The very successful ribbon and fun Musicianship Festival was held on May 4, 2024 with the theme, “May the 4th be with you”. Nearly our entire EMTA chapter was involved in some way in helping with this festival. Our fearless and hardworking Musicianship Festival chair for 2024 was Mary Beth Rogers with the help of the following members and many more volunteers:

Solo Performance Judges – Dr. Yelena Balabanova, Shaoming Greene, Jennie Holland, Mariya Koshkina, Allan Park, Mary Beth Rogers, Keva Vaughan Mc-Morrow and Marie Wollam-Mergler

Composition Judges – Rick Asher and Jeffrey Pettijohn

Registration Desk – Mary Beth Rogers, Amber Saldivar, Dawn Taylor-May and Bonnie Thomas

Ensemble Judging – Suzetta Glenn and Bonnie Thomas

Project Judge and Floater (going where ever needed) – Brooke Shirts

Scoring Room – Cathy Baylor

Theory Room – Vera Borodina, Judi Cook, Tamara Wagle and Stan Watkins

Technique, Rhythm and Sight-Reading Rooms (TRS Rooms) – Tina Baller (past member), Marilyn Droz, Frances Goei, Roxanne Kar, Laurie McFarland, Angela Michael, Dr. Jensina Oliver, Sarah Silvia, Mary Walker-Lieberman and Kathy Wolf

Listening Room – Frances Goei

Tech Support –
Dawn Taylor-May – JotForm and Registration, Laurie McFarland – Scheduler, Mary Walker-Lieberman – Volunteer Coordinator, Roxanne Kar – OVERALL Technology Genius, Frances Goei – Mentor

PLUS: A HUGE thank you to our students, parents and spouses who helped with setup and takedown, registration, being runners, scoring tests, working in the Listening Room and working in the Scoring Room. Everyone who helped in even a small way made such a difference.

2024 EMTA Musicianship and Theory Student Results

100% on all 5 tests:  (receive a transcendental ribbon from us)
Cathy Baylor Student – Skylar Murray
Mariya Koshkina  Student – Nora Schmitt
Angela Michael Student – Aisling Tan
Mary Beth Rogers  Student – Wesley Herron, Amogh Kaarthik and Annie Lin

98% and above only on Theory Test will have their names in hopefully the next issue of “The Clarion”
94% and above only on Theory Test:  (receive gold seal from state and rosette ribbon from us)

Brandi Basset Students:
Daniel Perez Level 2 96%
David Ivie Level 1/2 98%

Cathy Baylor Students:
Runa Lockhart Level 6 96%
Landon Cheung Level 3 97%
Ethan Melvin Level 4 98%
Millie Wu Level 3 98%
Aria Melvin Level 7 99%
Skylar Murray Level 2 100%
Jaidan Tang Level 4 100%
Sydney Tang Level 8 100%

Vera Borodina Students:
Esther Andrea Level 1 94%
Karina Zhang Level 6 96%
Vihaan Koushik Level 3 100%
Aarohi Kumar Level 4 100%

Valerie Gathright Students:
Keira DeWitt Level 3 100%
Ethan Carli Level 2 100%

Frances Goei Students:
Zara Do Level 7 95%
Colin Ip Level 5 95%
Isabel Marston Level 4 95%
Jimmy Marston Level 1 97%
Adrian Lewinsohn Level 5 99%

Jennie Holland Students:  
Lina Aukstuolis Level 1 96%
Lukas Aukstuolis Level 2 97%
Amie Batsuhk Level 2 98%
Julien Mecum Level 3 98%
Jack Logan Level 1 100%

Roxanne Kar Students:
Gabe (Indigo) Brady Level 7 95%
Joanna Price Level 3 96%
Mark Brady Level 7 97%
Clarice Kinsella Level 2 98%
Jozef Kocaj Level 6 100%
Logan Wardell Level 7 100%

Mariya Koshkina Students:
Lena Waggoner Level 1 96%
Nora Schmitt Level 1 100%

Laurie McFarland Students:
Callum, Ma Level 2 94%
Celicia Bumcrot Level 4 97%
Theo Lambert Level 4 98%
Aden Hitchcock Level 5 100%
Juhee Kim Level 5 100%
Frederic Lambert Level 3 100%
Samuel Lambert Level 5 100%
Junia McBride Level 4 100%
Benjamin McFarland Level 4 100%
Brendan McFarland Level 4 100%
Asha Ruhi Level 3 100%

Angela Michael Students:
Khoa Trần Level 4 95%
Yura Gillin Level 3 98%
Ailinh Nguyễn Level 3 98%
Karina Talley Level 3 98%
Jasmine Garcia Level 3 100%
Nico Haney Level 4 100%
Joshua Hua Level 2 100%
Natalie Johnston Level 1 100%
Aisling Tan Level 1 100%

Dr. Jensina Oliver Students: 
Divya Subramanian Level 5 96%
Natalie Wu Level 3 97%

Mary Beth Rogers Students:
Shravan Kumar Level 6 95%
Natcha Chaivirat Level 2 98%
Anna Lee Level 2 98%
Bavanth Rajasekar Level 4 98%
Aldrich Arnedo Level 2 100%
Ken Chaivirat Level 3 100%
Wesley Herron Level 1 100%
Amogh Kaarthik Level 3 100%
Arianna Langub Level 2 100%
Emily Lee Level 4 100%
Annie Lin Level 1 100%
Sharvaa Motghare Level 2 100%
Claire Ngo Level 2 100%
Grace Ngo Level 3 100%
Nithya Padamati Level 3 100%
Pranav Pavuluri Level 2 100%

Sarah Silvia Students:
Faith Kwakye Level 2 97%
Leo Emans Level 2 98%
Bodhi Klinke Level 4 98%
Callum Sloan Level 4 100%

Tamara Wagle Students:
Atlas Chua Level 7 98%
Maria Akimov Level 1 100%
Annabelle Consiglio Level 4 100%
Vedanshi Tippana Level 2 100%

Mary Walker-Lieberman Students:
Alexandra Klimczyk Level 2 94%
Trystan Galisson Level 2 100%
Brooke Klimczyk Level 2 100%

Stan Watkins Students:
Mehar Minhas Level 2 96%
Maya Wolff Level 2 96%
Anika Mandvikar Level 2 98%
Sridhar Raamakrishnan Level 4 98%
Natasha Polakowski Level 4 100%

Kathy Wolf Students:
Ethan Barnes Level 5 98%
Ariel Ma Level 1 98%
Yaashika Sriram Level 3  98%
Andrew Burrows Level 7 100%
Celine Hui Level 2 100%
Vinaya Umanee Level 1 100%

Marie Wollam-Mergler Students: 
Ethan Shen Level 3 97%