Congratulations to Scott McBride Smith, president of the California Association of Professional Music Teachers,  for his selection as the Cordelia Brown Murphy Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Kansas School of Music in Lawrence. Kansas.  He, therefore, has resigned as president of CAPMT and will be succeeded by Sue Field, CAPMT president-elect.  We bid a fond farewell to Scott and welcome Sue to her new leadership position.

2010 Southwest Division and National Winners

The MTNA Southwest Regional first place winners are listed below (state){teacher}.  I highlighted those who placed nationally.

Elementary

  composition: Harlan Tsui (CA) {Su-Shing Chiu} - 1st Place

Junior High

   composition: Crystal Yan (CA) {Suzanne Wong} - 2nd Place

piano:  Carolyn Cong (AZ) {Fei Xu}

   string: Minku Lee (CA) {Jonathan Koh} - 2nd Place

   woodwind: Margo Folwick (CA) {Janelle Barrera} - 2nd Place

Senior High

   composition: Anderson F. Alden (CA) {Deborah H. How)

piano : Tianpeng Yu (CA) {Nelms McKelvain}

piano duet: Alie Yorgason/Elise Peterston (UT) {Vera & Eugene Watanabe} - 1st Place

   string: Moriah Wilhhelm (UT) {Shi-Hwa Wang}

voice: Jesse Briggs (NV) {Katharine DeBoer}

woodwind: Jana Gardner (UT) {Cindy Henderson} - 2nd place

Young Artist 

   composition: Nathan Piazza (NV) {James Winn)}

   piano: Fan-Ya Lin (UT) {Yu-Jane Yang} - 1st Place

   string: Corie Schofield (UT) {William Fedkenheuer}

   voice: Christina Rivera (AZ) {Katharine DeBoer}

   woodwind: Amber Packard (UT) {April Clayton}

   brass: Brian Garrison (NM) {Jeffrey Piper)

   chamber music:  Tria Fata (Weber State, UT) {Shi-Hwa Wang, coach}

Nicholas Maughan

Kathryn Palkki

Samuel Runolfson

Submitted on: 6/3/2010