The ETMA 2025 Music Era Festival was held on Saturday, November 1 and Sunday, November 2 at the Hartley Mansion in Everett. The purpose of Music Era Festival is to encourage the exploration of piano music by the chosen era of music. This year’s festival explored the Romantic period (Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, Mendelsohn, Liszt, etc.). Our adjudicator was Dr. Oksana Ejokina. There were more than 70 students participating from 14 EMTA teachers. Thank you to our ETMA event organizers, Allan Park and Dr. Yelena Balabanova.

2025 MUSIC ERA FESTIVAL MEDAL AWARDS and BEST OF FESTIVAL RESULTS

AGE 5
GOLD: Grayson Wang (Teacher: Allan Park)
SILVER: Alexandria Wei (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

AGE 7
GOLD: Simone Chai (Teacher: Allan Park)
SILVER: Henry Zhang (Teacher: Allan Park)

AGE 8
GOLD: Celine Cheng (Teacher: Maria Khavin)
SILVER: James Hu (Teacher: Maria Khavin)
SILVER: Olivia Kweon (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

AGE 9
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Yuxin Sun (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
SILVER: Nathan Flowers (Teacher: Allan Park)

AGE 10
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Ella Chung (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

AGE 11
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Chloe Nari Wang (Teacher: Allan Park)
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Miyako Berman (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Yu Yan Perrie Lam (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
SILVER: Aisha Beydoun (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

AGE 12
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Alvin Lee (Teacher: Allan Park)
SILVER: Brandon Yang (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
SILVER: Gaius Dail (Teacher: Leah Deobald)
SILVER: Lucas Popescu (Teacher: Allan Park)

AGE 13
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Junhao Fang (Teacher: Allan Park)
SILVER: Likai Luke Zhang (Teacher: Renny Ko)
SILVER: Yiling Sun (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

AGE 14
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Joyce Ye (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
SILVER: Jimmy Huang (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

AGE 15
SILVER: Aden Hitchcock (Teacher: Laurie McFarland)
SILVER: Chloe Mergler (Teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler)

AGE 16
GOLD: Radmila Sabirova (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
SILVER: Hannah Kwon & Isabel Yang (Teacher: Allan Park)

AGE 17
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Angelina Mitrianu (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
BEST OF FESTIVAL/GOLD: Brandon Osckar (Teacher: Allan Park)

ADULT PROFESSIONAL
GOLD: Wenfei Mu (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
SILVER: Godwin Hong (Teacher: Allan Park)