Use the following links to view all conference events that are live-streamed. Consult the 2021 conference schedule for details about which events are live-streamed. Have fun this weekend!
AIM Festival Dates for 2021-2022
The dates and deadlines for the 2021-2022 AIM Festivals around the state are now on the AIM Festival page.
They are:
2021 Hoosier Auditions – State Round Results
Pre-Early Elementary Piano Solo
Winner: Sophia Liu – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Alternate: Joanna Chan – Student of Aleksey Madan
Pre-Early Elementary Piano Duet
Winner: Evelyn Feng Chih and Joanna Chan – Students of Aleksey Madan
Early Elementary Piano Solo
Winner: Zoe Cha – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Alternate: Roni Lyanda-Geller – Student of Aleksey Madan
Honorable Mentions:
Caroline L. Song – Student of Galit Gertsenzon
Melody Fei – Student of Melanie Manges
Elizabeth Slipchenko – Student of Aleksey Madan
Audrey Zhang – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Angela Xiao – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Early Elementary Piano Duet
Winner: Angela Xiao and Sophia Liu – Students of Svetlana Soleimani
Alternate: Chloe Hu and Lucille Hu – Students of Dilya Meehan
Elementary Piano Solo
Winner: Daniel Chen – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Alternate: Emily Wang – Student of Tony Weinstein
Honorable Mentions:
Anna Sicoe – Student of Christine Freeman
Alexander Li – Student of Grace Hemaida
Andrew Lee – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Elementary Piano Duet
Winner: Daniel Chen and Andrew Lee – Students of Svetlana Soleimani
Middle Piano Solo
Winner: Isaac Qian – Student of Ada Shebanova
Alternate: Elaine Zeng – Student of Nadya Dubikovsky
Honorable Mentions:
Kenny Wang – Student of Christine Freeman
Edward Ng – Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Han Yan – Student of Tony Weinstein
Junior Piano Solo
Winner: Chloe Park – Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Alternate: Ariel Lyanda-Geller – Student of Aleksey Madan
Honorable Mentions:
Jayden Wang – Student of Linda Belleville
Jack Ma – Student of Phoenix Park-Kim
Senior Piano Solo
Winner: Daniel Larsen – Student of Karen Taylor
Alternate: Cade Neely – Student of Grace Hemaida
Honorable Mentions:
Daniel Liu – Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Arjun Siderys – Student of Galit Gertsenzon
Collegiate Piano Solo
Winner: Richard Wu – Student of Edward Auer
Alternate: Cecilia Horner – Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Pre-Early Elementary Strings
Winner: Evelyn Feng Chih, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee
Early Elementary Strings
Winner: Harin Lee, Violin – Student of Megan Moon
Alternate: Melody Fei, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee
Elementary Strings
Winner: Ananya Anand, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee
Alternate: Bohan Aiden Zhang, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee
Middle Strings
Winner: Noelle Streuber-Eden, Violin – Student of Tamara Ringas
Alternate: JeFauna Zhu, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee
Senior Strings
Winner: Bohua Peter Zhang, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee
Alternate: Frank Shi, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee
Junior Winds
Winner: Alexa Magnus – Student of Michael Anne Tolan
Alternate: Nathaniel R. Kalenny – Student of Michael Anne Tolan
Junior Voice
Winner: Hannah E. Seaman – Student of Caroline Bradley Smith
RESULTS of the 26th Stickley Piano Competition & Festival
Announcing the Winners of the 26th Annual Hartman Stickley Memorial Piano Competition & Festival
From a field of 62 contestants, 12 winners and 17 honorable mentions were named at the 26th Annual Hartman Stickley Memorial Piano Competition & Festival held on Friday, March 5th, at the Battell Community Center, Mishawaka, Indiana. The competition was sponsored by the South Bend Area Music Teachers Association and underwritten by the Elnora Hartman Stickley Scholarship Fund.
The competition was open to pre-college students up to age 18. All students named below will receive cash awards and the winners will perform at the Winners Recital on Saturday, March 13, 7:00 p.m., at the Battell Community Center Auditorium, Mishawaka. Because of the pandemic, the recital is closed to the public. This event will be open to the winners’ immediate family members and their teachers.
