2024 Winners
Piano
Section 1
1st Place: Ellie Yang
2nd Place: Samuel Lee
3rd Place: Rhyella Jo Molano, Jason Qianmo Wang
Honorable Mention: Lauren Sophia Jin,
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Section 2
1st Place: Leon Park
2nd Place: Aiden Shi
3rd Place: Jason Huang, Elise Laudenslager, William Wu
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Section 3
1st Place: Roy Byun
2nd Place: Caden Zhang
3rd Place: Dylan Li
Honorable Mention: Matthew Tsai
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Section 4
1st Place: Zoey Poon
2nd Place: Andrew Kang, Kensy Cuellar
3rd Place: Sophie Hsieh, Amadeus Wilmoth, Jessica Wang
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Section 5
1st Place: Peter Noh
2nd Place: Oliver Liu
3rd Place: Tabitha Hannah Tio
Honorable Mention: Lexi Verderico
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Section 6
1st Place: Grace Lam
2nd Place: Evelyn Ho
3rd Place: Andy Zeng
Honorable Mention: Audrey Ma
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Section 7
1st Place: Shalynn Choi
2nd Place: Chicago Hamada
3rd Place: Aven Ko, Jina Ju
Honorable Mention: Gavin Ho
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Section 8
1st Place: Minhka Dang Le
2nd Place: Hailey Lee
3rd Place: Angela Song
Honorable Mention: A-Young Lee
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Section 9
1st Place: Jonathan Zixiang Zhou
2nd Place: Alice Baik
3rd Place: Siyuan Jerry Huang
Honorable Mention: Emily Chang
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Section 10
1st Place: Frank Yang Lin
2nd Place: Justina Cha
3rd Place: Baominh Dang Le
Honorable Mention: Grace Shuyi Peng
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Section 11
1st Place: John Daniels McPhie
2nd Place: Yoonho Lee
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Violin Section 1
1st Place: Emily Luo
2nd Place: Caroline Zhang
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Violin Section 2
1st Place: Sofia Yu
2nd Place: Celia Zhang
3rd Place: William MA
Honorable Mentions: Ethan Wei
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Violin Section 3
1st Place: Ritaro Lizuka
2nd Place: Kyle Poon
3rd Place: Lucas Poon
Honorable Mentions: Michelle Huo, Nanoka Yasue
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Violin Section 4
1st Place: MeWa Liao
2nd Place: Winson Shen
3rd Place: Hudson Fu
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Violin Section 5
1st Place: Cayla Kim
2nd Place: Noel Jung
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Viola Section 6:
1st Place: Eric Shin
2nd Place: Wesley Tsai
3rd Place: Wayne Wang
Honorable Mention: Ho Sen Ken Xiao
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Violin Section 7:
1st Place: Kevin Wu
2nd Place: KariAnne Chien
3rd Place: Adam Liu
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Violin Section 8:
1st Place: Noah Lee
2nd Place: Minghao Li
3rd Place: Nicholas Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Jaynie Lee
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Violin Section 9:
1st Place: Lena Kim
2nd Place: Kyle Aiden Yeung
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Cello Section 3
1st Place: Micah Lee
2nd Place: Jamie Chang
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Cello Section 4
1st Place: Ryan Kim
2nd Place: Lioma Quoit-Minematsu
3rd Place: Hannah Yoon
Honorable Mention: Tabitha Tio
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Cello Section 5
1st Place: Audrey Ma
2nd Place: Alexander Farng
3rd Place: Hyein Jeong
Honorable Mention: Natalie Krause
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Cello Section 6
1st Place: Seojun Baek
2nd Place: Kathryn Loutzenheiser
3rd Place: Daniel Guo
Honorable Mention: Annabelle Chantana
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Cello Section 7
1st Place: Ethan Choi
2nd Place: Jeremy Kang
3rd Place: Olivia Choi
Honorable Mention: James Koo
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Chamber Music Section 3
1st Place: Aiden Xu, Yunfei Huang, Angela Luo
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Chamber Music Section 4
1st Place: Annabella Luo, Annabelle Jim, Roy Baek, Susan Kim, Frank Kim
2nd Place: Declan Hu, Johan Sears, Yuna Noh, Elena Miyamoto, Emily Chong
