2019 Goodlin Competition Results

Posted on May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 by Yuko Maruyama

Congratulations to all participants and teachers on a fantastic day of performances at the Goodlin Competition today. This year, the 1st and the 2nd place winners will perform at the Winners Concert on Sunday, May 19 at 4pm at Foothills UMC, 4031 Avocado Blvd, La Mesa CA 91941. In addition to the performances, we will have an award presentation to all winners including the 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place winners; Honorable Mentions, as well as the special presentation of the Aryana Pizarro Inspirational Award. I hope many of you will join us in celebrating the excellence in music education at the Goodlin Winners Concert tomorrow.

Here are the results from the judges.

	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Division I Keyboard	Ethan Zhou	Victoria Chen	Healin Lee
Division II Keyboard	Aidan Wahmann	Stephanie Ling/Luke Qiao (tie)	Andrew Zhang
Division III Keyboard	Laura Yu	Ursula Hardianto	Claire Lewis
Junior Instrumental	Elijah de la Motte	Erica Wang	Naomi de la Motte
Senior Instrumental	Pearl de la Motte/Sara Maxman (tie)		Nathan Sariowan

Division I Keyboard: Aryana Pizarro Inspirational Award – Youchae Bae

Honorable Mentions
Division I Keyboard	Aaron Ye	Edward J. Kim	Daniel S. Park
Division II Keyboard	Ethan Song	Yilin Zhu	Emma Li
Division III Keyboard	Luke Huang	Benjamin Fitzpatrick	Yeonwoo Chu
Junior Instrumental	Saejoon Hong	Jessie Shen	Caden Jiang
Senior Instrumental	Zackery Edwards	Stacy Widyono	Josephine Kim

2019 Sonata List published

Posted on May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 by Yuko Maruyama

The repertoire list for the 2019 Sonata Contest is now available on the Sonata Contest page:

Sonata Contest Page

Teachers must login to view the list on the bottom of the page.

2019 VOCE State Results

Posted on April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 by Danette White

The state VOCE competition was held in Orange County on April 7, 2019. Branch Winners from across the state participated.

Congratulations to all San Diego Branch participants for the extraordinary work needed to reach the state competition! Students from our branch fared superbly well! Congratulations students for these wonderful results!

State Results for San Diego Branch MTAC students:

1st Place – Elijah de la Motte, cello – Junior Solo Strings
1st Place – Zackery Edwards, bassoon – Senior Solo Winds
1st Place Alternate – Nithin Chilakapati, flute & piccolo – Intermediate Solo Winds
2nd Place – Pearl Anne de la Motte, viola – Intermediate Solo Strings
2nd Place – Flora Yuan, soprano – Intermediate Solo Voice
2nd Place – The String Beans – Intermediate Ensemble (Evan Zhou-violin, Wei-Shan Huynh-violin, James Renk-viola, Dylan Renk-cello)

1st Place State VOCE Winners will perform in the VOCE Recital at the State MTAC Convention in Santa Clara, June 30, 2019, and receive a scholarship award.

2019 Chopin Festival Results

Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by Yuko Maruyama

Congratulations to all the participants of the 2019 Chopin Festival! Here are the results from our adjudicated event.

	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Waltz or Mazurka	Yilin Zhu	Eric Thomas	Victoria Chen
Nocturne or Impromptu	Jason Chen	Luke Qiao	Gabrielle Sanchez
Etude	Stephanie Ling	Benjamin Fitzpatrick	Saeji Hong
Polonaise or Scherzo	Bradley Carpiuc	Laura Yu	Sunny Xiao
Ballade or Sonata	Claire Lewis	Aaron Chizhik	Zisheng Shang

2019 Goodlin Registration Now Open

Posted on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by Yuko Maruyama

The registration for the 2019 Helen B. Goodlin Competition is now open. The event guidelines and the online registration form are available here: https://mtacsd.org/goodlin-competition-guidelines/

2019 Bach Festival Results

Posted on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 by Brian Goral

Congratulations to all the participants of the 2019 Bach Festival! Winners of the Complete Works Bach Festival are eligible to advance to the Regional Festival on May 19 at Saddleback College. Here are the results:

2019 Complete Works Bach Festival Winners
Isabella Buenaflor	Claire Lewis	Andrew Sun
Emma Cao	Chloe Li	Eric Thomas
Rien Chen	Emma Li	Kayden Wang
Steven Chen	Eric Li	Eric Whang
Frederick Chien	Sabrina Li	Adora Xiao
Aaron Chizhik	Katherine Lin	Ella Xing
Yeonwoo Chu	Stephanie Ling	Jonathan Xue
Jonathan Cong	Ally Negulescu	Veronica Yu
Grace Deng	Sydney Nguyen	Keanu Zeller
Benjamin Fitzpatrick	Caroline Renas	Andrew Zhang
Kai Goodsell	Gabrielle Sanchez	Dorien Zhang
Ajay Krishnan	Kyle Shi	Rudy Zhang
Celine Lau	Ethan Song	Aidan Zhao
Richard Lee	Edmund Sumpena

