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2025 FESTIVAL
WELCOME TO NEMTA'S 2025 MUSIC FESTIVAL
This year NEMTA is pleased to offer both VIRTUAL and IN-PERSON events as part of its Festival 2025 "Music Without Borders". The auditions will be followed by the AWARDS CEREMONY at the Annunciation Hall. Join Us Today!
DEADLINES & LOCATIONS
DEADLINES
Auditions:
Application Submission By: April 15, 2025
(Recording must be submitted together with application)
LOCATIONS
In-Person Auditions:
College of Saint Elizabeth
Morristown, NJ
Awards Ceremony:
College of Saint Elizabeth
Morristown, NJ
RESULTS - IN-PERSON AUDITIONS
Congratulations to all NEMTA participants! Results of the In-Person Auditions are posted here:
Accordion
Open Junior
1st Place: Elizaveta Pokislyuk (Marina Pilipenko)
Piano
Open Classical- Duet:
1st Place: Valentina Sheyn Ofenbakh and Natalie Claire Sheyn Ofenbakh (Scherzo Music Studio)
Open Classical- Prep:
1st Place: Miyuki Fujiita (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Natalie Claire Sheyn Ofenbakh (Scherzo Music Studio)
3rd Place: Tommy Gonella (Maki Yoneta)
Honorable Mention: Cayden Chen (Maki Yoneta)
Open Classical- Elementary:
1st Place: Joanna Luo (Maki Yoneta)
2nd Place: Max Smith (Bartello Music)
3rd Place: Shi Sheng (Scherzo Music Studio)
Honorable Mention: Valentina Sheyn Ofenbakh (Scherzo), Leah Zeng (Scherzo)
Open Classical- Junior:
1st Place: Elizaveta Pokislyuk (Marina Pilipenko)
2nd Place: Anna Smith (Bartello Music)
3rd Place: Charles Lupia (Maki Yoneta)
Honorable Mention: Yash Sayanekor (Sixteenth Notes)
Open Classical- Intermediate:
1st Place: Jason Jiang (Maki Yoneta)
2nd Place: Raymond Trombadore (Al Terzo)
3rd Place: Akanksha Bagchi (Al Terzo)
Honorable Mention: Shibani Prasad (Al Terzo)
Open Classical- Adult:
1st Place: Mauricio Tuiron (Sixteenth Notes)
Standard Classical- Prep:
1st Place: Ariel Berlyand (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Kai Liu (Scherzo Music Studio)
3rd Place: Srujan Betigeri (Scherzo Music Studio)
Honorable Mention: Ayaan Korada (Maki Yoneta)
Standard Classical- Level 1:
1st Place: Sophia Smith (Bartello Music)
2nd Place: Scarlett Siciliano (Voice Studios)
3rd Place: Adrian Lin (Maki Yoneta)
Honorable Mention: Tara Mansi Kapadia (Maki Yoneta)
Standard Classical- Level 2:
1st Place: Jonathan Leo (Voice Studios)
Standard Classical- Level 3:
1st Place: Nathaniel Lin (Maki Yoneta)
2nd Place: Katherine Li (Scherzo Music Studio)
3rd Place: Brandon Yu (Scherzo Music Studio)
Honorable Mention: Scott Chiu (Maki Yoneta)
Standard Classical- Level 4:
1st Place: Aanya Pothupalem (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Anjali Sanghvi (Scherzo Music Studio)
3rd Place: Nishika Avula (Al Terzo)
Standard Classical- Level 5:
1st Place: Divisha Choudhary (Al Terzo)
Standard Classical- Level 6:
1st Place: Yulia Gavrylak (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Divisha Choudhary (Al Terzo)
3rd Place: Arjun Korada (Maki Yoneta)
Honorable Mention: Shibani Prasad (Al Terzo)
Standard Classical- Level 7:
1st Place: Hana Malabanan (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Lana Gonella (Maki Yoneta)
3rd Place: Swairee Soska (Maki Yoneta), Jack Caravallo (Al Terzo)
Honorable Mention: Aaron Yu (Scherzo Music Studio)
Standard Classical- Level 8
1st Place: Raymond Trombadore (Al Terzo)
2nd Place: Akanksha Bagchi (Al Terzo)
Open Pop- Elementary:
1st Place: Maxine Arellano (Heart’s Desire)
Open Pop- Junior:
1st Place: Analisse Vera (Heart’s Desire)
2nd Place: Jack Caravallo (Al Terzo)
3rd Place: Ekekiel Thomas (Heart’s Desire)
Honorable Mention: Elijah Thomas (Heart’s Desire)
Open Pop- Intermediate:
1st Place: Akanksha Bagchi (Al Terzo)
2nd Place: Adhya Pothupalem (Scherzo Music Studio)
Open Jazz- Junior:
1st Place: Lenoh Ayari-Shalon (Sixteenth Notes)
Standard Pop- Elementary:
1st Place: James Harb (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Adrianna Fenelon (Sixteenth Notes)
Standard Pop- Junior:
