2022 Regional VOCE Results for San Diego Branch

Posted on December 15, 2022June 13, 2023 by Danette White

The 2022 MTAC Southern CA Regional VOCE competition was held online via video submission on January 10th. ALL students who competed at regionals are to be commended for such hard work and dedication!

Thank you to the nine (9) San Diego Branch teachers who entered students in VOCE 2022: Ruslan Biryukov, Dawn Renee Calvo, Chia-Ling Chien, Hernan Constantino, Alexander Palamidis, Rachel Eunhee Park, Pasha Tseitlin, Danette White, and Elena Yarritu.

Congratulations to these fourteen (14) San Diego Branch students who were selected as “finalists” at the 2022 Southern CA Regional VOCE!

Junior Solo Strings
Elisha Kim, violin
Jasmine Chan, violin

Intermediate Solo Strings
Cynthia Huang, cello
Tyler Xiao, cello

Senior Solo Strings
Samraj Khurana, violin

Intermediate Solo Winds
Serena Liu, flute

Senior Solo Winds
Xili He, flute
Daniel Tran, bassoon

Senior Solo Voice
Flora Yuan, soprano

Intermediate Ensemble
“BC Duo” – Caleb Liu, bassoon & Bryce Liu, piano
“Stairway Trio” – Ethan Zhou, violin; Helen Wang, cello; Kanon Endo, piano

Regional VOCE “finalists” are eligible to move on to the State VOCE competition.

NEW VOCE FORMAT
The MTAC VOCE Competition format changed beginning January 2022, with the first round, formerly a branch competition, now a regional competition, Northern and Southern California. Two (2) changes in the judging format were:

1) At Regional VOCE, numerous “finalists” in each division were selected to move on to State VOCE. All regional contestants became either a finalist or non-finalist. No awards for 1st Place Winner, 1st Alternate, 2nd, 3rd, or Honorable Mention were chosen.

(In 2022 only: all regional “finalists” were labeled “1st Place” in their VOCE portals even though no regional winners were chosen).

2) At Regional VOCE, all contestants were heard by only one (1) judge, with a separate judge assigned to each instrument—not division—but instrument: a different judge for violins than cellos, flutes than reeds, wind ensembles than string ensembles, etc. Each judge selected finalists for their specific instrument, voice, or ensembles.

The State VOCE judging format remained unchanged, with the traditional panel of two (2) judges per division selecting 1st Place Winner, 1st Alternate, 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Mentions.

Re-using the regional video was prohibited, and a newly recorded video was required for the state competition.

The non-competitive option remained available.

There are 10 VOCE divisions. VOCE stands for Voice, Orchestral Instruments, and Chamber Ensembles.

2023 Concerto Registration now open!

Posted on December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 by Yuko Maruyama

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.

2023 Popular Registration now open!

Posted on December 3, 2022December 3, 2022 by Yuko Maruyama

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.

2022 Sonata Results & Acknowledgement

Posted on November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 by Lori Bastien Vickers