Winners for the Anna Magdalena Bach Program are as follows:

1st Place – Amy Zhang
2nd Place – Leona Cai
3rd Place – Alic Stanko
Honorable Mention – Selena Chang
Honorable Mention – Angela Han
Honorable Mention – Ivy Vo

President’s Message – 3/18/19

Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 by Miriam Cole

Dear MTACSD Members,

Congratulations to each and everyone for a successful production of the Certificate of Merit. Teachers, students, parents and volunteers alike braved the rains and the new venues and the demanding schedule. Thank you for your hard work, flexibility and patience.

I especially would like to ask everyone to extend their appreciation to the super hard-working CM crew headed by our incredible CM Branch Chair, Eleanor Hum:

Jamie Lin: Co-chair and Piano Scheduling Coordinator
Michelle Rumley: Winds and String Coordinator; Site Coordinator-MBMA; State CM Chair
Hanan Jammal-Ouchi: Teachers’ Work Scheduler and Tammy Lee, her Assistant
Lee Galloway: Evaluator Coordinator; Site Coordinator-Cuyamaca College
Jaclyn Summers and Brian Goral: Hospitality Coordinators
Mitzi Kolar: Data Entry Room Head
Dawn Yocom, Sachiko Reiners and Philip “Jay Jay” Lim: Grading Room Heads
Kathy Shoemaker and Dragana Matic: Theory Testing Heads
Chutaphin Yeager and Yuko Maruyama: Site Logistics

In addition, we couldn’t have done it without all the volunteer runners who escorted our students safely to and from their evaluations. Also, I know there are other hard-working teachers not mentioned here but I will leave those names for Eleanor to acknowledge in person.

This year, Cuyamaca College and the Mission Bay Montessori Academy both welcomed us to their locations for our CM evaluations. The performance evaluations and theory testing, spread over 8 days, were a challenge to our team from the organizational standpoint. However, we are very appreciative of both schools’ support for our program, and we are assessing how to improve next year’s CM plans. We hope to make productive changes for the better.

I suggest that everyone take a short “time out” and congratulate yourself for a job well done before you embark on the next events: Bach, Chopin and Goodlin.

Thank you again for your cooperation, patience and understanding.

Sincerely,
Miriam Cole
President
MTAC San Diego

2019 Piano Duo Festival Acknowledgement & Results

Posted on February 24, 2019February 26, 2019 by Yuko Maruyama

Thank you for participating in the 2019 Piano Duo Festival! The event was held on Saturday, February 23 at Greene Music. Students, teachers and families enjoyed the beautiful piano duet music performed by 14 teams in 6 different age-division categories. The Duo Festival chair Dan Yu made all pre-event arrangements and organized the schedule, and on the event day, my MTAC colleague Carol Ong-Chen was an indispensable help to run the two recitals back to back. Thank you to students, parents, and all participating teachers for making it a successful event. The following studios were represented: Eunice Ahn, Eunji Bae, Lee Galloway, Yu Carole Liu, Victor Labenske, Carol Ong-Chen, Galina Talis, and Anna Vasilyeva. Special thanks to our adjudicators Steve Baker and Sanaz Rezai.

Here are the results and photos from the event. Congratulations to all participants. We hope you join us again next year.

2019 Piano Duo Festival Results
Category I: Ages 5 - 9	First Place	Grace Xu & Sarah Deng
	Second Place	Allison Doung & Katelyn Doung
	Third Place	Mia Davis & Jace Phillips
Category II: Ages 10 - 12	First Place	Wei-Shi Lai & Peiran Liang
	Second Place	Anya Davis & Kailey Philips
	Third Place	Iris Cheng & Leah Nacher
Category III: Ages 13 - 15	First Place	Ruei-Chi Lai & Davina Zhu
	Second Place	Stephen Zhu & Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang
	Third Place	Paul Suarez & John Suarez
Category IV: Ages 16 - High School	First Place	Jessica Mar & Jenny Mar
Category V: College	First Place	Aurora Grzybek & Evan Lin

2019 Concerto Acknowledgement & Results

Posted on February 5, 2019February 6, 2019 by Kay Etheridge

Congratulations to all the participants in this year’s Concerto Competition!

I want to give a special thank you to Sarah Victor, who was my assistant both days, Dana Burnett for preparing the warm-up schedules both days, Lori Vickers, Sun Yung Cho, Alexander Mirolyan, Stacey Liao and Michael Tseitlin for providing pastries and fruit for judges. I also want to thank USD’s Department of Music for generously sponsoring this event!

