Congratulations to Our 2024-2025 Merit Scholarship Awardees and Recital Performers

The CMC faculty and staff audition students every May for full scholarships for private lessons in the upcoming school year. These scholarships are awarded based on need and merit. This year, the jury listened to numerous students playing a diverse range of repertoire.

The jury would like to express their gratitude to everyone who helped prepare the students for the auditions, as well as to the students who participated.

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Merit Scholarships for private lessons for the 2024-2025 school year, as well as the selected participants for the CMC All-School Recital.

Charlotte Ackerley Memorial Scholarship

Candy Chen, Student of Ava Gehlen-Williams

Chevron Scholarship

Mimi Bakker, Student of Matylda Rotkiewicz

Bella and P.P. Chiu Memorial Scholarship Fund

Luigi Fernandez, Student of Grace Yu

Bailin Li, Student of Sharon Wayne

Alexis Martinez, Student of Michael Long

Lindsay Wong, Student of Christian Bonvin 

Ruth and Martin Elsner Memorial Scholarships

Mike Lopez, Student of Omar Ledzama

Ziyan Zhang, Student of Lilia Zheltova

Gertrude Field Memorial Scholarship

Caroline Denmark, Student of Erik Pearson

Marian N. Ford Memorial Scholarship for Strings

Nayeli Barrera Alvarez, Student of Dorisiya Yosifova

Tyler Guge Memorial Scholarship

Manhattan Liu, Student of Erik Pearson

Harold Haber Memorial Scholarship

Emily Granina, Student of Tatyana Mikhaylenko

Hilda Haber Memorial Scholarship for Piano

Susanna Zhang, Student of Matylda Rotkiewicz

Koret Scholarship

Matthew Lu, Student of Sin-Tung Chiu

Ross McKee Memorial Scholarships in Piano

Maite Argote, Student of Grace Huenemann

Laura Chen, Student of Elyse Weakley

Luciano Costa, Student of Erik Walker

Thompson Nguyen, Student of Paul McMath

Emma Sophia Yambao, Student of Erick Peralta

Alice Morini Memorial Scholarship

Lukas Ng, Student of Dorisiya Yosifova

Maurice, Helen, and Carl Shapiro Memorial Scholarship

Lucas Lan, Student of Joshua Saulle

The Shenson Foundation Scholarship

Haibo Gao, Student of Tregar Otton

Shorr Memorial Scholarship in Chamber Music

Jayden Li, Student of Tatyana Mikhaylenko

Gioia Taber Piano Scholarship

Kimberley Chen, Student of Grace Yu

Mrs. Paul L. Wattis Memorial Scholarship

Kevin Jacob Barrera Garcia, Student of Irene Chagall

Joan Wild Memorial Scholarships

Kelsey Wong, Student of Christian Bonvin

Jaden Liu, Student of Paul Dab

James Hunt Scholarship

Juan Miguel Maeda Mijangos, Student of Christopher Basso

Ruth Lasky Memorial Scholarship Fund

Ashley Esmeralda Alvarado Zepeda, Student of Irene Chagall 

Sid and Iris Frank Memorial Scholarship

Andy Velez Esquivel, Student of Zahra Rothschild

Linda Blacketer Memorial Scholarship

Val Abrego, Student of Marth Rodriguez-Salazar

Dylan Rivera-Castillo, Student of Irene Chagall

Juliet McComas Memorial Scholarship

Mireya Navarro Herrera, Student of Maria Garcia Plaza

The Mae and Libby Scholarship Fund for Voice 

Gina Gonzalez Cambambia, Student of Martha Rodriguez-Salazar

The Mae and Libby Scholarship Fund for Piano

Giuliana Paul, Student of Michaela Overall

Christopher Yao, Student of Paul McMath

The ISOM Scholarship Fund

Alejandra Camila Murphy Talavera, Student of Evelyn Davis 

Peter F. Ostwald M.D. Memorial Scholarship

Milan Pimental, Student of Omar Ledzama

Isabel Hesselberg Memorial Scholarship

Audrey Xu, Student of Deszon Claiborne

Reah Sadowsky Memorial Scholarship

Alexander Ou, Student of Lilia Zheltova

Sarah S. Koss Memorial Scholarship

Gianna Li, Student of Sharon Wayne

CMC ALL-SCHOOL RECITAL PARTICIPANTS 

Val Abrego, Student of Martha Rodriguez-Salazar

Mimi Bakker, Student of Matylda Rotkiewicz

Elaine Chen, Student of Christian Bonvin

Laura Chen, Student of Elyse Weakley

Haibo Gao, Student of Tregar Otton

Gina Gonzalez-Cambambia, Student of Martha Rodriguez-Salazar

Emily Granina, Student of Tatyana Mikhaylenko

Jeremy Huang, Student of Sin-Tung Chiu

Bailin Li, Student of Sharon Wayne

Jayden Li, Student of Tatyana Mikhaylenko

Karman Liang, Student of Sin-Tung Chiu

Alexander Ou, Student of Lilia Zheltova

Lindsay Pérez Esquivel, Student of Leo Baluk

Ella Sahan, Student of Nena Aldaz

Gael Sandoval, Student of Kathleen Conner

Lindsey Wong, Student of Christian Bonvin

Emma Sophia Yambao, Student of Erick Peralta