2025 Contest Theme

The Music of Nature

This year, we invite you to explore how nature and music come together.

Can you hear birds singing like flutes?
Waves crashing like drums?
Wind humming through the trees like a song?

Think about animals, plants, weather, or landscapes.
What do they sound like to you? How might they inspire music?

Let your imagination grow like a melody in the wild.
What does The Music of Nature look like to you?


1st Prize: Chesed Sluder (age 17)
Student of Karen Rogers

2nd Prize: Raynna Yamauchi (age 18)
Student of Asia Doike

3rd Prize: Aaren Pulsifer (age 9)
Student of Carolyn Stanton

Honorable Mention: Megan Mayumi Unemori Ing
(age 16)
Student of Joanna Fan


Honorable Mention: Katie Siu
(age 14)
Student of Bichuan Li