I would also like to express my gratitude to our panel of judges this year:

PIANO: Wan-Chin Chang, Gema Garcia, Mark Gutierrez
WINDS: Beth Ross Buckley, Pamela Vliek Martchev, James Romeo
STRINGS: Elizabeth Brown, Paivikki Nykter, Philip Tyler

Here are the results and photos. Winners performances with orchestra will be announced very soon.

DIVISION I: piano through 11 yrs.
1st place	Youchae B. – Haydn: Concerto in D Major, 1st mvt.
2nd place (alternate)	Tyler C.
3rd place	Saejoon H.
DIVISION II: piano 12-14 yrs.
1st place	Ally N. – Saint-Saens: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, 1st mvt.
2nd place (alternate)	Stephanie L.
3rd place	Justin L.
Honorable Mentions:	Margaret F. and Christine Z.
DIVISION III: 15-18 yrs.
1st place	Alexis W. – Mozart: Concerto No. 27 in Bb Major, K. 595, 3rd mvt.
2nd place (alternate)	Zachary L.
3rd place	Saeji H.
DIVISION IV: Winds
1st place	Isabelle J. – Griffes: Poem
2nd place (alternate)	Helen Z.
3rd place	Jennie C.
Honorable Mentions:	Athena T.
DIVISION V: Strings through 13 yrs.
1st place	Dasha Z. – Vivaldi: Concerto in G Minor, RV 317
2nd place (alternate)	Caden J.
3rd place (tie)	Ellie L. and Lucas L.
Honorable Mentions:	Isabel K.
DIVISION VI: Strings 14-18 yrs.
1st place	Nathan S. – Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, 1st mvt.
2nd place (alternate)	Pearl d.
3rd place	Susan L.
Honorable Mentions:	Jacey L., Lucy G., Josiah d., Andrew Y., Evan Z.

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2019 VOCE Acknowledgement & Results

Posted on January 22, 2019January 24, 2019 by Danette White

There were 41 entries in the 2019 Branch VOCE Competition held at Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church on January 5. So numerous were the entries, that the competition was split into two concurrent events: strings and ensembles in the sanctuary, with winds and voice in the chapel.

Congratulations to all participating students for such wonderful performances! You are to be truly commended for your training, preparation, and fortitude.

Thank you to all students, parents, church personnel, co-chairs, volunteers, teachers, accompanists, and judges for your invaluable contributions toward a successful VOCE!

Co-Chairs:
Hernan Constantino, Danette White, and Yuko Maruyama
Volunteers:
Ruslan Biryukov, Miriam Cole, Peter Dayeh, Brian Goral, Sunah Park Jong, Pasha Tseitlin, and Dan Yu
Studios Represented:
Ruslan Biryukov, Glen Campbell, Hernan Constantino, Peter Dayeh, Wei Feng, Sunah Park Jong, Alexander Palamidis, Pasha Tseitlin, Danette White, and Elena Yarritu
Accompanists:
Yulia Atoyan, Dana Burnett, Miriam Cole, Katherine Dvoskin, Yoonhee Huh, Bradley Pettit, Danette White, and Dan Yu
Judges:
Strings & Ensembles: Missy Lukin and Chia-Ling Chien
Winds & Voice: James Romeo and Leyla Zamora
Voice: Dan Ratelle

1st Place Branch Winners are eligible to compete at the State VOCE in Orange County on April 7, and we wish you well! 1st Place Alternates may compete at the State VOCE when Branch Winners cannot.

RESULTS
Junior Strings:
1st Place – Elijah D, cello
2nd Place – Jessie S, violin
3rd Place – Benjamin L, violin
Honorable Mention – Caitlin W, violin

Intermediate Strings:
1st Place – Pearl Anne D, viola
2nd Place – Eric Z, violin
3rd Place – Ethan Z, cello
Honorable Mention – Stacy W, violin

Senior Strings:
1st Place – Nathan S, violin
1st Place Alternate – Luzy G, violin
2nd Place – Evan Z, violin
3rd Place Tie – Darren J, cello
3rd Place Tie – Jacey Y, violin

Intermediate Winds:
1st Place – Nithin C, flute & piccolo
1st Place Alternate – Anna L, flute
2nd Place – Gary L, clarinet
3rd Place – Ramona T, flute
Honorable Mention – Richard L, flute

Senior Winds:
1st Place – Zackery E, bassoon
1st Place Alternate – Dillon H, flute

Intermediate Voice:
1st Place – Flora Y, soprano

Intermediate Ensemble:
1st Place – The String Beans
Evan Z, violin; Wei-Shan H, violin; James R, viola; Dylan R, cello

2nd Place – The LHF Trio
Kevin H, violin; Sunny F, cello; Leo L, piano

3rd Place – San Diego Youth Cello Quartet
Darren J, cello; Andrew Y, cello; Ethan Z, cello; Daniel C, cello

Honorable Mention – De la Motte String Quartet
Josiah D, violin; Naomi D, violin; Pearl D, viola; Elijah D, cello

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