GOCAA International Music Competition

April 13, 2024

2024 GOCAA International Music Competition San Diego Preliminary

The 2024 GOCAA International Music Competition’s San Diego Preliminary is one of the largest among other city preliminaries, including Boston, San Francisco, Delaware, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Toronto, Vancouver, and Guangzhou, China. The competition, featuring divisions in Piano, Violin, Cello, Ensemble, Classical Vocal, Chinese Instrument, Pop Vocal, and Pop Instrument, will take place across Baker-Baum Hall, JAI Hall, and the Atkinson Room. Fifteen experienced and renowned judges from both local and national backgrounds will score over 200 contestants. In the evening, Baker-Baum Hall will host a performance of 20 selected programs from last year’s award-winning performers, coinciding with the awards ceremony

Competition

The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
09:00-12:00 Piano Division
13:00-16:00 Piano Division
16:00-17:00 Ensemble Division

The JAI
13:00-15:30 String Division
15:30-17:00 Classical Vocal Division
17:00-18:00 Make-up Session

The Atkinson Room
13:00-15:00 Pop Vocal/Instrument Division
15:00-18:00 Chinese Instrument Division

Award Ceremony & Performance Concert

The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
19:30-22:15
1. Zither Ensemble: Spring River Flower Moon Night
/Chinese Classic/
Bei Bei Monter, Shengyu Mei, Kelly Au, Chengyu Shi, Zixuan Mo, Wei Lin, Rose Jin, Giang Do, Ella Wu
Awarding Piano Division III Prize

2. Violin Solo: Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 27 “Ballade”
/Eugene Ysaÿe/
Lucas Lee

3. Violin Ensemble: Exodus
/Tonci Huljic, arr by Maksim Mrvica/
Bing Li, Yoyo Shi, Yolanda Yu, Boyang Mou, Stella Wang, Ellabelle Yang, Christina Wang, Mary He, Zixi Su, Ella Sun, Siyu Diao, Zimo Weng, Steven Xiong, Diana Xu, Mia Liu, Samuel Xiong, Greyson Dai, Frank Li, Fiona Deng, Jayden Liu, Lucas Li

4. Piano Solo: Danses de salon No.1 Tarantella
/Albert Pieczonka/
Angela Cai

5. Piano Trio: Sonata for Piano Trio in C major, Op. 15, No. 1, W.B 49
/J.C. Bach/
Piano: Lucas Lei, Cello: Gavin Zheng Violin: Helena Leachman
Awarding String/Ensemble III Prize

6. Piano Duet: Hungarian Dance No.5
/Johannes Brahms/
Bernie Huang, Athena Zhou

7. Aria: “Un bel di vedremo” from Madama Butterfly
/Giacomo Puccini/
Katherine Backues

8. String Quintet： Music Bash From East to West
/Folk Songs/
Yanchen Ding, Youcheng Yang, William Zhang, Tian Cheng, Ariel Lavelle, Sophia Wei, Samantha Yang

9. Piano Solo: Star Chaser
/Mikita Li/
Mikita Li

Awarding Vocal/Pop/Chinese Division III Prize

10. Cello Duet: Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531, Allegro
/Antonio Vivaldi/
Zinuo Cai、Ethan Dang

11. String Ensemble: Tango “La Cumparsita”
/Rodriguez-McLean/
Molly Mo, Daniel Chen, Katherine Yu, Felix Chou, Gavin Chen, Ryan Dong, Bethany Xia, Yihan Ma, Sharon Zhao

12. Piano Solo: Scherzo No.2, Op.31
/Frédéric Chopin/
Yilin Zhu

Intermission

13. Zither Ensemble: Flourishing Age
/Wei Zeng, Jinyang Sun/
Grace Ma, Elena Song, Ivy Zhang, Annie Xu, Daisy Wu, Claire Hu, Elaine Meng, Lucas Zhang

Awarding Piano Division II Prize

14. Improvisation Piano and Drum
Sarah Zhang, Eddie Hong

15. Piano Trio: From that Distant Land
/Luobin Wang arr. by John Van Deursen/
Piano: Angela Lin, Violin: Alice Xu, Cello: Nicole Liu

16. Piano Eight Hands: Galop-Marche for Eight Hands
/Albert Lavignac/
Amy Jia, Yuhan Chen, Tianrui Zhang, Heyongxi

Awarding String/Ensemble/Vocal/Chinese/Pop Division II Prize

17. Trio in G minor, Op.63 I. Allegro
/Carl Maria von Weber/
Piano: Yilin Zhu, Flute: Alisa Timmerman, Cello: Evelyn Nedelciuc

18. Piano Solo: Le Rossignol, S.250/1
/Franz Liszt/
Grace Wang

19. Etude de Concert S. 144 No. 3 “Un Sospiro”
/Franz Liszt/
Dylan Lee

20. 6 Piano Trios, Op.352, No 3 Carl Bohm
Piano: Nicole Liu, Flute: Melody Hui, Cello: Jeremy Wang

Awarding All Division I Prize