Welcome to a new season! School year 2025-2026 is off to a great start. Congratulations to Elsa Tseng, she was awarded second place at the Virginia State Finals!
Elsa enjoyed Masterclass with Dr. Kevin Chance, it was a wonderful learning experience.
Elsa Tseng (1B)-First Place Alternate, going to VA State Finals
Zion Liu (1A)- Honorable Mention
Cameron Wang ( III)- Honorable Mention
NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival
Zion Liu (K-3)-First Place
Sean Pan (4-5)- Honorable Mention
Harold Protsman Piano Competition for Young Artists
Kevin Shen- First Place, $200
NVMTA Judged Recitals
Elsa Tseng- Honors
Ethan Tran- Honors
Kevin Shen -Honors
William Chung- Honorable Mention
Thorin Kao- Honorable Mention
Serena Pan and Sean Pan-Honorable Mention
MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition
Daniel Liu- First Place
Elsa Tseng- First Place
Kevin Shen- First Place
Serena Pan- Second Place
Thorin Kao- Second Place
Sarah Shen- Third Place
Sean Pan -Third Place
Jingyi Mao-Third Place
Cameron Wang- Third Place
Anna Chen- Third Place
Aaron Yang- Honorable Mention
Evan Jing- Honorable Mention
William Chung- Honorable Mention
Sophia Y. Wang-Honorable Mention
Sophia Wang- Honorable Mention
WMTA Judged Recital
Thorin Kao and Elsa Tseng- Honors
NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards
Kevin Shen- 3rd place
Daniel Liu- Honorable Mention
Elsa Tseng- Honorable Mention
Carnegie Hall Performance, NY
Elsa Tseng- Elite International Music Competition
NVMTA Sonata Festival
Aaron Yang- Second Round Award
Sean Pan- Second Round Award
Serena Pan- Second Round Award
Elsa Tseng- Second Round Award
Kevin Shen - Second Round Award
Kevin Shen- HONORS
Kevin Shen- Year 8 trophy
MSMTA M.Gottlieb Piano Competition
Elsa Tseng- Second Place, $40 Award
Evan Jing- Honorable Mention
MSMTA Chase Sonata Awards
Kevin Shen- Third Place, $50 Award
NVMTA Spencer Piano Concerto Competition
Elsa Tseng ( Level II)- Third Place
Great Composer Series, Best Bach Performance
Daniel Liu- Second Place, J.S.Bach Concerto BWV1056
WMTA Speciality Competition
Elsa Tseng- First Place
Daniel Liu- Third Place
VMTA Theory Exam Top Scores
Anna Chen
Evan Jing
Thorin Kao
Aaron Yang
William Chung
Daniel Liu
Elsa Tseng
NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition
Anna Chen - Second Round Award
Aaron Yang- Second Round award
Evan Jing- Second Round qaward
Serena Pan - Second Round Award
Ethan Tran- Second Round Award
Thorin Kao- Second Round Award
Jingyi Mao- Second Round Award
Ethan Tran- Honors
Thorin Kao- Honors
AMMA Music Awards
Piano Solo Category
Zion Liu-First place
Thorin Kao- First Placee
Sean Pan- Second place
Serena Pan- Second Place
Sarah Shen- Second Place
Daniel Liu- Third Place
Jingyi Mao- Third Place
Evan Jing- Honorable Mention
Anna Chen- Honorable Mention
Piano Duet Category
Aaron Yang and Daniel Liu- First Place
Serena Pan and Sean Pan - First Place
Sophia Wang and Cameron Wang-First Place
Evan Jing and William Chung- Third Place
Piano Concerto Category
Elsa Tseng- First Place
BEST PERFORMER AWARD
SEAN PAN AND SERENA PAN, $200
Honors Concert, Washington DC
Serena Pan and Sean Pan
WMTA Modern Music Competition
Daniel Liu- Second Place
Jingyi Mao- Third Place
Elite International Music Competition, NY
Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao (duet)- First Place
Elsa Tseng (solo)- First Place
Great Composer Series, Best Kabalevsky Performance
Kevin Shen- First Place
2024 Seattle International Bach Festival
Kevin Shen- Bronze medal
AMMA (YMIC) Metropolitan Live Classical Music Competition
Kevin Shen- First place
Elsa Tseng- Second place
Sophia Y. Wang- Second Place
Cameron Wang- Second Place
Aaron Yang- Third Place
William Chung- Third place
Sophia Wang- Honorable Mention
VMTA Sight Reading Exam Top Scores
Kevin Shen
William Chung
Sarah Shen
Elsa Tseng
Thorin Kao
Daniel Liu
Cameron Wang
Young Artist Musicale at GMU
Sean Pan
Serena Pan
Elsa Tseng
Ethan Tran
Kevin Shen
WMTA V.Hartman Piano Performance Awards
Kevin Shen - Second place
Thorin Kao- Third Place
Cameron Wang- Third Place
Great Composer Competition
William Chung- First Prize, Music of Northern Europe
William Chung-Third Prize, Music of Eastern Europe
Serena Pan- First Prize, Music of 20th Century
Jingyi Mao-Second Prize, Music of 20th Century
Sean Pan- Second Prize, Music of 19th Century
Jingyi Mao- First Prize, Music of 19th Century
Serena Pan- Second Prize, Music of 18th Century
MSMTA Piano Duet Competition
Serena Pan and Sean Pan- Second Place
Cameron Wang and Sophia Wang- Third Place
OPUS Music Competition, State Level
Elsa Tseng (Category II)-First Prize
Kevin Shen ( Category IV)- First Prize
Sophia Y. Wang ( Category IV)-Third Prize
Ethan Tran ( Category V)- First Prize
VMTA Fall Festival Superior Rating
Aaron Yang
Anna Chen
Cameron Wang
Evan Jing
Daniel Liu
Serena Pan
Sean Pan
Elsa Tseng
MTNA Junior Piano Competition
Kevin Shen- Honorable Mention
Virginia State Finals
Kevin Shen- Third Place
Congratulations to all students who participated in the Northern District Auditions!
