​The 2023 NE-I District Honors Competition was held on the UNM-Los Alamos campus on Saturday October 21st. We had 18 piano students, from the studios of Juanita Madland, Janna Warren, Dr. Patricia Wood, Wendy Ge, Aejin Chang, Kim Bakkum, and Dr. Haewon Yang. Students from Los Alamos, Santa Fe, and Taos participated, and ranged from ages 8 to 17.

Two distinguished pianists, Dr. Jacquelyn Helin and Dr. Jessie Lo were the judges for our honors competition this year. 

We heard lots of great talent, and the winners of each category is listed below. The first place winners of each category will travel to Albuquerque on Saturday November 11th to compete in the state honors competition! 

If you would like more information on the PMTNM honors competition and would like to participate next year, please contact the NE-I District Vice President, Dr. Haewon Yang at [email protected]. All instruments and voice types are welcome, and non-PMTNM member teachers can enter their students too!

Come join us next Saturday October 28th at Fuller Lodge from 4-5:30pm for our Halloween Masquerade. This is a popular well-attended recital where you can hear our LAMTA students play in costume, as well as the winners from our competition perform!

Level III
1st place: Julia Lee Robel

Level IV
1st place: Matthea Fung
2nd place: Evan Strohmeyer (state alternate)
2nd place: Tate Plohr
3rd place: Anna Simakov
Honorable Mention: Henry Gans
Honorable Mention: Alyssa Sun

Level V
1st place: Jinheon Kim

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