1st Place: Zlatoslava Dolotina (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Ella Betman (Scherzo Music Studio)
Standard Rag- Junior:
1st Place: Elizaveta Pokislyuk (Marina Pilipenko)
Virtuoso:
1st Place: Elizaveta Pokislyuk (Marina Pilipenko)
2nd Place: Anna Smith (Bartello Music)
Violin
Open Classical- Elementary:
1st Place: Shaina Das (violin)
Open Classical- Intermediate:
1st Place: Jake Caravallo (Al Terzo)
Virtuoso:
1st Place: Nikhil Das (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Anooshka Sen (Scherzo Music Studio)
Viola:
Virtuoso:
1st Place: Ava Legasto (Scherzo Music Studio)
Voice:
Jazz- Elementary:
coming
Jazz- Junior:
1st Place: Faith Gibson (Voice Studios)
2nd Place: Musette Jardinico (Heart’s Desire)
Jazz- Adult
1st Place: Emily Pinsky (Voice Studios)
Musical Theater- Prep:
1st Place: Polina Zaslavsky (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Natalie Claire Sheyn (Scherzo Music Studio)
3rd Place: Kirsten Badajos (Heart’s Desire)
Musical Theater- Elementary:
1st Place: Erin Jeon (Voice Studios)
2nd Place: Johnathan Leo (Voice Studios)
3rd Place: Zion Flores (Heart’s Desire)
Honorable Mention: Valentina Sheyn (Scherzo Music Studio)
Musical Theater- Junior:
1st Place: Sofia Hindley (Voice Studios)
2nd Place: Emily Marte (Heart’s Desire)
3rd Place: Ariel Cupersmith (Voice Studios)
Honorable Mention: Faith Gibson (Voice Studios)
Musical Theater- Adult
1st Place: Emily Pinsky (Voice Studios)
Voice Pop- Prep:
1st Place: James Harb (Scherzo Music Studio)
Voice Pop- Elementary:
1st Place: Lianna Vasserman (Scherzo Music Studio)
2nd Place: Jonathan Leo (Voice Studios)
3rd Place: Zion Flores (Heart’s Desire)
Honorable Mention: Khairah Badajos (Heart’s Desire)
Voice Pop- Intermediate:
1st Place: Wendy Ouyang (Scherzo Music Studio)
Voice Pop- Junior:
1st Place: Emily Marte (Heart’s Desire)
2nd Place: Ariel Cupersmith (Voice Studios)
3rd Place: Faith Gibson (Voice Studios)
Honorable Mention: Musette Jardinico (Heart’s Desire)
Classical- Elementary:
1st Place: Valentina Sheyn (Scherzo Music Studio)
Classical- Intermediate:
1st Place: Sofia Hindley (Voice Studios)
Classical- Junior:
1st Place: Ariel Cupersmith (Voice Studios)
2nd Place: Musette Jardinico (Heart’s Desire)
Idol- Junior
1st Place: Sofia Hindley (Voice Studios)
2nd Place: Faith Gibson (Voice Studios)
Talent Showcase- Junior:
1st Place: Zion Flores (Heart’s Desire)
RESULTS - ONLINE AUDITIONS
Congratulations to all the participants! Here are the results from the virtual auditions:
PIANO
Open Jazz-Intermediate:
1st Place: Huy Khang Kayden Nguyen
Open Jazz - Junior:
1st Place: Chris Li
2nd Place: Diba Sanikhatam
3rd Place: Ayaan Chigurupati
Open Pop - Intermediate:
1st Place: Varun Bhat
2nd Place: Alyona Matveyeva
Open Pop - Junior:
1st Place: Rhiya Parmar
2nd Place: Robert DeAllaume
3rd Place: Avisa Sanikhatam
Honorable Mention: Vinil Gummadi
Open Rag - Intermediate:
1st Place: Amogh Chigurupati
Open Rag - Junior:
1st Place: Leo Dong
2nd Place: Mangi Chigurupati
Open Classical - Prep:
1st Place: Nina Blank
2nd Place: Vivin Gummadi
Open Classical - Elementary:
1st Place: Katherine Li
2nd Place: Ayla Lima Eryazici
Open Classical - Junior:
1st Place: Aleena Marenko
2nd Place: Stuti Upadhya
Open Classical - Intermediate:
1st Place: Reva Segireddy
2nd Place: Nhat-Minh Nguyen
3rd Place: Sara Lima Eryazici
Standard Classical - Level 6:
1st Place: Robert DeAllaume
2nd Place: Rhiya Parmar
Standard Classical - Level 5:
1st Place: Tressa Williams
2nd Place: Miles Yang
Standard Pop - Junior:
1st Place: Olivia Kim
Standard Pop - Senior:
1st Place: Isabella Urgilez
VOICE:
Open Pop - Prep:
1st Place: Jhanina Gregorio
Open Pop - Intermediate:
1st Place: Joanna Gregorio
Talent Showcase - Senior:
1st Place: Joanna Gregorio
NEMTA Winners
NEMTA is pleased to offer the Awards Ceremony to the winners in each category & will feature 2 soloists chosen by the judges as part of its Awards Ceremony. There will not be a separate winners recital this year. Thank you!
