The dates and information for many of the districts competitions around the state have been announced as well as the state competition. See details below.

View the district map here.
View updated guidelines/application requirements for 2025 here.

District Auditions

Hoosier Auditions State Competition

Coordinator: Daniel Lin
Email: [email protected]
Address: Indiana Wesleyan University, Division of Music: 4201 S. Washington Street, Marion IN 46953
Audition Venue: Philippe Performing Arts Center, Indiana Wesleyan University
Audition Date: Saturday, May 10, 2025
Postmark Deadline: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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: Nora Xia; Student of Karina Cohen
Alternate: Cynthia Chan; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky

Piano Solo: Early Elementary
Winner: Katherine Xia; Student of Karina Cohen
Alternate: Audrey Zhang; Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Honorable Mention: Clara Dantsin; Student of Caroline Ahn
Honorable Mention: Emily Sun; Student of Soo Ah Yang
Honorable Mention: Sheeyoon Seo; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok
Honorable Mention: Jessica Yang; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok
Honorable Mention: Melody Eugenie Luan; Student of Linda Belleville

Piano Solo: Elementary
Winner: Zoe Cha; Student of Robert Palmer
Alternate: Felicia Xie; Student of Karen Taylor
Honorable Mention: Mae O’Brien; Student of Patricia Collins Jones

Piano Solo: Middle
Winner: Audrey Zhang; Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Alternate: Francis L Huang; Student of Robert Palmer
Honorable Mention: Caroline Song; Student of Galit Gertsenzon
Honorable Mention: Santa Torii; Student of Karen Taylor

Piano Solo: Junior
Winner: Andrew Lee; Student of Robert Palmer
Alternate: Daniel Chen; Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Honorable Mention: Amelia Qiu; Student of Karen Taylor
Honorable Mention: Emily Wang; Student of Karen Taylor & Tony Weinstein

Piano Solo: Senior
Winner: Enge Huang; Student of Karen Taylor & Tony Weinstein
Alternate: Alexander Busch; Student of Marina Berretta Hammond
Honorable Mention: Ashley W Yang; Student of Nadia Dubikovsky
Honorable Mention: Vincent Hood; Student of Jonathan Young

Piano Solo: Collegiate
Winner: Arjun Siderys; Student of Robert Palmer
Alternate: Christian Urizar; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo

Piano Duet: Early Elementary
Winners: Joanna Chan & Cynthia Chan; Students of Nadya Dubikovsky
Alternates: Timothy Qiu & Maxwell Wu; Students of Sylvia Eunhee Seok

Piano Duet: Elementary
Winners: Elisabeth Kim & Sarah Son; Students of Hwa Pyeong Kim

Piano Duet: Senior
Winners: Ashley W Yang & Eric Jin; Students of Nadya Dubikovsky
Alternates: Christine Liu & Crystal Wang; Students of Lai Ping Jean Ho

Strings: Early Elementary
Winner: Vincent Qu; Student of Megan Moon
Alternate: Ava Lin; Student of Caroline Kim

Strings: Elementary
Winner: Abigail Kang; Student of Jameson Cooper
Alternate: Yeyoung Ahn; Student of Regan Eckstein
Honorable Mention: Sophie Qi; Student of Allison Edberg Nyquist

Strings: Middle
Winner: Ben Chen; Student of Caroline Kim
Alternate: Ray Li; Student of Caroline Kim

Strings: Junior
Winner: Sejune Kang; Student of Jameson Cooper
Alternate: Aria Bakhit; Student of Eric Edberg
Honorable Mention: Newnew Deng; Student of Caroline Kim
Honorable Mention: Hajean Jun; Student of Leslie Peltier

Strings: Senior
Winner: Joseph Yu; Student of Eric Edberg
Alternate: Marco Tindel; Student of Eric Edberg

The dates and information for many of the districts competitions around the state have been announced as well as the state competition. See details below.

View the district map here.
View updated guidelines/application requirements for 2024 here.

