2025 Terrace Hill Piano Competition Winners
Junior Division Winners:
First Place: Gideon Levine, Iowa City
Teacher: Dr. RΓ©ne Lecuona, University of Iowa
Second Place: Gwenyth Franzcyk, Urbandale
Teacher: Cyndie Caruth, Ankeny
Third Place: Minerva Cao, Clive
Teacher: Larisa Kanevski, Middleton, WI
Senior Division Winners:
First Place & Winner of the First Family of Iowa Scholarship
Helen Mao, Ames
Teacher: Dr. Mei-Hsuan Huang, Iowa State University
Second Place: Gretchen Mizerak, Ames
Teacher: Dr. Janci Bronson, Iowa State University
Third Place: Veronica Jane Smith, Des Moines
Teacher: Dr. Marion Wilkinson Scott, Johnston
2024 Terrace Hill Piano Competition Winners
Junior Division Winners:
First Place: Anna Lu, Johnston
Teacher: Cyndie Caruth, Ankeny
Second Place: Hannah Cotran, Urbandale
Teacher: Cyndie Caruth, Ankeny
Third Place: Laurel Mizerak, Ames
Teacher: Dr. Janci Bronson, Iowa State University
Senior Division Winners:
First Place & Winner of the First Family of Iowa Scholarship
Jonathan Stoker, Ames
Teacher: Dr. Mei-Hsuan Huang, Iowa State University
Second Place: Jessica Treinen, Waterloo
Teacher: Dr. Ted Reuter, Waverly
Third Place: Elizabeth Deng, Ankeny
Teacher: Larisa Kanevski, Middleton, Wisconsin
2023 Terrace Hill Piano Competition Winners
Junior Division Winners:
First Place: Hannah Cotran, Urbandale
Teacher: Cyndie Caruth, Ankeny
Second Place: Anna Lu, Johnston
Teacher: Cyndie Caruth, Ankeny
Third Place: Zoe Podlich, Johnston
Teacher: Pat Schroeder, Johnston
Senior Division Winners:
First Place & Winner of the First Family of Iowa Scholarship
Aidan Makeef, Clive
Teacher: Dr. Nicholas Roth, Drake University
Second Place: Dino Vallem, Waterloo
Teacher: Dr. Ted Reuter, Waverly
Third Place: Angelina Chen, Ames
Teacher: Larisa Kanevski, Ames
2022 Terrace Hill Piano Competition Winners
Junior Division Winners:
First Place: Jonathan Stoker, Ames
Teacher: Dr. Mei-Hsuan Huang, Iowa State University
Second Place: Quentin Fonseca, Rock Island, IL
Teacher: Dr. Marian Lee, St. Ambrose University
Third Place: Jack Stremlow, Davenport
Teacher: Dr. Marian Lee, St. Ambrose University
Senior Division Winners:
First Place & Winner of the First Family of Iowa Scholarship
Jonathan Chen, Iowa City
Teachers: Feilin Lin-Murray, Solon and Dr. Jack Winerock, University of Kansas
Second Place: Chaylie Lippert, Steamboat Rock
Teacher: Dr. Ted Reuter, Wartburg College
Third Place: Katherine Frantsen, Waverly
Teacher: Dr. Ted Reuter, Wartburg College
2021 Terrace Hill Piano Competition Winners
Junior Division Winners:
First Place: Duy Xuan Duc Duong, Ankeny
Teacher: Cyndie Caruth, Ankeny
Second Place: Chaylie Lippert, Steamboat Rock
Teacher: Dr. Ted Reuter, Wartburg College
Third Place: Siddarth Rajkumar, Johnston
Teacher: Patrick Kearney
Senior Division Winners:
First Place & Winner of the First Family of Iowa Scholarship
Seth Shaoyi P. Durbin, Ames
Teacher: Dr. Mei-Hsuan Huang, Ames
Second Place: Zachary Dixon, Adel
Teacher: Dr. Mei-Hsuan Huang, Ames
Third Place: Daylen DeRaad, Ankeny
Teacher: Cyndie Caruth, Ankeny