Virginia Governor's School

Allison

Elaine

Congratulations to Allison Oh and Elaine Chang for being accepted to Virginia Governor's School, Visual and Performing Arts Program!Allison and Elaine are busy high-schoolers, and both students continue serious piano studies, congratulations to you both!

Allison

Elaine

MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition

MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition results!

Kevin Shen(9)-1st place

Cameron Hoang(10)-2nd place

Teddy Yi(14)-2nd place

Nicole Papenfuss(15)-2nd place

Annabel Lee(15)-2nd place
Ethan Tran (13)-3rd place

Allison Oh(16)-3rd place

Elaine Chang(16)-3rd place

Kenneth Duong(15)-HM

Lulu Wang(10)-HM

MTNA Senior Performance Finals!

Results are in! Congratulations to Nicole Papenfuss and Raelyn Hoang on receiving a 3rd prize at the MTNA Senior Piano Performance Competition Finals! Piano Duet teams from all seven MTNA Divisions of the United States competed in the final round. Raelyn and Nicole represented Southern Division (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN and VA). Congratulations to both students!!

Bland Competitions

Elaine and Kenneth

Allison

Annabel

 Students have ennjoyed performances at the regional Bland Competitions. Good luck to Elaine, Annabel and Raelyn who are advancing to the next round!

  Cameron (Junior Category)-1st place

Allison-1st place

Annabel-1st place

Raelyn-1st place

Elaine-1st place

Spring Forward!

Elaine and Annabel after Honors Concert

Lulu 

Kevin and Sarah

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition results:

Kevin-2nd Round

Lulu-2nd Round

Kenneth-Second Round

Annabel-Honors

Elaine-Honors

Allison-45 point Award!

Lulu and Sophia performed beautifully at the NVMTA Judged Recital:

 Lulu-Honors

Sophia-Honorable Mention

Students showed great skills and knowledge at the VMTA Theory Mastery Day. Well done, everyone! Top scores go to Teddy, Sarah and Lulu!

National Finalists!

Big congratulations to Nicole Papenfuss and Raelyn Hoang! They are named winners of the Southern Division MTNA Competition, Senior Piano Duet! Nicole and Raelyn will compete in the final round of the National Competition at the end of March in Chicago, Illinois.

Winter News

Tacy Foundation Recital 

Sophia and Nicole, NVMTA General Recital

Happy New Year! Students are busy preparing for theory exam and many other upcoming events. Spring season promises to be very busy for all. I am so proud of many students who find time on weekends to organize Tacy Foundation Recitals. It takes time and a lot of effort to recruit participants and make balanced programs. Most everyone has performed once or more during holiday season to bring cheer and beautiful music to retirement community in our area. Thank you!

Several events took place during past months. Good work to everyone who participate in the VMTA Fall Festival:

Lulu- Superior
Jacqui-Superior
Allison-Superior

Cameron with her new friend Aria

MSMTA Gertrude Brown Memorial Piano Concerto Comeptition is a new event for our studio. Students very much enjoyed learning required repertoire. Congratulations to Cameron and Kenneth on receiving Alternate in their groups! Cameron performed 1st movement of J. Haydn Concerto in F major. Kenneth performed 2nd movement of W.A. Mozart Concerto K414.

Cameron (Junior II)-Alternate
Kenneth (Intermediate)-Alternate

Congratulations to Allison, she received a very special greeting in mail! United States Senator, Mark Warnder, congratulated Allison on her achievement at the Lions Club Bland Competition.