State winners and representatives advance to the MTNA Eastern Division Competitions.
2024 State Performance Competition Winners
JUNIOR PIANO
Winner: Wenyu Fang, student of Natalie Zhu
Alternate: Aavi Sircar, student of James Anemone
Honorable Mention: Ariel Hu, student of Justin Badgerow
Honorable Mention: Samuel Sachs, student of James Sempeles
Honorable Mention: Alexander Yu, student of Melody Quah
Honorable Mention: Roy Hur, student of David Brown
Honorable Mention: Ethan Nguyen, student of Susan Kuntz
PA Ebony Prize: Ethan Nguyen, student of Susan Kuntz
SENIOR PIANO
Winner: Vincent Gao, student of Igor Resnianski
Alternate: Benjamin Goertzen, student of John Ravert
Honorable Mention: Clara Chen, student of Amy Yang
Honorable Mention: Elliot Slater, student of James Anemone
Honorable Mention: William Liu, student of Melody Quah
Honorable Mention: Ella Sumanaseni, student of Donna Bender/Frederic Chiu
Honorable Mention: Alexander Fu, student of Sung-Im Kim
PA Ebony Prize: Ella Sumanaseni, student of Donna Bender/Frederic Chiu
YOUNG ARTIST PIANO
Winner: Beatrice Khor, student of Kevin Sun
Alternate: Alyssa Gabrilovich, student of Igor Resnianski
PA Ebony Prize: Julia Potter, student of Olivia Ellis
JUNIOR STRING
Winner: Julie Chen (cello), student of Haiye Ni/Gloria DePasquale
Alternate: Kwanyun Loo (cello), student of Yumi Kendall
Honorable Mention: Kai Lin (violin), student of Kimberly Fisher
SENIOR STRING
Winner: Kyson Zhou (violin), student of Kimberly Fisher
Alternate: Matilda Snyder (violin), student of Kimberly Fisher
Honorable Mention: Shuman Yuan (violin), student of Mitchell Neuman
Honorable Mention: Eric Chen (cello), student of Jonathan Dexter
SENIOR WOODWIND
Representative: Albert (AJ) Schmidt (flute), student of Daniel Parasky
YOUNG ARTIST WOODWIND
Representative: Seth Rockovich (saxophone), student of Gail Levinsky
COMPOSITION
Junior Composition: Ethan Monberg, student of Phillip Roberts
Senior Composition: Cyrano Rosentrater, student of Ariane Alexander
Young Artist Composition: Piper Schryver, student of Melissa McVaugh
2023 State Performance Competition Winners
JUNIOR PIANO
Winner: Richard Qian (Charisse Baldoria)
Alternate: Alexander Yu (Christopher Guzman)
Honorable Mention: Elijah Christie (Kristine Fosbenner)
Honorable Mention: Aavi Sircar Piano (James Anemone)
JUNIOR STRING
Winner: Mio Imai, Violin (Kimberly Fisher)
Alternate: Kwanyun Loo, Cello (Amy Barston)
JUNIOR WOODWIND
Representative: Patrick Xie, Saxophone (William Chien)
SENIOR PIANO
Winner: Alyssa Gabrilovich (Igor Resnianski)
Alternate: Elliot Slater (James Anemone)
Honorable Mention: Lawrence Zeng (Maria Asteriadou)
Honorable Mention: Anh Nguyen (Amy Gustafson)
SENIOR STRING
Winner: Cyrano Rosentrater, Violin (Kimberly Fisher)
Alternate: Matthew Chung, Cello (Tom Kraines)
Honorable Mention: Evan Yoon, Cello (Derek Barnes)
SENIOR VOICE
Representative: Haley Hunt, Soprano (Lauren Emrich)
SENIOR WOODWIND
Representative: Daniel Xu, Clarinet (David Blumberg)
SENIOR PIANO DUET
Representative: Aaron Le, Piano (Dea Baba)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE PIANO
Winner: Jean Kiklikian Herrera (Maria Asteriadou)
