2024 Winners

Thank you to all applicants to this year’s Pacific Musical Society & Foundation Annual Competition. We are pleased to announce the winners below!

Our adjudication panel featured prominent musicians bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to this year’s judging:

Check out the incredible performances by our instrumental, piano, and vocal winners in the 2024 Winners Showcase!

Instrumental-1 (ages 8-10)

1st Place: Jessie Shang

2nd Place: Unyew Kim

3rd Place: not awarded

Instrumental-2 (ages 11-13)

1st Place: Sonya Moomaw

2nd Place: Lisa Saito

3rd Place: Colin Breshears

Honorable Mention: Sydney Li-Jenkins

Instrumental-3 (ages 14-17)

1st Place: Valery Breshears

2nd Place: Melissa Lam

3rd Place: Rubi Lee

Honorable Mention: Benjamin Jiang

Piano-1 (ages 8-10)

1st Place: Frederick Chen

2nd Place: Raymond Jiang

3rd Place: Melissa Zhao

Honorable Mention: Avery Armstrong

The Shirley M. Beckett Piano Division

(Piano-2, ages 11-13)

1st Place: not awarded

2nd Place: Andrew Yin

3rd Place: Jessi Lin

Honorable Mention: William Chen

Piano-3 (ages 14-17)

1st Place: Claire Chang

2nd Place: Natalie Burr

3rd Place: Brian Lin

Honorable Mention: Xinran Shi

Vocal-1 (ages 16-18)

1st Place: Mikaela George

2nd Place: Akshi Malhotra

3rd Place: Eve Nudd

1st place: Nathaniel Lee

2nd place: Karen Matsui

3rd place: Kiran Thole