Arizona Chamber Music Strings
Competition in January 2023 (Division)
Arizona Chamber Music Winds
Competition in January 2023 (Division)
Arizona Junior Performance Piano
Winner: William Shan, student of Qingqing Ye
Alternate: Mia Lucchesi, student of Rong Lucchesi
Honorable Mention: Ayla Moreno, student of Svetlana Arakelova
Arizona Junior Performance String
Winner: Joshua Lee (violin), student of Jooyeon Han
Alternate: Sophie Kim (cello), student of Tom Landschoot
Honorable Mention: Sawa Yamaguchi (violin), student of Jing Zeng; Alex Gong (viola), student of Susanne Rothaar
Arizona Senior Composition
Representative: Annabel Ohman, student of Christopher Oill
Arizona Senior Performance Piano
Winner: Tony Kim, student of Yali Luo
Alternate: Yoobin Cha, student of Soo Yoen Kim
Honorable Mention: Anagh Pandya, student of Jelena Vladikovic; Jarron Deng, student of Qingqing Ye
Arizona Senior Performance String
Winner: Seungchan Min (violin), student of Steven Moeckel
Alternate: Brandon Lee (viola), student of Susanne Rothaar
Honorable Mentions: Abraham Kim (cello), student of Jamie Kellogg; Katherine Li (violin), student of Jing Zeng
Arizona Senior Performance Woodwind
Representative: Johnathan Lee (saxophone), student of Christopher Creviston
Arizona Senior Piano Duet
Representative: Angelina Zhang & Lawrence Wen, students of Hong Zhu
Arizona Young Artist Performance Piano
Winner: Hyeongji Choi, student of Baruch Meir
Alternate: Samuel Nelson, student of Baruch Meir
Honorable Mention: Austin Gentry, student of Silvan Negrutiu
Arizona Young Artist Performance String
Representative: Laurana Roderer (violin), student of Katherine McLin
Arizona Young Artist Performance Woodwind
Winner: GianCarlo Lay (saxophone), student of Christopher Creviston
Alternate: Jerick Meagher (saxophone), student of Christopher Creviston
Honorable Mention: Siobhan Plouffe (saxophone), student of Christopher Creviston
Competition Judges
Composition: Devin Gardner
Piano: Andrew Campbell (YA), Mandarin Cheung-Yueh (Jr & Sr), Robert Hamilton (YA), & Radmila Stojanovic-Kiriluk (YA)
Strings: Danwen Jiang (violin), Bridget Pasker (cello), & Yang Yu (viola)
Woodwinds: David Schmidt (saxophone)
All Arizona winners move on to the Southwest Division competition in January 2023 (video only). If the winner is unable to perform, the Alternate will take his/her place in the competition.
All Southwest Division winners will compete in the MTNA National Competitions in Reno, Nevada, March 25-29, 2023 at the Nugget Casino Resort.