Alternate: Jason Gao (Eun-Joo Kwak)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE STRING
Representative: Christoforos Petridis, Violin (Kurt Nikkanen)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE WOODWIND
Representative: Analiesia Hall, Flute (Kimberly Reighley)
PENNSYLVANIA EBONY PRIZE
Winner: Richard Qian, Piano (Charisse Baldoria)
2022 State Performance Competition Winners
JUNIOR PIANO
Winner: Roy Hur (David Brown)
Alternate: Aaron Le (Dea Baba)
Honorable Mention: Vincent Gao (Iris Blanco-Urgelles)
Honorable Mention: Alexander Yu (Christopher Guzman)
JUNIOR STRING
Winner: Mio Imai, Violin (Kimberly Fisher)
Alternate: Daniel Loza, Cello (Jennifer Jin; Matthew Loza, accompianist)
Honorable Mention: Kyle Xie, Violin (Paul Roby)
Honorable Mention: Jason Chen, Cello (Jennifer Jin)
JUNIOR WOODWIND
Winner: Daniel Xu, Clarinet (Rie Suzuki)
Alternate: Raymond Yang. Saxophone (I Hsin Kang; Hsin-Wei Tsai, accompianist)
SENIOR PIANO
Winner: William Ge (Ya-Fei Chuang and John Perry)
Alternate: Richard Martin (Michelle Cann)
Honorable Mention: Jedidiah Yang (Dea Baba)
Honorable Mention: Alyssa Gabrilovich (Igor Resnianski)
Honorable Mention: Megan Xie (Natalie Zhu)
PA Ebony Prize: Richard Martin (Michelle Cann)
SENIOR STRING
Winner: Evan Yoon, Cello (Derek Barnes; Alice Yang, accompanist)
Alternate: Jiaray Shi, Violin (Guillaume Combet)
Honorable Mention: Kellen Mikesell, Violin (Kimberly Fisher; Byron Mikesell, accompanist)
Honorable Mention: Adah Kaplan, Violin (Kimberly Fisher; Anna Kislitsyna, accompanist)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE PIANO
Winner: Thomas Hsu (Igor Resnianski)
Alternate: Alexandra Tzitzikas (Igor Resnianski)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE VIOLIN
Winner: Joshua Benitez, Flute (Naomi Seidman; Joanne Yang, accompanist)
Alternate: Grace Obert, Flute (Kimberly Reighley; Lotus Cheng, accompanist)
2021 Composition Winners
ELEMENTARY
Representative: Ancolson Li, Student of Yiming Wu
JUNIOR
Representative: Cyrano Rosentrater, Student of Ariane Alexander
SENIOR
Winner: Jackson Hunt, Student of Robert Schultz
Honorable mention: Adah Kaplan, Student of Melissa Dunphy
Honorable mention: Annie Wang, Student of Sarana Chou
2021 State Performance Competition Winners
JUNIOR PIANO
Winner: William Ge (John Perry)
Alternate: Bryan Wang (Marina Lupinacci)
Honorable Mention: Aaron Le (Dea Baba)
Honorable Mention: Yueming Wang (Douglas Jurs)
JUNIOR STRING
Winner Mio Imai, Violin (Kimberly Fisher & Amaury Morales)
Alternate: Matthew Chung, Cello (Hsiao Ming Chen)
Honorable Mention: Zoe Zhang, Violin (Sylvia Ahramjian)
SENIOR PIANO
Winner: Alyssa Gabrilovich (Igor Resnianski)
Alternate: Jackson Hunt (Yeeha Chiu)
Honorable Mention: Jedidiah Yang (Dea Baba)
SENIOR STRING
Winner: Kellen Mikesel, Violin (Kimberly Fisher & Kellen Mikesell)
Alternate: Adah Kaplan, Violin (Kimberly Fisher & Amaury Morales)
Honorable Mention: Sophia De Long, Violin (Kimberly Fisher & Eric DeLong)
Honorable Mention: Bryant Liu, Violin (Nikita Burakovskiy)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE BRASS
Winner: Meredith Fuller, Tuba (Velvet Brown)
