KMTA Honors Auditions Results November 5-6, 2016
MTNA - Junior Piano CompetitionWinner
103 Ethan Sun Shiao-Li Ding/Steven Spooner
Alternate105 Rebecca Feng Eric Sakumura
Honorable Mention102 Jedrick Wilson Scott Smith
MTNA Junior Strings Competition
Winner122 Allen Zhang Veronique Mathieu
MTNA Senior Piano DuetWinner
142 John Cary and Grace Cary David Tauscher
Alternate141 Bryan Jiang and Ryan Zhuang Timothy Shook
MTNA - Senior Piano CompetitionWinner131 Daniel Mangiaracino Scott McBride Smith
Alternate134 Chi Zhang Jack Winerock
Honorable Mention133 Emma Marie Thacker Timothy Shook
MTNA - Young Artist Piano CompetitionWinner7 Shulin Guo Scott McBride Smith
Alternate3 Benjamin Dominguez Jack Winerock
Honorable Mention2 Yushi Lin Steven Spooner
MTNA Young Artist Woodwinds CompetitionWinner12 Garrett VanArsdale Dawn McConkie
Alternate11 Tara Linn Lierz Dawn McConkie
Honorable Mention13 Bailey Ann Stines Dawn McConkie
KMTA - Piano Duet - Grades 3-6Winner
312 Alina Hou, Eddy Jiang David Tauscher
Runner-Up317 Riley Dwornicki, Chase Dwornicki Christy Williams
Honorable Mention313 Ariel Chang, Wesley Chang David Tauscher314 Catherine Li, Christina Li Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
I Rating311 Brennan Flach, Cohen Flach Elizabeth Grace315 Thomas Loub, Eva Pickering David Pickering316 Gracie Prahm, Ella Kamke Christy Williams318 Ayla Lorenson, Natalie Brenneis Susan Cress
KMTA - Piano Duet - Grades 7-9Winner
352 Eric Yang, Willy Jiang David Tauscher
Runner-Up350 Peter Zhihe Yan, Jerry Zhixi Yan Slawomir Dobrzanski
Honorable Mention348 Samuel Wang, Grace Wang David Tauscher353 Luke Tsaur, Randy Yeh Tatyana Rubchinsky
I Rating349 Aditya Vargheese, Shishir Vargheese David Tauscher351 Anne Chen, Grace Yan Ying-Yu Emily Yeh354 Robert Kan, Max Kan Tatyana Rubchinsky
KMTA - Piano Duet - Grades 10 -12Winner
472 Randy Yeh, Elaine Yeh Tatyana Rubchinsky
Runner-Up474 Joey Tan, Luther Fuller Carol Cook
Honorable Mention471 Joshua Fernandes, Conor Reid-Tedesco Timothy Shook
I Rating473 Helen Giefer, Sybil Giefer Karol Hickel475 Sam Schmidt, Grace Wise Susan Cress
KMTA - Strings - Grades 3-6Winner
328 Simon Vernikov Lubomira Paskaleva
Runner-Up325 Lisa Ji Lubomira Paskaleva
Honorable Mention326 Riley Dwornicki Christy Williams
I Rating322 Vishnu Kumar Pei-In Yang324 Alden Walker Lubomira Paskaleva330 Chase Dwornicki Laura Martinez
KMTA - Strings - Grades 7-9
Winner332 Kara Schlenk Lubomira Paskaleva
Runner-Up338 Willy Jiang Cynthia Scully
Honorable Mention335 Caleb Lim Lubomira Paskaleva340 Avery Harris Cynthia Scully
I Rating331 Justin Mok Pei-In Yang333 Melody Jiang Lubomira Paskaleva334 Aditya Vargheese Lubomira Paskaleva336 Jocelyn Wang Cynthia Scully337 Leah Sims Sarah May339 Amanda Zhu Cynthia Scully341 Kangeun Moon Hyerim Mapp343 Dorina Cao Pei-In Yang345 Jerry Xia Pei-In Yang347 Anakha Krishna Pei-In Yang
KMTA - Strings - Grades 10-12Winner
492 Grace Davis Cynthia Scully
Runner-Up488 Olivia Everett Cynthia Scully
Honorable Mention483 Jack Viehweg Cynthia Scully484 Angela Jiang Cynthia Scully485 Andy Zhang Cynthia Scully487 Kristen Xu Cynthia Scully490 Mindy Liu Cynthia Scully
I Rating476 Cynthia Dong Lubomira Paskaleva477 Megan Sims Sarah May478 Tanvi Sangani Pei-In Yang480 Andrew Song Pei-In Yang481 Derik Hale Hyerim Mapp482 Kassandra Wu Cynthia Scully486 Amy Qiang Cynthia Scully489 Cassie Leighty Cynthia Scully491 Jenny Huang Cynthia Scully
