Thank you for participating in the 2023 Bach Festival. Here are the results for the AMB Festival:
1st Place #4 Viktor Shen
2nd Place #2 Yeema Liu
3rd Place #5 Cooper Kistler
Honorable Mention – #5 Sophia Wang
Teachers must log into the scjbf.org website to view the CWA results.
Registration for the 2023 Piano Duo Festival is now open! Teachers must register their students online. Please visit the Piano Duo Festival page for more details and to access the registration form. Login is required to access the registration form.
Congratulations to all competitors and teachers in this year’s MTACSD Concerto Competition. All students performed beautifully and expressively and hopefully feel rewarded for their hard work. I want to give special thanks to the following who made this event possible:
Robert Catalano and Greene Music, Sun Yung Cho, Hernan Constantino, Karen Follingstad, Susanna Han, Inessa Litvin, Gaiana Mndoian, Cho-Hyun Park, Viktor Shekhtman, Pasha Tseitlin, and Lori Bastien Vickers! I also want to thank Jay Jay Lim for allowing us to use the Greene Music Education Center for teachers to pick up the judges comment sheets later this week!
We are excited that this year all 6 division first-place winners will be performing with the Mira Costa College Symphony Orchestra, Oceanside, under the direction of Mr. Branden Muresan.
Dates and performances are:
Friday-Saturday, March 17-18, 2023, 7:30 pm
Soloists
Amy Zhang (Mozart Concerto No.23 in A Major, K.488, Mvt III)
Richard Lee (Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Mvt I)
Andrew Zhang (Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Mvt I)
Friday-Saturday, May 19-20, 2023, 7:30 pm
Soloists
Daniel Torrero (Weber Concerto in F Major, Op.75, Mvt I)
Beichen Li (Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor, Mvt I)
Ethan Zhou (Paganini Violin Concerto, No.1 Op.6, Mvt I)
Tickets and other information available at https://miracostatheatre.universitytickets.com/w/default.aspx?cid=168
Dr. Kay Etheridge, Chair
MTACSD Concerto Competition
2023 MTACSD CONCERTO COMPETITION RESULTS
DIVISION I (Piano through 11 yrs)
First Place – Amy Zhang
Second Place – Aiden Park
Third Place – Blake Hawkinson
Honorable Mentions – Clara Stone, Alex Hawkinson
DIVISION II (Piano 12-14 yrs)
First Place – Richard Lee
Second Place – Aaron Ye
Third Place – Daniel Park
Honorable Mention – Kanon Endo
DIVISION III (Piano 15-18 yrs)
First Place – Andrew Zhang
Second Place – Huizi Zhong
Third Place – Robin Moon
Honorable Mention – Eric Li
DIVISION IV (Winds)
First Place – Daniel Torrero (bassoon)
Second Place – Lauren Suh (flute)
Third Place – Daniel Tran (bassoon)
DIVISION V (Strings through 13 yrs)
First Place – Beichen Li (violin)
Second Place – Helen Wang (cello)
Third Place – Jasmine Chan (violin)
Honorable Mention – Benjamin Luo (violin)
DIVISION VI (Strings 14-18 yrs)
First Place – Ethan Zhou (violin)
Second Place – Hannah Lee (violin)
Third Place (tie) – Brianna Baek (violin), Caden Jiang (violin)
Honorable Mention – Alvin Wang (viola)
Congratulations to all participants who performed in the Popular Music Festival this weekend! Thank you to all participating teachers, who prepared their students for this first in-person Popular Music event since the start of the pandemic. The three recitals were held at the beautiful Cuyamaca College Theatre and provided a marvelous auditory display of the talents of the participants. We enjoyed listening to jazz, pop, boogie, rag, movie and video game music as well as works by favorite contemporary composers. The selections included improvised music and original arrangements by teachers and students. We even had a performance on electric guitar, a singer accompanying herself on piano, and a pianist performing to a Latin percussion track.