Alternate: Anna Zurawski, Horn (Heidi Lucas & Shelby Williams)
YOUNG ARTIST PIANO
Winner: Yanzhima Tsybikova (Igor Resnianski)
Alternate: Gautam Nagaraj (Melody Quah)
Honorable Mention: Aaron Hungerford (Vincent Craig)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE WOODWIND
Representative: Erica Hinchcliff, Flute (Kimberly Reighley & Lotus Cheng)
2020 Composition Winners
JUNIOR
Winner: Cyrano Rosentrater (Ariane Alexander)
Honorable Mention: Annie Wang (Sarana Chou)
Honorable Mention: Adah Kaplan (Roberto Pace)
SENIOR
Winner: Jackson Hunt (Robert Schultz)
Honorable Mention: Jia Lin (Ning Zhang)
YOUNG ARTIST
Representative: Joseph Burdock (Michelle Cosgrove)
2020 Performance Winners
JUNIOR PIANO
Winner: William Ge (Natalie Zhu and John Perry)
Alternate: Anh Nguyen (Amy Gustafson)
HM: Katherine Waggoner (Joan Krzywicki)
HM: Annie Wang (Marina Lupinacci)
HM: Emily Wu (Joy Kiszely)
HM: Hanna Sumner (Keren Ligowski)
HM: Megan Xie (Natalie Zhu)
HM: Thomas Gilchrist (Darlene Ziegler)
HM: Aaron Le (Dea Baba)
JUNIOR STRING
Winner: Adah Kaplan, violin (Kimberly Fisher)
Alternate: Owen Li, cello (Jennifer Jin)
HM: Joseph Zeng, cello (Jennifer Jin)
HM: Daniel Loza, cello (Jennifer Jin)
HM: Nathaniel Tom, cello (Jennifer Jin)
HM: Leo Shi, cello (Jennifer Jin)
SENIOR PIANO
Winner: Angeline Ma (Susan Starr)
Alternate: Alyssa Gabrilovich (Igor Resnianski)
HM: Jackson Hunt (Yeeha Chiu)
HM: Thomas Hsu (Igor Resnianski)
HM: Nathan Jiang (Igor Resnianski)
HM: Jedidiah Yang (Dea Baba)
HM: Katie Liu (Natasha Snitkovsky)
HM: Emma Lo (Igor Resnianski)
SENIOR STRING
Winner: Michael Fisher, violin (James Lyon)
Alternate: Kellen Mikesell, violin (Kimberly Fisher)
HM: Pietro Romussi, cello (Jennifer Jin)
HM: Amithi Tadigadapa, cello (Jonathan Dexter)
HM: Junxue Huang, violin (Jennifer Jin)
SENIOR VOICE
Representative: Laura Stanell (Beth Stanell)
SENIOR WOODWIND
Winner: Elizabeth Salgado, flute (Wendy Kumer)
Alternate: Lauren Radeschi, flute (Wendy Kumer)
HM: Ananya Tadigadapa, flute (Naomi Seidman)
HM: Timothy Kim, clarinet (Rie Suzuki)
SENIOR PIANO DUET
Representative: Preston Steimel, Petrina Steimel (Robert Durso)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE BRASS
Representative: Meredith Fuller, tuba (Velvet Brown)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE PIANO
Winner: Junwen Liang (Christopher Guzman)
Alternate: Jean Kiklikian Herrera (Maria Asteriadou)
HM: Yanzhima Tsybikova (Igor Resnianski)
HM: Gautam Nagaraj (Melody Quah)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE WOODWIND
Winner: Bianca Morris, flute (Mimi Stillman)
Alternate: Julia Carey, flute (Kimberly Reighley)
HM: Erica Hinchcliff, flute (Kimberly Reighley)
HM: Wiktoria Godawa, flute (Kimberly Reighley)
HM: Morgan Turner, flute (Kimberly Reighley)
2019 Composition Winners
ELEMENTARY
Winner: Katherine Kiehl (Kendra Bigley)
Honorable Mention: Asa Ligowski (Keren Ligowski)
JUNIOR
Winner: Cyrano Rosentrater (Ariane Alexander)
Honorable Mention: William Sommers (Theresa Klinefelter)
SENIOR
Representative: Jackson Hunt (Yeeha Chiu)
2018 Composition Winners
JUNIOR
Representative: Hanna Sumner (Gloriana Sewell)
SENIOR
