2020 Conference - Advanced Master Class Audition Results

Eunju Kim,  Advanced Master Class  Chairperson

Students selected for the Master Class are listed in alphabetical order according to their last names.


SELECTED:

Apollo Lee, age 16 Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor by F. Chopin

Gordon Li, age 16 Teacher: Julia Lam
Nocturne No 4, Op. 38 by Lowell Libermann

David Sun, age 13 Teacher: Rita Shklar
L’idee Fixe-Andante amoroso d'après une mélodie de Berlioz S 395 by F. Liszt

Benjamin Zhao, age 16 Teacher: Rita Shklar
Allegro Appassionato Op. 70 by Saint-Saëns

ALTERNATES:

Catherine Chu, age 17 Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
Christopher Pan, age 16 Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin

Tomoko Harada is named as 2020 MTNA Foundation Fellow!

Tomoko Harada is an accomplished teacher who has been serving as a member of NJMTA in the following ways…

Member since 1998
President – Jan. 2020
President Elect – July 2019-Dec. 2019 in charge of 2019 State Conference 
National Certified Teacher of Music in Piano since 2008
Judging Coordinator since 2005-2019
Received NJMTA Service Award 2009
Panelist Speaker for NJMTA State Convention in 2009
Adjudicator:  NJMTA Recital Auditions, NJMTA Spring Festivals, MTNA Competition Senior (NJ State)
Students participation: MTNA competition, NJMTA Young Musicians Competition, NJMTA Recital Auditions, HS Scholarship Competition

MTNA National Competitions - DIVISION WINNERS!

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the MTNA Competitions at the Eastern Division Level:

James Wang (student of Jordan Smith), Eastern Division Senior Woodwinds winner 

Gordon Li and Jasmine Meyer (students of Julia Lam), Eastern Division Piano Duet winners .

James Wang, Gordon Li and Jasmine Meyer will advance to the national level and perform at the MTNA National Conference in March in Chicago, Illinois.

2020 Performathon

On February 1st and 2nd, the NJMTA Children Helping Children 2020 Performathon raised over $11,500 for HomeFront's Joy, Hopes & Dreams program.

It was a special weekend filled with beautiful music, a special feeling of community and a wonderful team effort. Thank you to all of the teachers and students who volunteered their time throughout the weekend!

Congratulations to everyone for a successful event!

Sincerely,
Suzanne Lehrer

2019 State Conference Intermediate Master Class Performer List

Intermediate Master Class with Helen Marlais

Sat. Nov. 16, 2019, 9:15-10:45 am

Amy Chu, age 8 (Student of Chiu-Tze Lin)

M. Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36, No. 6, I. Allegro con spirit        

Arielle Chen, age 9 (Student of Ingrid Clarfield) 

E. Grieg: Nocturne in C Major, Op. 54, No. 4                                                                                  

Angelina Jiang, age 12 (Student of Wendy Wu)

A. Beach: Pantalon, Op. 25, No. 3                                                                                                     

Jerry Liu, age 11 (Student of Margarita Rovenskaya)

W. A. Mozart: Fantasy in D minor, K. 397                                                                                          

Jason Lu, age 9 (Student of Chang Liu)  

G. Ligeti: Musica Ricercata, No. 3 Allegro con spirito                                                                     

 ALTERNATE 1
Robert Gugliotta, age 11 (Student of Hendry Wijaya)

F. Chopin: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posthu.        

ALTERNATE 2
Kyson Zhou, age 12 (Student of Anna Harutyunyan)

B. Bartok: Stick game (Joc cu bata) from Romanian Folk Dance No. 1       

*All students were anonymously selected by the clinician based on repertoire choice.