Category Archives: Branch Programs
2021 Chopin Festival Results & Acknowledgement
Chopin Festival 2021 was virtual this year. It was very encouraging to see that the talented young musicians in our community are still producing high quality of music making despite the ongoing pandemic.
Thank you to the participating teachers who continue to educate and inspire your students!
Irina Bessonova, Magdi Bornemisza, Sun Yung Cho, Chaling Huynh, Dmitry Kirichenko, Cho-Hyun Lee, Shuang Li, Inessa Litvin, Yu Carole Liu, Vera Lukomsky, Alexander Mirolyan, Cho-Hyun Park, Anna Savvas, Viktor Shekhtman, Lynn Sundfor-McPherson, Chetan Tierra, Melissa Tierra, Luba Ugorski, Anna Vasilyeva, Dan Yu, Ting Ting Zhang, and Jia Sheng Zhou
We had three distinguished judges: Kocyan Wojciech, Andrew Park, and Jenny Shin. They have selected the top three winners in three divisions and gave their valuable comments. Congratulations to all of the students, teachers, and families. Each contestant will receive a Chopin logo mask along with the judges comments mailed to his/her teacher’s studio.
Out of 41 contestants, here are the Crystal Trophy recipients:
Division I
Richard Lee, 1st Place ($200)
Rien Chen, 2nd Place
Amber Zhang, 3rd Place
Division II
Andrew Zhang, 1st Place ($250)
Bradley Carpiuc, 2nd Place
Cynthia Zhang, 3rd Place
Division III
Zixuan Chen, 1st Place ($300)
Aidan Wahlmann, 2nd Place
Eric Wang, 3rd Place
I am hopeful to see you next year in person. Until then, please stay well and motivated!
2021 Goodlin Virtual Festival Results & Acknowledgement
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.
| Winners | Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division I Keyboard | Emily Chen | Division III Keyboard | Zixuan Chen | |
| ($100 Each) | Rien Chen | ($500 Each) | Malvyn Lai | |
| Chloe Li | Emma Li | |||
| James Rong | Luke Qiao | |||
| Amy Zhang | Aidan Wahlmann | |||
| Eric Wang | ||||
| Yilin Zhu | ||||
| Division II Keyboard | Bradley Carpiuc | Junior Instrumental | Karina Foster | |
| ($250 Each) | Victoria Chen | ($250 Each) | Anthony Kim | |
| Frederick Chien | Serena Liu | |||
| Sarah Deng | Sophia Slott | |||
| Justin H. Lee | Caitlin Wang | |||
| Ethan Song | ||||
| Zhenghua Xia | Senior Instrumental | Saeji Hong | ||
| Adora Xiao | ($500 Each) | Janice Hu | ||
| Aili Zhang | Isabella McCormick | |||
| Erica Wang | ||||
| Stacy Widyono |
| Honorable Mentions ($25 Each) | |
|---|---|
| Division I Keyboard | Jason Liang |
| Olivia Liang | |
| Jiaqi (Amber) Zhang | |
| Division II Keyboard | Healin Lee |
| Richard Lee | |
| Sara Sariowan | |
| Division III Keyboard | Claire Lewis |
| Eric Li | |
| Andrew Zhang | |
| Junior Instrumental | Helen Wang |
| Kayley Xu | |
| Ethan Zhou | |
| Senior Instrumental | Kevin Hu |
| Ivan Li | |
| Maria Wang |
2021 Goodlin Virtual Festival Winners’ Repertoire
2021 Piano Duo Festival Acknowledgement
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 MTAC San Diego Branch Concerto Competition Results
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
2020 Popular Music Festival Acknowledgement
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
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
Sonata Results 11.14.20
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 14 Virtual Sonata Contest 2020 Winners
Group 4A: Mier
1. Alicia Liu
2. Celine Karyodisa
3. Aria Chan / Samantha Yang
Group 4B: Kabalevsky
1. Benny Chen
2. Sepehr Golsefidy
3. Kayla Hanoch
Group 5A: Benda
1. James Rong
2. Vivian Chen
3. Nikita Mouravyov
Group 5B: Diabelli
1. Terrence Zhou / Healin Lee
2. Sanja Jing
3. Amy Zhang
Group 6A: Gillock
1. Chloe Li
2. David Liu
3. Nima Movaghar
Group 6B: Clementi
1. Angela Liu
2. Emily Chen
3. Anna Cao
