Thank you for participating in the 2023 H. B. Goodlin Scholarship Competition! We had 74 students from 37 teaching studios competing in five divisions. The auditions were adjudicated by 9 Preliminary Round judges and 6 Finals judges. After the Preliminary Round Audition in a video submission format, 28 Finalists participated in the in-person Finals Audition at Cuyamaca College Theatre on Saturday, May 20.
The Instrumental Division Finals auditions were held in the morning and the Keyboard Division Finals auditions in the afternoon. Afterwards, the students and teachers were treated to the piano masterclass given by Dr. Tina Chong. We also had Mr. Doug Schmidt, a special guest from the Schmidt Foundation, give an inspiring speech to our students at the Keyboard Division Award Presentation.
Thank you to the San Diego Foundation, the William E. Schmidt Foundation and other generous donors for their continued support for this event. Thank you to Cuyamaca College for hosting the Saturday Finals Competition in their beautiful Theatre.
I would like to acknowledge the following participating studios for their work in educating our music students in San Diego County: Ning An, Ruslan Biryukov, Chi-Yuan Chen, Anna Cho, Sun Yung Cho, Emi Clements, Hernan Constantino, Peter Dayeh, Karen Follingstad, David Garrett, Vladimir Goltsman, Eleanor Hum, Emily Hung, Dmitry Kirichenko, Philip Lim, Inessa Litvin, Yu Carole Liu, Rinna Livshin, Alexander Mirolyan, Jared Nepute, Alexander Palamidis, Wesley Precourt, Akiko Sakakida, Anna Savvas, Xiao-yan Sui, Irina Tseitlin, Michael Tseitlin, Pasha Tseitlin, Luba Ugorski, Sophie Webber, Angela Wu, Elena Yarritu, Dawn Yocum, Dan Yu, Tingting Zhang, and Jia Sheng Zhou.
Our event could not have been possible without all the work done by our volunteers. In particular, I would like to thank the current and the past members of the MTAC San Diego Board of Directors, and the members of the H. B. Goodlin Foundation Board. Special thanks to Dr. J. Mitzi Kolar, Jaclyn Summers and Lea Schmidt-Rogers for their perpetual support and guidance for the Goodlin Competition.
Thank you to the 2023 Goodlin Competition Finals Volunteers: Sun Yung Cho, Connie Gale, Brian Goral, Eleanor Hum, Ed Litvin, Marj Osgood, Lea Schmidt-Rogers, Risa Schapiro, Jaclyn Summers, Anita Weedmark, Elena Yarritu and Chutaphin Yeager.
We were privileged to have these distinguished judges for this year’s competition: Isaac Allen, Lori Bell, Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng, Dr. Tina Chong, Dr. Shun-Lin Chou, Michael Gerdes, Alex Greenbaum, Heidi Lee Kim, Pam Monroe, Dmitry Rachmanov, Dr. Sanaz Rezai, Dr. Taylor Smith, Mark Teplitsky, Joseph Valent and Bryan Verhoye. Link to judges bios
The results are posted below. We hope to see you again next year!
2023 Goodlin Scholarship Competition Results
| Division | ID | Name | Award | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division I Keyboard | 1st Place | 13 | Henry Sun | $500 | |
| 2nd Place | 12 | Isabella Yang | $200 | ||
| 3rd Place | 14 | Cady Ang | $100 | ||
| HM | 11 | Terrence Zhou | $50 | ||
| Division II Keyboard | 1st Place | 15 | Jedd Li | $1,000 | |
| 2nd Place | 19 | Amy Zhang | $500 | Masterclass Participant | |
| 3rd Place | 18 | Daniel S Park | $200 | Masterclass Participant | |
| HM | 20 | Rien Chen | $75 | ||
| HM | 22 | Steven Chen | $75 | ||
| HM | 16 | Amber Zhang | $75 | ||
| HM | 21 | Keanu Zeller | $75 | ||
| HM | 17 | Aili Zhang | $75 | ||
| Division III Keyboard | 1st Place | 26 | Malvyn Lai | $3,000 | Chet & June Schmidt Award |
| 2nd Place | 24 | Bradley Carpiuc | $1,000 | ||
| 3rd Place | 27 | Frederick Chien | $500 | ||
| HM | 25 | Luke Qiao | $100 | ||
| HM | 28 | Sabrina Li | $100 | ||
| HM | 23 | Sara Sariowan | $100 | ||
| Junior Instrumental | 1st Place | 1 | Jasmine Chan | $1,000 | |
| 2nd Place | 3 | Sophia Slott | $500 | ||
| 3rd Place | 2 | Caitlin Wang | $200 | ||
| Senior Instrumental | 1st Place | 7 | Caden Jiang | $3,000 | Chet & June Schmidt Award |
| 2nd Place | 10 | Ethan Zhou | $1,000 | ||
| 3rd Place | 8 | Serena Liu | $500 | ||
| HM | 9 | Saejoon Hong | $100 | ||
| HM | 6 | Kayley Xu | $100 | ||
| HM | 5 | Mila Keres | $100 | ||
| HM | 4 | Matthew Tran | $100 |