STATE COLLEGE — The Phyllis Triolo Music Competition returned to its original home at the State College Area High School in May of this year for its 40th anniversary.
Created by the Central Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association in 1984, the music competition was established to honor the memory of Phyllis Triolo, a Central Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association member, concert pianist, lecturer and teacher. The first iteration of the competition occurred one year later after a benefit concert was held to raise funds for the competition’s prizes, explained Patricia Lloyd, one of the founders of the competition.
According to a statement from the CPMTA, the 40th anniversary “was held in memory of Patricia Lloyd, competition co-founder and chair for 40 years.”
The competition was sponsored by the CPMTA and chaired by Victoria Petrosky and Ian Duh. In a statement by the CPMTA, winners of the music competition were announced.
Students were separated into junior and senior divisions. Junior division winners were:
- First place — Sanai Purkait, voice, student of Katie Travis
- Second place — Fangjun Li, piano, student of Amy Gustafson
- Third place — Ella Yang, piano, student of Victoria Petrosky
Melody Quah and Gerardo Edelstein, both of the Penn State School of Music, were judges for the junior divisions.
Winners of the senior division were:
- First place — Abby Chen, violin, student of Max Zorin
- Second place — Aaron Le, piano, student of Dea Baba
- Third place — Joanna Liu, piano, student of Melody Quah
- Honorable mention — Anni Lopez, cello, student of Jonathan Dexter
Edelstein and Duh judged the senior division.
