2024 Sonata Contest Winners

The Santa Fe Music Teachers Association held their annual Sonata Contest on February 10th, 2024. The contest saw students participate in all ten levels this year, and there was lots of excellent music heard despite the heavy snow storm!

The first place winners of each category were invited to play in the TGIF concert series held at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe on February 16th, 2024. The FPCSF have a beautiful Steinway D that the students played on, and the concert is well-attended weekly by local audiences.

The Sonata Contest is held annually, with set repertoire for each level. The contest is open to all students of teachers in either the Santa Fe or Los Alamos Music Teachers Association. 

For more information on the contest, please visit  https://santafemta.org/sonata_contest/.

Congratulations to all winners!

2024 Sonata Contest Winners
* denotes LAMTA teacher

Level 1: Jane Smisor Bastien: “A First Sonatina,” 3rd mvt. Gigue, from First Sonatinas

1st place tie: Willow Beeman, student of Dr. Patricia Wood*
1st place tie: Jiadong Guo, student of Wendy Ge*
2nd place: Elizabeth Wang, student of Wendy Ge*
3rd place tie: Eliseo Hernandez, student of Bryan Hutchinson
3rd place tie: Delilah Elledge, student of Bryan Hutchinson

Level 2: Frank Lynes: Sonatina in C Major, op. 39 no. 1, 1st mvt. Allegro

1st place: Glyn Lo, student of Wendy Ge*
2nd place tie: Adam Turner, student of Janna Warren*
2nd place tie: Jia Guo, student of Wendy Ge*
3rd place: Lucy Smith, student of Dr. Patricia Wood*

Level 3: Muzio Clementi: op. 36 no. 1, 1st movement in C Major, Allegro

1st place tie: Alicia Chen, student of Dr. Patricia Wood*
1st place tie: Benjamin Minko, student of Janna Warren*
2nd place: Samatha Kranthijanya, student of Wendy Ge*

Level  4: Robert Vandall: Sonatina no. 4 in a minor, 1st mvt. Allegro from Vandall Sonatinas: 4 Original Sonatinas

1st place tie: Kenneth De Graeve, student of Janna Warren*
1st place tie: Cynthia Fu, student of Wendy Ge*
2nd place: Gavin Hu, student of Dr. Patricia Wood*

Level 5: W. A. Mozart: Viennese Sonatina no. 1 in C Major 1st mvt. Allegro, K439b

1st place: Justin Lei, student of Dr. Patricia Wood*

Level 6: Domenico Cimarosa: Sonata no. 18 in A Major from Festival Collection Book 6

1st place: Isaac Miller, student of Janna Warren*

Level 7: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in G major, op. 49 no. 2, 1st mvt. Allegro ma non troppo

1st place tie: Alice Chen, student of Dr. Patricia Wood*
1st place tie: Lucia Roth, student of Janna Warren*
2nd place: Griffin McCabe, student of Ellen Scudder*
3rd place: John Fung, student of Wendy Ge*

Level 8: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata no. 42 in G Major, Hob XVI:27, 1st mvt. Allegro con brio

1st place tie: Anna Backhaus, student of Janna Warren*
1st place tie: Quinn Blakeslee, student of Janna Warren*

Level 9: W. A. Mozart: Sonata in G major, K283 1st mvt. Allegro

1st place: Anna Simakov, student of Janna Warren*

Level 10: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 6, Op. 10, no. 2, F major 1st movement, Allegro

1st place: Inho Ryu, student of Hyunkyung Woo
2nd place: Tate Plohr, student of Janna Warren*