DATE: Saturday, March 28, 2026 – 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Carlsbad City Library (Dove Library), 1775 Dove Ln, Carlsbad, CA 92011
Registration opens: January, 2026
Registration closes: March 7, 2026
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JUNIOR BACH FESTIVAL – DETAILS
Type of Event: Competition. Three adjudicators select winners to perform in the Bach Regional Festival in May. This is an open audition in a recital format. Regional winners who perform works from the 2025 Complete Works list have the opportunity to compete at the Complete Works Auditions in the Fall.
Instruments: Piano
Registration: Go to the following website to create a new teacher account: scjbf.evensteps.com and pay the annual teacher fee of $35. Then you can add students to register them at this link: scjbf.evensteps.com
Fee: $45 per student
Chair: Dana Burnett, dburnett6105@gmail.com
FESTIVAL RULES AND GUIDELINES: Go to www.scjbf.org for official rules and guidelines, including acceptable repertoire, judging procedures, and information regarding the Complete Works Audition.
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Congratulations!
We’re so proud to share that two of our piano students received Gold Medals at the Complete Works Audition Finals for the Southern California Junior Bach Festival!
- Milan Sudhakar Khare – 1st Place, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – student of Tatiana Romanovsky
- Alicia Jiang – 1st Place, Duets Category – student of Dana Burnett
Bravo to both for their outstanding musicianship and dedication!
Congratulations to the following Branch Winners who qualified to go to Regionals on May 10th: Jayson Bordges, Jayden Wong, Daryn Tarasewicz, Annie Zhang, Eric Mean, Rachel Yu, Claire Li, Rise Nishizaki, Julia Yu, Hannah Carrasco, Alicia Jiang, Celine Pham, Milan Sudhakar Khare.
Congrats also to the students who received Honorable Mention- Maxwell Wang and Lucas Zhang; and Branch Honorable Mention – Anna Magdalena Division: Advaith Emmela.
