2025 OhioMTA State Buckeye Auditions
(Registration opens January 1, 2025 and closes March 1, 2025)
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.
2025 Buckeye Auditions Results
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)