KMTA - Chamber Music Competition
Winner423 Matthew Pickering, Allen Zhang, Chris Chae David Pickering
Runner-Up425 Lisa Ji, Simon Vernikov Lubomira Paskaleva
I Rating422 Megan Sims, Leah Sims Sarah May424 Caleb Lim, Kara Schlenk Lubomira Paskaleva
KMTA - Piano - Grades 1-2 Group One
Winner209 Audrey Bourdo Jamie Bone
Runner-Up205 Emma Li Joseph Myers
Honorable Mention201 Tatiana Spooner Jung Spooner204 Chloe Zhang Joseph Myers206 Ashley Chen Joseph Myers207 Rena Cao Joseph Myers210 Hendrix Emerson Jamie Bone212 Wesley Chang David Tauscher213 Celeste Pickering Melinda Pickering
I Rating203 Alice Chen Ying-Yu Emily Yeh208 Jasper Kim David Tauscher211 Gennie Williams Jamie Bone
KMTA - Piano - Grades 1-2 Group Two
Winner427 Eddison Chen Jung Spooner
Runner-Up435 Grace Li Joseph Myers
Honorable Mention426 Ian Thomas David Tauscher428 Jonah Rong David Tauscher433 Preston Chang David Tauscher434 Felix Smith Jamie Bone436 Michael Wong Joseph Myers437 Maya Li Joseph Myers438 Ella Steven Christy Williams
I Rating429 Solon Xia Nancy Blockcolsky430 David Cash Matthew Cash431 Yumo Liu Ying Zhu432 Josephine Thacker Timothy Shook
KMTA - Piano - Grades 3-4 Plan BWinner
214 Ethan Xin Slawomir Dobrzanski
Runner-Up217 Sarah Jiang Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
Honorable Mention218 Vivian Hsiao Linda Chen
I Rating215 Emory Naylor Catherine Spikes216 Solomon Wu Melody Stroth219 Aditi Nimishakavi Janet M. Zima222 Brennan Flach Elizabeth Grace
KMTA - Piano - Grades 3-4 Plan C Group One
Winner234 Lily Ye Carol Cook
Runner-Up232 Garrett Li Tatyana Rubchinsky
Honorable Mention225 Ilyas Saadi Marina Sultanova230 Sofia Bourdo Jamie Bone233 Rebekah Pickering Melinda Pickering
I Rating223 Samuel Li Ying-Yu Emily Yeh224 Allen Chen Nancy Blockcolsky226 Albert Chen Joseph Myers227 Michael Frank Marles Dudley229 Alicia Chia Linda Chen231 Isabella Lee Michelle Gehring235 Ayla Lorenson Susan Cress
KMTA - Piano - Grades 3-4 Plan C Group Two
Winner413 Adam Wang Marles Dudley
Runner-Up409 Adele Van Lieshout Mara Balke
Honorable Mention408 Yelisey Romanov Marina Sultanova411 Jillian Spacek Betty Smith412 Ryan Zhan Joseph Myers417 Arielle Li Tatyana Rubchinsky
I Rating407 Hank Rong Ying-Yu Emily Yeh410 Lily Wang David Tauscher
414 Amber Whittaker Leonetta J. Bibby415 Matan Mulugeta linda forbes416 Juliana Wamelink Jamie Bone419 Alex Guo David Tauscher
KMTA - Piano - Grades 3-4 Plan C Group Three
Winner394 Makayla Gao Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
Runner-Up402 Eli Paddock Nancy Blockcolsky
Honorable Mention395 Caroline Lee Michelle Gehring398 Elyse Hammann Jamie Bone400 Katie Wasson Marles Dudley401 Melody Xue Joseph Myers
I Rating396 Jessica Sun Tatyana Rubchinsky397 Alex Xu Timothy Shook399 Daniel Wang David Tauscher403 Roger Li Melody Stroth404 Cammie Peng David Tauscher405 Kirsten Ward Jung Spooner406 Emily Ponciano Melinda Groves
KMTA - Piano - Grades 3-4 Plan C Group Four
Winner532 Matthew Liu Jung Spooner
Runner-Up522 Maxine Baker Tatyana Rubchinsky
Honorable Mention523 Ethan Lau Timothy Shook525 Madeline Williams Jamie Bone527 Jennifer Cheng Marles Dudley528 Sophia Qiu Joseph Myers530 Angie Chae Sibylle Kuder
I Rating520 Vincent Zheng Ying-Yu Emily Yeh521 Lois Xie Carol Cook524 Brian Nguyen Melissa Joseph526 Victor Xiao Linda Chen529 Austin Lo Tatiana Ioudenitch531 Elyse Yung David Tauscher533 Edward Nguyen Pei Yen Chou