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Chamber Music Section 5
1st Place: Mingjin Zhang, Mattea Kim, Minji Choi
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Strings
2023 Winners
Piano
Section 1
1st Place: Aiden Shi
2nd Place: Jason Huang
3rd Place: Leia Wang
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Laudenslager
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Section 2
1st Place: Dyan Li
2nd Place: Eelis Suh
3rd Place: Ellie Shin
Honorable Mention : Andy Wan
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Section 3
1st Place: Jessica Wang
2nd Place: Christian Kwon
3rd Place: Lawrence Chen
Honorable Mention: Jordan L
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Section 4
1st Place: Peter Noh
2nd Place: Oliver Liu
3rd Place: Alex Zhang
Honorable Mention: Ryan Lee
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Section 5
1st Place: Luke Lee
2nd Place: Tabitha Tio
3rd Place: Amadeus Wilmoth
Honorable Mention: Chloe Shen
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Section 6
1st Place: Benjamin Oh
2nd Place: Claire Luo
3rd Place: Adrienne Tran
Honorable Mention: Shannon Lane, Ialy Liu, Nathan Liu, Andy Zeng
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Section 7
1st Place: Mozhan Afagh
2nd Place: Patrick Cheng
3rd Place: Kate Ha
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Section 8
1st Place: Emily Chang
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Section 9
2nd Place: Grace Peng
3rd Place: Allison Oh
Honorable Mention: Joseph Vu
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Section 10
1st Place: William Li
Honorable Mention: Ema Terada
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Section 11
1st Place: Ethan Chen
2nd Place: John McPhie
Honorable Mention: Timothy Tan, Richard Xie
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Violin Section 1
1st Place: Ceilia Zhang
2nd Place: Sofia Yu
3rd Place: Emily Luo
Honorable Mention: Alissa Wu
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Violin Section 2
1st Place: MeWa Liao
2nd Place: Michelle Huo
3rd Place: Ryan Noda
Honorable Mentions: Jennifer Yu, Amber Wang
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Violin Section 3
1st Place: Natalie Xu
2nd Place: Wesley Tsai
3rd Place: Abigail Chung
Honorable Mentions: Adam Liu
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Violin Section 4
1st Place: Aaron Liu
2nd Place: Caleb Fong
3rd Place: Matthew Martono
Honorable Mentions: Aston Kim
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Violin Section 5
1st Place: Samantha Low
2nd Place: Ryan Lin
3rd Place: Nyansu Chen
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Viola Section 2:
2nd Place: Jinu Kang
2nd Place: Aarav Sharma
3rd Place: Leo Lo
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Cello Section 1
2nd Place: Mia Mezo
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Cello Section 2
1st Place: Jeremiah Ming
2nd Place: Ryan Kim
3rd Place: Joe Yu
Honorable Mention: Lioma Quoit Minematsu
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Cello Section 3
1st Place: Kathryn Loutzenheiser
2nd Place: Jeremey Kang
Honorable Mentions: Woojin Oh
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Cello Section 4
Honorable Mention: Sophia Wong, William Reynolds
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Chamber Music Section 1
1st Place: Mia Mezo, Oliver Lee
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Chamber Music Section 3
1st Place: Adam Liu, Kevin Wu, Wayne Wang
2ns Place: Luke Lee, Nathan Cho, Lucas Kim
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Chamber Music Section 4
1st Place: Kevin Zhang, Minji Choi, Natalie Kwok
2nd Place: KariAnn Chien, Bryan Tseng, Joshua Lee
3rd Place: Maiya Kothari, Caleb Fong, Alyssa Snow
Honorable Mention: Bethany Kim, Victoria Chun,
Lydia Kang, Isaac Chun
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Chamber Music Section 5
Honorable Mention: Eileen Lee, Nathan Hwang, Nathan Parklee, Bryan Tseng
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Strings
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Section 1 Flute
1st Place: Chloe Park
2nd Place: Qianer Cheng
3rd Place: Ellie Kim
Honorable Mention: Ariel Kang
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Section 2 Flute
1st Place: Kaya Baird