Winner: Jackson Hunt (Yeeha Chiu)
YOUNG ARTIST
Representative: Ian Adams (Velvet Brown)
2019 Performance Winners
JUNIOR PIANO
Winner: Alyssa Gabrilovich (Igor Resnianski)
Alternate: Emily Wu (Joy Kiszely)
HM: James Gates (Joy Kiszely/Natalie Zhu
HM: William Ge (Joy Kiszely/Natalie Zhu)
JUNIOR STRING
Winner: Adah Kaplan, violin (Kimberly Fisher)
Alternate: Ruijia Yang, cello (Jennifer Jie Jin)
HM: Owen Li, cello (Jennifer Jie Jin)
SENIOR PIANO
Winner: Angeline Ma (Susan Starr)
Alternate: Katie Liu (Natasha Snitkovsky)
HM: Stephanie Petinaux (Christopher Guzman)
HM: Jackson Hunt (Yeeha Chiu)
HM: Emma Lo: (Igor Resnianski)
HM: Chris Jung: (Igor Resnianski)
SENIOR STRING
Winner: Michael Fisher, violin (James Lyon)
Alternate: Angelina Phillips, violin (Kimberly Fisher)
HM: John Rose, cello (Patrick Owen)
SENIOR VOICE
Winner: Laura Stanell (Beth Stanell)
Alternate: Molly Nemirow (Holly Altenderfer)
SENIOR WOODWIND
Winner: Elizabeth Salgado, flute (Wendy Kumer)
Alternate: Timothy Kim, clarinet (Rie Suzuki)
HM: Ananya Tadigadapa, flute (Naomi Seidman)
SENIOR PIANO DUET
Representative: Petrina Steimel (Robert Durso, Preston Steimel)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE BRASS
Representative: Eric Zhunio, euphonium (Velvet Brown)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE PIANO
Winner: Euna Kim Piano (Christopher Guzman)
Alternate: Junwen Liang (Christopher Guzman)
HM: Parker Konkle (Christopher Guzman)
YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE WOODWIND
Winner: Maria Guglielmina, flute (Naomi Seidman)
Alternate: Erica Hinchcliff, flute (Kimberly Reighley)
2018 Performance Winners
JUNIOR PIANO
Winner: Alyssa Gabrilovich (Igor Resnianski)
Alternate: Nathan Jiang (Igor Resnianski)
HM: William Ge (Natalie Zhu and Joy Kiszely
HM: Audrey Shu (Kristin Stephenson)
JUNIOR STRING
Winner: Amithi Tadigadapa, cello (Jonathan Dexter)
Alternate: Adah Kaplan, violin (Kimberly Fisher)
JUNIOR WOODWIND
Representative: Bryan Chen, flute (Wendy Kumer)
SENIOR PIANO
Winner: Andy Wu (Igor Resnianski)
Alternate: Emma Lo (Igor Resnianski)
HM: Chris Jung (Igor Resnianski)
HM: Ashwini Shende (Igor Resnianski)
HM: Ellie Kim (Christopher Guzman)
SENIOR STRING
Winner: Alexandra He, cello (Ohad Bar-David)
String Alternate: John Rose, cello (Carol Lyon)
HM: Angelina Phillips, violin (Kimberly Fisher)
SENIOR VOICE
Representative: Laura Stanell (Beth Stanell)
SENIOR WOODWIND
Winner: Timothy Kim, clarinet (Andrew Hauze)
Alternate: Ananya Tadigadapa, flute (Naomi Seidman)
YOUNG ARTIST BRASS
Eric Zhunio, euphonium (Velvet Brown)
YOUNG ARTIST PIANO
Winner: Euna Kim (Christopher Guzman)
Alternate: Rachel Lee (Igor Resnianski)
YOUNG ARTIST WOODWIND
Winner: Julia Carey, flute (Kimberly Reighley)
Alternate: Timothy Savage, saxophone (James Flowers)
HM: Erica Hinchcliff, flute (Kimberly Reighley)
CHAMBER MUSIC/WIND
Winner: Westminster College Saxophone Quartet (James Flowers) Members: Angela Tenninger, Timothy Savage, Liam Horgan, Abby Grabigel
Alternate: PSU Tuba Quartet (Velvet Brown) Members:
Meredith Fuller, Ian Adams, Eric Zhunio, Noah McDonald
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