Chamber ensembles and students of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty scored big at the Georgia division Music Teachers National Association competitions on Wednesday, November 6. Congratulations to all of the winners!
CHAMBER MUSIC STRING PERFORMANCE COMPETITION
Winner: Selah Piano Trio - Levon Ambartsumian, teacher
Lucas Scalamogna, violin
Noah Johnson, cello
Youngmi Moon, piano
Alternate: Triology - Richard Zimdars, teacher
Richard Blumenthal, piano
Joseph Beverly, clarinet
Ana Abrantes, cello
CHAMBER MUSIC WIND PERFORMANCE COMPETITION
Winner: UGA Graduate Tuba-Euphonium Quartet - David Zerkel, teacher
David McLemore, tuba
Chris Leslie , euphonium
Patrick Geren, euphonium
Chris Gurtcheff, tuba
Alternate: Bulldog Brass Society - Joshua Bynum, teacher
Geoffrey Wood, trumpet
Anderson Romero, trumpet
Rachel Matz, tuba
David Gonzalez, trombone
Peter Riggs, horn
Honorable mention: Ares Saxophone Quartet - Connie Frigo, teacher
Gabriel Piqué, soprano saxophone
Sara Emery, alto saxophone
Andrew Turner, tenor saxophone
Brandon Quarles, baritone saxophone
YOUNG ARTIST BRASS PERFORMANCE COMPETITION
Winner: Christopher Leslie, euphonium - David Zerkel, teacher
Alternate: Joel Ockerman, horn - Jean Martin-Williams, teacher
YOUNG ARTIST WOODWIND PERFORMANCE COMPETITION
Winner - Gabriel Piqué, saxophone - Connie Frigo, teacher
Honorable mention - Andrew Turner, saxophone - Connie Frigo, teacher
Brandon Quarles, saxophone - Connie Frigo, teacher
Martha Gardner and Alexander Ambartsumian, students of HHSOM Professor Levon Ambartsumian, also won the North Carolina MTNA Young Artist String Solo Competition and GA MTNA Junior String Solo Competition, respectively.
Good luck to all first-place participants as they progress to the MTNA regional competitions, held at the University of Louisville January 17-20!