Past Winners

2017 Competition Winners

 Instr‐1: Ages 8‐10

1st Place: Amaryn Olmeda

2nd Place: Ariel Pawlik‐Zwiebel

3rd Place: Ryan Wang

Instr‐2: Ages 11‐13

Tie for 1st Place: Andrew Gao

Tie for 1st Place: Abigail Leong

2nd Place: Eunseo Oh

Instr‐3: Ages 14‐17

1st Place: Sophie Zhang

2nd Place: Sean Mori

3rd Place: Kevin Sung

Helen Elliott Award: Yoonsoo Cha

Helen Elliott Award: Roger Xia

Instr‐4: Ages 18‐21

2nd Place: Sean Keegan

Piano‐1: Ages 8‐10

1st Place: Angelina Wong

2nd Place: Munan Cheng

3rd Place: Jarrett Xu

Piano‐2: Ages 11‐13

1st Place: Parker Van Ostrand

Tie for 2nd Place: Leo Jergovich

Tie for 2nd Place: Josephine Chou

Piano‐3: Ages 14‐17

1st Place: Cameron Akioka

2nd Place: Claire Cheng

3rd Place: Ophir Horowitz

Piano‐4: Ages 18‐21

1st Place: No winner

2nd Place: Heather Chang

3rd Place: No winner

Vocal‐1: Ages 16‐18

1st Place: No winner

2nd Place: No winner

3rd Place: No winner

Vocal‐2: Ages 16‐18

1st Place: Sam Siegel

2nd Place: No winner

3rd Place: No winner

Vocal‐3: Ages 19‐25

1st Place: Jarrett Porter

2nd Place: Chynna Roose

3rd Place: Cara Gabrielson

Composition

No prize awarded in 2017.

