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TMTA State Publication Essay Contests

2024 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our 5 WINNERS and 6 OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.

IA – Music of the 19th century
Excellent – Aadi Anandh (Grade 2)
IB – Music for film
WINNER – AJ Parker (Grade 1)
IIA – Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
OUTSTANDING – Anh Nguyen (Grade 3 – TWO-TIME published author)
IIIA – American protest music of the 1960s
WINNER –  Danielle Parker (Grade 6 – TWO-TIME WINNER/published author)
IIIB – Beethoven
Excellent – Charith Basnayake (Grade 6)
Excellent – Sharvas Joga (Grade 5)
Excellent – Rohan Senthil Kumar (Grade 6)
IVA – Revolutionary Music
OUTSTANDING – Taran Immaneni (Grade 7)
IVB – Music and mental health
WINNER – Nevaeh Parker (Grade 8 – WINNER/TWO-TIME published author)
VA – Les Six
OUTSTANDING – Aanya Krishnakumar (Grade 9 – TWO-TIME published author)
VB – Music for video fames
WINNER – Adithi Rajkumar (Grade 9)
OUTSTANDING – Krish Arvind (Grade 10 – ONE-TIME WINNER/TWO-TIME published author)
VIA – Lowell Lieberman
WINNER – Shreya Shetty (Grade 12 – SIX-TIME WINNER and published author)
OUTSTANDING – Arshitha Joga (Grade 12 – TWO-TIME published author)
VIB – Music and/or migration
OUTSTANDING – Karunyah Nimallan (Grade 11 – THREE-TIME published author)

2023 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our 3 WINNERS and 7 OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.

IB – American Children’s Songs
OUTSTANDING – Anh Nguyen (Grade 2)
IIA – K-Pop
OUTSTANDING – Sharvas Joga (Grade 4)
IIIA – Music of Franz Schubert
OUTSTANDING – Taran Immaneni (Grade 6)
IIIB – French Folk Music
WINNER – Danielle Parker (Grade 6)
IVA – Music of Nobuo Uematsu
OUTSTANDING – Matthew Jacob (Grade 7)
OUTSTANDING – Nevaeh Parker (Grade 7)
IVB – Music of Sergei Rachmaninoff
Excellent – Aanya Krishnakumar (Grade 8)
Excellent – Adithi Rajkumar (Grade 8)
VA – 20th Century Music for Harpsichord
OUTSTANDING – Aneesh Depa (Grade 10)
VB – Music and Ritual
WINNER – Krish Arvind (Grade 9)
VIA – The Celesta and Its Music
WINNER – Shreya Shetty (Grade 11)
VIB – Music of Billy Joel
OUTSTANDING – Arshitha Joga (Grade 11)

2022 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our 4 WINNERS and 2 OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.

IA – Music and Emotions
OUTSTANDING – Drishani Chakraborty (Grade 1)
IIB – Gamelan
WINNER – Anya Ganesh (Grade 3)
IIIA – Music and Sports
Good – Devarghya Chakraborty (Grade 6)
IIIB – Frederic Chopin and his Influence
Excellent – Matthew Jacob (Grade 6)
IVA – Is Music a Universal Language?
WINNER – Thiyanah Nimallan (Grade 7)
IVB – Alexander Scriabin
Excellent – Sanjana Gokul (Grade 8)
VA – Music and Physical Health
WINNER – Shreya Shetty (Grade 10)
Excellent – Karunyah Nimallan (Grade 9)
VB – The Rise of Orchestral Music in the 19th Century
WINNER – Anish Krishnakumar (Grade 10)
VIA – Music and Fashion
OUTSTANDING – Tarun Senthil Kumar (Grade 11)

2021 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our 4 WINNERS and 3 OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.

IA – Music for cartoons
Excellent – Sharvas Joga (Grade 2)
IB – Music and dance
WINNER – Anya Ganesh (Grade 2)
IIB – Bach and Baroque music
OUTSTANDING – Rohan Senthil Kumar (Grade 3)
IIIA – The benefits of music education
WINNER – Thiyanah Nimallan (Grade 6)
EXCELLENT – Matthew Jacob (Grade 5)
IIIB – French classical music
WINNER – Devarghya Chakraborty (Grade 5)
EXCELLENT – Samadhi Basnayake (Grade 6)
IVA – Music and mental health
OUTSTANDING – Sanjana Gokul (Grade 7)
OUTSTANDING – Karunyah Nimallan (Grade 8)
IVB – Pirating music in the digital age
Good – Vishnu Prasad (Grade 8)
VA – Music and technology
WINNER – Shreya Shetty (Grade 9)
VB – Music as rehabilitation in our prison system
Good – Tarun Senthil Kumar (Grade 10)

2020 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our 6 WINNERS and 2 OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.

