Big congratulations to the following 18 WPMA students for winning 25 awards in the 2019 GMTA (Georgia Music Teachers Association) State Auditions! Bravo to all the winners and their teachers – William Pu, Amy Chang, Martin Greorguiev, Justin Dougherty & Virginia Sloan’s outstanding teaching! 4.6.2019
~ String / Guitar Auditions ~
Outstanding Performer – Conference Recitalists:
Charlotte Jeong (violin) 2/3 grade level
Angelina Lu (violin) 4/5 grade level
Jason Seo (viola) 8/9 grade level
Outstanding Performer Alternate 1:
Kelly Jeong (violin) 8/9 grade level
Outstanding Performer Alternate 2:
Abigail Stone (violin) 6/7 grade level
Nathaniel Stone (cello) 8/9 grade level
Evan Nicholson (cello) 10/11 grade level
Award of Excellence:
Ellie Kim (violin) 2/3 grade level
Mahalia Mason (cello) 4/5 grade level
William Wei (violin) 4/5 grade level
Matthew Kim (cello) 8/9 grade level
Jone Cho (viola) 10/11 grade level
Honorable Mention:
Nicholas Chang (viola) 8/9 grads level
Kai Lee (cello) 8/9 grade level
Kaci Xie (viola) 10/11 grade level
Kevin Chen (violin) 10/11 grade level
William Kim (cello) 12 grade level
~ Instrumental Concerto Audition ~
Outstanding Performer / Conference Recitalist:
Evan Nicholson(cello)
Outstanding Performer:
John Cho (viola)
Award of Excellence:
Jason Seo (viola)
Kaci Xie (viola)
Kevin Chen (violin)
Honorable Mention:
Kelly Jeong (violin)
Nathaniel Stone (cello)
~ Piano Audition ~
Outstanding Performer – Conference Recitalists
Grace Peng
“Outstanding Performer” is the highest award for the GMTA competition and only one from each grade level in each division will be selected by the judge as a “Conference Recitalist” and will perform at the fall GMTA Conference.