KMTA - Piano - Grades 5-6 Plan BWinner
372 Ethan Hsiao Linda Chen
Runner-Up374 Darya Sandomirsky Marina Sultanova
Honorable Mention368 Isobel Li Tatyana Rubchinsky369 Lisa Ji Melody Stroth371 Anh-Tuan Do Linda Chen
I Rating370 Joshua Tran Alec Tauscher373 Arthur Benson Laura Hrivnak375 Jessica Zhang Slawomir Dobrzanski376 Riley Dwornicki Christy Williams378 Grace Weber Kari Johnson
KMTA - Piano - Grades 5-6 Plan C Group One
Winner236 Ingrid Li Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
Runner-Up241 Ian Kinsella Melody Stroth
Honorable Mention238 Cherie Liu Ying-Yu Emily Yeh240 Miles Kim David Tauscher243 Eddy Jiang David Tauscher248 Catherine Li Ying-Yu Emily Yeh249 Luna Hu Carol Cook
250 Emily Stenzel Christine Vitztum
I Rating239 Shishir Vargheese David Tauscher
242 Matthew Teeter Leona Dickman244 Elan Jiang Marles Dudley245 Jacob Hammann Jamie Bone246 Edward Mu Alec Tauscher247 John Platkowski Maya Tuylieva
KMTA - Piano - Grades 5-6 Plan C Group Two
Winner386 Audrey Che Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
Runner-Up387 Jude Frank Marles Dudley
Honorable Mention385 Aaron Tseng Joseph Myers388 Caleb Lee Elizabeth Grace
390 Chase Dwornicki Christy Williams393 Grace Xie Carol Cook
I Rating379 Alina Hou David Tauscher
380 Melissa Gao Ying-Yu Emily Yeh381 Kaitlyn Thomas David Tauscher382 Tyler Thomas David Tauscher383 Anna Tang Jennifer Hosler384 Christina Li Ying-Yu Emily Yeh389 Aman Mulugeta Linda Forbes392 Eva Pickering Melinda Pickering
KMTA - Piano - Grades 5-6 Plan C Group Three
Winner560 Emma Liu Jung Spooner
Runner-Up558 Sriram Pattabiraman Joseph Myers
Honorable Mention556 Elaine Ching Elizabeth Grace557 Allie Pannell Marles Dudley
I Rating548 Kyle Fleming Ying-Yu Emily Yeh549 Samuel Ferguson Ying Zhu552 Caitlin Blackwood Sharon Eckart553 Emma Atcheson Celia Goering554 Jiya Singh Kari Johnson555 Warren Tan Linda Chen561 Sky Rong Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
KMTA - Piano - Grades 5-6 Plan C Group Four
Winner538 Rylie Zhang Marles Dudley
Runner-Up541 Isabel Tan Carol Cook
Honorable Mention542 Fritz Volini Jennifer Lacy543 Sharon Sun Ying Zhu
I Rating534 Avery Spacek Betty Smith535 Alyson Ramsey Ying-Yu Emily Yeh536 Karis Nish Betty Smith537 Victoria Thacker Abby Kamunge539 Ben Lim Jamie Bone540 Antony Chavez Melinda Groves545 Jackie Lee Michelle Gehring546 Thrisha Kalpatthi Alec Tauscher547 Trey Steven Christy Williams
KMTA - Piano - Grades 5-6 Plan C Group Five
Winner624 Alicia Spooner Jung Spooner
Runner-Up620 Noah Johnson Marles Dudley
Honorable Mention613 Ethan Jia Ying Zhu615 Catherine Zhao Michelle Gehring622 Natalie Brenneis Susan Cress
I Rating612 Nancy Pei Ying-Yu Emily Yeh616 Andrea Diehl Betty Smith617 Abi Krise Jamie Bone618 Samantha Lif Kari Johnson619 Miles Anderson Elizabeth Grace621 Andrew Dai Joseph Myers623 Tina Li Melody Stroth625 Evan Chen Mara Balke
KMTA - Piano - Grades 7-8 Plan BWinner
260 Jerry Zhixi Yan Slawomir Dobrzanski
Runner-Up258 Christopher Ramsey Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
Honorable Mention251 Amber Zhen David Tauscher252 Carly Yi Virginia Houser257 Sarah Lee Elizabeth Grace
I Rating253 Mahen Kudagammana Linda Chen255 Arushi Garg Janet M. Zima
256 Kathleen Chia Linda Chen259 Kayla Lei Slawomir Dobrzanski
