CONGRATULATIONS Winners SFBAC NATS MT/CCM Student Auditions Fall 2022
Final Round Winners:
Children / Youth Award for Music Theater and CM Categories:
Siddhant Gaur (student of Furong Gardner)
Lower High School Award for Music Theater and CM Categories:
Mariam Kubursi (student of Annelle Delfs)
Upper High School Award for Music Theater and CM Categories:
Christopher Apy (student of Alexandra Mena)
Collegiate / Post-Collegiate Award for Music Theater and CM Categories:
Dario Johnson-Watts (student of Jonathan Smucker)
Late Bloomers Award:
Anne-Marie Jensen (student of Jenny Matteucci)
Singer-Songwriter Award:
Rose Madsen (student of Amy Heumann)
First Round Winners:
Category 01: MT Children: 5th grade and below
1st Place – Phoebe Wagner (student of Anne Yung)
2nd Place – Joanna Lee (student of Donna Olson)
3rd Place – Isabella Grindall (student of Anne Yung)
Honorable Mention – Om Hari (student of Anne Yung)
Category 02-1: MT Youth: Grades 6-8 (Group 1)
1st Place – Elyse Chambers (student of Xiaohua Song)
2nd Place (tie) – Yunfei Wang (student of Xiaohua Song) / Elizabeth Surridge (student of Kelly Burge)
Honorable Mention – Sanyi Yao
Category 02-2: MT Youth: Grades 6-8 (Group 2)
1st Place (tie) – Ishaan Wankhade (student of Alexandra Mena) / Sophie Hawkins (student of Kelly Burge)
3rd Place – Kaylee Chang (student of Kelly Burge)
Honorable Mention – Niyati Ramanathan (student of Gayatri Venkatesan)
Category 02-3: MT Youth: Grades 6-8 (Group 3)
1st Place – Siddhant Gaur (student of Furong Gardner)
2nd Place – Jillian Cheng (student of Sheila Townsend)
3rd Place – Chiara D’Agostino (student of Amy Heumann)
Honorable Mention (tie) – Annabel Zhao (student of Diane Squires) / Kaia Liu (student of Alexandra Mena)
Category 03-1: MT Lower High School-SSA: Grades 9 & 10 (Group 1)
1st Place – Vivian Sun (student of Kelly Clarke)
2nd Place – Tanisha Shanbhag (student of Sarah Sloan)
3rd Place – Athena Wolff (student of Lora Libby)
Honorable Mention – Lydia Goodson (student of Katie Tupper)
Category 03-2: MT Lower High School-SSA: Grades 9 & 10 (Group 2)
1st Place – Mariam Kubursi (student of Annelle Delfs)
2nd Place (tie) – Lilia ten Bosch (student of Alexandra Mena) / Tamara Arad (student of Erin McOmber)
Honorable Mention (tie) – Elena Kwauk (student of Katie Tupper) / Mia Weinberger (student of Furong Gardner)
Category 04: MT Lower High School-TBB: Grades 9 & 10
1st Place (tie) – Aditya Ramanathan (student of Gayatri Venkatesan) / Armaan Sharma (student of Kelly Burge)
3rd Place – Aaron Zhu (student of Jin-Hee Kim)
Honorable Mention – Maitlen Suvari (student of Sheila Townsend)
Category 05-1: MT Upper High School–SSA: Grades 11 & 12 (Group 1)
1st Place – Rose Madsen (student of Amy Heumann)
2nd Place – Shreya Ghoshal (student of Gayatri Venkatesan)
3rd Place – Erin Lieberman-Evans (student of Roger McCracken)
Honorable Mention – Sami Kuncharapu (student of Sarah Sloan)
Category 05-2: MT Upper High School–SSA: Grades 11 & 12 (Group 2)
1st Place – Maria Ana (student of Sheila Townsend)
2nd Place – Samantha Wu (student of Amy Heumann)
3rd Place – Maya Gopalswamy (student of Kelly Burge)
Honorable Mention – Kaiyi Ma (student of Amy Heumann)
Category 06: MT Upper High School–TBB: Grades 11 & 12
1st Place (tie) – Christopher Apy (student of Alexandra Mena) / Liam Blecha (student of Chad Somers)
3rd Place – Garrison Garcia (student of Kelly Burge)
Honorable Mention – Willow Aguilar (student of Alexandra Mena)
Category 07/08: MT Lower College & Independent Studio–SSA/TBB
1st Place – Sophia Ignacio (student of Alexandra Mena)
2nd Place – Brian Loh (student of Alexandra Mena)
3rd Place – Mack Smith (student of Wendy Hillhouse)
Category 09/10: MT Upper College & Independent Studio–SSA/TBB
1st Place – Jin-Hee Lee (student of Kathryne Jennings)
2nd Place – Ian Harris (student of Jonathan Smucker)
3rd Place – Anna Ascheman (student of Wendy Hillhouse)
Honorable Mention – Danny Ritz (student of Kathryne Jennings)
Category 12/13: MT Advanced SSA/TBB
1st Place – Dario Johnson-Watts (student of Jonathan Smucker)
2nd Place – Merrill Grant (student of Jenny Matteucci)
3rd Place – Rebecca Euchler (student of Sheila Townsend)
Honorable Mention – Megen Vo (student of Erin McOmber)
Category 14/15: CM Children / Youth
1st Place – Vivian Sun (student of Kelly Clarke)
2nd Place – Kareena Agarwal (student of Katie Tupper)
3rd Place – Namya Suri (student of Diane Squires)
Honorable Mention (tie) – Sloane Donahue (student of Erin McOmber) / Rinita Thilak (student of Audrey Howitt)
Category 16: CM High School– SSA & TBB
1st Place – Brian Loh (student of Alexandra Mena)
2nd Place – Phoebe Wright (student of Jace Wittig)
3rd Place – Ria Mathew (student of Kelly Burge)
Honorable Mention (tie) – Athena Wolff (student of Lora Libby) / Caitlin Hopkins (student of Sheila Townsend)
Category 17: CM Collegiate & Independent Studio– SSA & TBB
1st Place – Ava Merchant (student of Juanita Ulloa)
2nd Place – Shayla He (student of Alison Collins)
3rd Place – Miles Alexander (student of Katie Tupper)
Category 18/19: Adult SSA/TBB (Avocational)
1st Place – Nikhar Agrawal (student of Kathleen Ludowise)
2nd Place – Alton Bartolome (student of Victoria Rapanan)
3rd Place – Ella Nicolson (student of Lora Libby)
Honorable Mention – Wesley Christyono (student of Jin-Hee Kim)
Category 20/21: Adult SSA/TBB (Late Bloomers)
1st Place (tie) – Andrew Newell (student of Victoria Rapanan) / Anne-Marie Jensen (student of Jenny Matteucci)
3rd Place – Melannie Buff (student of Donna Olson)
Honorable Mention – Carl Young (student of Katya Roemer)
Category 22: Singer-Songwriter 19 and under
1st Place – Ava Merchant (student of Juanita Ulloa)
2nd Place – Shayla He (student of Alison Collins)
3rd Place – Jessica Steele (student of Alexandra Mena)
Category 23: Singer-Songwriter 20+
1st Place – Rose Madsen (student of Amy Heumann)
2nd Place – Emily Saletan (student of Kathryne Jennings)
3rd Place – Danny Ritz (student of Kathryne Jennings)
Honorable Mention – Virginia Morgan (student of Juanita Ulloa)
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Watch a video of past winners on CS Music here.