2025 OhioMTA State Buckeye Auditions
Each spring, highly motivated students in piano, string, voice, and winds compete at the District level. One winner in each participating category is selected to perform as a finalist in the state-level Buckeye Audition. Winners earn cash prizes.
2025 Buckeye Auditions Chair: Dr. Frank Huang (huangfd@miamioh.edu)
Click HERE for a list of composer classifications.
2024 Buckeye Auditions Results
Elementary Piano:
Winner: Belinda Zhu; teacher: Nina Polonsky
Alternate: Alice Zheng; teacher: Benita Tse Leung
Honorable Mention: Dianna Kerze; teacher: Irina Nikolaeva
Junior High Piano:
Winner: Ryan Wang; teacher: Fan Zhang
Alternate: Evelyn Ni; teacher: Benita Tse Leung
Honorable Mention: Kaidi Wang; teacher: Sean Schulze
Honorable Mention: Kaden Frum; teacher: Amy Rice
Honorable Mention: Montgomery Moore; teacher: Laura Melton
Honorable Mention: Sabrina Kerze; teacher: Irina Nikolaeva
Senior High Piano:
Winner: Levi Li; teacher: Nina Polonsky
Alternate: Evan Dan; teacher: Sean Schulze
Honorable Mention: Michael Zhang; teacher: Cicilia Yudha
Elementary Strings:
Winner: Eliot Brown; teacher: Sarah Kim
Alternate: Illona Lottenbach; teacher: Tatiana Hanna
Junior Strings:
Winner: Angela Tang; teacher: Joel Smirnoff
Senior Strings:
Winner: Daniel Bae; teacher: Gyusun Han
Alternate: Autumn Rinaldi; teacher: Sarah Kim