November 12, 2022, was a gorgeous and exciting day at Point Loma Nazarene University where the Sonata Contest in Memory of Jane Smisor Bastien, was held. It was a joy to hear and see so many of our students! We had 295 entrants this year.
I want to thank our incredible team of volunteers! First and foremost, thank you to MTAC member, Dr. Victor Labenske for co-sponsoring our event and helping us to secure Point Loma Nazarene University as our facility. Thank you to Brian Goral and Chutaphin Yeager for organizing our lovely breakfast and lunch. Thank you to Dr. Mitzi Kolar, our wise adviser on all MTAC procedures. Thank you to our branch president Yuko Maruyama for helping us communicate with our teachers and student families. To our other MTAC member volunteers: Sarah Victor, Karlin Labenske, Miriam Cole, Eleanor Hum, Xiao-Yan Sui, Magdi Bornemisza, Hua Wang, Isabelle Roux, Dan Yu, Carole Liu Yu, and Ting Ting Zhang, thank you so much for your time.
Other volunteers: Riley Vickers, Lindsey Heinrich, Brittney Heinrich, Patty Rudolph, Hector Hum, Helena Trinh, Annalise Chang, Tiffany Hsiao, Jeffrey Yang, Francisco Mamon, Anne Pitaya, Chelsea Clements, and to the several Point Loma Nazarene music students who volunteered: we thank you so much for your time.
To my husband, Eric, thank you for your time, patience, and technical expertise to help organize the event.
We are very grateful to our highly esteemed judges for the day: Dr. Sanaz Rezai (Los Angeles), Joanne Stohs (Northern San Diego), Mark Mendez (Montebello), Teri Watson (Fullerton), Dr. Rob Watson (Fullerton), La Vaun Beyer (Orange County), Ardes Abad (Bellflower), Crystal Rivette (Azusa) and Madeline Miller (Valencia). We thank them for their time, dedication, and musical expertise.
We hope to see everyone again next year!
Sincerely,
Lori Bastien Vickers, Chairperson
2022 SONATA CONTEST RESULTS
| Group 1A-Bastien, A First Sonatina, I | Group 1B-Bastien, Silver Sonatina, I |
| 1st Place – Selena Liu | 1st Place – Nayi Liu |
| 2nd Place – Tie: Dylan Zhang, Allison Cai | 2nd Place – George Chang |
| 3rd Place – Indy Jun-Yong-Ni | 3rd Place – Claire Yang |
| Group 2A-Bastien, Sapphire Blue, I | Group 2B-Gillock, Sonatina in G, I |
| 1st Place – Victor Shen | 1st Place – Lucas Zhang |
| 2nd Place – Elise Fu | 2nd Place – Ruitong Xia |
| 3rd Place – Evangeline Felker | 3rd Place – Tie: Jovanny Fernandez, Sophia Wang |
| Group 3A-Bastien, Sunset Sonatina, III | Group 3B-Gillock, Sonatina, II |
| 1st Place – William Fu | 1st Place – Clarie Chen |
| 2nd Place – Daren Ren | 2nd Place – Zihan Ni |
| 3rd Place – Zi Xiang Lin | 3rd Place – Tara Liu |
| Group 4A-Mier, Starry Night Sonatina, III | Group 4B-Alexander, Sonatina in F, III |
| 1st Place – Tie: Amanda Tseng, Kadmus Ma | 1st Place – Nathan Chou |
| 2nd Place – Angela Cai | 2nd Place – Christopher Whitacre |
| 3rd Place – Maggie Pacleb | 3rd Place – Jovan Lim |
| Group 5A-Benda, Sonatina in A minor | Group 5B-Clementi, Sonatina in F, Op. 36, No. 4, I |
| 1st Place – Celine Karyodisa | 1st Place – Elena Chen |
| 2nd Place – Coye Miao | 2nd Place – Chi-ching Chan |
| 3rd Place – Henry Sun | 3rd Place – Tie: Aiden Park, Yvonne Gao |
| Group 6A-Lynes, Sonatina No. 2 in G, III | Group 6B-Olson, Sonatina in Colors, Red, IV |
| 1st Place – Ruiya Xia | 1st Place – Claire Lim |
| 2nd Place – Terrence Zhou | 2nd Place – Mako Diana Nakao |
| 3rd Place – Seojin Lee | 3rd Place – Amy Fang |
| Group 7-Agay, Sonatina No. 3, I | Group 8-Khachaturian, Sonatina (1959) for Piano, I |
| 1st Place – Amy Zhang | 1st Place – Kanon Endo |
| 2nd Place – Andrew Jonathan Lee | 2nd Place – Darren Hack |
| 3rd Place – Alethia Li | 3rd Place – Fiona Zhang |
| Group 9-Mozart, Sonata in Bb Major, K. 570, III | Group 10-Beethoven, Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1, I |
| 1st Place – James Rong | 1st Place – Amber Zhang |
| 2nd Place – Tie: Sara Sariowan, Tyler Chang | 2nd Place – Bryce Liu |
| 3rd Place – Izel Garcia-Hale | 3rd Place – Sarah Deng |
| Group 11-Beethoven, Sonata in G, Op. 14, No. 2, III | |
| 1st Place – Tie: Edison Choy, Daniel Park, Edward Kim | |
| 2nd Place – Margaret Fan | |
| 3rd Place – Adam Gates |