NVMTA Sonata, Piano Concerto and Paderewski International Competitions

Congratulations to Ethan, he is a 2nd prize winner of the NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition!

NVMTA Sonata Festival was a huge success this year, just take a look at the ribbon count, wow! Students did so well with adjusting to a new requirement of sending recordings instead of live performances this year. Congratulations to Sarah, Kevin, Sophia, Lulu, Cameron, Ethan, Nicole, Teddy, Raelyn, Kenneth, Allison and Annabel!

 Kenneth earned this 10th trophy

Sophia

Kevin

  Congratulations to students who submitted programs to the 5th Paderewski International Piano Competition, this event was attended by performers from 28 countries!  Kevin, Cameron and Lulu participated in the "Young Talents " Category:

Kevin Shen-3rd prize winner!

 Lulu-HM

Cameron-HM

Lulu

From my garden

MSMTA Gottlieb Piano Competition

Lulu

Congratulations to MSMTA Miriam Shields Gottlieb Memorial Piano Competition participants! Please see the results:

 Lulu Wang (10)-1st place

Nicole Papenfuss (15)-1st place

Annabel Lee (15)-3rd place

Ethan Tran (13)-HM

Kenneth Duong (15)-HM

From my garden!

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!