Annual Student Competition
The Chicago Flute Club began holding an Annual Student Competition in 1992. In the early years, (1992, 1994-1997), the competition had only one division, open to students high school age or younger. The division of the Student Competition into Junior and Senior divisions commenced in 1998, and another split (Elementary, Junior, and Senior) occurred in 2005. The Senior Division is for students 12th grade or younger, the Junior Division is for students 9th grade or younger, and the Elementary Division is for students 6th grade or younger.
2022
Senior Division
First Prize: Destina Sarussi
2nd Prize: Hannah Oyasu
3rd Prize: Isabel Edgcomb
Honorable Mentions: Ava Rosengren, Anna Huelke, and Karen Kobayashi
Junior Division
First Prize: Ashley Kim
2nd Prize: Chloe Nam
3rd Prize: Hannah Horgan
Honorable Mentions: Amy Yang and Katherine Xie
Elementary Division
First Prize: Oshmith Roy
2nd Prize: Charlotte Kojis
Third Prize: Lillian Pearson
2021
Senior Division
First Prize: Emily DeNucci
2nd Prize: Destina Sarussi
3rd Prize: Tabitha Mo
Junior Division
First Prize: Charlotte Choi
2nd Prize: Sena Kim
3rd Prize: Ashley Kim
Honorable Mention: Chloe Nam
Elementary Division
First Prize: Emily Xu
2nd Prize: Katherine Xie
Third Prize: Oshmith Roy
Honorable Mentions: Julia Ellis and Hannah Horgan
2020
Elementary Division
First Prize: Jessica Li
Second Prize: Sarah Benaitis
Third Prize: Hannah Horgan
Junior Division
First Prize: Karen Kobayashi
Second Prize: Destina Sarussi
Third Prize: Anna Huelke
Honorable Mention: Charlotte Choi
Senior Division
First Prize: Nikka Gershman-Pepper
Second Prize: Caroline Reynolds
Third Prize: Yaroslav Vodovozov
Honorable Mentions: Hanna Oyasu, Seehanah Tang
2019
Elementary Division
First Place: Karen Kobayashi
Second Place: Chloe Nam
Third Place: Carmen Yanguas
Honorable Mentions: Ashley Kim, Katherine Xie, and Linden Wadsworth
Junior Division
First Place: Claire Kim
Second Place: Hanna Oyasu
Third Place: Grace Choi
Honorable Mentions: Maya Zahir, Trinity Shin, Jillian Kadens, and Shreya Girish
Senior Division
First Place: Natalia Kozintseva
Second Place: Rosie Wang
Third Place: Emily Ruvoli
Honorable Mention: Tony Lu
2018
Elementary Division
First Place: Matthew Leistensnider
Second Place: Stella Moon
Third Place: Linden Wadsworth
Honorable Mentions: Katelyn Shen, Denis Szczech, Nina Zhan
Junior Division
First Place: Joanna Cloe
Second Place: Hanna Oyasu
Third Place: Grace Choi
Honorable Mentions: Renee Zhuang, Rosie Wang
Senior Division
First Place: Holly Venkitaswaran
Second Place: Lydia Walquist
Third Place: Lucy Rubin
Honorable Mentions: Iris Xie, Emily Ruvoli, Serlina Ku
2017
Elementary Division
First Place: Maya Zahir
Second Place: Tabitha Mo
Third Place: Patrick Pura
Honorable Mention: Gauri Venkatraman
Junior Division
First Place: Emily Ruvoli
Second Place: Rosie Wang
Third Place: Iris Xie
Honorable Mention: Hanna Oyasu
Senior Division
First Place: Daniel Lopez
Second Place: Lydia Walquist
Third Place: Ksenia Polyarskaya
Honorable Mention: Evan Curatolo
Elementary Division
First Place: Catherine Brashler
Second Place: Laney Troffler
Third Place: Hanna Oyasu
Honorable Mention: Jessica Hu
Junior Division
First Place: Natalia Kozintseva
Second Place: Avra Friedman
Third Place: Kate Whitney
Honorable Mention: Zoe Kim
Senior Division
