2025 Concerto Competition Winners

Congratulations to the following winners of the 2025 CSMTA Concerto Competition and their teachers. 
The winners of the 2025 CSMTA Concerto Competition will perform with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra on May 3, 2025 at 8:00pm. The performance will take place at the Boulder Adventist Church, 345 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder, CO. We thank all of the participants and their teachers!

Piano Elementary
Natalie Ouyang, Winner, teacher Jasmine Steadman, Haydn Piano Concerto in C Major, Hob. XVIII/5, I. Allegro moderato
David Liu, Alternate, teacher Crystal Lee, Haydn Piano Concerto in C Major, Hob. XVIII/5, I. Allegro moderato
Charlotte Jiang, Honorable Mention, teacher June Haun, Haydn Piano Concerto in C Major, Hob. XVIII/5, I. Allegro moderato

Piano Junior
Lucy (Yuze) Chen, Winner, teacher Jasmine Lee Steadman, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, I. Allegro maestoso
Bruce Duong, Alternate, teacher June Haun, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, I. Allegro maestoso
Celine Lee, Honorable Mention, teacher Jooeun Pak, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, I. Allegro maestoso

Piano Senior
Bobby Yuan, Winner, teacher Jennifer Hayghe, Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, I. Allegro affettuoso

Strings/Harp
Sadie Rhodes Han, Winner, violin, teacher Claude Sim, Saint-Saëns Rondo Capriccioso
Sawyer Payne, Alternate, cello, teacher Seoyoen Min, Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1, I. Moderato
Luciana Lee-Cheng, Honorable Mention, violin, teacher Annamaria Karacson, Saint-Saëns Rondo Capriccioso

Voice
No vocal winners were selected this year.

Special thanks to our judges:
Maestro Bahman Saless, Boulder Chamber Orchestra
Ms. Mary Beth Rhodes-Woodruff, Artistic Director, Santa Barbara Strings
Dr. Kate Boyd, Professor of Piano, Butler University