October 19, 2024, was a gorgeous 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 237 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 and delicious 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: Lisa Bastien Hanss, Sarah Giles, Karlin Labenske, Isabelle Roux, Lea Schmidt-Rogers, Jamie Lin, Hua Wang, April Lin, Dan Yu, and Carole Liu Yu, thank you so much for your time.
Other volunteers: Riley Vickers, Leslie Lucas, Chelsea Clements, Ezra Mizrachi, Elian Mizrachi, Ari Mizrachi, Emily Trinh, Irune Payas Gomez-Arrue, Miyana Luedke, Liyana Luedke 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: Joanne Stohs, (Northern San Diego) Mark Mendez, (Montebello)Teri Watson, (Fullerton) Dr. Rob Watson, (Fullerton) Ellen Kim, (Fullerton) Madeline Miller (Valencia) Erika Ramos, (Redlands) Dr. Jane Park (Inland Empire) and Dr. Andres Jaramillo (Riverside) We thank them for their time, dedication, and musical expertise.
Results are posted below. We hope to see everyone again next year!
Sincerely,
Lori Bastien Vickers, Chairperson
| Student Name | Student Name | ||
| Group 1A | Group 5A | ||
| 1st Place | Hana Yee | 1st Place | Alexis Xia |
| 2nd Place | Yen-Jung Chang | 2nd Place | Yeema Liu |
| 3rd Place | Allison Chung | 3rd Place | Vanessa Chen |
| Group 1B | Group 5B | ||
| 1st Place | Yinuo Wang/Danielle Yu | 1st Place | Clara Stone |
| 2nd Place | Madelyn Kim | 2nd Place | Angela Cai |
| 3rd Place | Cheng-Chieh Chang/Clair Jang | 3rd Place | Enyo Martchev |
| Group 2A | Group 6A | ||
| 1st Place | Mananya Debnath | 1st Place | Matthew Chao |
| 2nd Place | Aaron Deng | 2nd Place | Kayla Tsubokawa |
| 3rd Place | Elena Song | 3rd Place | Carter Hoang |
| Group 2B | Group 6B | ||
| 1st Place | Allison Cai | 1st Place | Clarie Chen |
| 2nd Place | Mikaela Lin | 2nd Place | Jack Y Park |
| 3rd Place | Ray Sun | 3rd Place | Jovan Lim |
| Group 3A | Group 7 | ||
| 1st Place | Aden Jung | 1st Place | Henry Sun |
| 2nd Place | George Chang | 2nd Place | Beron Eliezer |
| 3rd Place | Claire Yang | 3rd Place | Euan Lee |
| Group 3B | Group 8 | ||
| 1st Place | Ivy Zhang | 1st Place | Cody Land |
| 2nd Place | Abigail Shen | 2nd Place | Kayla Hanoch/Terrence Zhou |
| 3rd Place | Kye Urgolites | 3rd Place | Michael Zhang |
| Group 4A | Group 9 | ||
| 1st Place | Jovanny Fernandez | 1st Place | Yvonne Gao/Ashley Li |
| 2nd Place | Alina Ruitong Xia | 2nd Place | Nuri Jang/Grace Xu |
| 3rd Place | Olivia Chen | 3rd Place | Nathan Teng |
| Group 4B | Group 10 | ||
| 1st Place | Victor Shen | 1st Place | Luna Lee |
| 2nd Place | Janelle Chen/Lucas Zhang | 2nd Place | Izel Garcia-Hale |
| 3rd Place | Ayla Ma | 3rd Place | Ryan Shi |
| Group 11 | |||
| 1st Place | Eric Feng | ||
| 2nd Place | Emily Chen | ||
| 3rd Place | Darren Hack |