MTNA Competitions
2024 MTNA Competition Winner
Junior Piano
Winner: Olivia Hua
Student of Qi Zhang
Alternate: Daniel Liu
Student of Jeffrey Cohen
Senior Piano
Winner: Sophia Shao
Student of Natela Mchedlishvili
Alternate: Polina Strela
Student of Natela Mchedlishvili
Young Artist Piano
Winner: Xiaoyu Tang
Student of Marina Lomazov
Alternate: Yuchun Li
Student of Joseph Rackers
Junior String
Winner: Nickita Zhang
Student of Viktor Basis
Alternate: Ashley Park
Student of YooJin Jang
Senior String
Winner: Mason Lee
Student of Karen Ritscher
Alternate: Alicia Li
Student of Elizabeth Faidley
Young Artist String Representative
Vivienne Lucier
Student of Masumi Rostad
Senior Woodwind Representative
Azelle Kim
Student of Jeong Seok Lee
Young Artist Woodwind
Winner: Austin Shilling
Student of Chien-Kwan Lin
Alternate: Estel Vivo Casanovas
Student of Chien-Kwan Lin
Performance Competitions (Piano, Piano Duet, Strings and Woodwinds)
Registration Deadline: 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time, September 11, 2024
Video Submission Deadline: 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time, October 11, 2024
Online application and information regarding preparation and submission of videos are posted below.
LEVELS:
Junior: ages 11–14 (Piano, String, Woodwind)
Senior: ages 15–18 (Brass, Piano, Piano Duet, String, Voice, Woodwind)
Young Artist: ages 19–26 (Brass, Piano, String, Voice, Woodwind)
Chamber Music: average age 18–26 (String and Wind)
Brass and Voice (Senior and Young Artist only) Performance Competitions
Registration and Video Submission Deadline: 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time, December 4, 2024
Chamber Music Performance Competitions
Registration and Video Submission Deadline: 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time, Wednesday, December 4, 2024 via Acceptd. Applications will be available November 1, 2024.
Please note the following:
- All repertoire listed on the application must be prepared at each level of the competition. Click here for a list of repertoire requirements.
- State Winners will be required to submit online a photo, 75-word bio and other PR information immediately following the State Competitions. (Follow instructions in the email you will receive following the state competitions.)
- The winners/representatives of each state’s competitions advance to a video-only division competition.
- A student may not enter both the MTNA and Heddy Kilian Empire State Competition in the same performance medium in the same year.
- Click here for video preparation guidelines.
- Click here video submission instructions.
The entrant will be contacted with a link to submit videos
Registration Deadline: 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time, September 11, 2024
LEVELS:
Elementary: ages 5–10
Junior: ages 11–14
Senior: ages 15–18
Young Artist: ages 19–26
Teacher Requirements
- Teachers must be aware of the entrant requirements.
- The teacher listed on the application is the teacher of record and shall remain so during the competition year. In the event the entrant changes teachers during the competition year, both teachers, past and present, will be listed as the teachers of record. Any exception is at the sole discretion of the MTNA Director of Competitions in consultation with the Competitions Committee, but in no event will the entrant be disqualified as a result of a teacher change.
- The teacher and the entrant may not be the same individual.
- Teachers must reside in the U.S. during the competition year.
- MTNA Member Teachers
- Current active membership dues for MTNA must be paid prior to accessing the competition application. MTNA members are not required to be members in the state of entry.
- An MTNA collegiate member must pay active membership dues to enter students.
Nonmember Teachers
- Nonmembers teachers entering students are encouraged to pay current active membership dues for MTNA or entrants will be assessed the $150 Nonmember Teacher fee at the time of application.
