The 2025 San Diego Branch Bach Festival programs are posted on the Bach Festival page. Please follow the link to view the programs: https://mtacsd.org/so-california-junior-bach-festival/
Author Archive: Brian Goral
2023 Bach Festival AMB Results
Thank you for participating in the 2023 Bach Festival. Here are the results for the AMB Festival:
1st Place #4 Viktor Shen
2nd Place #2 Yeema Liu
3rd Place #5 Cooper Kistler
Honorable Mention – #5 Sophia Wang
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2022 Bach Festival Results Now Available
Results of winners have now been entered into the scjbf.org website. Teachers may now login to the scjbf.org site to view the results.
Thank you for a successful and delightful program today! Congratulations to all of our talented and dedicated students and teachers!
| Bach Festival Winners | ||
| Chloe Li | Emily Chen | Celine Lau |
| Thomas Tong | Steven Chen | Andy Liu |
| Alyssa Ju | Ella Xing | Sara Sariowan |
| Richard Lee | Keanu Zeller | Adora Xiao |
| Juhyeok Lee | Amy Zhang | Jonathan Xue |
| Eric Li | Seungbeom Baek | Dorien Zhang |
| Haowen Sun | Emma Cao | Aili Zhang |
| Benny Chen | Anna Cao | Aidan Zhao |
| Daniel S Park | Frederick Chien | Risha Guha |
| Bach Festival Honorable Mentions | ||
| Jeffrey Ding | ||
| Clara Yang | ||
| Grace Xu | ||
| Iris Cheng | ||
| Addison K Lee |
AMB Winners
1st place – Daren Ren
2nd place – Angela Cai
3rd place – Nathan Chou
Honorable Mention
Ruitong Xia
2021 Virtual Bach Festival Results & Acknowledgement
Here’s to our first successful Virtual Bach Festival Event!
Congratulations to all participants and teachers!
I’d like to thank our esteemed judges:
Teresa Vidergar
Steven Gray
David Simmons
And of course a big thank you for all the hard work and time committed from our Bach Festival team members:
Brian Goral
Sharon Halverson
Kyle Hohn
Yuko Maruyama
Chutaphin Yeager
Thank you to all of our participating teachers and students for their patience and dedication to this event.
Anna Stal
Brian Goral
Miriam Cole
J. Mitzi Kolar
Eunice Ahn
Elaine Tokman
Jim Guerin
Ken Ard
Inessa Litvin
Yu Carole Liu
Luba Ugorski
Yuko Maruyama
Rinna Livshin
Sun Yung Cho
Viktor Shekhtman
Anna Vasilyeva
Yun-Yin Wu
Dan Yu
Thank you again and see you next year!
Anna Magdalena Bach Winners
1st Place – Contestant #9 Ruiya Xia
2nd Place – Contestant #13 Daren Ren
3rd Place – Contestant #4 Elena Chen
Anna Magdalena Bach Honorable Mentions
Contestant #1 Alyssa Ju
Contestant #2 Angela Cai
Contestant #3 Charlotte Zheng
Contestant #12 Claire Chen
CWA Results
2019 Bach Festival Results
Congratulations to all the participants of the 2019 Bach Festival! Winners of the Complete Works Bach Festival are eligible to advance to the Regional Festival on May 19 at Saddleback College. Here are the results:
| 2019 Complete Works Bach Festival Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| Isabella Buenaflor | Claire Lewis | Andrew Sun |
| Emma Cao | Chloe Li | Eric Thomas |
| Rien Chen | Emma Li | Kayden Wang |
| Steven Chen | Eric Li | Eric Whang |
| Frederick Chien | Sabrina Li | Adora Xiao |
| Aaron Chizhik | Katherine Lin | Ella Xing |
| Yeonwoo Chu | Stephanie Ling | Jonathan Xue |
| Jonathan Cong | Ally Negulescu | Veronica Yu |
| Grace Deng | Sydney Nguyen | Keanu Zeller |
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick | Caroline Renas | Andrew Zhang |
| Kai Goodsell | Gabrielle Sanchez | Dorien Zhang |
| Ajay Krishnan | Kyle Shi | Rudy Zhang |
| Celine Lau | Ethan Song | Aidan Zhao |
| Richard Lee | Edmund Sumpena |
Winners for the Anna Magdalena Bach Program are as follows:
1st Place – Amy Zhang
2nd Place – Leona Cai
3rd Place – Alic Stanko
Honorable Mention – Selena Chang
Honorable Mention – Angela Han
Honorable Mention – Ivy Vo