2003-2004 MTNA National Student Competitions winners

pupil Composition Competitions

Sponsored by the agency of Warner Bros. Publications, Inc. Elementary Composition

Zachary Garcia, of Ada, Oklahoma, is in the fourth grade. He studies piano with WT Skye Garcia. Zachary previously has won three state and sum of two units regional composer competitions and earned next to the first place in a national competition. He has achieved six consecutive superior ratings for solo piano in the NFMC festivals, placing first in his division in 2003 Zachary also derive pleasure froms drama, sports and reading.

next to the first Place: Margareta Curuci, Southern Division (North Carolina); Juliusz Bujalski, teacher

Third Place: Maurissa Jane Weight, Southwest Division (Utah); Laurisa Ward Cope teacher

Junior Composition

Gabrielle Haigh, age 11 began piano, theory and composition exercise s in 1997 with Mary Ann Griebling and added cello in 2001 For five years she has received awards in MTNA, NFMC and NGPT composition debates including first prize in the 2003 MTNA elementary division. Since 2001 she has sung with the Cleveland orchestra Children's Chorus and in three operettas at Laurel institute of Theater. A seventh-grade member of the swim team at Laurel, Gabrielle take pleasure ins studying Latin and algebra, as well as reading, drawing and acting.

next to the first Place: Natasha Kirin Sinha, Eastern Division (Massachusetts); Alia Elana Cohen, teacher

Third Place: David Kolar, West Central Division (South Dakota); Paul Kolar, teacher

Senior Composition

Calvin Chang is an engineering major at UCLA. He studies with Carlton Liu. Calvin began studying keyboard at age 8 with Yamaha Music. He later began taking private tasks for piano and composition. Calvin faiths to continue studying music as a minor, or maybe as a next to the first major.

Second Place: Krystal Barghelame, Northwest Division (Washington); Sharon Van Valin, teacher

Third Place: Sam Peter Eastern Division (Delaware); David Brown teacher

Young Artist Composition

Carlo Vincetti Frizzo grasps a B. A. degree in keyboard studies from Murray State University and studied piano with Stephen Brown He is pursuing a master of music composition stage at Louisiana State University, where he studies composition with Dinos Constantinides. Carlo won next to the first place in the collegiate horizontal of the 2003 MTNA National learner Composition Competition, and his work Sfogato for Solo Flute was recorded upon Magni Publications with flutist Iwona Glinka.

next to the first Place: Robert Ash, East Central Division (Michigan); David Gillingham, teacher

Third Place: Seth Custer, West Central Division (North Dakota); Elizabeth Rheude, teacher

MTNA Junior Performance Competitions

MTNA Junior Brass Competition Sponsored through the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND

Drew Prichard, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, is in the ninth grade at Hendersonville High place of education He studies tuba with John Sizemore. Drew is active in the Hendersonville High seminary Marching Band and the Ashville Community Band. In 2003 Drew received the Band Masters Award at Rugby Middle place of education He has been named to the All-District Band several times, and in 2003 he was named to the North Carolina Honors Band.

next to the first Place: Steven Sharp, West Central Division (Missouri); Malcom McDuffy teacher

Third Place: Meghan Wiley, Northwest Division (Montana); Gary Tangen, teacher

MTNA Junior Percussion Competition Sponsored by dint of the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND

Kelsey Tamayo, of Radcliff, Kentucky is a freshman at John Hardin High institute in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Kelsey, a scholar of B.J. Morton, participates in scholar council, KYA, BETA Club and the JHH Marching Band. She also is a member of the Louisville Youth orchestra, and work fors as a musical ambassador to local hospitals, nursing abodes and schools. Kelsey recently performed upon xylophone with the Bowling virid Chamber orchestra and has won regional and national awards for her musical compositions, piano and percussion.

next to the first Place: Elizabeth Hoover, West Central Division (Iowa); Barry Larkin, teacher

Third Place: Kelly Breese Southern Division (Florida); Beth Gottlieb, teacher

MTNA Junior Piano Competition Sponsored by means of Baldwin Piano, Inc.

Grace Ma, of Phoenix, Arizona, is a sixth-grade pupil at Altadena Middle School. She studies piano with Fei Xu Grace received the Winners' Showcase Award of the 2003 Arizona Young Artist Piano Competition and was a scholarship recipient to International Institute for Young Musicians summer camp. in 2002 she received the outstanding Festival Performance Award of the same competition. Grace also received the Medalist with Distinction Award of the 2003 ASMTA Piano Competition.

next to the first Place: Monica We, Southern Division (Virginia); Nancy Breth teacher

Third Place: Lauren Johnson Northwest Division (Washington); Peter Mark, teacher

MTNA Junior String Competition Sponsored through Yamaha Corporation of America--Orchestral Strings Department

Benjamin Bellman, age 14 of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is an eighth-grade scholar at Tappan Middle School. Benjamin began his violin studies at age 5 and is a pupil of Almita and Roland Vamos. His musical accomplishments include first prize in the 2004 Walgreens Concerto Competition and top awards in the Society of American Musicians' competitions. Benjamin also has appeared upon NPR's From the Top program and in recital at the Skokie Library's Young Steinway contrive series.