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2021 Goodlin Virtual Festival Winners Recital

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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

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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.

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WinnersWinners
Division I KeyboardEmily ChenDivision III KeyboardZixuan Chen
($100 Each)Rien Chen($500 Each)Malvyn Lai
Chloe LiEmma Li
James RongLuke Qiao
Amy ZhangAidan Wahlmann
Eric Wang
Yilin Zhu
Division II KeyboardBradley CarpiucJunior InstrumentalKarina Foster
($250 Each)Victoria Chen($250 Each)Anthony Kim
Frederick ChienSerena Liu
Sarah DengSophia Slott
Justin H. LeeCaitlin Wang
Ethan Song
Zhenghua XiaSenior InstrumentalSaeji Hong
Adora Xiao($500 Each)Janice Hu
Aili ZhangIsabella McCormick
Erica Wang
Stacy Widyono
Honorable Mentions ($25 Each)
Division I KeyboardJason Liang
Olivia Liang
Jiaqi (Amber) Zhang
Division II KeyboardHealin Lee
Richard Lee
Sara Sariowan
Division III KeyboardClaire Lewis
Eric Li
Andrew Zhang
Junior InstrumentalHelen Wang
Kayley Xu
Ethan Zhou
Senior InstrumentalKevin Hu
Ivan Li
Maria Wang
2021 Goodlin Virtual Festival Winners’ Repertoire

2021 Piano Duo Festival Acknowledgement

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This year’s Virtual Piano Duo Festival was held on Saturday, April 24th. We had 6 teaching studios and 18 duo teams participated in 4 categories for this event. Thanks to the participating teachers, Eunice Ahn, Irina Bessonova, Carol Ong-Chen, Isabelle Roux, Lori Vickers, and Lea Schmidt-Rogers for their dedicated work with their duo teams. Also, thanks to Yuko Maruyama, Chutaphin Yeager and Risa Schapiro for their help to run this Zoom event smoothly.

Category I: Ages 5 – 9

1st place: Mason Kwon & Ryan Kim 
2nd place: Lillian Wang & Andrew Ong 
3rd place: Blake Hawkinson & Alex Hawkinson 

Honorable Mentions:
Elena Knight & Beau Miller 
Aarya Iyer & Eva Lobo 
Maya Tsubokawa & Kayla Tsubokawa 

Category II: Ages 10 – 12

1st place: Allison Duong & Katelyn Duong 
2nd place: Charity Chen & Yiyi He 
3rd place: Gloria McKibben & Cloë Coco Reeves Abi-Nahed 

Honorable Mentions:
Emma Bransi & Zoé Bransi 
Kenzie Shaaban & Kaïla Knight 
Chloe Lin & Claire Lin 
Yiyi He & Ling Zhong 
Sailee Caffrey & Lydia Grace Thompson 
Sonali Caffrey & Nima Movaghar 

Category III: Ages 13 – 15

1st place: Annalise Chang & Tyler Chang 
2nd place: Peiran Liang & Wei-Shi Lai 

Category IV: Ages 16 – high school

1st place: Joshua Sasaki & Brian Alba 

2021 Virtual Bach Festival Results & Acknowledgement

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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

2021 MTAC San Diego Branch Concerto Competition Results

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Congratulations to all students and their teachers who participated in this year’s MTAC San Diego Branch Concerto Competition!  Each contestant submitted a video-recording of his/her concerto without accompaniment. Listed below are the students who will be awarded with a plaque or honorable mention ribbon in the near future. Thank you, as always, to our judges who took time from their professional commitments to create a more meaningful event for all contestants!

Dr. Kay Etheridge
University of San Diego
Chair, MTACSD Concerto Competition

            Piano Adjudicators
            Dr. Beverley Simms (Indiana University-Terre Haute)
            Dr. Baruch Meir (Arizona State University)
            Dr. Tina Chong (SDSU, San Diego Symphony)

            Winds Adjudicators
            Pam Vliek Martchev (University of San Diego)
            Frank Renk (San Diego Symphony)
            Beth Ross Buckley (Co-Artistic Director of Camarada)

            Strings Adjudicators
            Dr. Philip Tyler (Point Loma Nazarene University)
            Isaac Allen (SDSU; Hausmann Quartet)
            Alex Greenbaum (SDSU; Hausmann Quartet)

DIVISION I PIANO (through 11 yrs.)

