2026 Winners In-Person Winners
4th Grade
1st Place Kenneth Lin Teacher: Maria Crystalia
2nd Place Megyn Ma Teacher: Ming Ge
3rd Place Clayton Jeffries Teacher: Jimmy Cheung
5th Grade
1st Place Liam Kaiser Teacher: Jimmy Cheung
2nd Place Joyee Liu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Zihan Wang Teacher: Ming Ge
6th Grade
1st Place Jakin Bao Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Emma Guan Teacher: Ming Ge
3rd Place Max Lopez Teacher: Jimmy Cheung
HM Jacob Chen Teacher: Ming Ge
HM William Bonstead Teacher: Dorothy Halstead
7th Grade
1st Place Winn Chung Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Elim Bao Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Ailsa Shu Teacher: Ming Ge
HM Gyatri Mondal Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
8th Grade
1st Place Tyler Sjariffudin Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Nebai Guerra Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
3rd Place Kayden Cheung Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Pranav Kurupati Teacher: Ming Ge
HM Chenyu Lin Teacher: Maria Crystalia
HM Zoe Ivlev Teacher: Deborah Rhine
9th Grade
1st Place Zoey Zhang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Sungmin Kim Teacher: Dobin Park
3rd Place Shaunak Saha Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Han Niu Teacher: Maria Crystalia
10th Grade
1st Place Gwendolyn Jacobs Teacher: Angela Lau
2nd Place Evelyn Lu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Kylie Xu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
11th/12th Grade
1st Place Daniel Vauter Teacher: Angela Lau
2nd Place Elana Xu Teacher: A.J. Collins
2026 Online Composer's Choice Winners
5th Grade
Winner Nate Hochmann Teacher: Amy Lee
6th Grade
Winner Timothy Wiradarma Teacher: Alexis Barton
8th Grade
Winner Pranav Kurupati Teacher: Ming Ge
9th Grade
Winner Finley Wier Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
10th Grade
Winner Kyungwon Oliver Lee Teacher: Sarah Rushing
2025 Winners
4th Grade
1st Place Agnes Lim Teacher: Marsha Perkins
2nd Place Aditya Iyer Teacher: Marsha Perkins
3rd Place Liam Kaiser Teacher: Jimmy Cheung
HM Anna Wang Teacher: Ming Ge
5th Grade
1st Place Jakin Bao Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Nolan Shaw Teacher: Ming Ge
3rd Place Joanna Huang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Max Lopez Teacher: Jimmy Cheung
6th Grade
1st Place Winn Chung Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Adelaide Bonstead Teacher: Dorothy Halstead
3rd Place Gyatri Mondal Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Jason Yao Teacher: Marsha Perkins
7th Grade
1st Place William Yu Teacher: Ming Ge
2nd Place Alexander Ang Teacher: Ivan Hurd
3rd Place Emma Love Teacher: Toni Salmons
HM Megan Yu Teacher: Ming Ge
8th Grade
1st Place Zoey Zhang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Kingsley Lin Teacher: Maria Crystalia
3rd Place Finley Wier Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Sungmin Kim Teacher: Jeong-Eun Lee
9th Grade
1st Place Lillian Maldonado Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Jane Vietas Teacher: A.J. Collins
3rd Place Evelyn Lu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Gwendolyn Jacobs Teacher: Pablo Aguilar
HM Gabriel Lim Teacher: Marsha Perkins
10th Grade
1st Place Michelle Liu Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Elana Xu Teacher: A.J. Collins
3rd Place Kara Wang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Eric Min Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Abigail Chu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
11th/12th Grade
1st Place Spencer Gillespie Teacher: Jimmy Cheung
2nd Place Rachael Yee Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Campbell Leiloglou Teacher: Dorothy Halstead
HM Carlo De Luca Teacher: Ivan Hurd
2024 Winners
4th Grade
1st Place Christopher Li Teacher: Ming Ge
2nd Place Emma Guan Teacher: Ming Ge
3rd Place Nolan Shaw Teacher: Ming Ge
HM Jacob Chen Teacher: Ming Ge
HM Max Lopez Teacher: Jimmy Cheung
5th Grade
1st Place Jason Yao Teacher: Marsha Perkins
2nd Place Cynthia Wang Teacher: Ming Ge
3rd Place Adelaide Bonstead Teacher: Dorothy Halstead
HM Winn Chung Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Elim Bao Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
6th Grade
1st Place Tyler Sjarriffudin Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Alexander Ang Teacher: Ivan Hurd
3rd Place Grace Ma Teacher: Ming Ge
HM Emma Love Teacher: Toni Salmons
7th Grade
1st Place Kingsley Lin Teacher: Maria Crystalia
2nd Place Sungmin Kim Teacher: Jeong-Eun Lee
3rd Place Shaunak Saha Teacher: Jeong-Eun Lee
HM Marc Anthony Do Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Finley Wier Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
8th Grade
1st Place Evelyn Lu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Lillian Maldonado Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
3rd Place Kyle Espenilla Teacher: Maria Crystalia
HM Kylie Xu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
9th Grade
1st Place Eric Min Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Michelle Liu Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
3rd Place Kara Wang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Addison Busch Teacher: Kieley Morales
HM Craig Hughes Teacher: Jimmy Cheung
10th Grade
1st Place Anna Szalai Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Spencer Gillespie Teacher: Jimmy Cheung
11th/12th Grade
1st Place Paulina Hampel Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Carlo De Luca Teacher: Ivan Hurd
3rd Place Michel Belhadad Teacher: Marsha Perkins
HM Ajay Panday Teacher: Eymen Geylan
