Achievements, 2015-2016

VMTA Northern District Auditions

Jacqui (level 1A)-1st place, going to state finals

Nicole (level 1B)-1st place, going to state finals

Sophia (level 1B)- 3rd place

Raelyn (level 1B)- HM

WMTA Young Composer Competition

Kayleigh- 2nd place

Modern Piano Music Competition

Raelyn- 1st place, cash award

Nicole- HM

Alden Auditions, selected for Young Soloist Recitals, 2016-2017

Nicole

Raelyn

IYAPC

Cameron, Raelyn- finalists

Knabe Young Artist Piano competition

Raelyn-3rd place, cash award

Young artist Musicale at GMU

Raelyn

Nicole

NVMTA Sonata Festival

1st round winners- Katherine, Kayleigh, Lucy

Honors-Jacqui, Nicole, Sophia, Raelyn

NVMTA Judged Recitals

Sophia -Honors

Nicole-Honors

Katherine-Honors

Raelyn-Honors

Kayleigh-Honors

Alec- HM

WMTA Hartman Piano Performance Awards

Group 6/7:  

Cameron- 2nd place

Group 9B:

Jacqui-1st place

group 11A:

Sophia G.- 2nd place

Group 11 C:

Nicole-1st place

Group 14:

Michelle -2nd place

NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards

Nicole- 2nd place, cash award

NVMTA Piano Duet Competition

Level 1;

Cameron/Raelyn- 2nd place

Level 2:

Jacqui/Sophia-2nd place

Level 3:

Raelyn/Kayleigh- 3rd place

Level 4:

Katherine/ Lucy-3rd place

Bach Baroque Festival/Competition

Superiors- Luke, Lucy, Nicole, Sophia G., Raelyn, Kayleigh

15 point award- Nicole

2nd round- Nicole, Raelyn, Sophia

Honors-Sophia

NVMTA Composition Competition

Kayleigh- Jo Lombard Award

H.Protsman Classical Period Piano Competition

 Nicole- 2nd place

VII Chopin International Piano Competition at Hartford, CT

Raelyn-3d place

Bland Contest

Nicole- 1 st place, cash award

Raelyn- 2nd place, cash award

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival

Jacqui-1st place

Sophia W.-2nd place

SMC Honors

Katherine

Sophia W.

Sophia G.

Cameron

Nicole

Kayleigh
Raelyn

AAMS Competition

Raelyn-2nd place

NVMTA Fall Festival

Superiors-Sophia W., Luke, Jacqui, Nicole, Sophia G.

MTNA Competitions Competition

Kayleigh- advanced to Southern Division

Summer

    School is out! After cheerful and tearful last day of school, we can finally be ready for summer break. It has been a very busy but productive year indeed. I want to thank everyone, especially parents, for their dedication to piano studies this past season, thank you!

   I am excited to share a few more updates about June events.

Northern District Auditions
Level 1A:
Jacqui-1st place, cash award and going to VA State Finals in fall!

Level 1B:
Niolce-1st place, cash award and going to VA State Finals in fall!
Sophia G.-3rd place
Raelyn- HM

Cameron and Raelyn took part in IYAPC Competition. Both sisters were chosen as finalists and performed at CUA in June. Raelyn received HM.
Raelyn is one of six performers from IYAPC invited to perform Li-Ly Chang's composition "Island Sounds" at the Washington International Piano Festival on July 25th at CUA.

Nicole and Raelyn with other participants of MPMC

Nicole and Raelyn participated in Modern Piano Music Competition organized by WMTA.
Raelyn- 1st place, cash award
Nicole-HM

Kayleigh and Raelyn after WMTA Honors Recital

Congratulations to Kayleigh Hoang, she is a second place winner of the 2015 WMTA Young Composers Competition!

Enjoy your summer!

Knabe Young Artist Piano Competition

Inaugural event, William Knabe Young Artist Piano Competition was held at Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall, University of Maryland. Preliminary round was judged by three distinguished judges for two days in two locations before finalists were announced.

Raelyn Hoang performed with great confidence in the preliminary round and was one of only 6 finalists selected in the age group of 10-13.

   Congratulations to Raelyn on winning 3rd place! She performed Impromptu in A flat major by F. Chopin. She received a lovely trophy and a cash award!

NVMTA Sonata Festival

Nicole, Jacqui and Raelyn after Honors Concert, GMU

This year, NVMTA Sonata Festival hosted 910 students. After listening to first round, judges invited 89 students to second round. 41 finalists were chosen to perform at the Honors Concert at GMU on May 22. Congratulations to all students who were chosen for 2nd round and received Honors!
  Luke, Cameron and Sophia W. played beautifully and received great reports from judges along with shiny trophies, well done!

Katherine after 2nd round

Lucy after 2nd round

Advanced to 2nd round: Kayleigh, Katherine, Lucy, Jacqui, Sophia G., Raelyn and Nicole
     Honors- Nicole, Raelyn, Sophia G. and Jacqui

Big thank you to NVMTA chairman, Ms. J.Bennett and Sonata Festival chairman, Ms. J. Kuo for all the hard work on making this event successful! 

WMTA Hartman Piano Performance Awards

Cameron gets her ribbon

Jacqui and Sophia

Nicole

Michelle with her friend Teddi Yoo

 This was the most joyful Mother's Day for all moms in our studio. It was great to hear all students who prepared beautiful programs for WMTA V.Hartman Piano Performance Awards. Many thanks to most dedicated moms for their hard work and willingness to spend the day in Washington DC.

  Congratulations to Sophia W., Katherine, Kayleigh and Lucy. They did a fantastic job!

Group 6/7:  

Cameron- 2nd place

Group 9B:

Jacqui-1st place

group 11A:

Sophia G.- 2nd place

Group 11 C:

Nicole-1st place

Group 14:

Michelle -2nd place

NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards

Nicole before performance

    Several students from our studio participated in a very competitive NVMTA Piano Achievements Awards Competition. Performers were required to play program representing three of the following four periods: Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary.

  Nicole-2nd place

  Congratulations to Nicole on her stellar performance! There were 32 young pianists competing in level II, and she is a 2nd place winner!

NVMTA Piano Duet Competition

Cameron and Raelyn

Jacqui and Sophia

Lucy and Katherine

Kayleigh and Raelyn

  NVMTA Piano Duet Competition was another lovely event this year. Students enjoyed playing their pieces and hearing other wonderful players from different piano studios. Some teams are already planning repertoire for next year after hearing several exciting pieces performed by friends on the program. I am so excited to hear that many of my students  have strong opinions and they have a good idea what repertoire they would like to explore in future. Let's keep practicing duets, it is twice as nice!

Level 1;

Cameron/Raelyn- 2nd place

Level 2:

Jacqui/Sophia-2nd place

Level 3:

Raelyn/Kayleigh- 3rd place

Level 4:

Katherine/ Lucy-3rd place