KMTA - Piano - Grades 7-8 Plan C Group OneWinner
270 Jet Patterson Tatiana Ioudenitch
Runner-Up268 Peter Zhihe Yan Slawomir Dobrzanski
Honorable Mention263 George Xue Joseph Myers265 Lucas Liang Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
266 Eli Kramer Jung Spooner272 Renee Liou Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
I Rating264 Samuel Wang David Tauscher267 Humphrey Luo David Tauscher269 Frank Guo Melody Stroth
271 Vince Xiao Linda Chen273 Luke Tsaur Tatyana Rubchinsky274 Arien Roman Carol Cook275 Ethan Lord Melinda Groves
KMTA - Piano - Grades 7-8 Plan C Group Two
Winner281 Andrew Lin Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
Runner-Up279 Mia Kramer Jung Spooner
Honorable Mention278 Grant Mao Mara Balke280 Ryan Mulrenan Ying-Yu Emily Yeh287 Yasmeen Saadi Tatiana Ioudenitch
I Rating282 Grace Yan Ying-Yu Emily Yeh284 Zachary Cheng David Tauscher
285 Evan Aldridge Jamie Bone
288 Nathan Ma Carol Cook289 Daniel Ponciano Melinda Groves290 Hannah Schwemmer Christy Williams
291 Maggie Brull Christine Vitztum
KMTA - Piano - Grades 7-8 Plan C Group Three
Winner513 Zander Majors Marina Sultanova
Runner-Up516 Hasun Noh Nancy Blockcolsky
Honorable Mention515 Elayna Robinson Melody Stroth517 Annie Nguyen Shirley Wiebe519 Maggie Li Carol Cook
I Rating506 Andy Sun David Tauscher507 Kyle Siegwald Betty Smith508 Anne Chen Ying-Yu Emily Yeh509 Kennedy Colston linda forbes510 Deboshri Kanjilal Karen McClellan511 Vedarsh Shah Joseph Myers514 Amanda Earnhart Laura Hrivnak518 Wyndom Giefer Karol Hickel
KMTA - Piano - Grades 7-8 Plan C Group Four
Winner576 Melody Tzang Marles Dudley
Runner-Up573 Melody Jiang Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
Honorable Mention566 Will Jackson Matthew Cash567 Carson McEachern Shirley Wiebe574 Eric Chen Ying-Yu Emily Yeh575 Jackson Underwood Elizabeth Grace
I Rating563 Ethan Guo David Tauscher565 Andrea Gunara Betty Smith569 Alexa Pierpoint Judy Harrison570 Amy To Rebecca Dudrey571 Hali Liu Ying-Yu Emily Yeh572 Kaylie Tan Linda Chen577 Annabelle Tantemsomboon Pei Yen Chou
KMTA - Piano - Grades 7-8 Plan C Group Five
Winner579 Luke Gearin Vania Todorova
Runner-Up590 Azaria Au Timothy Shook
Honorable Mention580 Sophia Egger Marles Dudley581 Grace Terrell Elizabeth Grace582 Michelle Chen Ying-Yu Emily Yeh583 Allen Yu David Tauscher584 Max Rong Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
586 Dingding Ye Carol Cook587 Samuel Liu David Tauscher589 Amanda Zhu Tatyana Rubchinsky
I Rating578 Nathan Diehl Betty Smith585 Clare Bruce Melinda Groves588 Ella Gong Ying Zhu592 Carter Grothusen Susan Cress
KMTA - Piano - Grades 9-10 Plan BWinner
462 Lucy Zuo Scott McBride Smith
Runner-Up460 Laura Anderson Melody Stroth
Honorable Mention459 Robert Zhang Slawomir Dobrzanski461 Cecilia Knight Melody Stroth464 Willy Jiang David Tauscher469 Grace Zhu Tatyana Rubchinsky
I Rating463 Sophie Huang Ying-Yu Emily Yeh466 Rahul Daniel Linda Chen467 Mohit Garg Janet M. Zima
KMTA - Piano - Grades 9-10 Plan C Group OneWinner
294 Kenny Liou Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
Runner-Up297 Rosie Smock Myra Lemons
Honorable Mention298 Lindsay Haddock Julie Rivers299 Grace Mao Mara Balke309 Kathleen Miller Debbie Siebert
