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2023 Duo Registration now open!
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2022 Goodlin Results & Acknowledgement
Thank you to all participants, teachers, volunteers, friends and families for making the 2022 H. B. Goodlin Scholarship Competition a successful event celebrating the excellence in music education in San Diego County. We had 75 students from 38 teaching studios participating in five divisions. The auditions were adjudicated by 9 Preliminary judges and 6 Finals judges.
The Preliminary Round Audition was conducted as a video submission event. 26 Finalists were selected by the Preliminary judges, and 25 Finalists participated in the Finals Audition, which was held in person at Cuyamaca College Theatre on Saturday, May 21. This was our first in-person Goodlin Scholarship event since the beginning of the pandemic. Thank you to all Finalists, teachers, volunteers and parents for following the Covid safety rules and making this Finals event run smoothly.
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: Eunice Ahn, Ning An, Ruslan Biryukov, Dana Burnett, Wanping Chen, Sun Yung Cho, Hernan Constantino, Angelina Hardy, Eleanor Hum, Xiao Liang, Philip Lim, April Lin, Inessa Litvin, Yu Carole Liu, Rinna Livshin, Pam Martchev, Brenda Martin, George Maxman, Alexander Mirolyan, Gaiana Mndoian, Alexander Palamidis, Cho-Hyun Park, Viktor Shekhtman, Xiao-yan Sui, Elaine Tokman, Peichun Tsai, Irina Tseitlin, Michael Tseitlin, Pasha Tseitlin, Anna Vasilyeva, Yun-Yin Wu, Elena Yarritu, Mei Yin, Dawn Yokum, Dan Yu, Tingting Zhang, Yao Zhao and Jia Zhou.
Our Finals event could not have been possible without all the work done by the volunteers, which included many music teachers and their students and families. 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 for her help and guidance, and Lea Schmidt-Rogers for always “being there” for us.
Thank you to the 2022 Goodlin Competition Finals Volunteers: Yaumo Chan, Eugene Cho, Laura Cho, Sun Yung Cho, Connie Gale, Brian Goral, Eleanor Hum, Ed Litvin, Yuko Maruyama, Michiko Parseghian, Lea Schmidt-Rogers, Risa Schapiro, Jaclyn Summers, Chutaphin Yeager, and Lu Yuan.
We were privileged to have these distinguished judges for this year’s competition: Lori Bell, Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng, Dr. Tina Chong, Angela Choong, Dr. Karen Follingstad, Dr. Andrea Garreffa, Heidi Lee Kim, Edith Orloff, Dr. Sanaz Rezai, Craig Richey, Dr. Taylor Smith, Mark Teplitsky, Dr. Philip Tyler, Teri Watson, and Dr. Angela Yeung. Link to Judges’ Bios
| Division | ID | Name | Award | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division I Keyboard | 1st Place | 5 | Amy Zhang | $500 | |
| 2nd Place | 6 | Steven Chen | $200 | ||
| 3rd Place | 1 | Isabella Yang | $100 | ||
| HM | 3 | Chloe Li | $50 | ||
| Finalist | 2 | James Rong | $25 | ||
| Finalist | 4 | Keanu Zeller | $25 | ||
| Division II Keyboard | 1st Place | 11 | Emily Chen | $850 | |
| 2nd Place | 7 | Victoria Chen | $500 | ||
| 3rd Place | 9 | Richard Lee | $200 | ||
| HM | 10 | Healin Lee | $50 | ||
| Finalist | 8 | Melody Chen | $25 | ||
| Division III Keyboard | 1st Place | 14 | Ethan Song | $2,000 | Chet & June Schmidt Award |
| 2nd Place | 17 | Malvyn Lai | $850 | ||
| 3rd Place | 16 | Andrew Zhang | $500 | ||
| HM | 13 | Yilin Zhu | $50 | ||
| Finalist | 12 | Sabrina Li | $25 | ||
| Finalist | 15 | Kyle Tianshi | $25 | ||
| Junior Instrumental | 1st Place | 20 | Elisha Kim | $850 | |
| 2nd Place | 19 | Jasmine Chan | $500 | ||
| 3rd Place | 18 | Kayley Xu | $200 | ||
| HM | 21 | Ethan Zhou | $50 | ||
| Finalist | - | Caitlin Wang | $25 | ||
| Senior Instrumental | 1st Place | 25 | Erica Wang | $2,000 | Chet & June Schmidt Award |
| 2nd Place | 22 | Caden Jiang | $850 | ||
| 3rd Place | 24 | Nathan Haghgoo | $500 | ||
| HM | 23 | Lea Parseghian | $50 |
2021 Goodlin Virtual Festival Winners Recital
Thank you for participating in the 2021 H. B. Goodlin Virtual Festival. The 2021 Goodlin Virtual Festival Winners’ Recital is now available on the Goodlin Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLaQtORgNeM
This prerecorded recital honors this year’s winners from the two senior divisions: Division III Keyboard and the Senior Instrumental Division. Thank you to the winners who submitted their performance videos and to those who provided an introduction or a written message to add to their beautiful performances.
