MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition

 

MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Festival/Competition results are in, congratulations to everyone!

Ethan (14)-First Place

Elaine(17)- First Place

Allison(17)- Second Place

Kenneth(16)- Second Place

Lulu (11)-Third Place

Nicole(16)- Third Place

Annabel(16)-Third Place

Cicadas!

Masterclass with Alexander Peskanov and Studio News

Thank you, Alexander Peskanov, for the most fun and informative Masterclass! Students learned so much and had a great time participating. Every student performed one memorized selection and presented one type of technique. 

NVMTA Judged Recital

Allison- HONORS
Nicole- HONORS
Kenneth- Honorable Mention

WMTA Bach Baroque Competition 2021

Intermediate Level:

Ethan- 2nd place, $35 award

Senior Level:

 Annabel-2nd place, $50 award

Junior II Level:

Kevin-Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Nicole! 

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition

Nicole-FIRST PLACE

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival

Superior rating: Sarah, Kevin, Sophia, Lulu, Ethan, Nicole, Kenneth, Teddy, Allison, Annabel, Elaine

Second Round Honors Ribbons: Kevin, Sophia, Ethan, Teddy, Allison, Nicole, Kenneth

Trophies: Lulu, Sophia and Ethan

From my garden, spring is here!

Award Results, Winter 2021

 

Allison

Annabel

Kenneth

WMTA Haydn Sonata Awards

Ethan Tran (Senior Division)- First Place, $100

Annabel Lee (Senior Division)- Second Place, $50 

WMTA Speciality (German Music) Competition

Kevin Shen (9/10)- First Place

Allison Oh (15/16D)- Second Place

Annabel Lee (15/16B)-Third Place

Nicole Papenfuss ( 15/16A)-Honorable Mention

NVMTA Judged Recital

Lulu Yingxuan- Honorable Mention

Teddy- Honorable Mention

Great Composer Series Competitions, Best Chopin Performance:

Kenneth-2nd prize

Lulu Yingxuan- 2nd prize

Bay Area International Open Music Competition

Ethan-1st prize

Kenneth-2nd prize

Golden Key Music Festival

Sarah-Gold Award

Kevin- Gold Award

Sophia-Silver Award

Kenneth-Gold Award

Elaine-Gold Award

Teddy-Silver Award

Kevin and Sarah

Studio News, 2021!

Sophia

 Kevin 

Nicole

Northern District Auditions

Kevin Shen (1A)-First Place

Sarah Shen (1A)-Second Place

Nicole Papenfuss (III)- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Judged Recitals

Annabel Lee- Honors

Ethan Tran- Honors
Allison Oh-Honorable Mention

AAMS Competition

Allison Oh(Senior)Honorable Mention

Annabel Lee (Senior)-Honorable Mention

Great Composers Competition, Best Kabalevsky Performance

Ethan Tran (Age Group III)- First place

Nicole Papenfuss (Age Group IV)- First place

Sophia Wang ( Age Group III)-Second place

YMIC Metropolitan Classical Music Competition

Kevin Shen(4/5)-Second Place

Sophia Wang (4/5)- Honorable Mention

Lulu Wang (6/7)- Third place

Ethan Tran (8/9)- Second place

Elaine Chang (10/12)-Second place

Nicole Papenfuss (10/12)-Second palce

Teddy Yi (10/12)-Third place

Kenneth Duong( 10/12)-Third place

Elite International Competition

Allison Oh-1st place ranking

Elaine Chang-1st place ranking

Annabel Lee- 1st place ranking

 Lulu Wang- 1st place ranking

Congratulations to Allison, Elaine, Annabel and Lulu, they are invited to Honors Concerts!

Great Composers Competition, Masters of Sonata

Kevin Shen-3rd place

Ethan Tran-3rd place

WMTA Modern Piano Music Celebration

Sophia Wang

Annabel Lee

 Allison Oh

Nicole Papenfuss

 Teddy Yi

Ethan Tran

Panel of participating teachers and judges of Modern Music Celebration

Lulu, Studio Class

Kenneth, Studio Class

Studio Class

   

Winter Studio Class

Kevin and Sarah

Ethan

This December, more than ever, I looked forward to our annual Holiday Studio Group Class.  I miss seeing my students in person so much! Even though we had regular performance sessions since August, it was so nice to see everyone together before winter break. Everyone performed beautifully, and all students participated in a Scavenger Hunt with enthusiasm! I will plan more fun games for next Studio Class, so be ready for a challenge. 

Scavenger Hunt winners!

Lulu

Nicole

Allison

Kevin and Sarah

 Event update is coming soon with exciting results from  recent competitions. Despite difficult circumstances imposed by quarantine, students have worked hard and participated in many local events as well as international competitions. 

Please mark your calendar:

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition-online

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition-online

WMTA Haydn Sonata Award-online

WMTA Speciality Competition-online

Student Achievements, 2019-2020

 

MTNA Virginia Senior Piano Duet Competition

Raelyn Hoang & Nicole Papenfuss- 1st place winners

MTNA Southern Division (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN and VA), Senior Piano Duet Competition:

Nicole& Raelyn- 1st place winners 

Going to National Finals

MTNA Senior Piano Duet Finals

Raelyn&Nicole- Finalists, 3rd prize

Virginia State Piano Competitions

Kevin Shen- 2nd place, Level 1A

Raelyn-1st place, Level II

NVMTA Judged Recitals

 Lulu-Honors

Sophia-Honorable Mention

Annabel and Lena*- Honors

Raelyn- Honors

 NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition

Ethan,  2nd prize

MSMTA Miriam Shields Gottlieb Competition

Lulu Wang(10)-1st plave

Nicole Papenfuss (15)-1st place

Annabel Lee (15)-3rd place

Ethan Tran (13)-HM

Kenneth Duong (15)-HM

Virginia Governor's School, Visual and Performing Arts Program

Allison Oh

Elaine Chang

MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition

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

5th Paderewski International Piano Competition

"Young Talents"

Kevin Shen-3rd prize winner!

 Lulu-HM

Cameron-HM

Young Artist Musicale, GMU

Annabel Lee

Raelyn Hoang

Ethan Tran

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition

Kevin-2nd Round

Lulu-2nd Round

Kenneth-Second Round

Annabel-Honors

Elaine-Honors

Allison-45 point Award!

NVMTA Sonata Festival

Sarah

Kevin

Sophia

Lulu

Cameron

Ethan

Nicole

Teddy

Raelyn

Kenneth

Allison

Annabel

VMTA Theory Exam Top Scores

Lulu Wang

Teddy Yi

Sarah Shen

Bland Competitions

  Cameron (Junior Category)-1st place

Allison-1st place

Annabel-1st place

Raelyn-1st place

Elaine-1st place

MSMTA Gertrude Brown Memorial Piano Concerto Competition

Cameron (Junior II)-Alternate

Kenneth (Intermediate)-Alternate

VMTA Fall Festival

Lulu-Superior

Jacqui-Superior

Allison-Superior

AAMS Competition, 2019

Cameron- HM

Kavin- HM

Allison- HM

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