2nd Place: Jocelyn Huang
3rd Place: Ziling Cheng
Honorable Mention: Addison Kim, Euna Kim, Sarah Feigenbaum, Lyric Huang
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Section 3 Flute
1st Place: Canfei You
2nd Place: JingYu Li
Honorable Mention: Angela Wang
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Section 4 Flute
1st Place: Amanda Lee
2nd Place: Christine Chung
3rd Place: Quyue Yu
Honorable Mention: Tiantian Yu, Jonathan Lim
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Section 1 Clarinet
1st Place: Ava Kwon
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Section 2 Clarinet
1st Place: Brenda Guo
2nd Place: Hayoon Lee
3rd Place: Annabelle Baek
Honorable Mention: Eric Choi, Gemma Yun
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Section 3 Clarinet
1st Place: Lydia Kang
2nd Place: Sejin Byun
3rd Place: Doyoon Lee
Honorable Mention: Seongwon Jang, Andrea Lin
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Section 4 Clarinet
1st Place: Isaac Hui
2nd Place: Matthew Kim
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Woodwinds
2022 Winners
Piano
Section 1
1st Place: Leon Park
2nd Place: Dylan Li
3rd Place: Kanako Iwasaki
4th Place: Wenjing Liu
Honorable Mention: Catherine Sun, Khloe Zhang
Section 2
1st Place: Jordan Lin
2nd Place: Caleb Lee
3rd Place: Sean Tran
Honorable Mention : Jessica Wang
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Section 4
1st Place: Amelia Chang
2nd Place: Xiaoyu Zhao
3rd Place: Grace Lam
Honorable Mention: Oliver Liu, Andy Zeng
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Section 5
1st Place: Emma Chen
2nd Place: Aaron Ko
3rd Place: Ialy Liu
Honorable Mention: Kate Chang, Adrienne Tran, Benjamin Oh​
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Section 6
Honorable Mention: Karen Suzuki
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Section 7
1st Place: Emily Chang
3rd Place: Claire Yu
Honorable Mention: Audrey Park
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Section 8
1st Place: Allison Oh
2nd Place: Joseph Vu
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Section 9
2nd Place: Kiera Wong
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Section 10
1st Place: Chloe Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Timothy Tran, Ema Terada
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Section 11
1st Place: Michael McPhie
2nd Place: Ethan Chen
3rd Place: Joshua Kim
Honorable Mention: Jason Yang
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Strings
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Violin Section 1
1st Place: Ritaro Iizuka
2nd Place: Amber Shi
3rd Place: Jeongwon Kim
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Violin Section 2
1st Place: George Na
2nd Place: Anna Shung
3rd Place: Magnolia Liu
Honorable Mentions: Victoria Shung, Xindi Wang
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Violin Section 3
1st Place: Minji Choi
2nd Place: Seaena Kim
Honorable Mentions: Wesley Tsai, Tian Jin
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Violin Section 4
Honorable Mentions: Ryan Lin, James Eastmond
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Violin Section 5
2nd Place: Jaemin Song
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Viola Section 3:
Honorable Mentions: Eireen Lu
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Viola Section 4
1st Place: Kara Wong
3rd Place: Anne-Sophie Kim
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Cello Section 1
1st Place: Zoe Yu
2nd Place: Phoebe Kensicki
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Cello Section 2
1st Place: Duhan Li
2nd Place: Ayane Matsuzaki
3rd Place: Alisa Yunfei Huang
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Cello Section 3
1st Place: Isaac Shung
2nd Place: Seojun Baek
3rd Place: Anabelle Chantana
Honorable Mentions: Bernard Zhang, Austen Cheng
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Cello Section 4
1st Place: Mattea Kim
2nd Place: Daniel Goo
3rd Place: Joseph Ho
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Cello Section 5
Honorable Mention: Annabelle Su
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Chamber Music Section 1
1st Place: Bridge Piano Trio (Chamber Music OC)
2nd Place: Mozart String Quartet (Studio of Chloe Yoon)