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
1^st Place – Selena Liu	1^st Place – Nayi Liu
2^nd Place – Tie: Dylan Zhang, Allison Cai	2^nd Place – George Chang
3^rd Place – Indy Jun-Yong-Ni	3^rd Place – Claire Yang
Group 2A-Bastien, Sapphire Blue, I	Group 2B-Gillock, Sonatina in G, I
1^st Place – Victor Shen	1^st Place – Lucas Zhang
2^nd Place – Elise Fu	2^nd Place – Ruitong Xia
3^rd Place – Evangeline Felker	3^rd Place – Tie: Jovanny Fernandez, Sophia Wang
Group 3A-Bastien, Sunset Sonatina, III	Group 3B-Gillock, Sonatina, II
1^st Place – William Fu	1^st Place – Clarie Chen
2^nd Place – Daren Ren	2^nd Place – Zihan Ni
3^rd Place – Zi Xiang Lin	3^rd Place – Tara Liu
Group 4A-Mier, Starry Night Sonatina, III	Group 4B-Alexander, Sonatina in F, III
1^st Place – Tie: Amanda Tseng, Kadmus Ma	1^st Place – Nathan Chou
2^nd Place – Angela Cai	2^nd Place – Christopher Whitacre
3^rd Place – Maggie Pacleb	3^rd Place – Jovan Lim
Group 5A-Benda, Sonatina in A minor	Group 5B-Clementi, Sonatina in F, Op. 36, No. 4, I
1^st Place – Celine Karyodisa	1^st Place – Elena Chen
2^nd Place – Coye Miao	2^nd Place – Chi-ching Chan
3^rd Place – Henry Sun	3^rd Place – Tie: Aiden Park, Yvonne Gao
Group 6A-Lynes, Sonatina No. 2 in G, III	Group 6B-Olson, Sonatina in Colors, Red, IV
1^st Place – Ruiya Xia	1^st Place – Claire Lim
2^nd Place – Terrence Zhou	2^nd Place – Mako Diana Nakao
3^rd Place – Seojin Lee	3^rd Place – Amy Fang
Group 7-Agay, Sonatina No. 3, I	Group 8-Khachaturian, Sonatina (1959) for Piano, I
1^st Place – Amy Zhang	1^st Place – Kanon Endo
2^nd Place – Andrew Jonathan Lee	2^nd Place – Darren Hack
3^rd Place – Alethia Li	3^rd 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
1^st Place – James Rong	1^st Place – Amber Zhang
2^nd Place – Tie: Sara Sariowan, Tyler Chang	2^nd Place – Bryce Liu
3^rd Place – Izel Garcia-Hale	3^rd Place – Sarah Deng
Group 11-Beethoven, Sonata in G, Op. 14, No. 2, III
1^st Place – Tie: Edison Choy, Daniel Park, Edward Kim
2^nd Place – Margaret Fan
3^rd Place – Adam Gates

2022 Sonata Contest Information – November 12, 2022

Posted on October 30, 2022November 11, 2022 by Lori Bastien Vickers

The 2022 Sonata Contest Information for Students, Teachers and Parents:

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.

The Sonata Contest General Information

Parking Information

Finalist List Post Times

Finals Schedule

COVID SAFETY PROTOCOL:
People may choose to mask at any time. People with symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask. Social distancing is recommended indoors.

2022 Chopin Festival Results & Acknowledgement

Posted on June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 by Jessie Chang

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

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2022 Goodlin Results & Acknowledgement

Posted on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 by Yuko Maruyama

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

2022 Duo Festival Results & Acknowledgement

Posted on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 by Dan Yu

This year’s Piano Duo Festival was presented in two successful recitals on Saturday, April 16th, 2022, in-person at Greene Music Recital Hall. We had 16 teams compete in 4 categories in the event. Thanks to the studios of Eunice Ahn, Eunji Bae, Carol Ong-Chen, Isabelle Roux and Luba Ugorski for their hard work preparing these teams. Thanks to our two wonderful judges, Steve Baker and Joanne Stohs. Also, thanks to Yuko Maruyama, Carol Ong-Chen, and Professor Victor Labenske’s two student volunteers for their help to make this festival happen.

Category I: Ages 5 – 9

1st place: Mason Kwon & Ryan Kim
2nd place: Elise Fu & William Fu
3rd place: Lilian Wang & Andrew Ong

Honorable Mentions: Jimin Lai & Lilian Wang, Evangeline Felker & Aarya lyer, and Julie Jeong & O-New Kim

Category II: Ages 10 – 12

1st place: Charity Chen & Yiyi He
2nd place: Alex Hawkinson & Blake Hawkinson
3rd place: Allison Duong & Katelyn Duong

Honorable Mentions: Astrea Archibald & Euan Lee, and Yen-Cheng Wu & Vincent Wu

Category III: Ages 13 – 15

1st place: Ella Xing & Sophie Hart
2nd place: Yiyi He & Ling Zhong

Category IV: Ages 16 – high school

1st place: Davina Zhu, Ruei-Chi Lai, Peiran Liang & Wei-Shi Lai

2022 Bach Festival Results Now Available

Posted on March 5, 2022March 17, 2022 by Brian Goral

Results of winners have now been entered into the scjbf.org website. Teachers may now login to the scjbf.org site to view the results.

Thank you for a successful and delightful program today! Congratulations to all of our talented and dedicated students and teachers!