2016 Competition Winners

Instr 1: Ages 8-10

1st Place: Shannon Ma

2nd Place: Fiona Tsang

3rd Place: Ariel Pawlik Zwiebel

Instr 2: Ages 11-13

1st Place: Matthew Sakiyama

2nd Place: Roger Xia

3rd Place: Eric Wang

Helen Elliott Award: Conor Padmanabhan

Instr 3: Ages 14-17

1st Place: Woojin Nam

2nd Place: Mai Matsumato

3rd Place: Nicholas Padmanabhan

Helen Elliott Award: Emily Gao

Instr 4: Ages 18-21

1st Place: Not awarded in 2016

2nd Place: Not awarded in 2016

3rd Place: Ashwin Krishna

Helen Elliott Award: Nicholas Denton Protsak 

Piano 1: Ages 8-10

1st Place: Hailey Kim

2nd Place: Rebecca Tseng

3rd Place: Not awarded in 2016

Piano 2: Ages 11-13

1st Place: Catherine Huang

2nd Place: Leslie Jin

3rd Place: Ethan Yuen

Piano 3: Ages 14-17

1st Place: Leyla Kabuli

2nd Place: Cameron Akioka

3rd Place: Jolie Huang

Piano 4: Ages 18-21

1st Place: Shota Homma

2nd Place: Hugo Kitano

3rd Place: Not awarded in 2016

Vocal 1: Ages 16-18

1st Place: Priscilla Alva

2nd Place: Not awarded in 2016

3rd Place: Rubina Mazurka Hovhannisyan

Vocal 2: Ages 16-18

1st Place: Not awarded in 2016

2nd Place: Not awarded in 2016

3rd Place: Not awarded in 2016

Vocal 3: Ages 19 25

1st Place: Yelena Dyachek

2nd Place: Sabrina Romero

3rd Place: Not awarded in 2016 

Composition

3rd Place: Nicholas Denton Protsak

2015 Competition Winners

Instr 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Andrew Gao

Second Place: Angeline Kiang

Third Place: Laura Wang

Instr 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Grace Huh

Second Place: Danielle Nam

Third Place: Roger Xia

Instr 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Andrew Lee

Second Place: James Ahn

Third Place: Daniel Huang

Instr 4: Ages 18-21

First Place: Albert Yamamoto

Second Place: Michael Chung

Third Place: Melody Huang   

Piano 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Cara Burgess

Second Place: Natasha Chang

Third Place: Ryan Sheng

Piano 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Sarah Tuan

Second Place: Karina Tseng

Third Place: Josephine Chan

Piano 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Misha Galant

Second Place: Heather Hsun Chang

Third Place: Leyla Kabuli

Piano 4: Ages 18-21

Second Place: Fantee Jones

Third Place: Theodora Martin

Vocal 1: Ages 16-18

First Place: Alisa Jones

Second Place: Priscillia Alva

Third Place: Clover Austin

Vocal 2: Ages 16-18

First Place: Kyle Miller

Second Place: Jared Winn

Vocal 3: Ages 19 25

First Place: Ashley Valentine

Second Place: Madelaine Matej

Third Place: Sabrina Romero

2014 Competition Winners 

Instr 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Pierce Wang, violin

Second Place: Conor Padmanabhan, classical guitar

Instr 2: Ages 11-13

Second Place: Nicholas Padmanabhan, classical guitar

Third Place: Sharon Yuan, violin

Instr 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Albert Yamamoto, violin

