Piano-playing sisters compete in national contest

Chloe Ren and Audrey Ren will compete as national finalists in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Senior Piano Duet Competition.

The sisters earned the opportunity after winning the Eastern division of the competition.

Chloe is a sophomore at Cherry Hill East and Audrey attends Rosa International Middle School. They’ve been studying piano since they were 6 years old and are currently students of Veda Zuponcic.

Chloe is a four-time, first-place winner of the annual SJMTA (South Jersey Music Teachers National Association) Technique Competition and a seven-time High Honor awardee from both the NJMTA and the SJMTA’s annual spring recital auditions. Audrey is a five-time first-place winner, also of the annual SJMTA Technique Competition, and three-time honorable-mention awardee of the NJMTA’s annual young musicians competition.

Both sisters play at local and community events in South Jersey. 

The national winner of the Senior Piano Duet Competition earns a cash prize and will perform in a winners concert during the MTNA national conference. The three-tiered competitions begin at the state level. Winners of each state contest advance to the video-only division competition, whose winners then proceed to the national competition finals.