District Auditions

Hoosier Auditions State Competition

Coordinator: Daniel Lin
Email: [email protected]
Address: Indiana Wesleyan University, Division of Music: 4201 S. Washington Street, Marion IN 46953
Audition Venue: Philippe Performing Arts Center, Indiana Wesleyan University
Audition Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024
Postmark Deadline: Thursday, April 25, 2024

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: Jerry Zhang; Student of Irina Gorin 
Alternate: Julia Luo; Student of Linda Belleville  
Honorable Mention: Moiraey Bair; Student of Jennifer Keeley 
Honorable Mention: Chloe Jiyou Shin; Student of Hwa Pyeong Kim  

Piano Solo: Early Elementary   
Winner: Mae O’Brien; Student of Patricia Collins Jones  
Alternate: Sheeyoon Seo; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok 
Alternate: Emily Sun; Student of Soo Ah Yang 
Alternate: Katherine Xia; Student of Karina Cohen  
Honorable Mention: Angela Han; Student of Galit Gertsenzon  
Honorable Mention: Kaihao Yuan; Student of Galit Gertsenzon  
Honorable Mention: Angela Xiao; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok 

Piano Solo: Elementary  
Winner: Sana Torii; Student of Karen Taylor  
Alternate: Zoe Cha; Student of Robert Palmer 
Honorable Mention: Caroline Song; Student of Galit Gertsenzon  
Honorable Mention: Chloe Hu; Student of Dilya Meehan 
Honorable Mention: Lucille Hu; Student of Dilya Meehan  
Honorable Mention: Sydney Weaver; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky 
Honorable Mention: Chloe Zhang; Student of Sylvia Eunhee Seok  

Piano Solo: Middle  
Winner: Glenda Na; Student of Ada Shebanova   
Alternate: Andrew Lee; Student of Robert Palmer 
Honorable Mention: Tara Kim; Student of Minju Choi Witte   
Honorable Mention: Jude Neely; Student of Grace Hemaida  
Honorable Mention: Blythe Burdick; Student of Janet Palmberg  

Piano Solo: Junior 
Winner: Edward Ng; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo  
Alternate: Kenny Wang; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo  
Honorable Mention: Han Yan; Student of Karen Taylor/Tony Weinstein  

Piano Solo: Senior  
Winner: Jack Ma; Student of Phoenix Park-Kim 
Alternate: Arjun Siderys; Student of Robert Palmer 
Honorable Mention: Gabriel Ackerman; Student of Jonathan Young 
Honorable Mention: Micah Young; Student of Robert Palmer  

Piano Solo: Collegiate 
Winner: Naomi Martin; Student of James Helton  
Alternate: Christian Urizar; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo 

Piano Duet: Early Elementary   
Winners: Audrey Zhang & Emily Wang; Students of Svetlana Soleimani   

Strings: Early Elementary  
Winner: Yeyoung Ahn; Student of Regan Eckstein  

Strings: Elementary 
Winner: Ray Li; Student of Caroline Kim  
Alternate: Tevyn Watson; Student of Caroline Kim  
Honorable Mention: Xinlei Zhou; Student of Caroline Kim 

Strings: Middle  
Winner: Monique Cho; Student of Allison Nyquist  
Alternate: Hayune Jun; Student of Regan Eckstein  
Honorable Mention: Ryan Woo; Student of Regan Eckstein 

Strings: Junior 
Winner: Marco Tindel; Student of Eric Edberg  
Alternate: Elaine Zeng; Student of Megan Moon 

Strings: Senior 
Winner: William Fei; Student of Amy Brandfonbrener  
Alternate: Yarielis Zayas; Student of Karen Isaacs   
Honorable Mention: Joseph Yu; Student of Eric Edberg  

Strings: Collegiate  
Winner: Benjamin Chappell; Student of Caroline Kim  

The dates and information for many of the districts competitions around the state have been announced as well as the state competition. See details below.

View the district map here.
View updated guidelines/application requirements for 2023 here.

