UMTA Concerto Competitions
The 2026 UMTA Piano Concerto Competition will be held February 6-7, 2026.
The 2026 UMTA Instrumental Concerto Competition will be held February 13-14, 2026.
Both competitions will be held in-person at Daynes Music in Midvale. Each entrant must be accompanied by a live accompanist.
Registration opens January 2nd each year and closes at 6:00 p.m. on January 16th each year. Please don’t wait to register until the last minute as no exceptions are made to this deadline.
Entrant age is determined as of January 1st of the competition year.
Honors Recital for all Concerto Winners: February 21, 2026 (Saturday), 5:00pm
Vieve Gore Concert Hall at Westminster University:1840 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City
Public invited, free admission.
REGISTRATION: Register Here (Now Closed)
UMTA Concerto Competition Rules and Instructions
UMTA Concerto Adjudication Guidelines
2026 UMTA Instrumental Concerto Competition Results:
STRINGS
Elementary:
1st place: Caspian Stokes (David Yavornitzky)
2nd place: Soren Coley (Lauren Posey)
Junior High:
1st place: Elise Watanabe (Eugene Watanabe)
2nd place: Aristotle Stokes (David Yavornitzky)
3rd place: Scott Pickett (Lauren Posey)
High School:
1st place: Whitney Baron (Leonard Braus)
2nd place: Ethan Jayie Kim (John T. Posadas)
3rd place: Antony Mikula (Blanka Bednarz)
Honorable Mention: Devany Epling (Kasia Sokol-Borup)
Collegiate:
1st place: Alina Baron (Leonard Braus)
2nd place: David Rosado (Shi-Hwa Wang)
3rd place: Adlyn Bouck (Kasia Sokol-Borup)
2026 UMTA Piano Concerto Competition Results:
Elementary Division:
1st place: Natalie Sun (Jihea Hong-Park)
2nd place: Peter Heitman (Ning Lu)
3rd place: Katherine Gao (Ning Lu)
Junior High Division:
1st place: Elise Watanabe (Vera Oussetskaia Watanabe)
2nd place: Levon Taylor (Vera Oussetskaia Watanabe)
3rd place: Crystal Jiang (Ning Lu)
Honorable Mention: Andy Hu (Jie Lu)
Senior Division:
1st place: Norah Day (Jihea Hong-Park)
2nd place: Troy Peterson (Scott Holden)
3rd place: Annie Lin (Ning Lu)
Honorable Mention: Brooklyn Lee (Whitney Pizza)
Collegiate Division:
1st place: Dawson Rasmussen (Scott Holden)
2nd place: Teagan Broadbent (Yu Jane Yang)
3rd place: Ziying Huang (Ning Lu)
2025 UMTA Instrumental Concerto Competition Results:
WOODWINDS
High School:
1st place tie: Leah Keyes (Nancy Toone)
1st place tie: Olivia Iachimciuc (April Clayton)
STRINGS
Elementary:
1st place: Oliver Cecil (Mira Larson)
2nd place: Dylan Huang (Brittany Gardner)
Junior High:
1st place: Isaac Beus (Eugene Watanabe)
2nd place: Scott Pickett (Lauren Posey)
Honorable Mention: Antony Mikula (Blanka Bednarz)
High School:
1st place: Hannah Tarraf (Eugene Watanabe)
2nd place: Vivian Stewart (Eugene Watanabe)
Honorable Mention: Whitney Baron (Amy Baron)
Honorable Mention: Graham Carlson (Lauren Posey)
Honorable Mention: Dalloway Smith (Lauren Posey)
Collegiate:
1st place: Alina Baron (Amy Baron)
2025 UMTA Piano Concerto Competition Results:
Elementary Division:
1st place: Natalie Sun (Jihea Hong-Park)
2nd place: Jacob van der Beek (Irene Peery-Fox)
3rd place: Ramona Kerr (Gerta Weimer)
Junior High Division:
1st place: Kourtney Jia (Ning Lu)
2nd place: Crystal Jiang (Ning Lu)
3rd place: Hazel Smith (Cassandria Mayfield)
Senior High Division:
1st place tie: Olivia Jiang (Ning Lu)
1st place tie: Bennett Larsen (Esther Ahn)
3rd place: Brennan Flach (Elizabeth Grace)
Collegiate Division:
1st place: Ian Patterson (Jihea Hong-Park)
2nd place: James Wilson (Stephen Beus)
3rd place: Nicole Papenfuss (Stephen Beus)
HM: Jenny Song (Ning Lu)
HM: Xiaoyu Zhang (Jie Lu)
HM: Sih-Yun Chen (Yu-Jane Yang)
2024 UMTA Piano Concerto Competition Results:
Elementary Division:
1st place: Maxwell Ji, (Ning Lu)
2nd place: Natalie Sun, (Ning Lu)
3rd place: Crystal Jiang, (Ning Lu)
Junior High Division:
1st place: Christina Sung (Jihea Hong-Park)
2nd place: Elise Watanabe (Vera Watanabe)
3rd place: Olivia Jiang (Ning Lu)
HM: Tyne Bryant (Irene Fox)
HM: Brooklyn Lee (Vedrana Subotic)
Senior High Division:
1st place: Bennett Larsen (Esther Ahn)
2nd place: Isabella Bueno (Koji Attwood, Vera Watanabe)
3rd place: Kelsey Berges (Scott Holden)
HM: Zibo Wang (Ning Lu, Jie Lu)
Collegiate Division:
1st place: Tim McKay (Scott Holden)
2nd place: Amberlee Abbott (Jihea Hong-Park)
3rd place: Ian Patterson (Jihea Hong-Park)
HM: Yanqi Wang (Ning Lu, Jie Lu)
2024 UMTA Instrumental Concerto Competition Results:
WOODWINDS
High School:
1st place: Leah Keyes (Nancy Toone)
Collegiate:
1st place: Lillie Gardner (Tina Castellanos)
STRINGS
High School:
1st place: Whitney Baron (Chandelle Fairbanks)
2nd place: Octavia Gordon (Eugene Watanabe)
Double Concerto High School Division:
1st place: Jenna Hyde and Arianna Shamy (Morgan Shamy and Asheley Watabe)
Collegiate:
1st place: Alina Baron (Amy Baron)