Dr. Taylor Smith of Cuyamaca College and Yuko Maruyama served as judges. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped out throughout the day: Irina Bessonova, Kathy Kim, Yuko Maruyama, Leslie Olson, Carol Ong-Chen, and Chutaphin Yeager
Participating studios: Eunji Bae, Irina Bessonova, Jim Guerin, Yoonhee Huh, Kathy Kim, Philip Lim, Yu Carole Liu, Yuko Maruyama, Leslie Olson, Carol Ong-Chen, Anna Stal, and Chutaphin Yeager
We hope to see you again next year!
Registration for the 2023 Concerto Competition is now open! Teachers must register their students online. Please visit the Concerto Competition page for more details and to access the registration form. Login is required to access the registration form.
Registration for the 2023 Popular Music Festival is now open! Teachers must register their students online. Please visit the Popular Music Festival page for more details and to access the registration form. Login is required to access the registration form.
November 12, 2022, was a gorgeous and exciting day at Point Loma Nazarene University where the Sonata Contest in Memory of Jane Smisor Bastien, was held. It was a joy to hear and see so many of our students! We had 295 entrants this year.
I want to thank our incredible team of volunteers! First and foremost, thank you to MTAC member, Dr. Victor Labenske for co-sponsoring our event and helping us to secure Point Loma Nazarene University as our facility. Thank you to Brian Goral and Chutaphin Yeager for organizing our lovely breakfast and lunch. Thank you to Dr. Mitzi Kolar, our wise adviser on all MTAC procedures. Thank you to our branch president Yuko Maruyama for helping us communicate with our teachers and student families. To our other MTAC member volunteers: Sarah Victor, Karlin Labenske, Miriam Cole, Eleanor Hum, Xiao-Yan Sui, Magdi Bornemisza, Hua Wang, Isabelle Roux, Dan Yu, Carole Liu Yu, and Ting Ting Zhang, thank you so much for your time.
Other volunteers: Riley Vickers, Lindsey Heinrich, Brittney Heinrich, Patty Rudolph, Hector Hum, Helena Trinh, Annalise Chang, Tiffany Hsiao, Jeffrey Yang, Francisco Mamon, Anne Pitaya, Chelsea Clements, and to the several Point Loma Nazarene music students who volunteered: we thank you so much for your time.
To my husband, Eric, thank you for your time, patience, and technical expertise to help organize the event.
We are very grateful to our highly esteemed judges for the day: Dr. Sanaz Rezai (Los Angeles), Joanne Stohs (Northern San Diego), Mark Mendez (Montebello), Teri Watson (Fullerton), Dr. Rob Watson (Fullerton), La Vaun Beyer (Orange County), Ardes Abad (Bellflower), Crystal Rivette (Azusa) and Madeline Miller (Valencia). We thank them for their time, dedication, and musical expertise.
We hope to see everyone again next year!
Sincerely,
Lori Bastien Vickers, Chairperson
2022 SONATA CONTEST RESULTS
| Group 1A-Bastien, A First Sonatina, I | Group 1B-Bastien, Silver Sonatina, I |
| 1st Place – Selena Liu | 1st Place – Nayi Liu |
| 2nd Place – Tie: Dylan Zhang, Allison Cai | 2nd Place – George Chang |
| 3rd Place – Indy Jun-Yong-Ni | 3rd Place – Claire Yang |
| Group 2A-Bastien, Sapphire Blue, I | Group 2B-Gillock, Sonatina in G, I |
| 1st Place – Victor Shen | 1st Place – Lucas Zhang |
| 2nd Place – Elise Fu | 2nd Place – Ruitong Xia |
| 3rd Place – Evangeline Felker | 3rd Place – Tie: Jovanny Fernandez, Sophia Wang |
| Group 3A-Bastien, Sunset Sonatina, III | Group 3B-Gillock, Sonatina, II |
