2023 Winners

We were thrilled to receive over 100 submissions for this year’s Pacific Musical Society & Foundation Annual Competition, and are pleased to announce the winners below!

Our adjudication panel featured prominent musicians bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to this year’s judging:

Check out the incredible performances by our instrumental, piano, and vocal winners in the 2023 Winners Showcase!

2023 Instrumental Winners

Instrumental-1 (ages 8-10)

1st Place: Katherine Jang

2nd Place: Madelyn Zhu

3rd Place: Jessie Shang

Instrumental-2 (ages 11-13)

1st Place: Aaron Ma

2nd Place: Cara Wang

3rd Place: Sydney Li-Jenkins

Instrumental-3 (ages 14-17)

1st Place: Dustin Breshears

2nd Place: Daniel Yim

3rd Place: Huisun Hong

2023 Piano Winners

Piano-1 (ages 8-10)

1st Place: Andrew Yin

2nd Place: Melissa Zhao

3rd Place: Avery Armstrong

Honorable Mention: Hiroshi Corro

The Shirley M. Beckett Piano Division

(Piano-2, ages 11-13)

1st Place: Katelyn Deng

2nd Place: Meining Wu

3rd Place: Bridget Hoang

Honorable Mention: Peter Parra

Piano-3 (ages 14-17)

1st Place: Andrew Gu

2nd Place: Riko Ando

3rd Place: Nathaniel Zhang

Honorable Mention: Ryan Wang, Oliver Corro

2023 Vocal Winners

Vocal-1 (ages 16-18)

1st Place: Katrina Franco

2nd Place: Raghav Ramgopal

3rd Place: Isabel Yang

2023 Composition Winners (ages 8-25)

1st place: Nikka Gershman

2nd place: Kiran Thole

3rd place: Mehana Ellis