HM Eileen Zhao Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2023 Winners
4th Grade
1st Place Winn Chung Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Elim Bao Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Jason Yao Teacher: Janet Toomes
HM Gyatri Mondal Teacher: Dorothy Halstead
HM Adelaide Bonstead Teacher: Dorothy Halstead
5th Grade
1st Place Megan Yu Teacher: Ming Ge
2nd Place Tyler Sjariffudin Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place William Yu Teacher: Ming Ge
HM Sherrie Yan Teacher: Ming Ge
HM Alexander Ang Teacher; Kazumi Yoshizawa
6th Grade
1st Place Julia Moselina Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Finley Wier Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
3rd Place Isabella Montemayor Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Kingsley Lin Teacher: Maria Crystalia
7th Grade
1st Place Kylie Xu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Natalie Hvass Teacher: Toni Salmons
3rd Place Evelyn Lu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
8th Grade
1st Place Johnson Wei Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Kara Wang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Eric Min Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Elana Xu Teacher: A.J. Collins
HM Michelle Liu Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
9th Grade
1st Place Madeline Maldonado Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Anna Szalai Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
3rd Place Christian Garcia Teacher: Glendora Garza
HM Michelle Li Teacher: Tim Woolsey
10th Grade
1st Place Eileen Zhao Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Olivia Griffeth Teacher: Kieley Morales
3rd Place Aarav Gedala Teacher: A.J. Collins
HM Simeon Griffith Teacher: Dorothy Halstead
11th/12th Grade
1st Place Rochela Sjariffudin Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Henrik Chan Teacher: Ming Ge
3rd Place Orry Huang Teacher: Dorothy Halstead
2022 Winners
4th Grade
1st Place Tyler Sjariffudin Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Kairui Jin Teacher: Jean Park
3rd Place Aiden Chen Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Suman Zou Teacher: Janice Chi
5th Grade
1st Place Gargi Mondal Teacher: Dorothy Yan
2nd Place Finley Wier Teacher: Pamela Rodriguez
3rd Place Han Niu Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
6th Grade
1st Place Grant Qu Teacher: Susan Groves
2nd Place Kylie Xu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Youjia Yu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Chael Lumaban Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Emery Lloyd Teacher: Kieley Morales
HM Cindy Chung Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
7th Grade
1st Place Eric Min Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Kara Wang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Addy Lloyd Teacher: Kieley Morales
HM Michelle Chuang Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
8th Grade
1st Place Madeline Maldonado Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Anna Szalai Teacher: Daniel Anastasio
2nd Place Sophia Zhang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Unal McLauchlan Teacher: Nina Drath
9th Grade
1st Place Paulina Hampel Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Eileen Zhao Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Olivia Griffeth Teacher: Kieley Morales
10th Grade
1st Place Samuel Cornett Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Leilani Touchstone Teacher: Maria Crystalia
3rd Place Jeffrey Kim Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Rochela Sjariffudin Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
11th/12th Grade
1st Place Sophia Louie Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Carrie Li Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Aaron Deleon Teacher: Maria Crystalia
HM Daniel Wang Teacher: A.J. Collins
HM Abcde Bannister Teacher: Ivan Hurd
2021 Winners
4th Grade
1st Place Edward Li Teacher: A.J. Collins
2nd Place Ashrit Beskroni Teacher: Nathan Nokes
5th Grade
1st Place Youjia Yu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Cindy Chung Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Evelyn Lu Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Kylie Xu Teacher: Emily Chow
HM Bryan Xu Teacher: Dorothy Halstead
6th Grade
1st Place Johnson Wei Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Kara Wang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Michelle Liu Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Eric Min Teacher: Zhen Zhao
7th Grade
1st Place Anna Szalai Teacher: Daniel Anastasio
2nd Place Annie Li Teacher: Carmen Yip
3rd Place Sophia Zhang Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Any Liu Teacher: Elizabeth Gutierrez
8th Grade
1st Place Paulina Hampel Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Eileen Zhao Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Gabrielle Walker Teacher: Toni Salmons
HM Olivia Griffeth Teacher: Kieley Morales
9th Grade
1st Place Samuel Cornett Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
2nd Place Adalia Stiglich Teacher: Ana Ortega
3rd Place Rochela Sjariffudin Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
HM Orry Huang Teacher: Dorothy Yan
10th Grade
1st Place Amoli Agarwal Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
2nd Place Sophia Louie Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Ellen Foreman Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Christina Liu Teacher: Ellen Pavliska
11th/12th Grade
1st Place Victor Vela Teacher: Ellen Pavliska
2nd Place Carrie Li Teacher: Emily Yeh Chow
3rd Place Christopher Chuang Teacher: Peter Steigerwald
HM Alice Huang Teacher: Peter Steigerwald