Division Winner List Place Name Instrument Teacher
West Central Chamber Music String - 3 entries Winner Trio Soave (KS) Scott McBride Smith
Hilary Lowery Clarinet
Zhaolin Wang Viola
Shulin Guo Piano
Alternate Sehnsucht Trio (MO) Eli Lara
Victoria Hargrove Clarinet
Daniel Keeler Cello
Sarah Amos Piano
Honorable mention Ursa Quartet (CO) Gal Faganel
Grace Johnston Violin
Marika Basagoitia Violin
Tyler McKisson Viola
Josiah Cordes Cello
West Central Chamber Music Wind - 4 entries Winner Volker Brass (MO) Thomas Stein
Ryan Snell Tuba
Andrew Stadler Trumpet
Brent Mead Trombone
Meagan Conley Trumpet
Maria Nyikos Horn
Kansas State University Saxophone Alternate Anna Wytko Quartet (KS) Soprano John Ashburn Saxophone Adam Lechner Alto Saxophone
Baritone Brittney Davis Saxophone Jacob Wright Tenor Saxophone
West Central Elementary Composition - 2 entries Winner Sloane Maa (CO) Irina Moreland
Honorable mention Maria Fix (NE) Nancy Schoen
West Central Junior Composition - 5 entries Winner Desi Silverman-Joseph (CO) Joyce Li
Honorable mention Christopher Ramsey (KS) Joseph Myers
West Central Junior Performance Piano - 6 entries Winner Margaret Wang (MN) Piano Alexander Braginsky Alternate Ethan Sun (KS) Piano Steven Spooner Honorable mention Madeline De Geest (MO) Piano Zena Ilyashov Ty Stephany (NE) Piano Paul Barnes
West Central Junior Performance String - 8 entries Winner Derek Hwang (SD) Cello Peter Howard Emily Ondracek- Alternate Julia Luyten (CO) Violin Peterson Honorable mention James Thompson (MN) Violin Sally O'Reilly
West Central Junior Performance Woodwind - 3 entries Winner Andrew Li (NE) Saxophone Paul Parker Alternate Arianna Tullis (CO) Flute Mary Beth Norris
West Central Senior Composition - 5 entries Winner Zachary Freeman (CO) Bonnie Early
Honorable mention Payton Plugge (NE) Regina Carnazzo
West Central Senior Performance Brass - 1 entry Representative Jenna Stokes (KS) Horn Natalie Higgins West Central Senior Performance Piano - 8 entries Winner Chi Zhang (KS) Piano Jack Winerock Honorable mention Timothy Su (MO) Piano Wen Shen Alternate Kimberly Shen (MN) Piano Alexander Braginsky Competing
West Central Senior Performance String - 8 entries Winner Ryan Jeong (IA) Violin Evelina Chao Alternate Alexander Smith (NE) Cello Tim Strang Honorable mention Catherine Carson (MN) Violin Sally O'Reilly Emma Johnson (CO) Violin Margaret Pressley
West Central Senior Performance Voice - 4 entries Voice-Mezzo- Winner Meg Brilleslyper (CO) Barbara Taylor soprano Voice-Mezzo- Alternate Liv Baldzicki (MN) Melissa Culloton soprano Honorable mention Dylan Larsen (SD) Voice-Tenor Judith Schreck
West Central Senior Performance Woodwind - 5 entries Winner Justin Brown (MO) Saxophone Zachary Shemon Alternate Sara Marques Villalba (CO) Flute Brook Ferguson Honorable mention Jacob Cahill (NE) Saxophone David Nabb West Central Senior Piano Duet - 3 entries Slawomir Winner Zhihe Yan (KS) Piano Dobrzanski Zhixi Yan Piano
Alternate Bryan Liu (MO) Piano Hye-Jung Hong Ashley Raleigh Piano
Honorable mention Angela Li (NE) Piano Gail Dunning Andrew Li Piano
West Central Young Artist Composition - 2 entries Winner Benjamin O'Bryan (SD) Paul Lombardi
Honorable mention Justice Myers (CO) Jill Hanrahan
West Central Young Artist Performance Brass - 3 entries Winner Jordan Redd (NE) Horn Alan Mattingly Alternate Luke Fitzgerald (MO) Tuba Thomas Stein
West Central Young Artist Performance Piano - 8 entries Winner Malcolm Liu (KS) Piano Scott McBride Smith Alternate Xiangyu Zhao (MO) Piano Robert Weirich Honorable mention Peter Liu (MN) Piano Richard Lange
West Central Young Artist Performance String - 8 entries Winner Elizabeth Shoemaker (IA) Violin Igor Kalnin Alternate Emma Hoeft (MO) Cello Catherine Bobbs Honorable mention Anne Schneller (KS) Violin Veronique Mathieu Kelcey Howell (CO) Cello Matthew Zalkind
West Central Young Artist Performance Voice - 4 entries Winner Martha Murrane (SD) Voice-Soprano Laura Diddle Alternate Patrick Graham (MO) Voice-Baritone Steven Tharp Honorable mention Sally Olmstead (MN) Voice-Soprano Tracey Engleman West Central Young Artist Performance Woodwind - 8 entries Winner Patrick Olmos (MO) Saxophone Zachary Shemon Alternate Alyssa Pracht (NE) Oboe William McMullen Honorable mention Gregory Rife (IA) Saxophone Kenneth Tse Sean Miller (MN) Saxophone Kurt Claussen
Composition Judges Judge name Phone # E-Mail Valerie Roubos (509) 448-7630 [email protected] Ken Read [email protected] Sam Magrill (405) 740-5807 [email protected]