2022 TMTA SA Performance Contest Winners
Orchestral Instruments Grades 11-12
First Place: Nicolas Lawrence, Student of Allen Long and Janet Lattazani, Richardson
Orchestral Instruments Grades 7-8
First Place: Jeemin Oh, Student of William Dick, Austin District
Second Place: Andrew Sun, Student of Li Zhen Wu, Plano
Third Place: Chunyue Zheng, Student of Li Zhen Wu, Plano
Honorable Mention: Jason Li, Student of Li Zhen Wu, Plano
Orchestral Instruments Grades 9-10
First Place: Yufei Pan, Student of Li Zhen Wu, Plano
Second Place: Hsueh-Yang Yang, Student of Shari Santorelli, NCTM, Midland
Third Place: Elana Irom, Student of Lois Reiter, Central Texas
Organ Solo Grades 11-12
First Place: Elias Lin, Student of Kymberly Payne, NCTM, Katy
Piano Concerto Grades 9-10
First Place: Emma Oba, Student of Alex McDonald, Dallas
Second Place: Joshua Henselman, Student of Jeannie DeArmond-Henselman, Austin District
Third Place: Cameron Chin, Student of Siew-Lee Chin, Mid-Cities
Honorable Mention: Hsueh-Yang Yang, Student of Shari Santorelli, NCTM, Midland
Piano Concerto Grades 11-12
First Place: Ella Tran, Student of Alex McDonald and Marcy McDonald, Dallas
Second Place: Antonio Ajero, Student of Linda Parr and Minhae Lee, Nacogdoches
Third Place: Sam Goldfarb, Student of Zhu Zhu, Independent
Honorable Mention: Julia Wang, Student of Marcy McDonald and Alex McDonald, Dallas
Piano Solo Grade 7
First Place: Chanya Methaprayoon, Student of John Weems, Forum
Second Place: Tony Lu, Student of Marcy McDonald and Alex McDonald, Dallas
Third Place: Takaaki Suzuki, Student of Kana Mimaki, Houston
Piano Solo Grade 8
First Place: Victoria Bi, Student of Yi-Fan Liu, Dallas
Second Place: Kevin Ho, Student of Yi-Fan Liu, Dallas
Third Place: Ansel Wong, Student of Shearon Horton, NCTM, Austin District
Honorable Mention: Brendan Tark, Student of Susan Groves, Austin District
Piano Solo Grade 9
First Place: Matthew Chien, Student of Shearon Horton, NCTM, Austin District
Second Place: Thomas Nguyen, Student of Shearon Horton, NCTM, Austin District
Third Place: Melody Guo, Student of Alex McDonald, Dallas
Honorable Mention: Daniel Voeller, Student of Kenneth Thompson, San Antonio
Honorable Mention: Harrison Yu, Student of Richard Marshall, Houston
Honorable Mention: Timothy Guan, Student of Shearon Horton, NCTM, Austin District
Piano Solo Grade 10
First Place: Natalie Su, Student of John Weems, Forum
Second Place: Andrew Guan, Student of John Weems, Forum
Third Place: Victor Cai, Student of Zhu Zhu, Independent
Piano Solo Grade 11
First Place: Justin Chang, Student of Chien-Jung Chen, Independent
Second Place: Bryant Li, Student of John Weems, Forum
Third Place: Hayden Miller, Student of Piper Ward, Conroe
Honorable Mention: Ellen Foreman, Student of Peter Steigerwald, San Antonio
Honorable Mention: Theresa Tran, Student of Christina Long, Plano
Piano Solo Grade 12
First Place: Catherine Wang, Student of Yi-Fan Liu, Dallas
Second Place: Evelyn Nguyen, Student of Chien-Jung Chen, Independent
Third Place: Kyle Cornelison, Student of Alex McDonald and Marcy McDonald, Dallas
Piano Solo Young Artist
First Place: Soohyun Lee, Student of Luis Sanchez, Hunt County
Vocal Solo Grades 11-12
First Place: Naomi Chad, Student of Mary Loy, Conroe
Second Place: Evan Price, Student of Kendra Herrington, Plano
Third Place: Katelyn Cruse, Student of Kendra Herrington, Plano
Vocal Solo Grades 9-10 First Place
First Place: Anya Purdin, Student of George Variames, Plano
Second Place: Isha Kurlekar, Student of Julie Funston, Plano
Third Place: Chloe Russell, Student of George Variames, Plano
Honorable Mention: Isabel Alex, Student of George Variames, Plano
Vocal Solo Young Artist
First Place: Emelisa Morales, Student of Dana Sosebee, Waxahachie