Cash awards will be distributed as follows:
Winners – Division I – $50; Division II – $75; Division III – $100; Division IV – $125; Division V – $150; Division VI – $175
Honorable Mentions -Division I – $25; Division II – $35; Division III – $45; Division IV – $55; Division V – $65; Division VI – $75
26th ANNUAL STICKLEY MEMORIAL PIANO COMPETITION & FESTIVAL WINNERS & HONORABLE MENTIONS:
DIVISION I (age 7 & under)
Winners:
Mae O’Brien – Teacher Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Bree Wipperman – Teacher Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Honorable Mention:
Elin Zhang – Teacher Linda Belleville
DIVISION II (ages 8 & 9)
Winners:
Babajide Johnson – Teacher Linda Witchie
Tianzi Liu – Teacher Dr. Sandra L. Camp
Honorable Mentions:
Annabelle Huebner – Teacher Linda Witchie
Leonardo Lu – Teacher Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Xiaohe Wang – Teacher Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
DIVISION III (ages 10 & 11)
Winners:
Jianan Qu – Teacher Dr. Sandra L. Camp
Honorable Mentions:
Yuxuan Lin – Teacher Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Ingrid Lund – Teacher Dr. Mary Rose Norell
Teresa Spoonhower – Teacher Kathleen Keasey
DIVISION IV (ages 12 & 13)
Winners:
Nina Bauer – Teacher Margie Collier
Omolabake Johnson – Teacher Linda Witchie
Gabriel A. Maxwell – Teacher Lydia Balorda
Honorable Mentions:
Stanley Liew – Teacher Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Angela Pham – Teacher Kathleen Keasey
Amelia Wenkus -Teacher Kathleen Keasey
DIVISION V (ages 14 & 15)
Winners:
Etien Balorda -Teacher Lydia Balorda
Jayden Wang – Teacher Linda Belleville
Honorable Mentions:
Anton Alstrom – Teacher Dr. Luke Norell
Luke Greising – Teacher Celia Weiss
Jeremy Shin – Teacher Linda Witchie
Grace Wang – Teacher Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
DIVISION VI (ages 16, 17 & 18)
Winners:
Harmon Balorda – Teacher Lydia Balorda
Gabbi Vincent – Teacher Dr. Luke Norell
Honorable Mentions:
Ian Ochieng – Teacher Dr. Sandra L. Camp
Rachel Yuan – Teacher Linda Belleville
Yao-Han Gabriel Zhang – Teacher Ketevan Badridze
East Central Division (ECD) Competition Results
MTNA Competitions – East Central Division
Results for Indiana entrants
Senior Composition
Winner: Aidan Feeney, student of Jennifer Feeney
Junior Strings (4 entries)
Alternate: Serge Kalinovsky, cello, student of Susan Moses
Congratulations to Aidan and Serge. Best of luck to Aidan at the National Finals!!
MTNA 2020 Indiana State MTNA Competition, Results Announcement
MTNA Competitions 2020
Dr. James Helton, Coordinator
Congratulations to the superb performers and composers in the 2020 MTNA Competitions! This year’s competitions were held online, with judges doing their work remotely during the two weeks between October 10 and 25.
JUNIOR STRINGS (3 entrants)
Winner: Serge Kalinovsky, student of Susan Moses
Alternate: Lily Sullivan, student of Grigory Kalinovsky
Honorable Mention: Miranda Isbitts, student of Mimi Zweig
SENIOR STRINGS (2 entrants)
Winner: Cooper Olsen, student of Mimi Zweig
Alternate: Abigail Ko, student of Mimi Zweig
JUNIOR PIANO (4 entrants)
Winner: Jessica Flowers, student of Christopher Weldon
Alternate: Jack Ma, student of Phoenix Park-Kim
Honorable Mentions in no particular order:
Alex Lu, student of Kana Mimaki
Charles Berryhill, student of Gayle Kowalchyk
YOUNG ARTIST PIANO (13 Entrants)
Winner: Kaden Larson, Indiana University, student of Norman Krieger
Alternate: Prudence Poon, Indiana University, student of Roberto Plano
Honorable Mention: Robert Levinger, Indiana University, student of Roberto Plano
Honorable Mention: Marc Levesque, Indiana University, student of Roberto Plano
STATE REPRESENTATIVES (single entrants in their categories):
Junior Composition: Srikar Vaasan, student of Jessica Dorman
Senior Composition: Aidan Feeney, student of Jennifer Feeney
Senior Piano: Talinaiya Bao, student of Yerin Kim
Good luck to our winners and representatives at the East Central Division!!
