WINNERS
Red Maple Music Competition
Fall 2025

Aiden Guo, United States, Piano

First Place with Honours

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Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

Keyboard Competition

Ludwig van Beethoven, Für Elise

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Agasi Newmark, United States, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

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Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Keyboard Competition

Agasi Newmark, Jimmy Dorsey & Marvin Wright, Boogie Woogie

Teacher: Kristina Newmark

Sarah Elizabeth Murphy, United States, Voice

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

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Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Voice Competition

Claude-Michel Schönberg, Castle on a Cloud

Teacher: Zoia Golofeeva

Tran Lam Hai Yen, Vietnam, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours

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Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Keyboard Competition

Johann Sebastian Bach, Minuet in G Minor

Teacher: Phu Mai Hien

Sophie He, United States, Piano

First Place with Honours

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Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Keyboard Competition

Felix Mendelssohn, Venetianisches Gondellied

Teacher: Maria Tzankova

Isabelle Xiaoyi Ji, Canada, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Masterful Technique Award

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Keyboard Competition

James P. Johnson, Over the Bars

Teacher: Jiao Bu

David Yuguang Quan, Canada, Drums

Second Place with Special Honours

Stylistic Excellence Award

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Pop & Jazz Competition

Clifford Brown, Joy Spring

Teacher: Tom Jie Chu

Guo Ru, Australia, Violin

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

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Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Concerto Competition

Sergei Prokofiev, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 63, First movement

Teacher: Peter Zazofsky

Zhenhan Xie, China, Composition

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Artistic Storytelling Award

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Composition Competition

Leaves Drift Blossoms Wane

Teacher: Prof. Ju Wenpei

Qiwei Liu, Canada, French Horn

Second Place with Special Honours

Radiant Tempo Award

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Woodwinds and Brass Competition

Luigi Cherubini, French Horn Sonata No. 2

Teacher: Nick Hartman

Brandon Wu, United States, Voice

Second Place with Special Honours

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Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Voice Competition

Joji, Slow Dancing in the Dark

Teacher: Mr. Chunfeng Li

Yuanxin Xie, China, Voice

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

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College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Voice Competition

Andrew Lloyd & Charles Hart, Think of Me

Teacher: Ye Zhang

Guanzhongda Shi, China, Oboe

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

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College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Woodwinds and Brass Competition

Richard Strauss, Oboe Concerto in D Major, First and Second movements

Teacher: Minghong Sun

Zixin Zhuang, China, Flute

First Place with Special Honours

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College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Woodwinds and Brass Competition

Franz Doppler, Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy, op. 26

Teacher: Yong Ma

Shuqin Jiang, China, Organ

First Place with Honours

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College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Keyboard Competition

Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue, BWV531

Teacher: Pamela Ruiter - Feenstra