2023 Walgreens National Concerto Competition Results
The Music @ the Fort: Walgreens Category Winners Recital will take place at the MYAC Center on Sunday, January 28, 2024
The MYAC Winter Orchestra & Choral Concerts are on Saturday, February 24 at Northwestern’s Pick-Staiger Hall, and will feature the MYAC Junior Division, MYAC Senior Division, and Overall Open Division winners performing their pieces alongside MYAC’s orchestral ensembles!
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MYAC JUNIOR ORCHESTRA DIVISION
OVERALL JUNIOR WINNER: Ingrid Updegraff, violin
Strings Winner: Ingrid Updegraff, violin
Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):
Rebekah Kim, violin
Ryan Lee, violin
Evan Mueller, violin (Vieuxtemps and Mozart)
Alexandra Paschos, violin
Piano Winner: Victoria Garcia-Ruiz, piano
Other Instrument Winner: Ariana Thorarinson, bassoon
Other Instrument Honorable Mention
Davide Andrizzi, trumpet
Early Music Winner: Theodore Deters, violin
Early Music Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):
Evan Mueller, violin
Jason Stern, violin
MYAC SENIOR ORCHESTRA DIVISION
OVERALL SENIOR WINNER: Kay Ito, viola
Strings Winner: Kay Ito, viola
Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):
Momo Frederickson, violin
Jocelyn Gao, cello
Javier Irizarry, violin
Landon Kim, violin
Oliver Mah, cello
Callia Murray, viola
Cecilia O’Malley, cello
Elizabeth Romanyuk, violin
Vishal Subramanian, violin
Kai Werlinksy, violin
Bryce Williams, cello
Piano Winner: Elizabeth Romanyuk, piano
Piano Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):
Jonah Burton, piano
Zachariah Elliott, piano
Jocelyn Gao, piano
Voice Winner: Faith John, voice
Other Instrument Winner: Tabitha Mo, flute (Mozart)
Other Instrument Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):
Anna Edgcomb, oboe
Isabel Edgcomb, flute
Tanya Ganesh, oboe
Tabitha Mo, flute (Nielson)
Max Walaszek, bassoon
Early Music Winner: Julian Kolthammer, french horn
Early Music Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):
Christine Chah, violin
Vishal Subramanian, violin
OVERALL OPEN DIVISION GRAND WINNER:
Amelia Zitoun, cello
*The Overall Open Division Grand Winner is decided between the Open Junior and Open Senior Division winners.
OPEN JUNIOR DIVISION
OVERALL JUNIOR WINNER: Lin Tokura, violin
Strings Winner: Lin Tokura, violin
Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):
Cameron Renshaw, cello
Ella Wimbiscus, cello
Piano Winner: Christina Sung, piano
Piano Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):
Eric Wang, piano
Dylan Zhang, piano
Other Instrument Winner: Emily Xu, flute
Early Music Winner: Victoria Lyang, piano
OPEN SENIOR DIVISION
OVERALL SENIOR WINNER: Amelia Zitoun, cello
Strings Winner: Amelia Zitoun, cello
Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):
Christy Kim, violin
Clark Snavely, violin (Tchaikovsky)
Lucy Wu, cello
Aiden Yu, violin
Piano Winner: Freya Pang, piano
Piano Honorable Mention
Zarin Mehta, piano
Voice Winner: Audi Ellis, voice
Other Instrument Winner: Grace Kim, flute
Other Instrument Honorable Mention
Hannah Cho, oboe
Early Music Winner: Clark Snavely, violin