Music Teachers National Association Winners
The following pre-college and undergraduate students won awards at the Music Teachers National Association state auditions in November at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tenn. Winners of the state competition move on to the division level, which includes eight states. Marie-Mitsou Akimoto won the Junior Strings division at the MTNA Southern Regional Competition held at Samford University in January. She will advance to the MTNA National Competition. George Meyer won honorable mention in Senior Strings division at the MTNA Southern Regional Competition.
Junior Strings (11-14 years old)
- Marie-Mitsou Akimoto, violin, winner (Christian Teal, teacher)
- Mary Grace Bender, cello, alternate (Felix Wang, teacher)
Senior Piano (15-18 years old)
- Christina Ramsey, honorable mention (Roland Schneller, teacher)
Senior Strings (15-18 years old)
- George Meyer, violin, winner (Carolyn Huebl, teacher)
- Jacob Schafer, violin, alternate (Christian Teal, teacher)
Young Artist Strings (collegiate)
- Chris Lowry, viola, winner (Kathryn Plummer, teacher)
- Tiffany Tieu, violin, alternate (Carolyn Huebl, teacher)
- Johna Smith, violin, honorable mention (Connie Heard, teacher)
Chamber Music (collegiate)
- Magnolia String Quartet (Ben Hart, Caroline Hart, Chris Lowry and Emily Nelson), alternate (Christian Teal, teacher)
- Vanderbilt Woodwind Quintet (Shari Jefferson, Lindsey Reymore, Thomas Crespo, Shona Goldberg-Leopold, Amanda Tallant) with Valerie Hsu, pianist, honorable mention (Jared Hauser, teacher)
January 18th, 2011
congratulations everyone… my whole family are teachers, and I mean everyone:). I believe music should be compulsory for all students as it is so important for balancing both left and right sides of the brain… plus it is crucial for the health of the body with so many children spending all their days on the computer.
again congratulations.:)