Previous YAAA Winners
For the 2024 Competition
The 2025 Young Artist Achievement Awards competition was held on Saturday, May 10 2025.
A Superior rating at the 2025 local Tennessee Teacher’s National Association audition was the eligibility requirement for entrants.

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​​The following winners were chosen:
K-6 Grand Prize Winner: Hannah Chou, violin - student of Christina McGann
7-12 Grand Prize Winner: Colin Xie, piano - student of Jama Reagan
Piano K-2: Nathan Park, student of Derek Hartman
Piano 3-4: Dustin Liu, student of Jama Reagan
Piano 5-6: Matthew Chen, student of Susan Yang
Piano 7-8: Tyler Schwartz, student of Jama Reagan
Piano 9-10: Colin Xie, student of Jama Reagan
Piano 11-12: Abigail Rexer, student of Valerie Middleton and Jama Reagan
Strings K-2: Diya Agarwal, student of Dana Meyer
Strings 3-4: Kerina Li, student of Christina McGann
Strings 5-6: Hannah Chou, student of Christina McGann
Strings 7-8: Sofia Jensen, student of Christina McGann
Strings 9-10: Eric Jensen, student of Christina McGann
Strings 11-12: Not awarded
Woodwinds 7-8: Athena Zhu, student of Jessica Dunnavant
Woodwinds 9-10: Katie Sha, student of Jessica Dunnavant
Woodwinds 11-12: Isabel Martinez, student of Jessica Dunnavant
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Those who made this event possible:
Christina McGann - Coordinator
Jerry Reed and Lipscomb University
Coordinators of the Performance Auditions: Dana Meyer, Sarah Barham, and Daniel Landes.
The NAMTA Board for supporting this event and all of the participating teachers.
And our judges: Érik Gratton, Boris Abramov, Louise Morrison, Katherine Benson, Nathan Cheung
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