Bach Festival Winners

Chloe Li	Emily Chen	Celine Lau
Thomas Tong	Steven Chen	Andy Liu
Alyssa Ju	Ella Xing	Sara Sariowan
Richard Lee	Keanu Zeller	Adora Xiao
Juhyeok Lee	Amy Zhang	Jonathan Xue
Eric Li	Seungbeom Baek	Dorien Zhang
Haowen Sun	Emma Cao	Aili Zhang
Benny Chen	Anna Cao	Aidan Zhao
Daniel S Park	Frederick Chien	Risha Guha

Bach Festival Honorable Mentions

Jeffrey Ding
Clara Yang
Grace Xu
Iris Cheng
Addison K Lee

AMB Winners

1st place – Daren Ren

2nd place – Angela Cai

3rd place – Nathan Chou

Honorable Mention

Ruitong Xia

2022 Concerto Results & Acknowledgement

Posted on February 9, 2022February 12, 2022 by Kay Etheridge

MTACSD CONCERTO COMPETITION with live auditions a success!

Congratulations to all participants and their teachers who entered the 2022 MTACSD Concerto Competition! I am indebted to Jay Jay Lim, Lee Galloway and Greene Music for all of their support and assistance in making these auditions “live”; Dana Burnett, Chetan Tierra, and Jane Masur who generously helped me with audition monitoring duties, and some fabulous parents who assisted me as well! Thank you, of course, to our adjudicators for their time and expertise. Their bios are at the end of this article.

Dr. Kay Etheridge
Chair, MTACSD Concerto Competition

2022 CONCERTO RESULTS

DIVISION I PIANO (up through 11 years old)
**1st place Alicia Jiang

DIVISION II PIANO (12-14 years old)
**1st place – Bradley Carpiuc
2nd place – Aaron Ye (alternate)
3rd place (tied) – Edward Kim and Robin Moon
HMs – Julian Cheng, Tyler Chang

DIVISION III PIANO (15-18 years old)
**1st place – Zixuan Chen
2nd place – Julian Woodman (alternate)
3rd place – Luke Qiao
HMs – Margaret Fan, Eric Ryu

DIVISION IV WINDS (through 18 years old)
**1st place – EMMA WARD, piccolo
2^nd place – NATHAN HAGHGOO, flute
3rd place (tied) – DANIEL TRAN, bassoon and SERENA LIU, flute
HM – XILI HE, flute

DIVISION V STRINGS (through 12 years old)
**1st place – ANTHONY KIM, violin
2nd place – CAITLIN WANG, violin
3rd place (tied) – BEICHEN LI, violin and ELISHA KIM, violin
HM – CYNTHIA HUANG, cello

DIVISION VI STRINGS (14-18 years old)
**1st place – ELLIE LEE, violin
2nd place – CADEN JIANG, violin
3rd place – BRIANNA BAEK, violin
HM – DASHA ZERBONI, violin, ALVIN WANG, viola and CLAIRE KANG, violin

**UPCOMING PERFORMANCES WITH ORCHESTRA**

BRADLEY CARPIUC – Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Mvt I
ZIXUAN CHEN – Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Mvt III
EMMA WARD – Liebermann Concerto for piccolo, Andante
ELLIE LEE – Sibelius Concerto for violin, Mvt I
will be performing with
Mira Costa College Symphony Orchestra (Brandon Muresan, director)
Mira Costa College-Oceanside Concert Hall
Saturday, May 21 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 22 at 2:00 pm

ALICIA JIANG – Mozart Piano Concerto in D Major, K.537, Mvt III
ANTHONY KIM – Mozart Violin Concerto in G Major, No. 3, Mvt I
will be performing with
Greater San Diego Chamber Orchestra (Angela Yeung, director)
St Bart’s Episcopal Church, Poway
Friday, June 10 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 12 at 4:00 pm

2022 CONCERTO COMPETITION ADJUDICATORS

COVID SAFETY PROTOCOL: People may choose to mask at any time. People with symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask. Social distancing is recommended indoors.

COVID SAFETY PROTOCOL:
People may choose to mask at any time. People with symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask. Social distancing is recommended indoors.