YMIC Metropolitan Classical Music Festival

Sophia, First Place Winner

 Congratulations to students who participated in the 2023 Metropolitan Classical Music Festival! Please see the results, wow!

Serena Pan (6/70-First Place

Kevin Shen (6/7)-First Place

Sophia L. Wang (8/9)-First Place

Sophia Wang (8/9)-First Place

Nam Tran (10/12)-First Place

Sean Pan (4/5)-Second Place

Evan Jing ( 4/5)-Second Place

Elsa Tseng (4/5)-Second Place

Sarah Shen ( 6/7)- Second Place

Jasmine Mao (8/9)-Second Place

Daniel Liu (2/3)-Third Place

William Chung (6/7)-Honorable Mention 

Anna Chen (8/9)-Honorable Mention

Elsa Tseng & Thorin Kao ( Piano Duet)-First Place

Serena Pan & Sean Pan (Piano Duet)- First Place

Evan Jing &William Chung ( Piano Duet)-Second Place

BEST PERFORMERS:

Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao, $100 Award!

WMTA Modern Piano Music Competition

 

Jasmine and Sophia 

Elsa

Sarah

Congratulations to students who participated in the WMTA Modern Music Competition!

Elsa Tseng ( Level 2)- First Place, $25

Olivia Baek ( Level 3)- First Place, $75

Daniel Liu ( Level 1)- Third Place

 Sarah Shen ( Level 2)-Third place

Jasmine Mao ( level 3)- Third place

Benford Family Award for Best Performance by a Living Composer- Olivia Baek, $100.

Studio News

Elsa had a chance to meet Hayato Sumino in New York!

Teddy met Yuja Wang!

Elsa, Kevin and Sarah after NVMTA Student Recital 

Great Composer Series Competition, Masters of Piano Sonata:

Aaron Yang (Level I)- 2nd place

Elsa Tseng (Level II)- 2nd place

Sean Pan (Level II)- 3rd place

Serena Pan ( Level III)-3rd place

Evan Jing (Level III)-3rd place

Olivia Baek (Level III)-3rd place

WMTA Judged Recital:

 Elsa Tseng- Honors

Jasmine Mao- Honorable Mention

Sarah Shen- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Judged Recital:

 Olivia Baek- Honors

Great showing at the VMTA Fall Festival!

Aaron Yang- Superior

Daniel Liu- Superior

Elsa Tseng- Superior

Thorin Kao-Superior

Sean Pan-Superior

Evan Jing-Superior

Willian Chung-Superior

Serena Pan-Superior

Anna Chen-Superior

Virginia State and MTNA Junior Competitions

 

Congratulations to Kevin Shen! 

Virginia State Finals:

Kevin (Level II)- First Place

MTNA Junior Piano Competition:

Kevin- 1st Place Alternate

VMTA Fall State Conference took place at Old Dominion University, F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music, Norfolk. As a MTNA Junior 1st Place Alternate, Kevin was invited to participate in the Masterclass presented by Prof. Artina McCain. 

Student Achievements, 2022-2023

 

Virginia Northern District Auditions

 Kevin Shen- First Place (A), Level II

Nam Tran- Third Place, Level III

Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, NY

Kenneth Duong-Gold Prize, "Golden Key Music Festival"

Lulu Wang and Sophia Wang-First Place, BMTG Intercontinental Music Competition

NVMTA Sonata Festival

Excellent:

Aaron, Elsa, Olivia, Sean, Serena, Sarah, Kevin, Lulu, Sophia, Joshua

Second Round:

Elsa, Sean, Sarah, Kevin, Olivia, Lulu

Honors:

Olivia, Elsa, Kevin

Young Artist Musicale, GMU

Ethan Tran

Olivia Baek

Kevin Shen 

Virginia Governor's School

 Ethan Tran

Nam Tran

Great Composer Series

 Jasmine Mao-Second Place, Best Bach Performance

Ethan Tran- First Place, Best Kabalevsky Performance

NVMTA Achievement Awards Competition

Olivia Baek- Honorable Mention

Ethan Tran- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Judged Recitals

Jasmine Mao- Honors

Olivia Baek- Honors

Nam Tran- Honors

Kenneth Duong-Honors

Kevin Shen - Honorable Mention

Sophia Wang and Jasmine Mao- Honorable Mention

MSMTA Gottlieb Competition

Elsa Tseng (8)- HM

Kevin Shen (12)- HM

 Lulu Wang (13)- HM

 Jasmine Mao (14)- HM

 Ethan Tran(15)- HM

MSMTA  Spring Piano Solo Competition

Kevin Shen (12)- First Place

Nam Tran (16)- First Place

Sarah Shen (11)-Second Place

Jasmine Mao (14)- Second Place

Serena Pan (11)- Honorable Mention

Sophia Wang (13)- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival

Elsa Tseng (3rd grade)- First Place

Teddy Yi ( 12th grade)-Second Place

Kenneth Duong (12th grade)- Third Place

MSMTA Piano Duet Competition

Sarah Shen and Kevin Shen - 2nd place

Serena Pan and Sean Pan -3rd place

Jasmine Mao and Lulu Wang- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition

Superior: Sean, Elsa, Serena, Lulu, Sophia, Kevin, Sarah

Excellent: Aaron, Ethan, Evan

3rd Year Award- Elsa Tseng

6th Year Award- Sophia Wang, Ethan Tran 

2nd round: Jasmine, Serena, Elsa, Sophia, Lulu

Honors: Elsa, Lulu, Sophia, Serena

Bland Competition

Jasmine Mao- First Place, $100 Award

Kenneth Duong- Second Place, $250 Award

VMTA Theory Day, top scores

Evan, Sophia, Olivia, Sean, Jasmine

Skill Day, top scores

Nam, Kevin, Lulu, Sophia, Sarah, Sean, Jasmine, Ethan

NVMTA Robert Spencer Piano Concerto Competition

Kevin Shen ( Level II)- First Place

Olivia Baek (Level III) -Honorable Mention

YMIC Classical Music Festival

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 ( Graes 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

Virginia State Competition Finals

 Kevin Shen - Second Place, $40 Award

VMTA Fall Festival

Superior:

Serena, Sean, Joshua, Aaron, Elsa, Olivia

Congratulations to our seniors, Kenneth and Teddy!

Kevin Shen and Amadeus Orchestra

 

Kevin with Scott Wood after performance

Congratulations to Kevin Shen! Kevin was one of the NVMTA Piano Concerto Competition winners. He was chosen to perform 3rd movement of Mendelssohn Piano Concerto with the Amadeus Orchestra of McLean under the direction of Scott Wood. The audience was extremely impressed and appreciative of the great talent exhibited by six students who were selected for this performance. 

Prior to the concert, the director met with the students and audience members to give a little background about their pieces and talk with the students about some of their interests in addition to music. 

Northern District Auditions

 Congratulations to Kevin Shen and Nam Tran on their stellar performances at the Virginia Northern District Auditions! Kevin will represent Northern Virginia in the State Auditions at the VMTA Fall Conference. 

  Kevin Shen (Level II) -1st(A) place, $25 Award

Nam Tran ( Level III)- Third Place