IA – American Folk Music
WINNER – Rohan Senthil Kumar (Grade 2)
IB – The Bassoon
OUTSTANDING – Charith Basnayake (Grade 2)
IIA – How Nature Inspires Music
WINNER – Devarghya Chakraborty (Grade 4)
IIB – The Oboe
WINNER – Matthew Jacob (Grade 4)
IVB – The Guitar
WINNER – Shreya Shetty (Grade 8)
VA – Reggae: A genre of music or culture?
WINNER – Tarun Senthil Kumar (Grade 9)
VB – Music as rehabilitation in our prison system
Good – Tarun Senthil Kumar (Grade 10)
VIA – Music and Medicine
WINNER – Chelsea Heredia (Grade 12)
OUTSTANDING – Ellie Heredia (Grade 12)
IIIA – Music and Advertising
Excellent – Aanya Krishnakumar (Grade 5)
Good – Sanjana Gokul (Grade 6)
IIIB – The Viola
Good – Thiyanah Nimallan (Grade 6)
IVA – Revolutionary Music
Good – Karunyah Nimallan (Grade 7)
Good – Anish Krishnakumar (Grade 8)

2019 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our 3 WINNERS and 4 OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.

IB – Nursery Rhymes
WINNER – Rohan Senthil Kumar (Grade 1)
IIA – Instrumental Families Of The Orchestra
WINNER – Thiyanah Nimallan (Grade 4)
OUTSTANDING – Aanya Krishnamumar (Grade 4)
IIB – Peter And The Wolf
3rd place – Devarghya Chakraborty (Grade 3)
IIIB – The Pedals Of The Piano
WINNER – Abhiram Iyer (Grade 5)
2nd place OUTSTANDING – Karunyah Nimallan (Grade 6)
IVB – Russian Classical Music
3rd place OUTSTANDING – Tarun Senthil Kumar (Grade 8)
VB – Music as rehabilitation in our prison system
3rd place OUTSTANDING – Tarun Senthil Kumar (Grade 8)
IIIA – The Music Of Star Wars Films
Excellent – Sanjana Gokul (Grade 5)
IVA – The Music Of Harry Potter Films
Excellent – Anish Krishnakumar (Grade 7)
Good – Shreya Shetty (Grade 7)
VIA – The Cost Of Free Music Downloading
Excellent – Ellie Heredia (Grade 11)
IVB – Music Influenced By The Vietnam War
Good – Chelsea Heredia (Grade 11)
Good – Jacqueline Hubbell (Grade 11)

2018 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our 1 WINNER and 6 OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.
Some names have been removed as they are no longer with the studio.

Devarghya Chakraborty (2nd grade) ranked OUTSTANDING!
Sanjana Gokul (4th grade) ranked OUTSTANDING!
Shreya Shetty, piano (6th grade) ranked 1st – Winner of the Grade 5 – 6 Category!
Tarun Senthil Kumar, piano (7th grade) ranked OUTSTANDING!
Chelsea Heredia, piano (9th grade) ranked EXCELLENT!
Ellie Heredia, piano (10th grade) ranked OUTSTANDING!
Jacqueline Hubbell, (10th grade) ranked GOOD!

2017 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our 4 WINNERS and 3 OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.
Some names have been removed as they are no longer with the studio.

Devarghya Chakraborty (1st grade) ranked EXCELLENT!
Miranda Morales (2nd grade) ranked EXCELLENT!
Sanjana Gokul (3rd grade) ranked 1st – Winner of Grade 3 – 4 Category!
Shreya Shetty, piano (5th grade) ranked EXCELLENT!
Chelsea Heredia, piano (9th grade) ranked EXCELLENT!
Ellie Heredia, piano (9th grade) ranked EXCELLENT!
Taewon Lee, piano (12th grade) ranked 1st – Winner of the Grade 11 – 12 Category!

2016 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our 6 WINNERS and 4 OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.
Some names have been removed as they are no longer with the studio.

John Christian Dacunos, piano (4th grade) ranked 4th – OUTSTANDING!
Shreya Shetty, piano (4th grade) ranked 1st – Winner of the Grade 3 – 4 Category!
Taewon Lee, piano (11th grade) ranked 1st – Winner of the Grade 11 – 12 Category!

2015 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our WINNERS/OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.

Sajiri Khale, piano (2nd grade) ranked 4th and received an EXCELLENT rating.
Shreya Shetty, piano (3rd grade) ranked 2nd and received an OUTSTANDING rating.
Sarah Son, viola (9th grade) ranked 2nd and received an OUTSTANDING rating.

2014 Texas Music Teachers Association-STATE Publication Contest

Congratulations to our OUTSTANDING ranked students for getting published in the Texas Music Teachers Association magazine as well as on the Texas Music Teachers Association Website at www.tmta.org.

Aditya Iswara, violin (9th grade) ranked 2nd and received an OUTSTANDING rating.
Tiana Tsang, violin (11th grade) ranked 3rd and received an OUTSTANDING rating.
Swathi Rayasam, violin (11th grade) ranked 4th and received an EXCELLENT rating.