1st: Aaron Ye – Chopin Concerto in F Minor, Mvt III
2nd: Benjamin Chuang – Handel Piano Concerto F Major

DIVISION II PIANO (12-14 yrs.)

1st: Bradley Carpiuc – Prokofiev Concerto Op. 26, C Major, Mvt I
2nd: Sonya Yasuda – Haydn Concerto in D Major, Mvt III
3rd: Ella Xing – Kabalevsky Concerto No. 3, Mvt I
HM: Robin Moon – Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Mvt I

DIVISION III PIANO (15-18 yrs.)

1st: Zixuan Chen – Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Mvt I
2nd: Hahnlin Noonan – Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 in Bb Major, Mvt I
3rd: Rubi Choi – Mozart Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, Mvt I

DIVISION IV WINDS (through 18 yrs.)

1st: Nithin Chilakapati – Lieberman Concerto for Piccolo
2nd: Nathan Haghgoo – Carmen (Borne/Bizet)

DIVISION V STRINGS (through age 13)

1st: Saejoon Hong – J.S.Bach Violin Concerto No. 2, Mvt I
2nd: Caitlin Wang – Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
3rd: Alvin Wang – J.C.Bach Viola Concerto in C Minor
HM: Benjamin Luo – Bruch Violin Concerto in G minor, Mvt I

DIVISION VI STRINGS (14-18 yrs)

1st: Stacy Widyono – Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Mvt III
2nd: Saeji Hong – Glazunov Violin Concerto, Mvt I
3rd: Susan Lee – Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2, Mvt I
HM: Janice Hu – Sibelius Concerto, Mvt I

2021 Branch VOCE Results & Acknowledgement

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The San Diego Branch VOCE 2021 was held online this year, with students submitting videos of their performances by February 1.  A total of 34 soloists and 4 ensembles competed in 8 categories, representing 10 teachers.

Thank you to our co-chairs!

Hernan Constantino, Danette White, and Yuko Maruyama

Thank you to our teachers represented!

Chi-Yuan Chen, violin; Chia-Ling Chien, cello; Hernan Constantino, violin, viola, & ensemble coach; Peter Dayeh, clarinet; Annelle Gregory, violin; Sunjin Kim, violin; Alex Palamidis, violin & ensemble coach; Pasha Tseitlin, violin, viola, & ensemble coach; Elena Yarritu, flute & piccolo; and Hiroko Yoshinaga, voice

Thank you to our judges!

Ai Nihira & Xian Zhuo—Intermediate Solo Strings, and Intermediate & Senior Ensembles
Kenneth Liao & Andrew Hayhurst—Junior & Senior Solo Strings
Rose Lombardo & Sheryl Renk—Intermediate & Senior Solo Winds, and Solo Voice
Dan Ratelle—Solo Voice

Congratulations to EACH student for your performance—for dedication to music—and willingness to put yourself out there and go for it!!

Below are the results. 1st Place Winners are eligible to compete in the online MTAC State VOCE in March (with further application). If 1st Place Winner cannot compete, then 1st Place Alternate may do so (2nd Place cannot substitute).

Junior Solo Strings
1st Place—Ethan Zhou, violin
1st Place Alternate—Caitlin Wang, violin
2nd Place Tie—Alvin Wang, viola
2nd Place Tie—Kayley Xu, violin
Honorable Mention—Anthony Kim, violin

Intermediate Solo Strings
1st Place—Samraj Khurana, violin
1st Place Alternate—Ellie Seohyun Lee, violin
2nd Place— Brianna Baek, violin
Honorable Mentions (alphabetical)—Benjamin Amidei, violin; William Guo, violin; Daeho Lee, violin

Senior Solo Strings
1st Place—Janice Hu, violin
1st Place Alternate— Stacy Widyono, violin
2nd Place Tie—Sunny Fan, cello
2nd Place Tie—Kevin Hu, violin