Many thanks to our judges:
Dr. Peter Opie, Ball State University – Strings
Dr. Eleanor Trawick, Ball State University – Composition
Dr. Ellen Elder, The University of Southern Mississippi – Junior and Young Artist Piano
Dr. Kent Cook, Illinois Wesleyan University (emeritus) – Young Artist Piano
Dr. May Phang, DePauw University – Young Artist Piano
Many thanks to my fellow competition coordinators:
Leon Harshenin, Junior Performance Competitions
Hamilton Tescarollo, Senior Performance Competitions
East Central Division (ECD) Competition Results
Congratulations to our East Central Division (ECD) Competition Winners, who will compete at the National Finals in Chicago in March!
Division Winners
Senior Woodwind – Branden Trent, saxophone, student of Otis Murphy
Young Artist Strings – Emily Leung, violin, student of Mauricio Fuks, Indiana University
Young Artist Voice – Stephen Stachofsky, baritone, student of Samuel Savage, Indiana University
Representative
Young Artist Composition – Jacob Zaring, student of Caroline Ahn, Anderson University
One Indiana student placed as Alternate: Marc Levesque, piano, student of Roberto Plano, Indiana University
GOOD LUCK!!
2019 Indiana State MTNA Competition, Results Announcement
MTNA Competitions
James Helton, Chairperson
Hearty congratulations to the winners of the state round of the MTNA Competitions! All winners and representative, listed below, will proceed to the recorded round of the East Central Division. Results of the ECD Competition will be announced in January.
Senior Piano (4 entrants)
Winner: Grace Tubbs, student of Karen Taylor
Alternate: Trinity Le, student of Robert Palmer
Honorable mention: Ethan Watts, student if E. J. Choe
Honorable mention: Richard Wu, student of Karen Taylor
Senior Woodwind (2 entrants)
Winner: Brandon Trent, saxophone, student of Otis Murphy
Alternate: Alonzo Barrett, saxophone, student of Otis Murphy
Young Artist Piano (14 entrants)
Winner: Marc Levesque, student of Roberto Plano, Indiana University
Alternate: Charlotte Tang, student of Roberto Plano, Indiana University
Honorable mention: Nicha Stapanukul, student of Norman Krieger, Indiana University
Honorable mention: Ye Eun Park, student of Roberto Plano, Indiana University
Young Artist Strings (2 entrants)
Winner: Emily Leung, violin, student of Mauricio Fuks
Alternate: Janell Preheim, violin, student of Solomia Soroka
Young Artist Woodwind (3 entrants)
Winner: Wesley Taylor, saxophone, student of Otis Murphy, Indiana University
Alternate: Marley Proffitt, saxophone, student of Otis Murphy, Indiana University
Honorable mention: Shuen-An Tzuo, saxophone, student of Otis Murphy, Indiana University
We wish the best of luck to our Representatives!
Darren Li, violin, student of Laura Andrews – Junior Strings
Meagan Hipsky, cello, student of Sarah Kim – Senior Strings
Aidan Feeney, student of Jennifer Feeney – Senior Composition
Jacob Zaring, student of Caroline Ahn, Anderson University – Young Artist Composition
Stephen Stachofcky, baritone, student of Samuel Savage, Purdue University-Fort Wayne – Young Artist Voice
Many thanks to our judges:
Senior Piano: Dr. Phoenix Park-Kim, Indiana Wesleyan University
Young Artist Piano: Dr. Diana Dumlavwalla, The Florida State University
—–: Dr. Richard Ratliff, The University of Indianapolis
—–: Dr. Reginald Rogers, Anderson University, emeritus
Young Artist Strings: Prof. Anna Vayman, Ball State University
Senior and Young Artist Woodwind: Dr. Heidi Radtke, Butler University
As always, thanks to our Junior and Senior Coordinators, Leon Harshenin and Hamilton Tescarollo, for all of their hard work.