About Rene' Johnson

René W. Johnson, NCTM, CAGO is a former Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association President and serves as the VMTA Recording secretary. From 2013-2022, René led the creation of MTFest, a digital platform that handles event planning for NVMTA's 21 festivals, recitals, and competitions and serves thousands of students. She was part of a team who re-discovered the music of Albert Rozin (1907-1987) and brought to light over 100 unpublished pieces along with his history on a new website albertrozin.com. She loves being outdoors, backpacking, speaking Spanish, and is an avid organist. She has published articles in the American Music Teacher Magazine, the Canadian Music Teachers Magazine, and The American Organist magazine. She has presented at Local and State MTNA meetings and will present at the National MTNA conference in 2025.

Piano Ensemble Competition

Co-chairs:  Denise Adkins and Anne Beamer Level 1A 1st            Petrina Steimel and Preston Steimel (Breth/Lee) 2nd           ElainePan and Vicotr Pan (Mang) 3rd tie       Madeline Fowler and Nicole Papenfuss (Gunnerson) Lucy Chen and Owen Murray (Mang) Level 1B 1st           H

By |2018-10-03T06:18:44-04:00April 30th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Voice Achievement Awards Competition

  Chairs:  Peggy McNulty and Richard Wilmer Judges:  Millicent Scarlett, Mary Gresock and Samuel Bonds Division I 1st            Nancy Brittain (Nancy MacArthur Smith) 2nd           Kathryn Bailey (Peggy McNulty) 3rd           Anna Adere (Nancy MacArthur Smith) MM           

By |2018-10-03T06:18:57-04:00April 24th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Piano Concerto Festival

Jeri Bennett and Marjorie Lee, co-chairs Judges:   Karen Bartman, Rosanne Conway, Dr. Philip Hosford, Nancy Longmyer, Suzanne Smith, Sarah Strom, Antoinette Velikina, Joyce Wright and Dr. Sidney Yin. Grades K-3 Group 1 1st  tie - Gianna Mo (Bransburg) Rina Fukui (Palumbo) 2nd    

By |2018-10-03T06:18:51-04:00April 2nd, 2012|Uncategorized|

Piano Concerto Competition

Francesca Hurst, Antoinette Velikina and Nemeh Azam, co-chairs Judges: Bing Bing Chang, Lori Piitz, Marian Lee and Anna Kijanowska. Level 1 1st       Risako Takamura (Nancy Breth) 2nd      Alison Wan (Marjorie Lee) 3rd       Victor Pan (Rosita Mang) HM       Emily Ye (Jun Yang) H

By |2018-10-03T06:19:05-04:00March 15th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Bach Baroque Honors Concert Performers

From the studios of Jun Yang, Victoria Wyatt, Silva Blazquez, Margarita Gramaticova, Nancy Breth, Douglas Harrington, Rebecca Salt, Marjorie Lee, Julie Kim Raelyn Hoang                        Stephanie Bi Wiley Skaret                          Emily Ye Elizabeth Li                

By |2018-10-03T06:19:15-04:00March 3rd, 2012|Uncategorized|

NVMTA Composition Competition Winners

Congratulations to these four students whose compositions will be orchestrated and performed by the McLean Symphony this Sunday, March 4 at 3 pm at the Alden Theater in McLean: "Overture to an Italian Story," composed by Richard Malone (Elaine Gallo) "Irony," composed by Alex Wor

By |2018-10-03T06:19:22-04:00February 28th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Judged Recitals

Recitals of September 17, October 16, and November 13, 2011   Honors Katie Bode (Lisa Emenheiser Sarratt) Elaine Chen (Rosita Mang) Elsie Hendricks (Maribeth Frank) Bryan Ho (Marjorie Lee) Kimberly Hou (Marjorie Lee) Niki Hua and Antonia Stabile (Nancy Breth) Ryo Kaneko (Mar

By |2018-10-03T06:19:29-04:00February 23rd, 2012|Uncategorized|

Woodwind Concerto Competition

February 18, 2012 Judges:  Nancy Garlick, Lora Ferguson, William Wright Primary 1st    Ashley Hsu (Albert Hunt) 2nd   Anna Sotelo (Ken Lee) 3rd   Grace Chung (Robert Little)   Elementary 1st    Jane Kim (Ken Lee) 2nd   Michelle Ma (Ken Lee) 3rd    Allison Meakem (Nancy Genov

By |2018-10-03T06:19:37-04:00February 20th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Strings Concerto Competition

January 7, 2012 Judges: NancyJo Snider, Caroline Kessler, Deb Brudvig Lower Strings, Elementary Division 1st Gabrielle Li, cello (Miron Yampolsky) 2nd Emma Rood, harp (Elizabeth Blakeslee) 3rd An-Ya Olson, harp (Eizabeth Blakeslee) Intermediate No first place awarded 2nd Zubin Ka

By |2018-10-03T06:19:48-04:00February 7th, 2012|Uncategorized|
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