2026 Hoosier Auditions Winners

The Indiana Music Teachers Association would like to congratulate the following students and teachers for their outstanding achievements at this year’s Hoosier Auditions State Competition. Congratulations to all who have participated, and we will see you next year! 

Piano Solo: Pre-Early Elementary  

Winner: Kaisen Sha; Student of Karina Maucha Cohen 
Alternate: Kristen Shin; Student of Hannah (Hwa Pyeong) Kim
Honorable Mention: Daniel Ngai; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky

Piano Solo: Early Elementary 

Winner: Shuchang Huang; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok 
Alternate: Maxwell Wu; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok 
Honorable Mention: Timothy Qiu; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok j

Piano Solo: Elementary 

Winner: Shuheng Huang; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok  
Alternate: Emily Sun; Student of Soo Ah Yang 
Honorable Mention: Joanna Chan; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky
Honorable Mention: Sheeyoon Seo; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok  

Piano Solo: Middle 

Winner: Felicia Xie; Student of Karen Taylor 
Alternate: Jacob So; Student of Robert Palmer 
Honorable Mention: Catherine Neikirk; Student of Garnet Ungar
Honorable Mention: Miles Pan; Student of Ada Shebanova
Honorable Mention: Marissa Wang; Student of Karina Maucha Cohen 
Honorable Mention: Katherine Xie; Student of Karina Maucha Cohen

Piano Solo: Junior

Winner: Gabriel Wang; Student of Robert Palmer 
Alternate: Caroline Song; Student of Ray Kilburn 
Honorable Mention: Samuel Burden; Student of Geena Kam
Honorable Mention: Glenda Na; Student of Ada Shebanova
Honorable Mention: Priscilla Scott; Student of Ray Kilburn

Piano Solo: Senior 

Winner: Jessica Xie; Student of Karen Taylor
Alternate: Alpen J. Liang; Student of Ellen Bulow
Honorable Mention: Blythe Burdick; Student of Janet Palmberg  

Piano Solo: Collegiate

Winner: Enge Huang; Student of Spencer Myer
Alternate: Sami Lail; Student of Leon Harshenin
Honorable Mention: Haseung Jun; Student of Haseung Jun

Piano Duet: Early Elementary  

Winners: Isabella Song & Maxwell Wu; Students of Sylvia Eunhee Seok
Alternates: Charlotte So & Carolyn Jin; Students of Nadya Dubikovsky  

Piano Duet: Elementary  

Winners: Cynthia Chan & Joanna Chan; Students of Nadya Dubikovsky 
Alternates: Julius Rompf & Tigran Petrosyan; Students of Cindy Gribble

Piano Duet: Middle 

Winners: Elisabeth Kim & Sarah Son; Students of Hannah (Hwa Pyeong) Kim  
Alternates: Aiden Zhang & Christina Zhang; Students of Ada Shebanova

Piano Duet: Junior 

Winners: Ray Li & Elliott Sugiarto; Students of Cindy Gribble
Alternates: Seungje Byeon & Jonathan Roh; Students of Hannah (Hwa Pyeong) Kim

Strings: Pre-Early Elementary 

Winner: Kristen Shin; Student of Haseung Jun

Strings: Early Elementary 

Winner: Jayden Cho; Student of Kay Seo
Alternate: YeYoung Ahn; Student of Regan Eckstein 
Honorable Mention: Leo Schneedbeli; Student ofRegan Eckstein

Strings: Elementary

Winner: Amber Shi; Student of Patrick Yim 
Alternate: Vincent Qu; Student of Megan Moon
Honorable Mention: Joshua Kim; Student of Caroline Kim
Honorable Mention: Lexie Zhang; Student of Caroline Kim

Strings: Middle 

Winner: Tevyn Watson; Student of Caroline Kim
Alternate: Eunhu Jang; Student of Kay Seo
Honorable Mention: Audrey Li; Student of Caroline Kim
Honorable Mention: Sophie Qi; Student of Regan Eckstein 

Strings: Junior

Winner: Elliott Sugiarto; Student of Regan Eckstein
Alternate: Melody Fei; Student of Megan Moon
Honorable Mention: Christian Glassmaker; Student of Caroline Kim

Strings: Senior

Winner: Gracel Ruan; Student of Megan Moon
Alternate: Monica Chen; Student of Regan Eckstein 

Strings: Collegiate

Winner: Haseung Jun; Student of Haseung Jun

Voice: Junior

Winner: Jene-Wyn Garty; Student of Mary Norwood 

Voice: Senior

Winner: Phinnigan Khamsourivong; Student of Mary Norwood

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