Division Winner List Place Name Instrument Teacher

West Central String - 3 entries Winner Trio Soave (KS) Scott McBride Smith

Hilary Lowery

Zhaolin Wang Viola

Shulin Guo

Alternate Sehnsucht Trio (MO) Eli Lara

Victoria Hargrove Clarinet

Daniel Keeler Cello

Sarah Amos Piano

Honorable mention Ursa Quartet (CO) Gal Faganel

Grace Johnston

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 Alternate Anna Wytko Quartet (KS) Soprano John Ashburn Saxophone Adam Lechner

Baritone Brittney Davis Saxophone Jacob Wright

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]