MSMTA Spring Piano Duet Competition

 Congratulations to students who participated in the MSMTA Piano Duet Competition!

Serena Pan and Sean Pan- First Place

Sophia Y. Wang and Jasmine Mao-First Place

Aaron Yang and Daniel Liu- Second Place

Evan Jing and William Chung- Third Place

Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao- Honorable Mention

Sarah Shen and Kevin Shen- Honorable Mention

2024 Young Musical Stars Showcase

 Congratulations to Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao on their stellar piano duet performance! They were included on the program featuring some of the most talented young musicians in the Washington DC area who are prizewinners of international, national and regional music competitions. This concert was a co-presentation by the Bulgarian Music Society and the Young Musicians Young Change Organization. Concert took place at The Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria. 

Bach Baroque Festival/Competition

 

William and Sean after Honors Concert

Evan

Serena

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition 

Aaron Yang- Superior

Daniel Liu- Superior

Sarah Shen- Excellent

Evan Jing- Excellent

Anna Chen- Excellent

William Chung-Superior

Serena Pan- Superior

Sean Pan-Superior

Cami Wang-Superior

Year 3 Award:

Evan Jing

Serena Pan

Congratulations to students who were chosen for 2nd round of the competition!

Cami, Aaron, William and Sean

Selected for Honors Concert:

Sean Pan and William Chung

YMIC Metropolitan Classical Music Festival

Sophia, First Place Winner

 Congratulations to students who participated in the 2023 Metropolitan Classical Music Festival! Please see the results, wow!

Serena Pan (6/70-First Place

Kevin Shen (6/7)-First Place

Sophia L. Wang (8/9)-First Place

Sophia Wang (8/9)-First Place

Nam Tran (10/12)-First Place

Sean Pan (4/5)-Second Place

Evan Jing ( 4/5)-Second Place

Elsa Tseng (4/5)-Second Place

Sarah Shen ( 6/7)- Second Place

Jasmine Mao (8/9)-Second Place

Daniel Liu (2/3)-Third Place

William Chung (6/7)-Honorable Mention 

Anna Chen (8/9)-Honorable Mention

Elsa Tseng & Thorin Kao ( Piano Duet)-First Place

Serena Pan & Sean Pan (Piano Duet)- First Place

Evan Jing &William Chung ( Piano Duet)-Second Place

BEST PERFORMERS:

Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao, $100 Award!

WMTA Modern Piano Music Competition

 

Jasmine and Sophia 

Elsa

Sarah

Congratulations to students who participated in the WMTA Modern Music Competition!

Elsa Tseng ( Level 2)- First Place, $25

Olivia Baek ( Level 3)- First Place, $75

Daniel Liu ( Level 1)- Third Place

 Sarah Shen ( Level 2)-Third place

Jasmine Mao ( level 3)- Third place

Benford Family Award for Best Performance by a Living Composer- Olivia Baek, $100.

Studio News

Elsa had a chance to meet Hayato Sumino in New York!

Teddy met Yuja Wang!

Elsa, Kevin and Sarah after NVMTA Student Recital 

Great Composer Series Competition, Masters of Piano Sonata:

Aaron Yang (Level I)- 2nd place

Elsa Tseng (Level II)- 2nd place

Sean Pan (Level II)- 3rd place

Serena Pan ( Level III)-3rd place

Evan Jing (Level III)-3rd place

Olivia Baek (Level III)-3rd place

WMTA Judged Recital:

 Elsa Tseng- Honors

Jasmine Mao- Honorable Mention

Sarah Shen- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Judged Recital:

 Olivia Baek- Honors

Great showing at the VMTA Fall Festival!

Aaron Yang- Superior

Daniel Liu- Superior

Elsa Tseng- Superior

Thorin Kao-Superior

Sean Pan-Superior

Evan Jing-Superior

Willian Chung-Superior

Serena Pan-Superior

Anna Chen-Superior

Virginia State and MTNA Junior Competitions

 

Congratulations to Kevin Shen! 

Virginia State Finals:

Kevin (Level II)- First Place

MTNA Junior Piano Competition:

Kevin- 1st Place Alternate

VMTA Fall State Conference took place at Old Dominion University, F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music, Norfolk. As a MTNA Junior 1st Place Alternate, Kevin was invited to participate in the Masterclass presented by Prof. Artina McCain.