MMTA Results 2026

MMTA Piano Collegiate Undergraduate Lower

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Sooyeon Kim
Wei-Han Su
Missouri State University
Runner-Up
Chengtianxin Liang
Wei-Han Su
Missouri State University
Honorable Mention
Adam Siffer
Elizabeth Crecca
Truman State University

MMTA Piano Collegiate Undergraduate Upper

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Sion Jun
Wei-Han Su
Missouri State University

MMTA Piano Duet Collegiate

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Chengtianxin Liang & Lele Wang
Wei-Han Su
Missouri State University

MMTA Piano Collegiate Graduate

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Bogdan Spasić
Curtis Pavey
University of Missouri
Runner-Up
Carolina Segales Aillon
Jeffrey Savage
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Honorable Mention
Alyssa Bauman
Curtis Pavey
University of Missouri
Honorable Mention
Michelle Lam
Peter Miyamoto
University of Missouri
Honorable Mention
Qilin Liu
Wei-Han Su
Missouri State University
Honorable Mention
Meiyang Song
Hye-Jung Hong
Missouri State University

MMTA Strings Collegiate Undergraduate Lower

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Michael Fang
Eli Lara
University of Missouri
Runner-Up
Torsten Taylor
Eli Lara
University of Missouri

MMTA Strings Collegiate Undergraduate Upper

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Henry Rao
Eli Lara
University of Missouri
Honorable Mention
Sophie Hof
Eli Lara
University of Missouri

MMTA Strings Collegiate Graduate

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Danny Postlethwait
Eli Lara
University of Missouri

MMTA Voice Collegiate Undergraduate Lower

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Archer McGrosso
Erin Haupt
Washington University in St. Louis

MMTA Voice Collegiate Undergraduate Upper

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Julianna Cool
Erin Haupt
Washington University in St. Louis
Runner-Up
Ayah Gharbi
Bethany Worrell
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Honorable Mention
Cecilia Heath
Erin Haupt
Washington University in St. Louis
Honorable Mention
Divine Jordan
Bethany Worrell
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Honorable Mention
Benjamin Shininger
Bethany Worrell
University of Missouri-St. Louis

MMTA Voice Collegiate Graduate

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Ningxin Zhou
Shuni Wang
Midwest University
Runner-Up
Yu Wu
Shuni Wang
Midwest University
Honorable Mention
Xia Tong
Shuni Wang
Midwest University

MMTA Voice Pre-Collegiate Grade 7–9

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Julianna Allen
Sharla Bender
Private Teacher
Runner-Up
Rachel Zhou
Shuni Wang
Private Teacher
Honorable Mention
Alisa Mu
Shuni Wang
Private Teacher

MMTA Woodwinds Collegiate Undergraduate Lower

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Cameron Watson
Leo Saguiguit
University of Missouri
Runner-Up
Jillian Conley
Alice Dade
University of Missouri

MMTA Woodwinds Collegiate Undergraduate Upper

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Lexi Balog
Julianna Moore
Truman State University
Runner-Up
Lily Schmitt
Jesse Krebs
Truman State University

MMTA Brass Collegiate Undergraduate Lower

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Kevin Rodriguez
Terri Wehmeyer
Truman State University
Runner-Up
Eric AuBuchon
Terri Wehmeyer
Truman State University

MMTA Brass Collegiate Undergraduate Upper

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Bryce Taylor
Iskander Akhmadullin
University of Missouri
Runner-Up
Jackson Kenney
Iskander Akhmadullin
University of Missouri
Honorable Mention
Chloe Wilson
Timothy Howe
University of Missouri

MMTA Brass Collegiate Graduate

Award
Recipient
Teacher
Institution
Winner
Trent Brumback
Jason Hausback
Missouri State University
Runner-Up
Ian Middelburg
Jason Hausback
Missouri State University
Honorable Mention
Brendan Frazier
Timothy Howe
University of Missouri