Texas musicians advance to MTNA National Performance Contest finals
Here are the results of the 2022 South Central Division Performance Competition. The winners and representatives will advance to the MTNA National Finals, which will be online again this year.
BRASS
Senior
Representative: Paxson Amy (AR-Horn) – Brent Shires
Young Artist
Winner: William Stradley (TX-Euphonium) – Kevin Wass (TxTech)
Alternate: Wesley Gangluff (AR-Euphonium) – Jamie Lipton
PIANO
Junior
Winner: Guanjie Lu (TX) – Alex McDonald (Dallas)
Alternate: Tiger Stepinski (OK) – Sukyoung Kwon
Senior
Winner: Antonio Ajero (TX) – Linda Parr/Minhae Lee (Nacogdoches)
Alternate: Kayla Cao (OK) – Thomas Lanners
Senior Duet
Winner: Albert Yang/Benjamin Yang (TX) – Matthew Loudermilk (Houston)
Alternate: Sarah Li/Jason Lin (LA) – Chia-Ling Lien
Young Artist
Winner: Cezary Karwowski (TX) – Bradley Bolen (Baylor)
Alternate: Tatiana Stratenco (OK) – Igor Lipinski
STRING
Junior
Winner: Jaden Ouyang (TX-Cello) – Joseph Kuipers (Dallas)
Alternate: Kashvi Kumar (La-Cello) – Joy Bedillion
Senior
Winner: Calvin Alexander (LA-Violin) – Jan Sloman
Alternate: Danielle Yoon (TX-Cello) – Ko Iwasaki (Houston)
Young Artist
Winner: Qingyuan Fu (OK-Viola) – Mark Neumann
Alternate: Tatiana Kolesnik (TX-Violin) – Evgeny Zvonnikov (West Tx A&M)
VOICE
Senior
Winner: Naomi Chad (TX-Mezzo) – Mary Loy (Conroe)
Alternate: Mia DiGiovanni (LA-Soprano) – Megan Dearie
Young Artist
Winner: Krista Pape (TX-Soprano) – Melanie Sonnenberg (U of H)
Alternate: Holly Henson (AR-Soprano) – Marika Kyriakos
WOODWIND
Junior
Representative: Stephanie Kim (TX-Flute) – Monica Song
Senior
Winner: Helen Lan (TX-Flute) – Mark Teplitsky (San Antonio)
Alternate: Tyler Trickey (AR-Saxophone) – Eric Troiano
Young Artist
Winner: Chance Stine (TX-Saxophone) – Stephen Page (UT-Austin)
Alternate: Christopher Ludwig (LA-Flute) – Katherine Kemler