CONGRATULATIONS Winners SFBAC NATS Classical Student Auditions Spring 2020

Category 01: Children Grade 5 & Under

First Place: Annabel Zhao (student of Diane Babette Squires)
Second Place (tie): Andrea Yang (student of Janet Campbell)
Second Place (tie): Lars Han (student of Jennie Byun)
Honorable Mention: Maaike Mora (student of Ryan Downey)

Category 02-1: Youth Boys & Girls Grades 6-8, Group 1

First Place: Zoe Lai (student of Alison Collins)
Second Place: Clare Akin (student of Erin McOmber)
Third Place: Harshini Chaturvedula (student of Mary Elizabeth Enmann)
Honorable Mention: Catherine Galvez (student of Theresa Cardinale)

Category 02-2: Youth Boys & Girls Grades 6-8, Group 2

First Place: Mariam Kubursi (student of Annelle Delfs)
Second Place: Brittany Tsui (student of Alison Collins)
Third Place: Erin Lieberman-Evans (student of Roger McCracken)
Honorable Mention: Sami Kuncharapu (student of Sarah Sloan)

Category 03-1: Lower High School Women Grades 9 & 10, Group 1

First Place: Shayla He (student of Alison Collins)
Second Place: Claire Spence (student of Jin-Hee Kim)
Third Place: Samantha Wu (student of Kathleen Ludowise)
Honorable Mention: Mary Campbell (student of Kathleen Ludowise)

Category 03-2: Lower High School Women Grades 9 & 10, Group 2

First Place: Katrina Franco (student of Phillip Harris)
Second Place: Margot Hall (student of Jin-Hee Kim)
Third Place: Emily Mannion (student of Janet Campbell)
Honorable Mention (tie): Sasha Feldman (student of Theresa Cardinale)
Honorable Mention (tie): Naomi Wagner (student of Erin McOmber)

Category 03-3: Lower High School Women Grades 9 & 10, Group 3

First Place: Tanisha Pulla (student of Kathleen Ludowise)
Second Place: Anushka Basu (student of Kathryne Jennings)
Third Place: Grace Finke (student of Annelle Delfs)
Honorable Mention: Lily Lochhead (student of Erin McOmber)

Category 04: Lower High School Men Grades 9 & 10

First Place: Saman de Silva (student of Jace Wittig)
Second Place: Sam Song (student of Amy Heumann)
Third Place: Jack Zhang (student of Mary Elizabeth Enmann)
Honorable Mention: Ronit Avalani (student of Annelle Delfs)

Category 05-1: Upper High School Women Grades 11 & 12, Group 1

First Place: Hannah Kloninger-Stever (student of Kathryne Jennings)
Second Place: Mahi Patil (student of Kelly Fosdahl-Burge)
Third Place: Talia Ghosheh (student of Amy Heumann)
Honorable Mention: Eva Espinoza (student of Janet Campbell)

Category 05-2: Upper High School Women Grades 11 & 12, Group 2

First Place: Krystal Mao (student of Kathleen Ludowise)
Second Place: Mia Hamilton (student of Kathryne Jennings)
Third Place (tie): Katie Mannion (student of Janet Campbell)
Third Place (tie): Julia Sapeta (student of Rachel Kessler)

Category 06: Upper High School Men Grades 11 & 12

First Place: Hans Grunwald (student of Wendy Hillhouse)
Second Place: Jonathan Trimble (student of John Chen)
Third Place: Donovan Jasper (student of Robin Fisher)
Honorable Mention: Avery Chen (student of Roger McCracken)

Category 07: Lower College & Independent Studio Women

First Place: Evalina Maas-Espinoza (student of Jacque Wilson Scharlach)
Second Place (tie): Alexis Halpern (student of Jacque Wilson Scharlach)
Second Place (tie): Alexis Delgado (student of Jacque Wilson Scharlach)
Honorable Mention: Jin-Hee Lee (student of Kathryne Jennings)

Category 08: Lower College & Independent Studio Men

First Place: Isaac Schaider (student of Wendy Hillhouse)
Second Place: Darrell Enero (student of Christine Abraham)
Third Place: Gordon Stanley (student of Christine Abraham)
Honorable Mention (tie): Daniel Navarrete-Estassi (student of Christopher Bengochea)
Honorable Mention (tie): Patrick Fu (student of Christopher Bengochea)

Category 09: Upper College & Independent Studio Women

First Place: Jasmine Marie Reyes (student of Jacque Wilson Scharlach)
Second Place: Amanda Britt (student of Robin Fisher)
Third Place: Lorin Phillips (student of Kathryne Jennings)
Honorable Mention: Kathleen Thorpe (student of Robin Fisher)

Category 10: Upper College & Independent Studio Men

First Place: Dario Johnson (student of Jonathan Smucker)
Second Place: Michael Aoun (student of Emily Sinclair)
Third Place: David Kronenberg (student of Emily Sinclair)
Honorable Mention: Daniel Rios (student of Matthew La Rochelle)

Category 11: Advanced College & Independent Studio Women

First Place: Amy Young (student of Jacque Wilson Scharlach)
Second Place (tie): Taylor Graham (student of Robin Fisher)
Second Place (tie): Magdalena Travis (student of Donna Olson)
Honorable Mention: Tara Ohrtman (student of Wendy Hillhouse)

Category 12: Advanced College & Independent Studio Men

First Place: Alexander Rodriguez (student of Christopher Bengochea)
Second Place: William Silva (student of Christine Abraham)
Third Place: Randy Smith (student of Emily Sinclair)
Honorable Mention: Diarra Ragland (student of Christine Abraham)

Category 13: Advanced Classical Men & Women

First Place: Galina Orlova (student of Robin Fisher)
Second Place: Anne Richnavsky (student of Karen Anderson)
Third Place: Zhi Xian Liu (student of Christine Abraham)
Honorable Mention: MaryAnne Kochenderfer (student of Erin McOmber)

Category 14/15: Adult Women & Men (Avocational)

First Place: Adriel Cruz (student of Donna Olson)
Second Place: Kate Moore (student of Donna Olson)
Third Place (tie): Reed Olsen (student of Erin McOmber)
Third Place (tie): Betty Spamer (student of Jenny Matteucci)

Category 16/17: Adult Women & Men (Late Bloomers)

First Place: Elizabeth McMahon (student of Erin Neff)
Second Place: Cecilia Wong (student of Kathleen Ludowise)
Third Place: Dave Ball (student of Erin McOmber)
Honorable Mention: Ann Crichton (student of Erin McOmber)