Second Place: Connor Kim, cello

Third Place: Ashwin Krishna, classical guitar

Piano 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Caroline Hsu

Second Place: Jessica Li

Third Place: Vivian Lu

Piano 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Erika Shen

Second Place: Ergene Kim

Third Place: Kayla Shen

Honorable Mention: April Chen

Piano 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Tyler Hayford

Second Place: Hana Mizuta

Third Place: Elliot Wuu

Helen Elliott Award: Vincent Liu

Honorable Mention: William Wang

Honorable Mention: Alice Zhu

Piano 4: Ages 18-21

Second Place: Meilin Ai

Second Place: Chang Joh

Vocal 1: Ages 16-18

First Place: Nicole Koh, soprano

Second Place: Marisol De Anda, soprano

Third Place: Jacqueline Kerns, mezzo soprano

Vocal 2: Ages 16-18

First Place: Edward Nunoo, bass baritone

Second Place: Zachary Weisberg, baritone

Vocal 3: Ages 19-25

First Place: Mariya Kaganskaya, mezzo soprano

Second Place: Phillip Harris, baritone

Third Place: Sergey Khalikulov, baritone  

Composition 1: Ages 17-22

First Place: Eric Tran, composer

2013 Competition Winners 

Instr 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Roger Xia

Second Place: Grace Huh

Third Place: Laura Wang

Instr 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Robert Chien

Second Place: Nicholas Padmanabhan

Third Place: Mai Matsumoto

Instr 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Ray Anthony Trujillo

Second Place: Michael Chung

Third Place: Ila Shon

Instr 4: Ages 18-21

First Place: Chener Yuan

Second Place: Yujin Ariza

Piano 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Josephine Chou

Second Place: Kayla Shen

Piano 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Anna Boonyanit

Second Place: Ethan Yuen

Third Place: Leyla Kabuli

Piano 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Catherine Xu

Second Place: Tristan Yang

Third Place: Connie Chen

Piano 4: Ages 18-21

First Place: Susanna Kwan

Second Place: Theodora Martin

Vocal 1: Ages 16-18

First Place: Meagan Rao

Second Place: Marisol De Anda

Third Place: Jacqueline Kerns

Vocal 2: Ages 19-25

First Place: Melissa Angulo

Second Place: Yelena Dyachek

Third Place: Mariya Kaganskaya

Composition: Ages 17-22  

First Place: Thérèse Marie Chaix

2012 Competition Winners 

Instr 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Sean Mori

Second Place: Sean Takada

Instr 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: (tied) Elena Ariza

First Place: (tied) James Poe

Third Place: Tsutomu Copeland

Fourth Place: Joseph Wong

Instr 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Sean Keegan

Second Place: Yujin Ariza

Third Place: Minku Lee

Fourth Place: Michael Chung

Fifth Place: Inga Liu

Instr 4: Ages 18-21

First Place: Yu Gong

Piano 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Sarah Tuan

Second Place: John Baeg

Third Place: Catherine Huang

Piano 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Elliot Wuu

Second Place: Hana Mizuta

Third Place: Heather Chang

Fourth Place: Erin Chen

Piano 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Agata Sorotokin

Second Place: Rachel Breen

Third Place: Hanson Tam

Piano 4: Ages 18-21

Second Place: Rebecca Wuu

Vocal 1: Ages 16-18

First Place: Laura Sanders

Second Place: Christabel Nunoo

Third Place: Meagan Rao

Helen Elliott Award: Jennie Walstrom

Vocal 2: Ages 19-25

First Place: Julia Metzler

Second Place: Yelena Dyachek

Third Place: Natalie Ballenger

Composition, Ages 17-22  

First Place: Thomas Feng

2011 Competition Winners

 Instr 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Alex Zhou

Second Place: Alexander Goldberg

Instr 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Ashwin Krishna

Second Place: Jeremy Tai

Instr 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Alyssa Wang

Second Place: Sarah Ghandour

Third Place: Wu Love

Instr 4: Ages 18-21

First Place: Maggie Zeng

Piano 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Erika Shen

Second Place: Chloe Ma

Third Place: Kayla Shen

Piano 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Christopher Richardson

Second Place: Misha Galant

Third Place: Sophia Lin

Piano 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Fantee Jones

Second Place: Hugo Kitano

Third Place: Rhed Shi

Piano 4: Ages 18-21

First Place: Stephanie Ng

Vocal 1: Ages 16-18

First Place: Melissa Angulo

Second Place: Laura Corina Sanders

Third Place: Khris Sanchez

Helen Elliott Award: Jennie Walstrom

Vocal 2: Ages 19-25

First Place: Deborah Rosengaus

Second Place: Morgan Harrington

Third Place: Ryan Bradford

Composition Ages 17-22

First Place: Nicholas Carlozzi

2010 Competition Winners

Instr 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Kevin Zhu

Instr 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Ila Shon

Second Place: Charissa Leung

Instr 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Jeffrey Kwong

Second Place: Linda Yu

Piano 1: Ages 8-10

First Place: Elliot Wuu

Second Place: Anna Boonyanit

Third Place: Chloe Ma

Piano 2: Ages 11-13

First Place: Alice Zhu

Second Place: Rachel Breen

Third Place: Alex Tang

Piano 3: Ages 14-17

First Place: Niuniu Teo

Second Place: Fantee Jones

Third Place: Calvin Hu

Piano 4: Ages 18-21

First Place: Alison Lee

Second Place: Bethany Wang

Third Place: Hunter Noack

Vocal 1: Ages 16-18

First Place: Catherine Muster

Second Place: Sidney Ragland

Third Place: Melissa Angulo

Vocal 2: Ages 19-25

First Place: Evgenia Chaverdova

Second Place: Clarissa Lyons

Third Place: Julia Metzler

Helen Elliott Award: Deborah Rosengaus

Composition  

First Place: Dylan Mattingly

2009 Competition Winners 

Instr 1: Junior

First Place: Travis Chen, age 12 Cello

Second Place: Ila Shon, age 11 Cello

Instr 2: Senior

First Place: Noel Wan, age 14 Harp

Second Place: Stella Chen, age 16 Violin

Third Place: Jennifer Choi, age 17 Cello

Piano 1: Junior

First Place: Hilda Huang, age 12

Second Place: Anna Boonyanit, age 9

Third Place: Jonathan Shao, age 13

Piano 2: Senior

First Place: Angela Hwang, age 18

Second Place: Hunter Noack, age 20

Third Place: Mayumi Tsuchida, age 17

Vocal 1: Junior

First Place: Julia Metzler, age 18 Mezzo Soprano

Second Place: Taylor Thompson, age 17 Tenor

Third Place: Sidney Ragland, age 17 Tenor

Vocal 2: Senior

First Place: Madison E Smith, age 23 Soprano

Second Place: Trey C Costerisan, age 24 Tenor

Third Place: Michael Forman, age 24 Tenor

Composition  

First Place: Gabriella Smith, age 17

Second Place: Dylan Mattingly, age 17