First Place: Tessa Vermeulen
Second Place: Jonathan Wu
Third Place: Daniel Lopez
Honorable Mention: Holly Venkitaswaran
Senior Division
First Place: Lizzy O'Brien
Second Place: Julia Cai
Third Place: Ethan Ramaly
Honorable Mention: Nicolas Quero
Junior Division
First Place: Hope Tsai
Second Place: Tessa Chen
Third Place: Elias Nava
Honorable Mention: Emily Luo
Elementary Division
First Place: Nicole Wah
Second Place: Neel Jay
Third Place: Shannen McGinn
Honorable Mention: Rosie Wang
2014
Senior Division
First Place: Megan Torti
Second Place: Samantha White
Third Place: Andrew Santiago
Honorable Mention: Seongbin Koh
Junior Division
First Place: Dean Brady
Second Place: Zoe Kim
Third Place: Audrey Peterson
Honorable Mention: Lydia Walquist
Elementary Division
First Place: Iris Xie
Second Place: Emily Ruvoli
Honorable Mention: Rosie Wang
2013
Senior Division
First Place: Jennifer Yu Wang
Second Place: March Saper
Third Place: Julia Cai
Honorable Mention: Nora Andrews
Junior Division
First Place: Julia Nagel
Second Place: Anna Dai Yao Rhodes
Third Place: Maya Scandinaro
Honorable Mention: Becky Song
Elementary Division
First Place: Tessa Chen
Second Place: Elizabeth Johns
Honorable Mention: Elias Nava
2012
Senior Division
First Place: Severin DuSell
Second Place: Gina Jung
Third Place: Kathryn Chiodo
Honorable Mention: Katie Cheng
Junior Division
First Place: Jennifer Yu Wang
Second Place: Anna Dai Yao Rhodes
Third Place: Megan Torti
Honorable Mention: Fabrice Guyot-Sionnest
Elementary Division
First Place: Natalia Kozintseva
Second Place: Dean Brady
Honorable Mention: Victoria Murphy
Runner up: Golda Grais
Runner up: Zoe Kim
2011
Senior Division
First Place: Melody Chua
Second Place: Severin DuSell
Third Place: Gina Jung
Honorable Mention: Sarah Otmanski
Junior Division
First Place: Gabriela Nisly
Second Place: Allison Milligan
Third Place: Aydan Hensley
Honorable Mention - Joelle Schreiber
Elementary Division
First Place: Jennifer Yu Wang
Second Place: Natalia Kozintseva
Honorable Mention: Sophi Fournier
Runner Up: Victoria Murphy
2010
Senior Division
First Place: Evan Fojtik
Second Place: Melody Chua
Third Place: Sorcha Barr
Honorable Mention - Mary Elizabeth Buckingham
Junior Division
First Place: March Saper
Second Place: Katie Cheng
Third Place: Joelle Schreiber
Honorable Mention - Sarah Morich
Elementary Division
First Place: Anna Dai Yao Rhodes
Second Place: Nicole Daniels
Honorable Mention: Annika Peterson
2009
Senior Division
First Place: Ryan Zerna
Second Place: Sarah Campbell
Third Place: Ted Anton
Honorable Mention: Evan Fojtik
Junior Division
First Place: Kathryn Chiodo
Second Place: Ellyn Butler
Third Place: Eunjung Jessica Lee
Honorable Mention: Karli Goldenberg
Elementary Division
First Place: Grace Tu
Second Place: Ella Witts
Honorable Mentions: Rachel Kwon and Abbey Moore
2008
Senior Division
First Place: Karen Gallant
Second Place: Ryan Zerna
Third Place: Evan Fojtik
Honorable Mention: Ryoh Shinohara
Junior Division
First Place: Sorcha Barr
Second Place: Ellyn Butler
Third Place: Ann Green
Honorable Mention: Allison Hollatz
Elementary Division
First Place: Lauren McAndrews
Second Place: Katherien Sieger
Honorable Mention: Alixandra Shuger
Runner-ups: Miyuki Horii and Aydan Hensley
2007
Senior Division
First Place: Christine Murphy
Second Place: Lauren Barounis