Thank you also to the Goodlin Virtual Festival Committee and all the generous supporters who made this event possible. We sincerely hope that we can bring the in-person component back to the Goodlin Scholarship Competition in 2022. Meanwhile, it is our hope that this recital presentation will inspire our students and teachers to continue to strive for excellence in music.
2021 Goodlin Virtual Festival Results & Acknowledgement
Congratulations and a big thank-you to all of the students, teachers, and families who participated in the 2021 H. B. Goodlin Virtual Festival! We received a total of 102 student applications for this event.
Each applicant prepared and recorded their instrumental performances on video for this virtual festival. It is our hope that preparing and polishing the audition pieces, filming their own performances, and submitting the online program applications were all valuable learning experiences for the participants.
I would like to acknowledge the participating studios, who continued to teach remotely most of this school year and despite the ongoing pandemic continued to educate and inspire these talented music students in San Diego:
Eunice Ahn, Ning An, Magdi Bornemisza, Dana Burnett, Chia-Ling Chien, Sun Yung Cho, Jan Coleman, Hernan Constantino, Joseph Cota, Susan Culbertson, Ethan Dong, David Garrett, Berta Godkin, Angelina Hardy, Eleanor Hum, Chaling Huynh, Philip Lim, Inessa Litvin, Yu Carole Liu, Rinna Livshin, Pamela Martchev, Brenda Martin, Elena Mashkovtseva, George Maxman, Alexander Mirolyan, Jared Nepute, Alexander Palamidis, Anna Savvas, Viktor Shekhtman, Seiran Sohn, Chetan Tierra, Michael Tseitlin, Luba Ugorski, Stanley Wang, Yun-Yin Wu, Angela Xing, Ariel Yang, Elena Yarritu, Mei Yin, Dan Yu, Tingting Zhang, and Yao Zhao
We were fortunate to have the following distinguished adjudicators for this event. These judges worked long hours to review each video performance, and wrote thoughtful comments on how our students can grow artistically:
Annie Bosler, Sarah Chan, Andrea Garreffa, Maya Ginsberg, Gail Lew, Laszlo Mezo, Derek Polischuk, Jay Posteraro, Dmitry Rachmanov, Ulli Reiner, Philip Tyler, and Bryan Verhoye
Finally, I would like to thank the H. B. Goodlin Scholarship Foundation Board President Jaclyn Summers, and the Board Members Sun Yung Cho, Connie Gale, Lee Galloway, Brian Goral, and Hua Wang, for making this event happen. A special thanks goes to Dr. J. Mitzi Kolar for her expertise and wisdom, and Lea Schmidt-Rogers for always being there for us.
Thank you again for your participation in this year’s Goodlin Virtual Festival. The judges’ comments will be emailed to each participant within the next few weeks. We hope to see you again next year.
| Winners | Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division I Keyboard | Emily Chen | Division III Keyboard | Zixuan Chen | |
| ($100 Each) | Rien Chen | ($500 Each) | Malvyn Lai | |
| Chloe Li | Emma Li | |||
| James Rong | Luke Qiao | |||
| Amy Zhang | Aidan Wahlmann | |||
| Eric Wang | ||||
| Yilin Zhu | ||||
| Division II Keyboard | Bradley Carpiuc | Junior Instrumental | Karina Foster | |
| ($250 Each) | Victoria Chen | ($250 Each) | Anthony Kim | |
| Frederick Chien | Serena Liu | |||
| Sarah Deng | Sophia Slott | |||
| Justin H. Lee | Caitlin Wang | |||
| Ethan Song | ||||
| Zhenghua Xia | Senior Instrumental | Saeji Hong | ||
| Adora Xiao | ($500 Each) | Janice Hu | ||
| Aili Zhang | Isabella McCormick | |||
| Erica Wang | ||||
| Stacy Widyono |
| Honorable Mentions ($25 Each) | |
|---|---|
| Division I Keyboard | Jason Liang |
| Olivia Liang | |
| Jiaqi (Amber) Zhang | |
| Division II Keyboard | Healin Lee |
| Richard Lee | |
| Sara Sariowan | |
| Division III Keyboard | Claire Lewis |
| Eric Li | |
| Andrew Zhang | |
| Junior Instrumental | Helen Wang |
| Kayley Xu | |
| Ethan Zhou | |
| Senior Instrumental | Kevin Hu |
| Ivan Li | |
| Maria Wang |
2021 Goodlin Virtual Festival Winners’ Repertoire
2020 Virtual Sonata Contest Registration Now Open!
Registration is now open for the 2020 Virtual Sonata Contest in Memory of Jane Smisor Bastien. Follow the link to the Sonata Contest page for the online registration form and the event guidelines: