will be held on October 7 and 8 at Purdue University-Fort Wayne. Please follow the links below for information.
We are very pleased to announce the 2022 OPUS Composition Festival results. Thank you to everyone who submitted entries, and special thanks to our judge this year, Brent Weaver.
The winners in each age category will have the opportunity to perform their composition at the IMTA State Conference in the fall of 2022 at Purdue University Fort Wayne and will receive their entry fee paid in full by IMTA into the state round of the MTNA Composition Competition in September 2022.
The winners in each age category are:
Elementary: Benjamin Breaux, student of Caroline Ahn, Mick, My Dog
Junior: Henry Olson, student of Caroline Ahn, Fanfare Fest
Senior: Noah Strawhacker, student of Amanda Cornet, Tarantella in C Minor
Congratulations all and keep up the good work!
The Indiana Music Teachers Association would like to congratulate the following students and teachers for their outstanding achievements at this year’s Hoosier Auditions State Competition. Congratulations to all who have participated, and we will see you next year!
Piano Solo: Pre-Early Elementary
Winner: Katherine Xia; Student of Karina Cohen
Alternate: Julia Y Luo; Student of Linda Belleville
Honorable Mention: Amelia Lawson; Student of Jennifer Keeley
Honorable Mention: Jayden Xu; Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Piano Solo: Early Elementary
Winner: Felicia Xie; Student of Aleksey Madan
Alternate: Zoe Cha; Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Honorable Mention: Roni Lyanda-Geller; Student of Aleksey Madan
Honorable Mention: Amy Wu; Student of Aleksey Madan
Honorable Mention: Sophie Chae; Student of Hwa Pyeong Kim
Honorable Mention: Matthew Shao; Student of Karina Cohen
Piano Solo: Elementary
Winner: Glenda Na; Student of Ada Shebanova
Alternate: Sydney Weaver; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky
Honorable Mention: Audrey Zhang; Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Honorable Mention: Lauren Chae; Student of Hwa Pyeong Kim
Honorable Mention: Lucille Hu; Student of Dilya Meehan
Honorable Mention: Jude Neely; Student of Grace Hemaida
Honorable Mention: Grace Li; Student of Garnet Ungar
Piano Solo: Middle
Winner: Han Yan; Student of Tony Weinstein
Alternate: Andrew Lee; Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Honorable Mention: Daniel Chen; Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Honorable Mention: Tara Kim; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky
Honorable Mention: Jessica Xie; Student of Aleksey Madan
Honorable Mention: Emily Wang; Student of Tony Weinstein
Piano Solo: Junior
Winner: Jayden Wang; Student of Linda Belleville
Alternate: Enge Huang; Student of Tony Weinstein
Honorable Mention: Kenny Wang; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Piano Solo: Senior
Winner: Joshua Kim; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky
Alternate: Advaith Iyengar; Student of Karen Taylor
Honorable Mention: Faith Anema; Student of Nicole Lee
Honorable Mention: Arthur Yeh; Student of Ada Shebanova
Piano Solo: Collegiate
Winner: Cecilia Horner; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Alternate: Allyn Beifus; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Piano Duet: Early Elementary
Winners: Roni-Lyanda Geller & Elizabeth Slipchenko; Students of Aleksey Madan
Piano Duet: Elementary
Winners: Leon Zeng & Sydney Weaver; Students of Nadya Dubikovsky
Piano Duet: Middle
Winners: Eric Jin & Elaine Zeng; Students of Nadya Dubikovsky
Piano Duet: Junior
Winners: Liz Garner & Abigail Garner; Students of Amy Chaplin
Strings: Early Elementary
Winner: Roland Li; Student of Yon Joo Lee
Alternate: Evelyn Feng Chih; Student of Yon Joo Lee
Honorable Mention: Leonardo Lu; Student of Bruce Morrow
Strings: Elementary
Winner: Ben Chen; Student of Caroline Kim
Alternate: Monique Cho; Student of Allison Nyquist
Honorable Mention: Theo Yang; Student of Yon Joo Lee
Strings: Middle
Winner: Elaine Zeng; Student of Megan Moon
Strings: Junior
Winner: Grace Lee; Student of Megan Moon
Strings: Senior
Winner: Lejun Chen; Student of Megan Moon
Alternate: Haseung Jun; Student of Regan Eckstein
Event: 27th Annual Hartman Stickley Memorial Piano Competition & Festival Winners Recital
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2022
Place: Moreau Center for the Arts Little Theater, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Time: 2:30 pm
Free Event and Open to the Public
Announcement is made of the 27th Annual Hartman Stickley Memorial Piano Competition &
Festival Winners Recital, which will be held on March 13, 2022 in the Moreau Center for the
Arts – Little Theater, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN 46556 at 2:30 pm.
The competition and festival itself held on March 4th & 5th at Saint Mary’s College, Notre
Dame, Indiana and is open to pre-college students. The winners of the competition from each
division will perform in the Winners Recital on March 13th and will receive cash prizes.
Contestants who receive honorable mention will also win cash prizes. All awards will be
dispersed following the recital.
The competition and festival, sponsored by the South Bend Area Music Teachers Association, is
open to piano students of teachers residing in Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph counties, Michigan;
and Allen, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, Noble, St. Joseph, and Starke
counties, Indiana. Prize money is made available through the Elnora Hartman Stickley
Scholarship Fund.
For more information, please contact the competition event chair, Paula Laskowski,
beethoven361@hotmail.com or 574-276-9313. You may also visit the South Bend Area Music
Teachers Association’s website: www.sbamta.org.
Photos of contestants taken at this event may be used by SBAMTA, Saint Mary’s College, and
local media, and, may appear on print, digital communications, or marketing materials,
without compensation.
MTNA Competitions – East Central Division
Results for Indiana entrants
Junior Composition
Winner: Honorable Mention, Samantha Lail, student of Yi-Hsuan Lee
Junior Woodwind Performance:
Representative: Faith Murphy, student of James Romeo
Senior Piano Performance:
Alternate: Chole Park, student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Congratulations to Samantha, Faith, and Chole!!!