District Auditions

Hoosier Auditions State Competition

Coordinator: Daniel Lin
Email: [email protected]
Address: Indiana Wesleyan University, Division of Music: 4201 S. Washington Street, Marion IN 46953
Audition Venue: Philippe Performing Arts Center, Indiana Wesleyan University
Audition Date: Saturday, May 13, 2023
Postmark Deadline: Thursday, April 27, 2023

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: Katherine Xia; Student of Karina Cohen  
Alternate: Julia Y Luo; Student of Linda Belleville  
Honorable Mention: Amelia Lawson; Student of Jennifer Keeley  
Honorable Mention: Jayden Xu; Student of Svetlana Soleimani  

Piano Solo: Early Elementary
Winner: Felicia Xie; Student of Aleksey Madan  
Alternate: Zoe Cha; Student of Svetlana Soleimani  
Honorable Mention: Roni Lyanda-Geller; Student of Aleksey Madan  
Honorable Mention: Amy Wu; Student of Aleksey Madan 
Honorable Mention: Sophie Chae; Student of Hwa Pyeong Kim  
Honorable Mention: Matthew Shao; Student of Karina Cohen  

Piano Solo: Elementary
Winner: Glenda Na; Student of Ada Shebanova 
Alternate: Sydney Weaver; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky 
Honorable Mention: Audrey Zhang; Student of Svetlana Soleimani 
Honorable Mention: Lauren Chae; Student of Hwa Pyeong Kim 
Honorable Mention: Lucille Hu; Student of Dilya Meehan 
Honorable Mention: Jude Neely; Student of Grace Hemaida  
Honorable Mention: Grace Li; Student of Garnet Ungar  

Piano Solo: Middle
Winner: Han Yan; Student of Tony Weinstein 
Alternate: Andrew Lee; Student of Svetlana Soleimani 
Honorable Mention: Daniel Chen; Student of Svetlana Soleimani  
Honorable Mention: Tara Kim; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky 
Honorable Mention: Jessica Xie; Student of Aleksey Madan 
Honorable Mention: Emily Wang; Student of Tony Weinstein 

Piano Solo: Junior
Winner: Jayden Wang; Student of Linda Belleville  
Alternate: Enge Huang; Student of Tony Weinstein 
Honorable Mention: Kenny Wang; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo 

Piano Solo: Senior
Winner: Joshua Kim; Student of Nadya Dubikovsky  
Alternate: Advaith Iyengar; Student of Karen Taylor  
Honorable Mention: Faith Anema; Student of Nicole Lee  
Honorable Mention: Arthur Yeh; Student of Ada Shebanova  

Piano Solo: Collegiate
Winner: Cecilia Horner; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo 
Alternate: Allyn Beifus; Student of Hamilton Tescarollo  

Piano Duet: Early Elementary
Winners: Roni-Lyanda Geller & Elizabeth Slipchenko; Students of Aleksey Madan 

Piano Duet: Elementary
Winners: Leon Zeng & Sydney Weaver; Students of Nadya Dubikovsky 

Piano Duet: Middle
Winners: Eric Jin & Elaine Zeng; Students of Nadya Dubikovsky 

Piano Duet: Junior
Winners: Liz Garner & Abigail Garner; Students of Amy Chaplin  

Strings: Early Elementary
Winner: Roland Li; Student of Yon Joo Lee 
Alternate: Evelyn Feng Chih; Student of Yon Joo Lee 
Honorable Mention: Leonardo Lu; Student of Bruce Morrow  

Strings: Elementary
Winner: Ben Chen; Student of Caroline Kim 
Alternate: Monique Cho; Student of Allison Nyquist  
Honorable Mention: Theo Yang; Student of Yon Joo Lee  

Strings: Middle
Winner: Elaine Zeng; Student of Megan Moon 

Strings: Junior
Winner: Grace Lee; Student of Megan Moon  

Strings: Senior
Winner: Lejun Chen; Student of Megan Moon  
Alternate: Haseung Jun; Student of Regan Eckstein

The dates and information for many of the districts competitions around the state have been announced as well as the state competition. See details below.

View the district map here.
View updated guidelines/application requirements for 2022 here.

District Auditions

Hoosier Auditions State Competition

Coordinator: Daniel Lin
Email: [email protected]
Address: Indiana Wesleyan University, Division of Music: 4201 S. Washington Street, Marion IN 46953
Audition Venue: Philippe Performing Arts Center, Indiana Wesleyan University
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2022
Postmark Deadline: Thursday, April 28, 2022

Pre-Early Elementary Piano Solo

Winner: Sophia Liu – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Alternate: Joanna Chan – Student of Aleksey Madan