3rd Place: Hadyn Piano Trio (Chamber Music OC)
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Chamber Music Section 2
1st Place: Beethoven String Quartet
2ns Place: Sgambatti Piano Quintet
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Classical Guitar
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Section 1 Solo
No Prize
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Section 2 Solo
1st Place: Darius Lee
2nd Place: Kathan Law
3rd Place: Dallas Pak
Honorable Mention: Victoria Wang
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Section 3 Solo
1st Place: Mani Afagh
2nd Place: Edge Woodruff
3rd Place: Matthew Van
Honorable Mention: Veronica Howard, Kaden Hoot, Cynthia Liu
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Section 4 Solo
1st Place: Calvin Junsay
2nd Place: Matteo Paz
3rd Place: Vincent Tran
Honorable Mention: Grant Gillen
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Section 5 Solo
1st Place: Gabrielle Gillen
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Section 5 Chamber
1st Place: Gillen Quartet
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Section 1 Flute
1st Place: Sarah Feigenbaum
2nd Place: Lucia Yu
3rd Place: Chloe Park
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Section 2 Flute
1st Place: Baird Kaya
2nd Place: Jocelyn Huang
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Section 3 Flute
1st Place: Christine Chung
2nd Place: Ouyue Alice Yu
3rd Place: Ye-Ju Kim
Honorable Mention: Amy Choe
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Section 4 Flute
1st Place: Cassie Kao
2nd Place: Vivian Lee
3rd Place: Tiantian Jessica Yu
Honorable Mention: Janice Yoon
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Section 1 Clarinet
1st Place: Hayoon Lee
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Section 2 Clarinet
2nd Place: Seungjoon (Ryan) Sohn
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Section 5 Saxophone
1st Place: James McDonough
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Woodwinds
2021 Winners
Piano
Piano I
1st Place: Claire Chen
2nd Place: Claire Yunha Nah
3rd Place: Jessica Wang
Honorable Mention: Caleb Lee, Helen Zou, Dylan Li, Mia Mezo
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​Piano II
1st Place: Jessie Long
2nd Place: Oliver Liu
3rd Place: Ruihai Wang
Honorable Mention: Yoyo Cao, Murdock Wu, Hannah Hsiao, Saura Charlu​
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Piano III
1st Place: Kaitlyn Zheng
2nd Place: Leyan Yang
3rd Place: Amelia Chang
Honorable Mention: Tonia Yuan, Clara Soto
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​Piano IV-A
1st Place: Zoey Chang
2nd Place: Miles Wong
3rd Place: Alexander Yu
Honorable Mention: Sophia Sun, Oliver Chow, Emma Chen​
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Piano IV-B
1st Place: Ethan Lou
2nd Place: Benjamin Oh
3rd Place: Riley Khin
Honorable Mention: Aaron Ko, Tabitha Tio
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​Piano V
1st Place: Sota Higa
2nd Place: Daniel Xie
3rd Place: Alex Li
Honorable Mention: Emma Brull, Claire Luo
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​Piano VI
1st Place: Allison Oh
2nd Place: Avril Zhang
3rd Place: Claire Huang
Honorable Mention: Claire Yu
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​Piano VII
1st Place: Sofia Flores-Castro
2nd Place: Anika Chen
3rd Place: Junlin Zhuang
Honorable Mention: Joseph Vu,Georgiana Crowell, Hannah Xie​
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Piano VIII
1st Place: Calene Lee
2nd Place: Ke Yuan
3rd Place: Kyle Yoon​
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Piano IX
1st Place: Ethan Chen
2nd Place: Amber Yeung
3rd Place: Joshua Qin
Honorable Mention: Timothy Tan​
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Piano X-A
1st Place: Claire Tu
2nd Place: Christopher Cung
3rd Place: Ashley Dixon
Honorable Mention: Chole Nguyen​
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Piano X-B
1st Place: Junyi Zhong
2nd Place: Joshua Kim
3rd Place: Ema Terada​
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Piano XI-A
1st Place: Michael McPhie
2nd Place: Aaron Yoon
3rd Place: Zechariah Cheng
Honorable Mention: Samuel Wahlstrom​
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Piano XI-B
1st Place: Carolyn Tran
2nd Place: Matthew Hsu
