Los Alamos Music Teachers Association Presents 2024 District NE-I Honors Audition Winners

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 27, 2024
- 6:54 pm

Piano Level 3 winners Lyla Lo and Seojin Choi. Courtesy/LAMTA

Piano Level 1 winners Elizabeth Qichen Wang and Gavin Hu. Courtesy/LAMTA

Scene from the Piano Competition. Courtesy/LAMTA

LAMTA News:

The Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA) has announced the winners of the 2024 District NE-I Honors Auditions, held Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at UNM-Los Alamos. Students from Los Alamos, Santa Fe and Taos participated, presenting their best performances.

The judges for the piano category were Robert Krupnick and Dr. Natasha Stojanovska from Santa Fe, and the judge for the string category was Kay Newnam of Los Alamos.

1st place winners and their winning repertoire:

Piano Level 1 (ages 9 and under, tied):

ELIZABETH QICHEN WANG (Los Alamos); Wendy Ge, teacher
“Sonatina Op. 13 no. 1, 3rd mvmt” by D. Kabalevsky

GAVIN HU (Santa Fe); Dr. Patricia Wood, teacher
“Six Variations on a Duet by Paisiello, WoO 70” by L. V. Beethoven

Piano Level 2 (ages 10-11):

ELIZABETH HSU (Taos); Kim Bakkum, teacher
“Arabesque L. 66 no. 1 in E major, and Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum from Children’s Corner” by C. Debussy

Piano Level 3 (ages 12-13, tied):

LYLA LO (Los Alamos); Aejin Chang, teacher
“Variations on a Theme of Paganini” by I. Berkovich

SEOJIN CHOI (Los Alamos); Dr. Haewon Yang, teacher
“Impromptu Op. 90 no. 2 in E flat major” by F. Schubert

Piano Level 4 (ages 14-15):

BRYAN LEE (Los Alamos); Aejin Chang, teacher
“Reverie” by C. Debussy

Piano Level 5 (ages 16-17):

MATTHEA FUNG (Los Alamos); Wendy Ge, teacher
“Jardins sous la Pluie, from Estampes” by C. Debussy

Strings Level 2 (Ages 10-11):

ALICE CHEN (Los Alamos); Liana Austin, teacher
“Air Varie Number 5” by C. Dancla

Strings Level 3 (Ages 12-13)
SEQUOYA KE (Los Alamos); Allison Rich, teacher

“La Cinquantaine” by J. Gabriel-Marie
Strings Level 4 (Ages 14-15)

ANGEL MENG (Los Alamos); Liana Austin, teacher
“Scènes de la Csárda No. 4 ‘Hejre Kati’“ by Jeno Hubay

For additional information of all the other winning contestants, please visit LAMTA website at losalamosmusicteachers.org.

All 1st place winners from the six districts of the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico will convene Saturday, Nov. 9 to compete at the State Honors Auditions held in Keller Hall at UNM-Albuquerque. LAMTA wishes all of its NE-I winners the best of luck as they prepare for the state competition!

The Honors Auditions are open to students from Santa Fe, Taos, Los Alamos, Española and Las Vegas, and there are categories for all instruments and voice. Non-member teachers can enter their students for an extra fee. LAMTA is a non-profit 501-(c-3) organization, and the local affiliate of the State (PMTNM) and National (MTNA) professional music organizations for independent music teachers and college music faculty.

Scene from the String Competition. Courtesy/LAMTA