I Rating292 Jennifer He David Tauscher293 Ella Menees Marles Dudley295 Emma Browning Betty Smith296 Brian Dudley David Pickering300 Kassandra Wu Marles Dudley301 Hanhee Yoon Alec Tauscher305 Randy Yeh Tatyana Rubchinsky307 Anya Combs Carol Cook308 Omar Roth Jean Drumm
KMTA - Piano - Grades 9-10 Plan C Group TwoWinner
457 Malar Muthukumar Christy Williams
Runner-Up450 Daniel Nish Betty Smith
Honorable Mention442 Robert Kan Tatyana Rubchinsky443 Kevin Lee Tatyana Rubchinsky446 Amy Qiang Marles Dudley447 Andrew Gan Elizabeth Grace
I Rating439 Mulan Jiang Marles Dudley440 Sybil Giefer Karol Hickel441 Paris Souza David Pickering444 Joshua Fernandes Timothy Shook445 Simon Riley Scott McBride Smith448 Edward Liu Ying-Yu Emily Yeh449 William Wang Ying-Yu Emily Yeh451 Jamie Ward Jung Spooner452 Rachel Pang David Tauscher453 Christine David Betty Smith454 Jack Cannon Melody Stroth455 Natalie Chavez Melinda Groves456 Joey Tan Carol Cook
KMTA - Piano - Grades 9-10 Plan C Group ThreeWinner
594 Elaine Yeh Tatyana RubchinskyRunner-Up
605 Andy Zhang Marles DudleyHonorable Mention
593 Megan Lu Marles Dudley597 Pallavi Jonnalagadda Alec Tauscher600 Harvey Ji Mara Balke601 Annika Trembly Betty Smith603 Aleena Li Ying-Yu Emily Yeh607 Andy Robinson Melody Stroth608 Lucy Sun Tatyana Rubchinsky609 Chuxiao Guo Carol Cook
I Rating595 Victoria Liu Timothy Shook596 Alex Miller Priscilla Hearn598 Landon Roy Debra Alexander599 Allen To Rebecca Dudrey602 Emma Uebelein Betty Smith604 Daniel Stutz Elizabeth Grace606 Amanda Cheng Marles Dudley610 Eddie Dai Ying-Yu Emily Yeh611 Lindsay Adams Susan Cress
KMTA - Piano - Grades 11-12 Plan BWinner
626 Luther Fuller Michael Kirkendoll
Runner-Up632 Briley Lewis Timothy Shook
Honorable Mention628 Daniel Owens Alec Tauscher631 Jessica Tung Patricia Neufeldt633 Elaine Pope Carol Mueller
I Rating627 Zachary Kulphongpatana David Tauscher629 Cassie Wang David Tauscher630 Claire Houchen Sharon Eckart
KMTA - Piano - Grades 11-12 Plan C Group One
Winner362 Daniel Willis Priscilla Hearn
Runner-Up356 Shulammite Lim Melody Stroth
Honorable Mention357 Matthew Roxas Ying-Yu Emily Yeh358 Kevin Man Elizabeth Grace360 Alice Liu Linda Chen364 Cole Dudley David Pickering365 Hadley Hageman Brett Janssen366 Angela Jiang David Tauscher367 Brittani Cook Annetta Smith
I Rating355 Gracyn Howard Betty Smith359 Rachel Silverstein Melanie Vandenberg361 Michael McFadden Jamie Bone363 Abby Cheesebrough Sharon Eckart
KMTA - Piano - Grades 11-12 Plan C Group Two
Winner500 Benjamin Zhang Julie Rivers
Runner-Up498 Gwen Liu Ying-Yu Emily Yeh
Honorable Mention497 Ellie Miller Betty Smith499 Kenji Anderson Slawomir Dobrzanski503 Veronica Lyle Julie Rivers
I Rating496 Rebecca Zhang David Tauscher501 Isabella Childs David Pickering504 Sam Schmidt Susan Cress
KMTA - Freshman/Sophomore Piano Competition
1st Place - Gold Medal635 Shuting Ye Xiaoli Ding
2nd Place - Silver Medal636 Caroline Beazley Michael Kirkendoll
3rd Place - Bronze Medal634 Aidan Wells Filbert Timothy Shook
KMTA - Junior/Senior Piano Competition
1st Place - Gold Medal638 Matthew Meals Slawomir Dobrzanski
2nd Place - Silver Medal639 Chenxi Liao Michael Kirkendoll
3rd Place - Bronze Medal637 Samuel Fifield Slawomir Dobrzanski
KMTA - Graduate Piano Competition
1st Place - Gold Medal641 Dongyang Lu Scott McBride Smith
2nd Place - Silver Medal642 Oscar Vazquez Slawomir Dobrzanski
3rd Place - Bronze Medal643 Ji Hye Lee Michael Kirkendoll
Honorable Mention640 Yi Zhang Michael Kirkendoll
