November 4, 2023, was a beautiful 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 263 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, Chutaphin Yeager and Lea Schmidt Rogers for organizing our lovely breakfast and lunch. 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, Kathy Kim, Jamie Lin, Hua Wang, Isabelle Roux, Dan Yu, and Carole Liu Yu, thank you so much for your time.
Other volunteers: Riley Vickers, Lindsey Heinrich, Brittney Heinrich, Patty Rudolph, Hector Hum, Leslie Lucas, Francisco Mamon, Chelsea Clements, Ezra Mizrachi, Richardson Liou, Zachary Haubenstock, 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. Randi Rudolph (Vista), Joanne Stohs (Northern San Diego), Mark Mendez (Montebello), Teri Watson (Fullerton), Dr. Rob Watson (Fullerton), La Vaun Beyer (Orange County), Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng (San Marcos), 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
Sonata Contest 2023 Winners List
Group 1A-Bastien
1st Place: Brady Ma
2nd Place: Elena Song
3rd Place: Aaron Deng
Group 1B-Bastien
1st Place: Aden Jung
2nd Place: Corina Lin
3rd Place: Jack Stone
Group 2A-Bastien
1st Place: Kye Urgolites
2nd Place: Lilica Whitacre
3rd Place: Mikaila Lin, Frank Liu, Jadon Wang
Group 2B: Bastien
1st Place: Renae Chen, William Wang
2nd Place: Daniel Jung
3rd Place: Autumn Chen
Group 3A-Gillock
1st Place: Ruitong Alina Xia
2nd Place: Janelle Chen
3rd Place: George Chang
Group 3B-Vandall
1st Place: Maya Almog
2nd Place: Ryan Nguyen
3rd Place: Olivia Chen
Group 4A-Beethoven
1st Place: Clara Stone
2nd Place: Tara Liu
3rd Place: Nishant Mantravadi
Group 4B- Bober
1st Place: Angela Cai
2nd Place: Daren Ren
3rd Place: Bokyang Kwon
Group 5A- Diabelli
1st Place: Kayla Tsubokawa, Candace Wu
2nd Place: Alice Zhang
3rd Place: Maggie Hu
Group 5B- Beethoven
1st Place: Nathan Chou
2nd Place: Jovan Lim
3rd Place: Matthew Chao
Group 6A- Vandall
1st Place: Katelyn Li
2nd Place: Caleb Felker
3rd Place: Amy Fang
Group 6B-Clementi
1st Place: Ashley Li
2nd Place: Benny Chen
3rd Place: Vivian Wu
Group 7-Kuhlau
1st Place: Claire Lim
2nd Place: Ruiya Xia
3rd Place: Yuji Liee
Group 8-Kabalevsky
1st Place: Landon Han, Nathan Teng
2nd Place: Amy Zhang
3rd Place: Isabella Nguyen
Group 9-Haydn
1st Place: Luna Lee
2nd Place: Isabella Yang
3rd Place: Minhtu Nguyen
Group 10-Ravel
1st Place: Tyler Chang
2nd Place: Chloe Li
3rd Place: Rudy Zhang
Group 11-Beethoven
1st Place: Yoyo Wu
2nd Place: Amber Zhang
3rd Place: Addison K. Lee