Another EMF under our belts! We heard that this year was so much better than last year and we know it is not only because of all the teachers and volunteers, but also because this was our 2nd year at Edgewood Baptist, and we had the whole place dedicated just to the festival. Again a huge thanks to the festival team of Dawn, Brooke, Laurie, Roxanne, Mary Beth and Frances. Then, kudos to the 80+ volunteers that worked tirelessly not only on May 6th but before and after to make the festival happen.

Below is a list of teachers (27+) involved.

Welcome Table: Dawn, Brooke and Bonnie
Performance judge teams: Allan and Marie, Mariya and Jennie, Yelena and Jensina, and Angela and Keva.
Ensemble judges: Susan and Bonnie
Composition judges: Rick and Jeff
Listening judge: Mary Beth and her team
9 TRS judges: Kathy Wolf, Laurie, Mary Lieberman, Naoko Nakamura, Roxanne, Sarah, Jeffrey, Leilani and Frances
Theory captains: Marilyn, Tamara and Stan Watkins
Scoring Room: Cathy and team
Used Book Table: Brooke Shirts and family

Some highlights of the festival:
6 students received 100% on all of their 5 MLP (Music Literacy Project) exams. Congratulations to the following students and their teachers: Trystan Gallisson (Level 1 – Mary Lieberman), Eashaan Gangwal (Level 1 – Jeffrey Pettijohn), Grace Ngo (Level 2 – Mary Beth Rogers), Arianna Langub (Level 1 – Mary Beth Rogers), Anna Lee (Level 1 – Mary Beth Rogers) and Sharvaa Motghare (Level 1 – Mary Beth Rogers). These students all received the beautiful Transcendental Ribbon for their achievement.

In addition, there were so many blue ribbon performances and amazing MLP scores. Below is a list (by teacher) of students who scored 94% and above on their theory tests. All these students received the large yellow rosette and State seal on their certificates. Students with 98% or higher received High Honors and their names
will appear in the June or September Clarion. 136 students took the theory test and 86 scored 94% and above. Congratulations teachers and students!!!!

Angela Michael:
Hayden Ingold Level 1 100%
Joshua Hua Level 2 97%
Yura Gillin Level 2 96%
Audrey Gillin Level 2 94%
Louise Jipson Level 3 97%
Jasmine Garcia Level 3 95%

Brandi Bassett:
Jenny Ivie Level 2 100%
Rebecca Ivie Level 4 94%
Brooke Shirts:
Vincent Ariano Level 3 95%

Cathy Baylor:
Skylar Murray Level 1 96%
Travis Hayes Level 1 95%
Landon Cheung Level 2 100%
Addison Wu Level 2 99%
Ethan Melvin Level 3 100%
Maggie Speedy Level 4 95%
Aria Melvin Level 6 96%
Angela Ton Level 7 97%

Frances Goei:
Harper Howell Level 2 100%
Lucas Bernardi Level 2 96%
Madeline Buker Level 2 96%
Inga Marston Level 3 98%
Isabel Marston Level 3 96%
Caleb Buker Level 4 100%
Colin Ip Level 4 100%
Annie Marston Level 4 100%
Alaina Buker Level 5 97%
Kara Do Level 6 96%
Janelle Ekpo Level 7 100%

Jeffrey Pettijohn:
Lilly Laurente Level 1 98%
Eashaan Gangwal Level 1 100%

Jennie Holland:
Dina Samuel Level 2 100%
Theodore Logan Level 2 98%
Mira Jyoti Level 3 100%
Jerome Logan Level 3 98%

Jensina Oliver:
Lilah Pickett Level 4 95%
Joel Rice Level 5 94%
Eleanor Shirts Level 8 96%
William Shirts Level 8 94%

Kathy Wolf:
Ananya Raghavan Level 2 100%

Laurie McFarland:
Jason Logan Level 2 100%
Asha Ruhl Level 2 97%
Theo Lambert Level 3 97%
Samuel Lambert Level 4 99%
Aden Hitchcock Level 4 98%
Lydia Thomas Level 4 95%
Daniel Buchholz Level 5 100%
Mabel Hume Level 6 100%

Mary Beth Rogers:
Angel Anthuwan Level 1 100%
Arianna Langub Level 1 100%
Anna Lee Level 1 100%
Sharvaa Motghare Level 1 100%
Kate Chaivirat Level 1 96%
Claire Ngo Level 1 96%
Grace Ngo Level 2 100%
Ken Chaivirat Level 2 97%
Bavanth Rajaseker Level 3 98%
Amogh Kaarthik Level 3 97%
Nithya Padamati Level 3 95%
Emily Lee Level 4 94%
Nakul Kumar Level 5 100%
Shravan Kumar Level 5 100%
Auditri Das Level 5 99%
Amogh Babu Level 6 97%
Anvi Babu Level 6 97%

Mary Lieberman:
Trystan Gallison Level 1 100%
Tais Gallison Level 3 94%

Roxanne Kar:
Jozef Kocaj Level 5 99%
Logan Wardell Level 6 100%
Armin Hadzikadunic Level 7 94%
Jonathan Kocaj Level 7 95%
Gideon Brady Level 7 96%
Ian Kinsella Level 8 98%
Ena Hadzikadunic Level 8 96%

Sarah Silvia:
Sasha Borodina Level 4 96%

Stan Watkins:
Alex Lau Level 2 98%
Leah Lenin Level 2 97%
Tyler Selman Level 2 96%
Ezra Fields Level 3 99%
Sridhar Raamakrishnan Level 3 98%
Natasha Polakowski Level 3 97%

Susan Hurley:
Bryony Schwager Level 1 96%
Nora Cousans Level 1 95%
Thaliana Schwager Level 2 98%
Melba Williams Level 4 95%

Tamara Wagle:
Annabelle Consiglio Level 3 100%
Atlas Chua Level 5 100%

About next year:
1) Some teachers and students prefer playing live. In order for this to happen we need more judges and a longer day for the festival. Please let Angela know if you would like this to happen. Many teachers would like to see a
choice of video or live.
2) Remember Frances Goei will not be doing this next year but the rest of the team is in place. In addition, many volunteers said they wanted to help again next year. Please consider taking this on—you will have help and be trained!

Your 2023 Musicianship Festival Team
Frances Goei, NCTM: 2023 Musicianship Festival Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rogers: 2023 Musicianship Festival Co-Chair
Brooke Shirts: 2023 Musicianship Festival, Volunteer Coordinator
Laurie McFarland: 2023 Musicianship Festival Scheduling
Roxanne Kar: 2023 Databases/Spreadsheet Master
Dawn Taylor-May: Registration and EMTA Webmaster for all computer issues