Nick Carozza (Music) will compete as a national finalist in the MTNA Young Artist Woodwind Competition. He earned this opportunity after winning the Nevada State and Southwest Regional Division of the MTNA Young Artist Woodwind competition. A second-year D.M.A. student at UNLV, Carozza has been studying oboe for 14 years and is currently a student of Stephen Caplan. He received a B.M. from Colorado Mesa University studying with William Aikens and M.M. from the University of Alabama studying with Mary Lindsey Bailey and Sara Renner. The national winner of this competition receives a cash prize and will perform in a winners concert during the MTNA National Conference. The three-tiered MTNA competitions begin at the state level. Winners of each state competition advance to the video-only division competition. Division winners then proceed to the National Competition Finals. You can hear Carozza perform at UNLV with the UNLV Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 26, Mar. 26, and May 4, and the UNLV Wind Orchestra on April 12.