Each year, about 25 finalists are selected from among the many scholarship applicants by a panel of four judges who listen anonymously to their CDs. In 2014 the preliminary round judges were: Dr. Sohyun Ahn, Kelly Yu-Chieh Lin, Sohee Lee and Dr. Hyewoon Lim
At the recent auditions these finalists, ages 7-18, played two contrasting pieces from memory before three prominent adjudicators, Ena Bronstein Barton, Marvin Blickenstaff, and Eric Fung who selected the winners. Members, teachers and parents were in the enthusiastic audience.
Over the last twenty three years, more than 100 students have received Steinway Society scholarships. Many of the past winners have gone on to win other state and national prizes and study music in college.
The Scholarship Finalists
- Andrew Gu, student of Julia Lam, First Place tie, Group 1
- Gordon Li, student of Julia Lam, First Place tie, Group 1
- Helen Liu, student of Rita Shklar, Second Place, Group 1
- Zoe Wang, student of Wendy Wu, Third Place, Group 1
- Grace Gu, student of Irina Morozova, First Place, Group 2
- Albert Gu, student of Julia Lam, Second Place, Group 2
- Tsan Kenneth He, student of Veda Zuponcic, Third Place, Group 2
- Alexander Suponya, student of Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention Group 2
- Christine Chang, student of Kyu-Jung Rhee, Honorable Mention Group 2
- Victor You, student of Ludmila Ozeryansky, Honorable Mention Group 2
- Sharon Jin, student of Ingrid Clarfield, First Place, Group 3
- Alexander Liu, student of Veda Zuponcic, Second Place, Group 3
- Anand Nanduri, student of Ingrid Clarfield, Third Place, Group 3
- Daniel T. Kim, student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention Group 3
- Tianxin Tang (Elliott), student of Beatrice Long, Honorable Mention Group 3
- Amanda Chang, student of Julia Lam, Honorable Mention Group 3
- Pauline Qin, student of Yelena Ivanov, Honorable Mention Group 3
- Gabrielle Hsu, student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention Group 3
- David Geng, student of Ingrid Clarfield, First Place, Group 4
- Lucas Hurley McCabe, student of Alan Wasserman, Second Place, Group 4
- Yuan He, student of Galina Prilutskaya, Third Place, Group 4
- Agustin Zavala, student of Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention Group 4
- Celena Chen, student of Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention Group 4
- Amanda Liu, student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention Group 4