Winners
Announcing FL MTNA 2020 National Competitors
Dear FSMTA Members,
Congratulations to all of Florida's MTNA national competition finalists! We are very proud of our state's outstanding students, and we wish the following Florida representatives the very best at the MTNA national competitions in Chicago in March!
National Finalists from Florida:
The chamber music finals will take place at the 2020 MTNA National Conference in Chicago on Saturday, March 21, and the senior performance finals will take place on Sunday, March 22. Best wishes to Emily, Wooldjina, and Trio Nobile!
Best,
Adam Booher
FSMTA Vice President of MTNA Competitions
Dear FSMTA Members,
Congratulations to all of Florida's MTNA national competition finalists! We are very proud of our state's outstanding students, and we wish the following Florida representatives the very best at the MTNA national competitions in Chicago in March!
National Finalists from Florida:
- Senior Composition--Emily Singleton, student of Stephen Fine
- Senior Voice--Wooldjina Present, student of Jennifer Tipton
- Young Artist String Ensemble--Trio Nobile (Florida State University), students of Read Gainsford
- Ensemble Members: Christina Lai, Pedro Maia, and Cheuk Yan Leung
The chamber music finals will take place at the 2020 MTNA National Conference in Chicago on Saturday, March 21, and the senior performance finals will take place on Sunday, March 22. Best wishes to Emily, Wooldjina, and Trio Nobile!
Best,
Adam Booher
FSMTA Vice President of MTNA Competitions
2019 FSMTA Competitive Events Winners
The competitions were held on Saturday, May 18 at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus. Congratulations to all of this year’s competitors and their teachers and families! Countless hours of work, guidance, and support went into the many fine performances at our competitive events.
Erin Bennett, VP for FSMTA Competitive Events
Gray Perry Collegiate Young Artist
Byrd Pre-College Piano Ensemble
Senior Piano Concerto
Intermediate Piano Concerto
Junior Piano Concerto
Senior Voice
Senior String Concerto
Intermediate String Concerto
Junior String Concerto
The competitions were held on Saturday, May 18 at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus. Congratulations to all of this year’s competitors and their teachers and families! Countless hours of work, guidance, and support went into the many fine performances at our competitive events.
Erin Bennett, VP for FSMTA Competitive Events
Gray Perry Collegiate Young Artist
- Winner: Robiyakhon Akromova; Teacher: Roberta Rust, District 6
- Second: Derek Alexander; Teacher: Yun-Ling Hsu, District 5
Byrd Pre-College Piano Ensemble
- Winners: Shayna Singer & Quin Nardone; Teacher: Maria Gomez, District 6
Senior Piano Concerto
- Winner: Madison Yan; Teacher: Irena Kofman, District 6
- Second (tie): Kathy Liu; Teacher: Vladimir Khokhlov, District 9
- Second (tie): Meryl Liu; Teacher: Oleg Barsov, District 5
Intermediate Piano Concerto
- Winner: Gabriel Sun; Teacher: Maria Gomez, District 6
- Second: Janet Liu; Teacher: Stella Gaukhshteyn, District 9
- Honorable Mention: Katie Carlson; Teacher: Mary Lou Wesley Krosnick, District 4
Junior Piano Concerto
- Winner: Vincent Pham; Teacher: Vladimir Khokhlov, District 9
- Second: Siyang Ding; Teacher: Roxanne Stevenson, District 6
- Honorable Mention: Emmanuel Zheng; Teacher: Hee Jung Kang, District 3
Senior Voice
- Winner: Shayna Singer; Teacher: Maria Gomez, District 6
Senior String Concerto
- Winner: Sophia Molina; Teacher: Huifang Chen, District 6
- Second: Karishma Chapalamadugu; Teacher: Yan Lu, District 9
Intermediate String Concerto
- Winner: Elena Lim; Teacher: Huifang Chen, District 6
- Second: Leo Lam; Teacher: Howard Yu, District 9
Junior String Concerto
- Winner: Sophie De; Teacher: Stephen Fine, District 3
- Second: Fiona Lin Blackburn; Teacher: Yan Lu, District 9
- Honorable Mention: Catherine Zhao; Teacher: Huifang Chen, District 6