TRIPLE STAR RECIPIENTS

2025 Inaugural Recipients:

Eli Bird
Student of Dr. Natasha Stollmack

Jason Zielinski
Student of Renée Guerrero
 
Robert Zielinski
Student of Renée Guerrero

PAST PRIZEWINNERS

Pieces to be performed are selected by the judges. Rulings by judges cannot be contested.

Group I

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Kevin Li
Student of Golda Tatz

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
(in honor of Gloria Hieger and Lillian MacManus)
Sylvia Hwan
Student of Eugenia Betman

Third Prize – Lester B. Major Award
Scarlett Zhang
Student of Margarita Rovenskaya

Honorable Mentions
Surui Fang
Student of Snow Wilson

Group II

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Lauren Kang
Student of Lora Tchekoratova

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
(in honor of Gloria Hieger and Lillian MacManus)

Averie Wu
Student of Ingrid Clarfield

Third Prize – Adele Velo Award
Elizabeth Levine
Student of Yukimi Song

Honorable Mentions
Alice Maria Sorochan
Student of Golda Tatz

Group III

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Kayla Kaushansky
Student of Rimma Agami

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
(in honor of Gloria Hieger and Lillian MacManus)
Christopher Ramos
Student of Carmel Lowenthal

Third Prize – Vera Wills Award
Owen Smith
Student of Golda Tatz

Honorable Mention
Teddy Liu
Student of Marina Obukovsky

Hannah Zou
Student of Ingrid Clarfield

Zachary Chang
Student of Snow Wilson

Group IV

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Avery Cotton
Student of Svitlana Fiorito

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
(in honor of Gloria Hieger and Lillian MacManus)

Benjamin Wien
Student of Julian Martin

Third Prize – Beverly Shea Award
Evan Lin
Student of Ingrid Clarfield

Honorable Mention
Ziyang Nancy Wang
Student of Golda Tatz

Arthur You
Student of Li-Chen Hwang

Kevin Jin
Student of Gloria Chu

Regina Rubinoff Living Composer Award
Sylvia Hwan
Student of Eugenia Betman

Dorothy and Sidney Morrow Baroque Composition Award
Benjamin Wien
Student of Julian Martin

20th/21st American Prize
Hannah Zou
Student of Ingrid Clarfield

Group I

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Lilian Ji

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
(in honor of Gloria Hieger and Lillian MacManus)
Elizabeth Levine

Third Prize – Lester B. Major Award
Not Awarded

Honorable Mentions
Hannah Zheng
Liam Zalben

Regina Rubinoff Living Composer Award
Karuna Aikawa

Group II

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Maggie Miao

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
(in honor of Gloria Hieger and Lillian MacManus)

Isabella Tse

Third Prize – Adele Velo Award
Averie Wu

Honorable Mentions
Eric Feng
Olivia Hu

Dorothy and Sidney Morrow Baroque Composition Award
Not Awarded

Group III

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Daniel Haiduc

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
(in honor of Gloria Hieger and Lillian MacManus)
Kayla Kaushansky

Third Prize – Vera Wills Award
Caleb Sharkey

Honorable Mention
Benjamin Wien
Katharine Luo

Regina Rubinoff 20th/21st-Century American Composer Award
Serena Li

Dorothy and Sidney Morrow Baroque Composition Award
Caleb Sharkey

Group IV

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Alyssa Xu

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
(in honor of Gloria Hieger and Lillian MacManus)

Arthur You

Third Prize – Beverly Shea Award
Nupur Ballal

Honorable Mention
Not Awarded

Group I

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Brooklyn Kim
student of Isabel Keleti

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
Nolan Granros
student of Eileen Buck

Third Prize – Lester B. Major Award
Not Awarded

Regina Rubinoff Living Composer Award
Lauren Kang
student of Walter Aparicio

Group II

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Sarah Chen
student of Ingrid Clarfield

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
Eric Feng
student of Gloria Chu

Third Prize – Adele Velo Award
Taksh Gupta
student of Ingrid Clarfield

Honorable Mentions
Max Slonim
student of Genia Betman

Dorothy and Sidney Morrow Baroque Composition Award
Eric Feng
student of Gloria Chu

Group III

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Ben Wien
student of Marija Ilic

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
Amber Wang
student of Ingrid Clarfield

Third Prize – Vera Wills Award
Alyssa Xu
student of Ingrid Clarfield

Honorable Mention
Kevin Jin
student of Gloria Chu

Regina Rubinoff 20th/21st-Century American Composer Award
Amber Wang
student of Ingrid Clarfield

Dorothy and Sidney Morrow Baroque Composition Award
Sarah Ouyang
student of Gloria Chu

Group IV

First Prize – Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs Award
Vincent Jiang
student of Gloria Chu

Second Prize – Pauline Styler Award
Ava Turner
student of Edith Sullivan

Third Prize – Beverly Shea Award
Albert Zhou
student of Wayne Weng

Honorable Mention
Jennifer Liu
student of Ingrid Clarfield

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