| 1st Place – William Fu | 1st Place – Clarie Chen |
| 2nd Place – Daren Ren | 2nd Place – Zihan Ni |
| 3rd Place – Zi Xiang Lin | 3rd Place – Tara Liu |
| Group 4A-Mier, Starry Night Sonatina, III | Group 4B-Alexander, Sonatina in F, III |
| 1st Place – Tie: Amanda Tseng, Kadmus Ma | 1st Place – Nathan Chou |
| 2nd Place – Angela Cai | 2nd Place – Christopher Whitacre |
| 3rd Place – Maggie Pacleb | 3rd Place – Jovan Lim |
| Group 5A-Benda, Sonatina in A minor | Group 5B-Clementi, Sonatina in F, Op. 36, No. 4, I |
| 1st Place – Celine Karyodisa | 1st Place – Elena Chen |
| 2nd Place – Coye Miao | 2nd Place – Chi-ching Chan |
| 3rd Place – Henry Sun | 3rd Place – Tie: Aiden Park, Yvonne Gao |
| Group 6A-Lynes, Sonatina No. 2 in G, III | Group 6B-Olson, Sonatina in Colors, Red, IV |
| 1st Place – Ruiya Xia | 1st Place – Claire Lim |
| 2nd Place – Terrence Zhou | 2nd Place – Mako Diana Nakao |
| 3rd Place – Seojin Lee | 3rd Place – Amy Fang |
| Group 7-Agay, Sonatina No. 3, I | Group 8-Khachaturian, Sonatina (1959) for Piano, I |
| 1st Place – Amy Zhang | 1st Place – Kanon Endo |
| 2nd Place – Andrew Jonathan Lee | 2nd Place – Darren Hack |
| 3rd Place – Alethia Li | 3rd Place – Fiona Zhang |
| Group 9-Mozart, Sonata in Bb Major, K. 570, III | Group 10-Beethoven, Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1, I |
| 1st Place – James Rong | 1st Place – Amber Zhang |
| 2nd Place – Tie: Sara Sariowan, Tyler Chang | 2nd Place – Bryce Liu |
| 3rd Place – Izel Garcia-Hale | 3rd Place – Sarah Deng |
| Group 11-Beethoven, Sonata in G, Op. 14, No. 2, III | |
| 1st Place – Tie: Edison Choy, Daniel Park, Edward Kim | |
| 2nd Place – Margaret Fan | |
| 3rd Place – Adam Gates |
The Sonata preliminary audition times have been emailed to all participating teachers. Please contact your teacher to find out your audition time if you are a participating student.
The Sonata Finalist Lists will be posted on the MTACSD Facebook page.
Chopin Festival was LIVE this year on June 18, 2022. It was a beautiful Saturday to host our most talented young musicians in our community at the gorgeous First Presbyterian Church of San Diego sanctuary. The continuous high quality of music making from our wonderful 37 performers really inspired us all.
Thank you to the participating teachers who continue to educate and motivate your students:
Eunji Bae, Irina Bendetsky, Magdolna Bornemisza, Jessie Chang, Sun Yung Cho, Chaling Huynh, Anthony Do-Hoon Kim, Shuang Li, Inessa Litvin, Yu Carole Liu, Rinna Livshin, Vera Lukomsky, Viktor Shekhtman, Elaine Tokman, Gill Tsai, Mei Yin, Dan Yu, Jia Sheng Zhou
We were so very honored to have three prestigious judges: Ethan Yi Dong, Wojciech Kocyan, and Kevin Kwan Loucks. They have selected the top three winners in three divisions. Winners were presented the crystal trophies at the courtyard reception immediately after the judges’ deliberation. The judges valuable comments have been emailed to all participating teachers.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Chopin Festival:
Division I
James Rong, 1st Place
Amy Zhang, 2nd Place
Rien Chen, 3rd Place
Division II
Richard Lee, 1st Place
Frederick Chien, 2nd Place
Sarah Deng, 3rd Place
Division III
Sabrina Li, 1st Place
Nathan Dai, 2nd Place
Eric Li, 3rd Place
I look forward to seeing you all next year!
Jessie Chang
MTACSD Chopin Festival Chair
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 |