Intermediate Solo Winds
1st Place—Serena Liu, flute
1st Place Alternate—Ramona Terry-Lorenzo, flute
2nd Place—Xili He, flute
Honorable Mention—Richard Lin, flute

Senior Solo Winds
1st Place—Nithin Chilakapati, flute/piccolo
1st Place Alternate—Gary Lin, clarinet
2nd Place—Nathan Haghgoo, flute
Honorable Mention—Praveena Ratnavel, flute

Senior Solo Voice
1st Place—Flora Yuan, soprano

Intermediate Instrumental Ensemble
1st Place—String Duo
Caitlin Wang, violin; Alvin Wang, viola
Honorable Mention—String Quartet
Claire Kang, violin; Jocelyn Lee, violin; Danielle Hu, viola; Ari Schweitzer, cello

Senior Instrumental Ensemble
1st Place—Sunrise String Quartet
Stacy Widyono, violin; Daeho Lee, violin; James Renk, viola; Dylan Renk, cello
2nd Place—SKY Trio
Kevin Hu, violin; Sunny Fan, cello; Eric Wang, piano

2020 State VOCE Results

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Congratulations to MTACSD students who competed in the online State VOCE last spring after winning (or a winning tie) at our branch VOCE! Representing four teachers, here are the 2020 State VOCE results for San Diego Branch students:

Junior Solo Strings
Ethan Zhou, violin—3rd Place

Intermediate Solo Strings
Stacy Widyono, violin—3rd Place

Senior Solo Strings
Adam Kulju, violin—3rd Place

Intermediate Solo Winds
Nathan Haghgoo, flute—1st Place Alternate

Intermediate Instrumental Ensemble
“Ember String Quartet”—Honorable Mention
Stacy Widyono, violin; Chisato Kamakura, violin; Maya Rosenbaum, viola; Josephine Kim, cello

Senior Instrumental Ensemble
“The String Beans”—2nd Place
Evan Zhou, violin; Wei-Shan Huynh, violin; James Renk, viola; Dylan Renk, cello

2020 Popular Music Festival Acknowledgement

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To all 2020 Popular Music Festival Participants and Viewers:

Congratulations on being a part of the annual Popular Music Festival! The three virtual recitals displayed our students’ abilities while keeping the listeners entertained with syncopation, jazzy chords and show tunes. 39 students submitted their videos under the supervision of the following MTACSD teachers:

Irina Bessonova, Paul Burd, Miriam Cole, Jill Griffin, Jim Guerin, Philip Lim, Yu Carole Liu, Yuko Maruyama, Leslie Olson, Carol Ong-Chen, Anna Stal, Stuart Thurston, Chetan Tierra, Luba Ugorski, and Mei Yin

Without the expert handiwork and sacrificial time by our very own President, Yuko Maruyama, this event would not have happened. Thank you, Yuko, for this production as well as being one of the evaluators. We would also like to acknowledge and thank Taylor Smith for his expert comments. Also, many thanks goes to Risa Schapiro for helping out with the video coordination and preparation.

Gratefully,
Miriam Cole, Co-chair
Chutaphin Yeager, Co-chair



Sonata Results 11.15.20

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Congratulations to all participants today!

For students who placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd, trophies will be available for pickup after November 15. More details will be emailed to the participating teachers.

Finalists ribbons and all comment sheets will be mailed to the teachers after November 15.

November 15, 2020
Sonata Contest Winners

Group 7: Agay
1. Tyler Chang / Sarah Deng / Daphnie Tseng
2. Joshua Yu
3. Katie Xu

Group 8: Kuhlau
1. Daniel S Park
2. David Yu
3. Amber Zhang

Group 9: Haydn
1. Addison K Lee
2. Adora Xiao
3. Jonathan Xue

Group 10: Mozart
1. Margaret Fan
2. Yilin Zhu
3. Benjamin Shimabukuro

Group 11: Beethoven
1. Eric Wang
2. Ethan Song
3. Cindy Cao