Registration for the 2024 Popular Music Festival is now open! Teachers must register their students online. Please visit the Popular Music Festival page for more details and to access the registration form. Login is required to access the registration form.
The event day information has been posted on the Sonata Contest page. Please follow the link to view the information.
Registration for the 2024 Sonata Contest is now open! Teachers must register their students online. Please visit the Sonata Contest page for more details and to access the registration form. Login is required to access the registration form.
Thank you for participating in the 2024 H. B. Goodlin Scholarship Competition! We had 114 students from 49 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, 34 Finalists participated in the in-person Finals Audition at Cuyamaca College Theatre and at the Foothills United Methodist Church on Saturday, May 18.
The Instrumental Division Finals auditions were held at the Cuyamaca College Theatre and the Keyboard Division Finals auditions were held at two locations throughout the day. Afterwards, the students and teachers were treated to the piano master class given by Dr. Dmitry Rachmanov, where two selected finalists received instruction on their Goodlin competition pieces.
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 and the Foothills United Methodist Church for hosting the Saturday Finals Competition in their beautiful buildings.
I would like to acknowledge the participating studios for their work in educating our music students in San Diego County: Rowena Asuncion, Yulia Atoyan, Ruslan Biryukov, Dana Burnett, Jessie Chang, Chiyuan Chen, Chia-Ling Chien, Anna Cho, Sun Yung Cho, Emi Clements, Hernan Constantino, Maria Crystalia, Zishan Ding, Karen Follingstad, David Garrett, Eleanor Hum, Emily Hung, Ji-Won Lee, Sunny Lee, Shanshan Li, Shuang Li, April Lin, Inessa Litvin, Yu Carole Liu, Rinna Livshin, Pamela Martchev, Alex Mirolyan, Anders Nelson, Brendan Nguyen, Thuy Nguyen, Alexander Palamidis, Cho-Hyun Park, Wesley Precourt, Frank Renk, Sean Reusch, Leslie Robb, Anna Savvas, Yvonne Shanks, Ory Shihor, Gill Tsai, Irina Tseitlin, Michael Tseitlin, Pasha Tseitlin, Anna Vasilyeva, Sophie Webber, Angela Wu, Elena Yarritu, Dan Yu, and Jia Sheng Zhou.
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 2024 Goodlin Competition Finals Volunteers: Sun Yung Cho, Brian Goral, Ashten Jensen, Ed Litvin, Yu Carole Liu, Marj Osgood, Michele Resnick, Leslie Robb, Larry Rogers, Lea Schmidt-Rogers, Anna Savvas, Risa Schapiro, Xiao-yan Sui, Jaclyn Summers, Elena Yarritu, Chutaphin Yeager, and Dan Yu.
We were privileged to have these distinguished judges for this year’s competition: Isaac Allen, Dr. Wan-Chin Chang, Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng, Dr. Tina Chong, Dr. Andrea Gareffa, Dr. Eloise Kim, Dr. Michael Krikorian, Gail Lew, Pam Monroe, Keith Popejoy, Dr. Dmitry Rachmanov, Dr. Taylor Smith, Mark Teplitsky, Philip Tyler, and Teri Watson.
The results are posted below. We hope to see you again next year!
| Division | Ranking | ID | Name | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division I Keyboard | 1st Place | 12 | Chloe K. Wang | $500 | |
| 2nd Place | 15 | Angela Cai | $200 | ||
| 3rd Place | 18 | Elena Chen | $100 | ||
| HM | 17 | Chloe Chen | $50 | Masterclass Participant | |
| HM | 16 | Nathan Teng | $50 | ||
| HM | 14 | Jack Y Park | $50 | ||
| HM | 13 | Iris Huiyan Li | $50 | ||
| HM | 11 | Yuhan Jackson | $50 | ||
| Division II Keyboard | 1st Place | 21 | Chloe Li | $1,000 | |
| 2nd Place | 23 | Amy Zhang | $500 | ||
| 3rd Place | 24 | Steven Chen | $200 | ||
| HM | 22 | Lucas Chen | $75 | ||
| HM | 27 | Isabella Yang | $75 | ||
| HM | 26 | William Cheng | $75 | ||
| HM | 28 | Rien Chen | $75 | ||
| HM | 25 | James Rong | $75 | ||
| HM | 19 | Aska Enomoto | $75 | ||
| HM | 20 | Terrence Zhou | $75 | ||
| Division III Keyboard | 1st Place | 30 | Bradley Carpiuc | $3,000 | Chet & June Schmidt Award |
| 2nd Place | 29 | Adora Xiao | $1,000 | ||
| 3rd Place | 34 | Ye-Eun Hong | $500 | ||
| HM | 33 | Sara Sariowan | $100 | ||
| HM | 31 | Huizi Zhong | $100 | Masterclass Participant | |
| HM | 32 | Joanna Xu | $100 | ||
| Junior Instrumental | 1st Place | 1 | Beichen Li | $1,000 | |
| 2nd Place | 3 | Donghyuk Heo | $500 | ||
| 3rd Place | 2 | Tracie Liu | $200 | ||
| Senior Instrumental | 1st Place | 7 | Brianna Baek | $3,000 | Chet & June Schmidt Award |
| 2nd Place | 8 | Saejoon Hong | $1,000 | ||
| 3rd Place | 9 | Carmela Harkins | $500 | ||
| HM | 10 | Caitlin Wang | $100 | ||
| HM | 6 | Julian Wu | $100 | ||
| HM | 5 | Ethan Zhou | $100 | ||
| HM | 4 | Benjamin Luo | $100 |
Registration for the 2024 Concerto Competition is now open! Teachers must register their students online. Please visit the Concerto Competition page for more details and to access the registration form. Login is required to access the registration form.
Registration for the 2024 Popular Music Festival is now open! Teachers must register their students online. Please visit the Popular Music Festival page for more details and to access the registration form. Login is required to access the registration form.
The 2023 Sonata Contest will be held on November 4 at Point Loma Nazarene University in the Cooper Music Center.
The preliminary audition times have been emailed to all participating teachers. Please visit the Sonata Contest page for information on the overall event, directions, parking, and finals schedule.
Registration for the 2023 Sonata Contest is now open! Teachers must register their students online. Please visit the Sonata Contest page for more details and to access the registration form. Login is required to access the registration form.
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!
| 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 |
Registration for the 2023 Goodlin Competition is now open! Teachers must register their students online. Please visit the Goodlin Competition page for more details and to access the registration form. The MTAC San Diego Branch members are required to login to access the registration form. Non-members and parents may request the Non-member Registration Form.
