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.

2020 SONATA CONTEST RESULTS, GROUPS 1A – 3B

Group 1A: Bastien
1. Angela Cai
2. Henry Sun
3. Avery Yang

Group 1B: Bastien
1. Clara Stone
2. Scout Sotelo-Sundstrom
3. Jericho Seefeldt

Group 2A: Bastien
1. Alice Zhang
2. Yvonne Gao
3. Maggie Pacleb

Group 2B: Bastien
1. Kelly Ju
2. Eli Krongold
3. Chloe Y. Kim

Group 3A: Gillock
1. Katherine Backues
2. Katelyn Li
3. Kayla Tsubokawa

Group 3B: Vandall
1. Elizabeth Grossman / Ruiya Xia
2. An Tran
3. Blake Hawkinson / Kadmus Ma

Congratulations to all those who participated and thank you to all those who came to support the 2020 Piano Duo Festival. The festival was held at Greene Music on February 22. This year, we had a total of 24 duo teams registered, of which 7 were non-competitive Student & Teacher and Student & Adult teams. The 17 competitive teams included 15 duo teams and 2 four-member teams playing selections written for eight-hands. Three recitals were presented in front of packed audiences, and our judges were very impressed with the level of the students’ playing. Thank you to Steve Baker and Joanne Stohs for adjudicating the event, and special thanks to Yuko Maruyama and Carol Ong-Chen for their help running the festival and all studios who participated. I hope to see you all next year!

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Congratulations to all students who performed in this year’s Concerto Competition! The first-place winners in each division will be performing with an orchestra this spring. Details coming soon.

I want to thank the distinguished panel of judges for taking time from their busy schedules to make this event especially meaningful for all participants: Tina Chong, Kookhee Hong, Crystal Rivette (piano judges); Pamela Vliek Martchev, Valentin Martchev, Amy Taylor (winds judges); Isaac Allen, Angela Choong, Paivikki Nykter (strings judges).

I am extremely grateful to all of the teachers who helped to make this event a success:
Sarah Victor, Magda Bornemisza, Dana Burnett, Glen Campbell, Hernan Constantino, Sun Yung Cho, Annelle Gregory, Scott Johnson, Inessa Litvin, Jane Masur, Alex Mirolyan, Alexander Palamidis, Cho-Hyun Park, Anna Savvas, Viktor Shekhtman, Claudia Smetona, Seiran Sohn, Chetan Tierra, Pasha Tseitlin, Michael Tseitlin, Elena Yarritu.

PLEASE NOTE: USD’s Shiley Theatre will not be available for this competition (or any other event) next year due to the major renovations throughout Camino Hall and Founders Hall. We need to find a different location in order to hold this competition in 2021!

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