The results of the 2012 Southwest Division Competitions, which were held on January 7 and 8, 2011 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, are listed below (state)(teacher). Congratulations to all winners, teachers, and entrants for their hard work and excellence. Best wishes to the following, who will represent the Southwest Division at the MTNA National Conference in New York City on March 24-28, 2012.

*representative

Elementary

composition: Nathan Chu (CA) (Su-Shing Chiu)

Junior High

composition: Nicholas Wu (CA) (Su-Shing Chiu)

piano: Katrina Jia (AZ) (Fei Xu)

string: Jeremy Tai (CA) (Jonathan Koh)

woodwind: Tiffany Chang (CA) (Esther Landau)

Senior High

composition: Anthony Constantino (AZ) (Kim Hayashi)

piano : Hugo Kitano (CA) (Hans Boepple)

piano duet: Stephani Aston, Maggie Whatcott (UT) (Yu-Jane Yang)

string: Jeanelle Brierley (AZ) (Susanne Rothaar)

voice: Jesse Briggs (NV) (Katharine DeBoer)

woodwind: Catherine Winters (UT) (Elizabeth Weissman)

Young Artist

chamber music: Trikaya (AZ) (Timothy McAllister)

composition: Joseph Chang (CA) (Suzanne Wong)

piano: Brandon Lee (UT) (Gary Amano)

string: Mosa Tsay (CA) (Jonathan Koh)

woodwind: Jonathan Wintringham (AZ) (Timothy McAllister)

*brass: Andrew Wilson (UT) (Matt Moore)

*voice: Nicole Dzadek (NV) (Kathleen DeBeor)

02/02/2011

SOUTHWEST DIVISION LEADERS

Row 1 (left to right): Sue Field (CA President); Ethel Iwasaki (SW Director) Kay Goshi (HI President)

Row 2 ((left to right): Raymond Ryder (AZ President); Cheryl Norman (SW Director-Elect); Ron Grinage (NM President) * *Missing - Cheryl Thornton (NV President)