2024 Competition Winners

Congratulations to the 2024 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 25, 2024 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)

Joseph Richmond, violin ~ Kenneth Hindman Scholarship (teacher Julie Wilkinson)

Theresa Van Dyke, piano ~ Sophia Gorodetskaya Scholarship (teacher Joyce Polifka)

Theodore Vaman, piano ~ William Blackford Scholarship (teacher Joyce Polifka)

Junhao Zheng, piano ~ Sophia Gorodetskaya Scholarship (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)

1st Alternate is Ethan Huang, piano (teacher Barbara T. Moore)

2nd Alternate is Chloe Bang, piano (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)

 

SENIOR CAMP SCHOLARSHIP CATEGORY WINNERS (In alphabetical order)

Julia Crum, flute ~ Meda McNeir Tilman Scholarship (teacher Angela Kelly)

Matthew Hodge, piano ~ Yvaine Duisit Scholarship (teacher Jeanne Jackson)

Jasper Scott, piano ~ Yvaine Duisit Scholarship (teacher Joyce Polifka)

Michelle Wong, flute ~ Wednesday Music Club Members' Camp Scholarship (teacher Elizabeth Brightbill)

1st Alternate is Crystal Feng, piano (teacher Jeanne Jackson)

2nd Alternate is Van Wagley, piano (teacher Joyce Polifka)

 

HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY WINNERS (Two Grand Prizes and Two 1st and Two 2nd prizes)

Grand Prize: tie: Chloe Zou, piano (teacher Jeanne Jackson) ~ The Eleanor Gray Shea Fund 

AND
Gudrun Campbell, cello (teacher Beth Cantrell) ~ The Robert W. Smith, Jr. Fund

First Prize:  Eric Chen, Alto Saxophone (teacher Bobby Gregg)

First Prize:  Adrian Park, clarinet (teacher James Tobin)

Second Prize: Alexander Chang, piano (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)

Second Prize: Aiden Zhu, violin (teacher Julie Wilkinson)

(Honorable Mention: Jonah Harris, piano (teacher Jeanne Jackson)

All 1st and 2nd prizes provided by The Allison Phillips Hamilton Fund

 

​COMPOSITION CATEGORY WINNERS

First Prize: tie: Alexander Chang (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)

AND

Matthew Hodge (teacher Jeanne Jackson)

Second Prize:  Happy Li (teacher Song Song)

(Honorable Mention: Ethan Vaughan (teacher Angela Kelly), Caius Elliott (teacher Melody Day), Nathaniel Matz (teacher Nicole Ya-Yuan Yang)

All prizes provided by The Allison Phillips Hamilton Fund