Thank you for participating in the 2025 H. B. Goodlin Scholarship Competition! We had 97 students from all over San Diego County competing in five divisions, who represented 50 teaching studios. The auditions were adjudicated by 9 Preliminary Round judges and 6 Finals judges. After the Preliminary Round Audition in a video submission format, 30 Finalists participated in the in-person Finals Audition on Saturday, May 17.
The Goodlin Finals auditions were held at the Cuyamaca College Theatre throughout the day. Afterwards, the students and teachers were treated to the piano master class given by Dr. Tina Chong, where two selected finalists received instruction on one of their Goodlin competition pieces.
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 participating studios for their work in educating our music students in San Diego County: Ruslan Biryukov, Dana Burnett, Jessie Chang, Chi-yuan Chen, Lynn (Wan-Ping) Chen, Chia-Ling Chien, Sun Yung Cho, Hernan Constantino, Zishan Ding, Ethan Yi Dong, Karen Follingstad, Gema Ofelia Garcia Grijalva, Amy Gelb, Frank Glasson, Berta Godkin, Vladimir Goltsman, Eleanor Hum, Chris Kim, J. Mitzi Kolar, Sarah Koo Freeman, Kristin Lagrutta Boulanger, Jiwon Lee, Meixuan Li, Shuang Li, April Lin, Inessa Litvin, Yu Carole Liu, Rinna Livshin, Pam Martchev, Alexander Mirolyan, Brendan Nguyen, Thuy Nguyen, Cho-Hyun Park, Linda Piatt, Wesley Precourt, Anna Savvas, Viktor Shekhtman, Anna Stal, Gill Tsai, Irina Tseitlin, Michael Tseitlin, Pasha Tseitlin, Luba Ugorski, Danette White, Vivian Wu, Yun-Yin Wu, Elena Yarritu, Dan Yu, Tingting Zhang, and Jia Sheng Zhou.
I would also 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 2025 Goodlin Competition Finals Volunteers! This event is not possible without their help: Sun Yung Cho, Brian Goral, Kiera Jensen, Dr. J. Mitzi Kolar, Ed Litvin, Marj Osgood, Michele Resnick, Larry Rogers, Lea Schmidt-Rogers, Xiao-yan Sui, Jaclyn Summers, Naomi Teran, Elena Yarritu, Chutaphin Yeager, Dan Yu, and Tingting Zhang.
We were privileged to have these distinguished judges for this year’s competition: Dr. Wan-Chin Chang, Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng, Dr. Tina Chong, Angela Choong, Rodney Girvin, Alex Greenbaum, Dr. Eloise Kim, Pam Monroe, Teri Perrin, Dr. Derek Polischuk, Dr. Dmitry Rachmanov, Dr. Shun-Lin Chou, Dr. Taylor Smith, Mark Teplitsky, and Dr. Philip Tyler. Their bios here.
Comment sheets will be emailed to teachers this week. Have a wonderful summer and hope to see you again next year!
2025 Goodlin Competition Results
| Division | Ranking | ID | Name | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division I Keyboard | 1st Place | 8 | Raymond Fu | $500 | Masterclass Participant |
| 2nd Place | 11 | Iris Huiyan Li | $200 | ||
| 3rd Place | 9 | Olivia Chen | $100 | ||
| HM | 13 | George Chang | $50 | ||
| HM | 14 | Alina Xia | $50 | ||
| HM | 10 | Cecilia Chang | $50 | ||
| HM | 12 | Alexis Xia | $50 | ||
| Division II Keyboard | 1st Place | 24 | Henry Sun | $1,000 | |
| 2nd Place | 22 | Steven Chen | $500 | ||
| 3rd Place | 23 | James Rong | $200 | ||
| HM | 20 | Amy Zhang | $75 | ||
| HM | 15 | Isabella Yang | $75 | ||
| HM | 21 | Ruiya Xia | $75 | ||
| HM | 17 | Angela Fei | $75 | Masterclass Participant | |
| HM | 18 | Keanu Zeller | $75 | ||
| HM | 19 | Kadmus Ma | $75 | ||
| HM | 16 | Lucas Chen | $75 | ||
| Division III Keyboard | 1st Place | 28 | Hsueh-Heng Lu | $3,000 | Chet & June Schmidt Award |
| 2nd Place | 29 | Sara Sariowan | $1,000 | ||
| 3rd Place | 25 | Sameer Prakash | $500 | ||
| HM | 30 | Yoyo Wu | $100 | ||
| HM | 26 | Saya Schmitigal | $100 | ||
| HM | 27 | Saejoon Hong | $100 | ||
| Junior Instrumental | 1st Place | 2 | Emel Cubukcu | $1,000 | |
| 2nd Place | 1 | Victoria Kim | $500 | ||
| 3rd Place | 3 | Clarie Chen | $200 | ||
| Senior Instrumental | 1st Place | 4 | Ethan Worthen | $3,000 | Chet & June Schmidt Award |
| 2nd Place | 5 | Sophia Slott | $1,000 | ||
| 3rd Place | 7 | Caitlin Wang | $500 | ||
| HM | 6 | Maggie Liang | $100 |