Pre-Early Elementary Piano Duet

Winner: Evelyn Feng Chih and Joanna Chan – Students of Aleksey Madan

Early Elementary Piano Solo

Winner: Zoe Cha – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Alternate: Roni Lyanda-Geller – Student of Aleksey Madan
Honorable Mentions:
Caroline L. Song – Student of Galit Gertsenzon
Melody Fei – Student of Melanie Manges
Elizabeth Slipchenko – Student of Aleksey Madan
Audrey Zhang – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Angela Xiao  – Student of Svetlana Soleimani

Early Elementary Piano Duet

Winner: Angela Xiao and Sophia Liu – Students of Svetlana Soleimani
Alternate: Chloe Hu and Lucille Hu – Students of Dilya Meehan

Elementary Piano Solo

Winner: Daniel Chen – Student of Svetlana Soleimani
Alternate: Emily Wang – Student of Tony Weinstein
Honorable Mentions:
Anna Sicoe – Student of Christine Freeman
Alexander Li – Student of Grace Hemaida
Andrew Lee – Student of Svetlana Soleimani

Elementary Piano Duet

Winner: Daniel Chen and Andrew Lee – Students of Svetlana Soleimani

Middle Piano Solo

Winner: Isaac Qian – Student of Ada Shebanova
Alternate: Elaine Zeng – Student of Nadya Dubikovsky
Honorable Mentions:
Kenny Wang – Student of Christine Freeman
Edward Ng – Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Han Yan – Student of Tony Weinstein

Junior Piano Solo

Winner: Chloe Park – Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Alternate: Ariel Lyanda-Geller – Student of  Aleksey Madan
Honorable Mentions:
Jayden Wang – Student of Linda Belleville
Jack Ma – Student of Phoenix Park-Kim

Senior Piano Solo

Winner: Daniel Larsen – Student of Karen Taylor
Alternate: Cade Neely – Student of Grace Hemaida
Honorable Mentions:
Daniel Liu – Student of Hamilton Tescarollo
Arjun Siderys – Student of Galit Gertsenzon

Collegiate Piano Solo

Winner: Richard Wu – Student of Edward Auer
Alternate: Cecilia Horner – Student of Hamilton Tescarollo

Pre-Early Elementary Strings

Winner: Evelyn Feng Chih, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee

Early Elementary Strings

Winner: Harin Lee, Violin – Student of Megan Moon
Alternate: Melody Fei, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee

Elementary Strings

Winner: Ananya Anand, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee
Alternate: Bohan Aiden Zhang, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee

Middle Strings

Winner: Noelle Streuber-Eden, Violin – Student of Tamara Ringas
Alternate: JeFauna Zhu, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee

Senior Strings

Winner: Bohua Peter Zhang, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee
Alternate: Frank Shi, Violin – Student of Yon Joo Lee

Junior Winds

Winner: Alexa Magnus – Student of Michael Anne Tolan
Alternate: Nathaniel R. Kalenny – Student of Michael Anne Tolan

Junior Voice

Winner: Hannah E. Seaman – Student of Caroline Bradley Smith

The dates and information for many of the districts competitions around the state have been announced as well as the state competition. See details below.

View the district map here.
View updated guidelines/application requirements for 2021 here.

District Auditions

Hoosier Auditions State Competition

Coordinator: Daniel Lin
Address: Indiana Wesleyan University, Division of Music: 4201 S. Washington Street, Marion IN 46953
Contact Email: [email protected]
Postmark Deadline for Applications & Fees: Friday, April 23, 2021
Deadline for YouTube Links: Friday, April 30, 2021

Important Update:

HOOSIER AUDITIONS CANCELLED due to COVID-19 Outbreak

Due to several campus closures leading to an increasing number of audition cancellations across the state, all district auditions are hereby cancelled. The State Competition scheduled for May 9th is also cancelled.

We understand that these cancellations will no doubt result in disappointments and inconveniences for everyone.  However, recommendations and guidelines published by the Indiana State Department of Health strongly encourages social distancing, and avoidance of all forms of non-essential travel.  Your safety and well-being is our top priority, and we hope you will give us some grace for the difficult decision we have had to make.

I wanted to thank you for continuing to make Hoosier Auditions such an exciting and enriching musical experience year after year.  We look forward to hearing your beautiful performances next year.

Sincerely,

Daniel Lin
Hoosier Auditions Coordinator