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.
Elementary Piano:
Winner: Hudson Seerden (teacher: Kathleen Sadoff)
Alternate: Sophia Fan (teacher: Benita Tse-Leung)
Honorable Mention: Gryffin Wu (teacher: Ella Karasik)
Junior Piano:
Winner: Baohan Hou (teacher: Nina Polonsky)
Alternate: Kaidi Wang (teacher: Sean Schulze)
Honorable Mention: Jintong Wang (teacher: Chris Fisher), John Zhan (teacher: Benita Tse-Leung)
Senior Piano:
Winner: Evan Dan (teacher: Sean Schulze)
Alternate: Andrey Bakalov (teacher: Nina Polonsky)
Honorable Mention: Kaede Suzuki (teacher: Jackson Leung) , Montgomery Moore (teacher: Laura Melton)
Elementary Strings:
Winner: Frank Li (teacher: Kun Dong)
Alternate: Joji Lewicki (teacher: Koko Watanabe)
Junior Strings:
Winner: Avery Li (teacher: Gyusun Han)
Honorable Mention: Andy Li (teacher: Hong Cheng)
Senior Strings:
Winner: Autumn Rinaldi (teacher: Sarah Kim)
2024-25 OhioMTA Buckeye Auditions Rules and Regulations (docx)
DownloadApril 5, 2025. Graves Piano & Organ Co.
Chair: Kathleen Sadoff WEBSITE
April 26, 2025, The University of Akron, School of Music
Chair: Mayumi Kikuchi WEBSITE
March 9, 2025, Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green
Chair: Elesha Wey WEBSITE
April 5, 2025, St Francis Chapel, 1 John Carroll Boulevard, University Heights, Ohio 44118
Chair: Susan Ellinger WEBSITE
March 9, 2025, Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green
Chair: Yevgeny Yontov WEBSITE
Date: TBD, Ohio University School of Music, Glidden Hall
Chair: Christopher Fisher WEBSITE
Southwest: April 12, Ascension Lutheran Church, 7333 Pfeiffer Road
Chair: Marion Peraza WEBSITE
April 26, 2025, Central Christian Church, 1200 Forrer Blvd., Kettering, OH
Chair: Merri Kozlowski-Klode WEBSITE