Central Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association

Bravo to all the performers in this afternoon’s master class with Enrico Elisi! Thanks to Dr. Elisi for sharing his insights with our students.

Rest In Peace Patricia Lloyd. You will be sorely missed.

All PSU students who performed today.
Ivan Yumagulov, Yanjun Huang, Rui Zhang, Annie Huang, Sean Gallagher, and Ian Smith

Penn State students performed for us this morning.

Happy Piano Day

We had a delightful lunch meeting at Hoss’s Steak House today. No music was performed, but a lot of teaching techniques discussed!
Check out cpmta.org for information about the Triolo Competition coming up in May.

CPMTA Home [Left to Right Standing] Heather Kelly, Linda Hoffman, Joanne Feldman, Koya Ohmoto, Anne-Marie Hildebrandt, Victoria Petrosky, Wendy Bachman, Nancy Willis, Paula Bassett [Left to Right Kneeling] Diane Lindsey, Terry Smith, Pat Lloyd

Having fun at our Christmas Extravaganza at Pat Lloyd’s!

Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 Phyllis Triolo Music Competition .
Junior Division:
1st Alexander Yu, piano. Teacher Christopher Guzman
2nd Patrick Darragjati, piano. Teacher Dea Baba
3rd Evan Zhang, violin. Teacher James Lyon
Honorable Mention Elijah Lin, piano. Teacher Joanne Yang

Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 Phyllis Triolo Music Competition
Senior Division:
1st Willian Liu, piano. Teacher Qing Liu
2nd Abby Chen, violin. Teacher Max Zorin
3rd Aaron Le, piano. Teacher Dea Baba
Judges Ian Duh and Steven Herbert Smith

Former Steven Herbert Smith student,

Hard to believe that concert week is here!

Join us at 7:30PM this Saturday, April 15, at the Historic Mishler Theatre for "Music of the Americas" featuring Altoona Native, Anthony Cornet playing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Get your tickets ahead of time - they are going fast!

FOR TICKETS:
▪️Online: https://mishlertheatre.vbotickets.com/events
▪️ Phone: 814-944-9434
▪️In Person: Mishler Theatre Box Office, M-F 10AM-4PM

The 39th Phyllis Triolo Music Competition will be held in-person on Saturday, May 27th, 2023, for talented Middle and High School students in Central Pennsylvania. The competition is sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, in association with the School of Music at PSU. We are excited to be hosting the Phyllis Triolo Competition in-person, at Esber Rehearsal Hall, Music building 1, Penn State University!

Instrumentalists, vocalists and pianists compete in two divisions. The Junior Division consists of students in grades 6-8, the Senior Division consists of students in grades 9-12. Space is limited to 32 contestants.

Prizes in each division are: $300 for the first prize, $200 for second prize, and a possible third Prize of $100.
Deadline to submit the registration and payment for the competition is April 29th, 2023.
Fees to enter the competition are: $35 for students of teachers who are not members of the Central Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association and $25 for students of teachers who are members.

For competition rules and application forms, go to the C.P.M.T.A. website at: www.cpmta.org. For more information contact Victoria Petrosky at: 814-713-1273, [email protected] or Ian Duh at 814-571-6772, [email protected]

CPMTA Home [Left to Right Standing] Heather Kelly, Linda Hoffman, Joanne Feldman, Koya Ohmoto, Anne-Marie Hildebrandt, Victoria Petrosky, Wendy Bachman, Nancy Willis, Paula Bassett [Left to Right Kneeling] Diane Lindsey, Terry Smith, Pat Lloyd

Diane Lindsey,piano and Judy Moore, flute perform Godard and Still at this morning's meeting.

A major component of the annual Matthay Piano Festivals is the residency program for two Clara Wells Fellows chosen by online audition, and this year’s Festival at Penn State will be no exception. There are two divisions, one for high school students and another for college students, and the age range is 15-30.

Pianists from all over the world are eligible, and full details are available here:

http://www.matthay.org/ClaraWells2023.htm

This morning at out holiday extravaganza!

Congratulations CPMTA teachers!

Congratulations to our 2022 PMTA Competition Winners and Teachers!

Junior Piano:
Winner Roy Hur, Teacher David Brown
Alternate Aaron Le, Teacher Dea Baba
Honorable mention Vincent Gao, Teacher Iris Blanco-Urgelles
Alexander Yu Teacher, Christopher Guzman

Junior Strings:
Winner Mio Imai Violin, Teacher Kimberly Fisher
Alternate Daniel Loza Cello, Teacher Jennifer Jin
Honorable mention Kyle Xie Violin, Teacher Paul Roby
Jason Chen Cello, Teacher Jennifer Jin

Junior Woodwind:
Winner Daniel Xu Clarinet, Teacher Rie Suzuki
Alternate Raymond Yang Saxophone, Teacher I Hsin Kang

Senior Piano:
Winner William Ge, Teachers Ya-Fei Chuang and John Perry
Alternate Richard Martin, Teacher Michelle Cann
Honorable mention Jedidiah Yang, Teacher Dea Baba
Alyssa Gabrilovich, Teacher Igor Resnianski
Megan Xie, Teacher Natalie Zhu

Senior String:
Winner Evan Yoon Cello, Teacher Derek Barnes
Alternate Jiaray Shi Violin, Teacher Guillaume Combet
Honorable mention Kellen Mikesell Violin, Teacher Kimberly Fisher
Adah Kaplan Violin, Teacher Kimberly Fisher

Young Artist Piano:
Winner Thomas Hsu, Teacher Igor Resnianski
Alternate Alexandra Tzitzikas, Teacher Igor Resnianski

Young Artist Woodwind:
Winner Joshua Benitez Flute, Teacher Naomi Seidman
Alternate Grace Obert Flute, Teacher Kimberly Reighley

Congratulations to Anh Nguyen, student of Amy Gustafson!

And that's a wrap for the 2022 Marian Garcia Piano Competition and Festival at Penn State University School of Music! We heard some wonderful music-making and teaching over the last few days. Thank you to our guest artist Spencer Myer, judges- Igor Resnianski, Jasmin Arakawa, Steven Smith; performers; their teachers & parents; and all the of student volunteers working behind the scenes!

Congratulations to the 2022 winners!

1st Prize:
Karina Tseng, Eastman School of Music

2nd Prize:
Xiaolong Liu, Eastman School of Music

Honorable Mentions:
Hans Chan, New England Conservatory
Eric Yu, University of Michigan
Jianyi Gu, Eastman School of Music

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High School Competition

1st Prize:
Sophia Lin, Falls Church, VA

2nd Prize:
Anh Nguyen, State College, PA

Honorable Mentions:
Zack Lam, Bethesda, MD
Thai Nguyen, Leesburg, VA

Congratulations to all who participated in today’s Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival! We had 30 pianists, with many qualifying to go on tonState Showcase Recitals in November. Thanks to all teachers and students involved!

Music with a fair theme

Congratulations Aileen and Ian Duh!