Festival Competition Winners

JOIN US on Saturday May 8th @ 12pm EST to hear our Festival Competition Winners LIVE online

(link available soon)

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Special Guest Lauren Teller

Musical Theatre Singer

Lauren Teller is very excited to be a part of VCH’s live streamed concert! She is currently pursuing her BFA in Musical Theatre at SUNY Fredonia. Lauren has been singing and performing since her Sophomore year in High School. She is very interested in being a part of raw, eye opening theatre and television. She was most recently seen as Ang in QUEEN’S DELI, Lady Macbeth in MACBETH, and #25 in THE WOLVES! Lauren is also very excited to announce the first season of her podcast, “Not Nonsensical” featuring herself, and her good friend Avery Norris. Each episode there is a new guest, and new topics to discuss! Give it a listen through our Linktree @notnonsencial, Google Podcasts, or Spotify! Lauren also likes to spend her free time working, creating theatre, and playing Dungeons and Dragons with her friends.


Get to know our Winners

Enjoy their personal interviews and performances from our Final Round Recital

AGE 5-9 Division

Molly Xie, violinist

2nd Place

Alina Luo, pianist

1st Place


Age 10-13 Division

Joy Liang, pianist

2nd Place

Louisa Marie Cordes, violinist

1st Place


Age 14-18 Division

Melissa Hecker, musical theatre voice

2nd Place

Sophia Molina, violinist

1st Place


Adult Amateur Division

José de Jesús Castro Castro, guitarist

2nd Place

Julian Salazar, saxophone

1st Place


Collegiate Division

David Cortez, saxophone

2nd Place

The Venus Quartet

Agata Miłoś, Alicja Poręba, Malwina Miękoś, & Kajetan Kosiec

1st Place


Professional Division

Junwen Liang, pianist

2nd Place

Maiko Sasaki, clarinetist

1st Place