Congratulations to the 2025 WMC Competition Winners!
All Senior Category winners, all Junior Camp Category winners, Senior Camp Category winners, as well as the first place winners in the High School Category will perform their pieces and receive their prizes at the WMC Competition Recital on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM at The Center at Belvedere in Charlottesville. The composition winners will receive their prizes in the mail except for the first place winner who will attend the Winner's recital prepared to either play their piece, have someone else play their piece, or have a high-quality audio or video to be played over the screen/sound system.
JUNIOR CAMP SCHOLARSHIP CATEGORY WINNERS (In alphabetical order)
Nora Beresford, violin ~ Peggy Romer Scholarship (teacher Hyunji Lee)
Audrey Chen, flute ~ Peggy Romer Scholarship (teacher Angela Kelly)
Ethan Huang, piano ~ Yvaine Duisit Scholarship (teacher Barbara T. Moore)
Nathaniel Matz, piano ~ William Blackford Scholarship (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)
1st Alternate is Chloe Bang, piano (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)
2nd Alternate is Aria Chang, piano (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)
SENIOR CAMP SCHOLARSHIP CATEGORY WINNERS (In alphabetical order)
Minami Furukawa, oboe ~ Meda McNeir Tilman Scholarship (teacher Kelly Peral)
Judah Kenner, piano ~ Sophia Gorodetskaya Scholarship (teacher Joyce Polifka)
Joanna Kim, violin ~ Ruth Mercer Scholarship (teacher Daniel Sender)
August Nesic, piano ~ Sophia Gorodetskaya Scholarship (teacher Jeremy Thompson)
1st Alternate is Claire Evans, piano (teacher Jeanne Jackson)
2nd Alternate is Happy Li, piano (teacher Song Song)
HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY WINNERS
First Prize: Alexander Sun Chang, piano (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)
First Prize: Keira Goddard, piano (teacher Gayle Brubaker)
Second Prize: Sky Lam, piano (teacher Noriko Donahue)
Second Prize: Joseph Richmond, violin (teacher Julie Wilkinson)
(Honorable Mention: Darren Huang, piano (teacher Barbara T. Moore)
All 1st and 2nd prizes provided by The Allison Phillips Hamilton Fund
COMPOSITION CATEGORY WINNERS
First Prize: Happy Li (teacher Song Song)
Second Prize: Nathaniel Matz (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)
(Honorable Mention: Lewie Lin (teacher Linda Blondel) & Junhao Zheng (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)
All prizes provided by the Wednesday Music Club Members' gifts fund
SENIOR CATEGORY WINNERS
First Prize: Love Li, piano (teacher Song Song) Provided by The Eleanor Gray Shea Scholarship Fund
Second Prize: Gudrun Campbell, cello (teacher Elizabeth Cantrell) Provided by The Allison Phillips Hamilton Fund
Third Prize: Aiden Zhu, violin (teacher Julie Wilkinson) Provided by The Allison Phillips Hamilton Fund
Winner's Recital Program [pdf] - coming soon.
Judges Bios [pdf]
Description of the Competition: Each year the WMC holds a competition for music camp scholarships and monetary prizes. It is open to any student in Charlottesville City and the contiguous Counties surrounding it, as well as those who study with WMC members. Applicants must be recommended by their music teachers.
Thank you to all competitors, accompanists, teachers, and parents! All rating sheets will be mailed to the competitors' teachers. Accompanist Fee Application and any other questions can be directed to: competition@wednesdaymusicclub.org
Our programs are supported in part by funds which have been created through donations by WMC members, friends, and families in memory of Club members. The Club welcomes contributions to these funds, which can be sent to:
The Wednesday Music Club
P.O. Box 7642
Charlottesville, VA 22906
or contrubute online HERE
2025 COMPETITION SCHOLARSHIPS
The Yvaine Duisit Youth Scholarship Fund
The Allison Phillips Hamilton Fund
The Peggy Romer Camp Scholarship Fund
The Meda McNeir Tilman Scholarship Fund
The Eleanor Gray Shea Fund
The William Blackford Camp Scholarship Fund
Camp Scholarship Gift in memory of Ruth Mercer
Camp Scholarship Gifts in Memory of Sophia Gorodetskaya
Wednesday Music Club Members' Competition Gifts
COMPETITION DOCUMENTS
Accompanist Fee Application [pdf]
Music Camp List [pdf]