NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition
Superior rating: Sean, Elsa, Serena, Jasmine, Lulu, Sophia, Kevin, Sarah
Excellent: Aaron, Ethan
Elsa Tseng- year 3 Award
Sophia Wang- Year 6 Award
Ethan Tran- Year 6 Award
Jasmine Mao- 2nd round
Serena Pan- 2nd Round, Honors Concert
Elsa Tseng- 2nd Round, Honors Concert
Sophia Wang- 2nd Round, Honors Concert
Lulu Wang- 2nd Round, Honors Concert
Bland Competition
Jasmine Mao- First Place, $100 award
Jasmine advanced to District Round in April!
Kenneth Duong- Second Place, $250 award
Great Composers Competition
Best Kabalevsky Performance:
Ethan Tran- First place
Skills Day
Top scores:
Nam, Kevin, Lulu, Sophia, Sarah, Sean, Jasmine and Ethan
Judged Recitals
Olivia Baek- Honors
Nam Tran- Honors
Kenneth Duong- Honors
NVMTA Student Recitals
Evan, Aaron, Elsa and Joshua
YMIC Award Ribbons have arrived!
Sincere thank you to Dr. Ruriko Osawa for accompanying both students at this competition!
Kevin Shen ( Level II)- FIRST PLACE, $50 cash award
Olivia Beak ( Level III)- Honorable Mention
Congratulations! Results are in from The YMIC Classical Music Festival/Competition!
Kevin Shen (Grades 6/7)-First Place
Sophia Wang (Grades 8/9)- First Place
Kenneth Duong (Grades 10/12)First Place
Ethan Tran (Grades 10/12)-Second Place
Nam Tran (Grades 10/12)-Second Place
Elsa Tseng (Grades 2/3)- Third Place
Serena Pan (Grades 4/5)-Third Place
Sarah Shen (Grades 4/5)-Third Place
Sean Pan (Grades 4/5)- Honorable Mention
Jasmine Mao (Grades 8/9)-Honorable Mention
Welcome to a new season! Studio Recital was a big success, it was so nice to see everyone come together for a lovely concert. Warm welcome to Aaron, Elsa, Olivia and Nam! We are so glad you joined our studio.
Serena- Superior
Sean- Superior
Joshua- Superior
Aaron- Superior
Elsa- Superior
Olivia- Superior
VMTA Northern District Auditions:
Kevin Shen - FIRST PLACE
Ethan Tran- Honorable Mention
MSMTA Chase Sonata Competition, Beethoven Sonata
Allison Oh- 2nd prize, $75
MSMTA M.Gottlieb Piano Competition
Lulu- 3rd place
Jasmine- Honorable Mention
Lions of Virginia, James Bland Music Scholarship Competition
Nicole Papenfuss- 2nd prize and $2500 Award!
Hunt Music Festival Competition:
Ethan Tran-finalist, Senior Division
Kenneth Duong-Senior Division finalists, top prize winner, $200
NVMTA Piano Sonata Festival
Sean Pan- Excellent, year 1 trophy
Joshua Chen- Excellent, year 1 trophy
Ethan Tran- Excellent, year 6 trophy
Kenneth Duong- Excellent, year 12 trophy!
Sophia Wang-2nd round
Serena Pan- 2nd round
Sarah Shen-2nd round
Nicole Papenfuss-2nd round and selected for Honors
Kevin Shen-2nd round and selected for Honors
MSMTA E.R. Davis Piano Scholarship Competition, Grades 11/12
Nicole Papenfuss- 3rd place and $150 Award
NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards
Kevin Shen (Level II)-First Place, $50 award
Ethan Tran (Level IV)- Third Place, $75 award
Virginia All-State Orchestra
Allison Oh-chosen as the only pianist
MSMTA Spring Solo
Joshua Chen-2nd place
Lulu Wang-2nd place
Jasmine Mao-2nd place
Kevin Shen- 3rd place
Kenneth Duong-3rd place
Sophia Wang- Honorable Mention
Sarah Shen- Honorable Mention
Ethan Tran- Honorable Mention
Nicole Papenfuss- Honorable Mention
Teddy Yi-Honorable Mention
WMTA Nora Lichtenberg Scholarship Competition
Nicole Papenfuss-Honorable Mention
Virginia Governor's School, Visual and Performing Arts Summer Program:
Teddy Yi
The WMTA Viola Hartman Piano Performance Awards
Annabel Lee(17/18)-First Place
Jasmine Mao (13A)- Second Place
Lulu Wang (12A)- Third place
Kenneth Duong(17/18)- Honorable Mention
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NY
Ethan Tran and Kenneth Duong (Piano Duet)
MSMTA Spring Piano Duet Competition
Annabel and Allison (17/18)-1st place
Teddy and Elaine(17/18)- 2nd place
Ethan and Kenneth(16C)- 3rd place
Lulu and Sophia(12B)-3rd place
Kevin and Sarah(10B) - Honorable Mention
NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition
Kevin Shen- First Place
NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition
Jasmine Mao-2nd Round
Lulu Wang-2nd Round
Ethan Tran- 2nd Round, Honors
Nicole Papenfuss-2nd Round, Honors
Allison Oh- 2nd round, Honors
Kevin Shen -2nd Round, Honors
Sarah Shen- year 3 trophy
Annabel Lee-year 9 trophy
NVMTA Judged Recitals
Lulu Wang- Honors
Nicole Papenfuss- Honors
Annabel Lee- Honors
Ethan Tran- Honorable Mention
Jasmine Mao-Honorable Mention
Kenneth Duong and Ethan Tran- Honorable Mention
WMTA Judged Recitals
Kevin Shen- Honors
Jasmine Mao-Honorable Mention
Allison Oh- Honorable Mention
Lulu Wang-Honorable Mention
Bland Regional Competitions:
Kenneth Duong-winner
Nicole Papenfuss-winner
VMTA Theory Exam
Top scores: Lulu, Kevin, Serena, Jasmine
NVMTA Robert Spencer Concerto Competition
Nicole Papenfuss (Level V)-2nd place
BMTG Intercontinental Competition, NY
Allison Oh -First place
Sophia Wang and Sophia Lulu Wang- First place
Young Artist Musicale at GMU
Selected for the 1/23 YAM at GMU-Nicole Papenfuss
YMIC Metropolitan Classical Festival/Competition
Nicole Papenfuss-Best Performer Award, $100 Cash Award!
Grades 4-5
Joshua Chen-1st place
Sarah Shen-2nd place
Kevin Shen-2nd place
Grades 6-7
Sophia Lulu Wang-2nd place
Jasmine Mao-2nd place
Sophia Wang- Honorable Mention
Grades 8-9
Ethan Tran-2nd place
Grades 10-12
Nicole Papenfuss-1st place
Kenneth Duong-2nd place
Piano Duet Category
Sophia Wang and Lulu Wang-2nd place
Kenneth Duong and Ethan Tran- 2nd place
Annabel (trio)-1st place
Great Composer Series
Jasmine Mao- 2nd place
Sophia Wang- 3rd Place
Elite International Competition
Ethan Tran and Kenneth Duong (piano duet category) -First Place
WMTA Modern Music Competition
Nicole Papenfuss (Level IV)-3rd Prize