3rd Place: Jonathan Kim​​
Strings
Violin I
1st Place: Damon Ko
2nd Place: Kenshin Iwasaki​
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Violin II
1st Place: Cayla Kim
2nd Place: William Lin
3rd Place: Wesley Tsai​
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Violin III
1st Place: Aaron Liu
2nd Place: Elina Miyato
3rd Place: Audrey Rowen Lee​
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Violin IV
1st Place: Rubi Lee
2nd Place: Jaden Kim
3rd Place: Rebecca Liu-from Eunhee Kim's Studio​
Violin V2nd Place: Laura Stoi​
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Viola III
2nd Place: Annabelle Jin
3rd Place: David Shim
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​Viola IV
3rd Place: Kara Wong​
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Cello I
1st Place: Jasper Ji
2nd Place: Joe Yu
Honorable Mention: Mia Mezo​
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Cello II
1st Place: Anastasia Catanus
2nd Place: Ayane Matsuzaki
Honorable Mention: Amy Song
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​Cello III
1st Place: Ria Eguchi
2nd Place: Herny Hong
3rd Place: Anne Takagi
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​Cello IV
1st Place: Kayleen Kim
3rd Place: Eric Feng​
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Cello V
1st Place: Caden McCarthy
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​Chamber II
2nd Place: Lachner Trio- Matthew Martono, Sofia Kouwabunpat, Fiona Kouwabunpat​
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Chamber III
1st Place: Brahms Clarinet Quintet- Isabel Hahn, Amy Lee, Jonathan Speiser, Erin Jeon, Isaac Yoon ​
Woodwinds
Clarinet IV
1st Place: Isaac Yoon
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Flute I
1st Place: Kaya Baird
2nd Place: Jocelyn Huang
Honorable Mention:Sarah Feigenbaum, Lucia Yu
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Flute II
1st Place: Amy Choi
2nd Place: Riley Kim
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​Flute III
1st Place: Christine Chung
2nd Place: Vivian Lee
3rd Place: Emma Lee
Honorable Mention: Maia Choe, Katie Li
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Flute IV
1st Place: Dayoon (Jamie) Lee
2nd Place: Amanda Lee
3rd Place: Ashley Park
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​Oboe II
1st Place: Ahri Shin
2nd Place: Haim Kwon​
Voice
Classical Voice III
1st Place: Jaehyung Yoo
2nd Place: Yewon Jang
3rd Place: ChenChen Su
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​Classical Voice IV
1st Place: Nakshatra Srinivasan
2nd Place: Emmett Eilers
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Classical Voice VI
2nd Place: Annelise Hermsen
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​​Musical Theater I
1st Place: Lily Larsen
2nd Place: Wynona Prawira
3rd Place: Madison Jones
Honorable Mention: Bradley Yu
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Musical Theater II
1st Place: Rina Nelson
2nd Place: Alice Baik
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Musical Theater III
1st Place: Sophia Kang
2nd Place: Dylan Panetta
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Musical Theater IV
1st Place: Brandon Lee
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Musical Theater V
1st Place: Adam Cox
Guitar
Classical Guitar I
1st Place: Kathan Law
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Classical Guitar II
1st Place: Kaden Hoot
2nd Place: Victor Sanchez
3rd Place: Edward Liu
Honorable Mention: Jason Yu, Grady Gillen​
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Classical Guitar III
1st Place: Calvin Junsay
2nd Place: Nathan Park
3rd Place: Jennifer Huang
Honorable Mention: Grace Gillen, Dashel Levin
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Classical Guitar IV
1st Place: Natalie Leminh
2nd Place: Aretha Li
3rd Place: Vincent Tran
Honorable Mention: Ethan Borsari, Liv Hirabayashi
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​Classical Guitar V
No awards granted in this section.​
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Guitar Chamber II
1st Place: Kaden Hoot & Ethan Hoot
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Guitar Chamber III
1st Place: Bianca Sanchez, Cianna Gonzalez, Brianna Gonzalez, Tatiana Bettis & Mishca Cayetano​​