Third Place: Ryan Zerna
Honorable Mention: Karen Gallant
Alternate Finalist: Evan Fojtik
Junior Division
First Place: Emma Stewart
Second Place: Tess Bottorff
Third Place: Jason Leman
Honorable Mention: Elyse Brotzman
Elementary Division
First Place: Alison Rusher
Second Place: Andrea Gomez
Third Place: Tracy Zawrazky
2006
Senior Division
First Place: Matthew Wright
2nd – David Pierringer
3rd – Christine Murphy
Hon. Men. – Ryan Zerna
Junior Division
First Place: Evan Fojtik
Second Place: Kristina Murray
Third Place: Samuel Lai
Honorable Mention: Tess Bottorff
Elementary Division
First Place: Tess Thompson
Second Place: Sunhyeok Kim
Honorable Mention: Lauren McAndrews
2005
Senior Division
First Place: Liz Isenberg
Second Place: Masha Popova
Third Place: Abi Noda
Honorable Mention: Christine Murphy
Junior Division
First Place: Richard Day
Second Place: Ryoh Shinohara
Third Place: Christina Berdirame
Honorable Mention: Kristina Murray
Elementary Division
First Place: Avi Eisenstein
Second Place: Mary Ann McAndrews
Honorable Mention: Colleen McNamara
2004
Senior Division
First Place: Rhiannon Jerch
Second Place: Eva Martinez
Third Place: Masha Popova
Honorable Mention: Jamie Murphy
Junior Division
First Place: Christine Murphy
Second Place: Anne Sawyier
Third Place: Richard Day
Honorable Mention: Bethany Wilson
2003
Senior Division
First Place: Emma Gerstein
Second Place: Lisa Prosniewski
Third Place: Rachel Beetz
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Isenberg
Runner Up: Gail Grana
Junior Division
First Place: Rachel Ordaz
Second Place: Masha Popova
Third Place: Eleanor Kernitz
Honorable Mention: Clair Stingley
2002
Senior Division
First Place: Jessica Moore
Second Place: Leslie Skolnik
Third Place: Margaret Lauer
Honorable Mention: Abraham Noda
Junior Division
First Place: Eva Martinez
Second Place: Kristen Predl
Third Place (tie): Elizabeth Park, Meagan Roloff
Honorable Mention (tie): Esther Harris, Cathy Cummings
2001
Senior Division
First Place: Amy Mosher
Second Place: Leslie Skolnik
Third Place: Jaclyn Italia
Honorable Mention: Christopher Fadrowski
Junior Division
First Place: Abraham Noda
Second Place: Eva Martinez
Honorable Mention: Anne Strother
2000
Senior Division
First Place: Jessica Schmitz
Second Place: Jennifer Nelson
Third Place: Catherine Shapiro
Junior Division
First Place: Christopher Fadrowski
Second Place: Abraham Noda
Third Place: Prya Srikanth
1999
Senior Division
First Place: Heather Anderson
Second Place: Jennifer Nelson
Third Place: Eli Margulies
Junior Division
First Place: Regina Muscarello
Second Place: Christopher Fadrowski
Third Place: Margaret Lauer
1998
Senior Division
First Place: Laura Sundin
Second Place: Irene Hsieh
Third (tie) – Jessica Schmitz, Stacey Hemmingway
Junior Division
First Place: Eunice Ahn
Second Place: Jaclyn Italia
Third Place: Jennifer Nelson
1997
First Place: Katrina Walter
Second Place: Sarah Bauer
Third Place: Adrienne Peterson
1996
First Place: Natalie Zimmerman
Second Place: Hillary Nelson
Third Place: Adrienne Peterson
1995
First Place: Amy Kemp
Second Place: Kathleen Cirese
Third Place: Monika Smid
1994
First Place: Gabrielle Baker
Second Place: Elizabeth Phelps
Third Place: Monica Williams
1992
First Place: Mike Kim
Second Place: Katherine Naftzger
Third Place (tie): Simone Hall, Monica Williams