The 2018 MTNA Performance Competition was held at Portland State University on Saturday, November 17th. Many fine student musicians from across the state competed in Piano, String, Woodwind, and Chamber Music categories. The winner of each competition will continue to the NW Division round, with the hopes of being chosen to compete at the MTNA National Conference in Spokane in March. Congratulations to all the Oregon winners!
Junior Piano
Winner: Jacob Nenow, student of Renato Fabbro
Junior String
Winner: Hanami Froom, student of Carol Sindell
Junior Woodwind
Representative to NW Division: Joseph Baik, student of Hyeyoung Jeong
Senior Piano
Winner: Jenna Tu, student of Renato Fabbro
Senior String
Winner: Hailey Kang, student of Hyun-Jin Kim
Senior Woodwind
Winner: Julie Chen, student of Sandy Norman
Young Artist Piano
Winner: Joan Tay, student of Dean Kramer
Young Artist Woodwind
Winner: Madeline Krafve, student of Idit Shner
Chamber Music
Representative to National Competition: PSU Chamber Ensemble, students of Susan Chan
Ben Gimm, piano
Ricky Chan, violin
Amanda Chan, saxophone
A full list of all alternates and honorable mentions will be available soon on our competition results page.