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2023 Goodlin Results & Acknowledgement
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!
2023 Goodlin Scholarship Competition Results
| 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 |
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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.