Emiko Edwards, 18, a senior at High School North, won the Music Teachers National Association’s (MTNA) Eastern Division Piano Performance Competition (for senior performance), held at Ithaca College on January 9. Edwards will now compete with the other regional winners in the MTNA National Finals in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 21. Her performance program will include works of J.S. Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, and Barber.
Her recent performances include her Juilliard Pre-College senior recital at Juilliard School in December; a solo piano recital in Woodstock, New York; and at the Union League, in Philadelphia, for the benefit of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Last year she received awards from the Princeton Festival Piano Competition, the Greater Princeton Steinway Society, and the 5 Towns Music & Art Foundation Young Musician Competition.
Edwards, who also plays cello, is a member of the High School North orchestra. She has both organized and performed at numerous concerts for the benefit of senior citizens at managed care facilities in New Jersey and performed at Patriots Theater at the Trenton War Memorial to benefit the Hope for Henry Foundation.
