Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the Bach Festival at the Branch level and thank you to all of the teachers who entered students and helped out. Below are the list of the winners who were chosen to compete at Regionals as well as the students who received honorable mention. The students in bold and with an asterisk next to their name competed at Regionals on May 21st and have been chosen to compete at the State Level in the fall. We wish them all the best!
Student Teacher
Elissa Ahn, Winner Dana Burnett
Emma Langer Weida, Winner Yelena Kapchinskaya
Hannah Li, Winner Tatiana Djangirov
Robin Moon, Winner Cho-Hyun Park
*Alex Nguyen, Winner Yelena Kapchinskaya
*Rika Ogiwara, Winner Toshiko Barrett
Theophany Pham, Winner Cho-Hyun Park
*Anna Romanovsky, Winner Tatiana Romanovsky
Emily Shanmugam, Winner Holly Franz
Aleetheia Sun, Winner Dana Burnett
Sophia Tang, Winner Valeria Kravchenko
Daryn Tarasewicz, Winner Dana Burnett
Annie Zhang, Winner Valeria Kravchenko
Emily Farr, Hon. Mention Joanne Stohs
Aaron Tambiah, Hon. Mention Valeria Kravchenko
DATE: Saturday, March 18, 2023 – 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Carlsbad City Library (Dove Library), 1775 Dove Ln, Carlsbad, CA 92011
Registration opens: TBA
Registration closes: TBA
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JUNIOR BACH FESTIVAL – DETAILS
Type of Event: Competition. 3 adjudicators select winners to perform in the Bach Regional Festival in May. This will be a closed audition with only one parent to record their own child’s performance. Adjudicators select winners from the regional festival. Regional winners who perform works from the 2022 Complete Works list have the opportunity to compete at the Complete Works Auditions.
Instruments: Piano
Registration: Log onto the Southern California Jr. Bach Festival website.
If you have never entered students in this festival, go to “New Teacher: complete instructions for teachers.” Be sure to select “Northern San Diego” as your MTAC Branch. If you are a returning teacher but forgot your username or password, you can request it to be emailed. The annual teacher fee is $15.
Fee: $35 per student. Student registration fees are paid by mailing for all the students in your studio in onecheck payable to “Northern San Diego MTAC” to Grace Choi, our Branch Treasurer postmarked by March 10th. Her address will be provided in an email to teachers.
Consent Form: If the parent has not already filled out the Student Consent Form for the 2022/2023 school year, please fill out this form and email it to nsdmtac@gmail.com no later than March 16th.
Co-chairs: Dana Burnett, danaburnett88@sbcglobal.net, Loc-Ha Le, lochale@cox.net, and Valeria Kravchenko, valeria.krw@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.
Baroque Festival: We are not having this part of the festival this year.