Elsa Tseng (Level 1B)- First Place, $25 Award
Zion Liu (Level 1A)- Honorable Mention
Cameron Wang (Level 3)- Honorable Mention
We will cheer for Elsa as she prepares for the Virginia State Finals this coming November at GMU.
In addition to masterclasses, Kevin was selected to perform Reflets dans l'eau by C. Debussy at USC Piano Institute Concert.
Results are in for the MSMTA Spring Solo Competition!
Daniel Liu- First Place
Elsa Tseng- First Place
Kevin Shen - First Place
Serena Pan- Second Place
Thorin Kao- Second Place
Sarah Shen- Third Place
Sean Pan- Third Place
Jingyi Mao- Third Place
Cameron Wang- Third Place
Anna Chen -Third Place
Aaron Yang- Honorable Mention
Evan Jing- Honorable Mention
William Chung- Honorable Mention
Sophia Y. Wang- Honorabel Mention
Sophia Wang- Honorable Mention
Congratulations to Elsa Tseng on her stellar performance of Sonatine pour Yvette by X.Montsalvatge at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York! Elsa was a first place winner of the competition and was invited to perform at the Honors Concert of the Elite International Music Competition.
Aaron Yang- Second Round Honors
Sean Pan- Second Round Honors
William Chung- Second Round Honors
Serena Pan- Second Round Honors
Elsa Tseng- Second Round Honors
Kevin Shen - Second Round Honors
Kevin Shen - Honors, Year 8 trophy!
NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards
Kevin Shen (Level 3)- Third Place, $50 Award
Daniel Liu (Level 1)- Honorable Mention
Elsa Tseng ( Level 2)- Honorable Mention
MSMTA Miriam Gottlieb Piano Competition
Elsa Tseng-Second Place, $40 Award
Evan Jing- Honorable Mention
MSMTA Chase Sonata Awards
Kevin Shen- Third Place, $50 Award
Congratulations to Serena, Elsa, Sean and Ethan! They were selected as young artists for the Young Artist Musicale, George Mason University. They enjoyed meeting Jeffrey Siegel after their performances. Congratulations!
Kevin Shen - Second Place
Thorin Kao - Third Place
Cameron Wang- Third Place
I am thrilled to announce the results of the Great Composers Competition for Young Performers, 2025!
William Chung- First Place, Music of Northern Europe
William Chung- Third Prize, Music of Eastern Europe
Serena Pan- First Prize, Music of 20th Century
Jingyi Mao- Second Prize, Music of 20th Century
Sean Pan -Second Prize, Music of 19th Century
Jingyi Mao- First Prize, Music of 19th Century
Serena Pan- Second Prize, Music of 18th Century
William Chung
Elsa Tseng (Category II)- First Prize
Kevin Shen ( Category IV)- First Prize
Sophia Y. Wang ( Category IV)-Third Prize
Ethan Tran ( Category V)-First Prize
NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival
Zion Liu- First Place
Sean Pan- Honorable Mention
R. Spencer Piano Competition
Elsa Tseng- Third Place
Great Composer Series, Best Bach Performance
J.S. Bach Concerto BWV1056
Daniel Liu- Second Place
Daniel
WMTA Speciality Competition 2025 featured Music of Eastern Europe. Congratulations to Elsa Tseng and Daniel Liu!
Elsa Tseng- First Place
Daniel Liu- Third Place
Anna Chen- 2nd Round Award
Aaron Yang-2nd Round Award
Evan Jing- 2nd Round Award
Serena Pan- 2nd Round Award
Ethan Tran- 2nd Round Award
Thorin Kao- 2nd Round Award
Jingyi Mao-Year 6 Award
Ethan Tran- Honors
Thorin Kao- Honors
Thorin and Ethan
