NVMTA Robert Spencer Concerto Competition

 

 Congratulations to Nicole Papenfuss on receiving 2nd prize in the highly competitive NVMTA Robert Spencer Piano Concerto Competition! This year, Level 5 was one of the biggest and most competitive groups. Congratulations to Nicole and a big thank you to her sister, Michelle! They made a great team together. 

Studio News

Nicole

Sarah

Kevin

BMTG Intercontinental Competition

Allison Oh -First place

 Sophia Wang and Sophia Lulu Wang (Piano Duet Category)- First place

Young Artist Musicale at GMU

Selected for the 1/23 YAM at GMU-Nicole Papenfuss 

WMTA Judged Recital

 Allison Oh-Honorable Mention

Sophia Lulu Wang- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Judged Recital

 Nicole Papenfuss- Honors

Annabel Lee- Honorable Mention

Kevin Shen- Honorable Mention

WMTA Modern Music Competition

 Nicole Papenfuss (Level IV)-3rd Prize

Annabel and Allison

Great Composer Series

Jasmine Mao- 2nd place

Sophia Wang- 3rd Place

Elite International Competition

Ethan Tran and Kenneth Duong (piano duet category) -First Place, invited to the winners concert in NY!

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

Joshua

Jasmine

Allison performed with Virginia Regional Orchestra as a pianist

Sophia Lulu

Kenneth and Ethan

Allison

Studio Zoom class, October

Student Achievements, 2020-2021

 

 

 MSMTA Gottlieb Competition

Ethan Tran(Group R)- First Prize, $50 award

Kenneth Duong(Group Z)- First Prize, $50 award

 Kevin Shen(Group F)- Second Prize, $40 award

Annabel Lee(Group Z)- Second Prize, $40 award

WMTA Hartman Piano Performance Awards

Kevin Shen(10)-First Place

Nicole Papenfuss-(16)-First Place

Allison Oh(17)-Second Place

Annabel Lee(17)-Second Place

Ethan Tran(14)- Third Place

Teddy Yi(15)-Third Place

Lulu Wang(11)- Honorable Mention

 Elaine Chang(17)- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards

Nicole Papenfuss (Level IV)- 2nd place, $150 award

 Ethan Tran ( Level III)- HM

Northern District Auditions(2020) 

Kevin Shen (1A)-First Place

Sarah Shen (1A)-Second Place

Nicole Papenfuss (III)- Honorable Mention

MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Festival/Competition:

Ethan Tran(14)-First Place

Elaine Chang(17)- First Place

Allison Oh(17)- Second Place

Kenneth Duong(16)- Second Place

Lulu Wang(11)-Third Place

Nicole Papenfuss(16)- Third Place

Annabel Lee(16)-Third Place

NVMTA Judged Recitals:

Allison Oh- Honors

Nicole Papenfuss Honors

Annabel Lee- Honors

Ethan Tran- Honors

Kenneth Duong- Honorable Mention

Teddy Yi- Honorable Mention

Lulu Wang- Honorable Mention

Sophia Wang- Honorable Mention

WMTA Bach Baroque Competition 2021:

Ethan Tran(Intermediate Level)- 2nd place, $35 award

 Annabel Lee(Senior Level)-2nd place, $50 award

Kevin Shen(Junior II)-Honorable Mention

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition

Nicole Papenfuss-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

WMTA Haydn Sonata Awards

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

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

WMTA Speciality 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

Great Composer Series Competitions, Best Chopin Performance:

Kenneth Duong-2nd prize

Lulu Wang- 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

AAMS Competition, 2020:

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, NY

Allison Oh-1st place ranking

Elaine Chang-1st place ranking

Annabel Lee- 1st place ranking

 Lulu Wang- 1st place ranking

Great Composers Competition, Masters of Sonata

Kevin Shen-3rd place

Ethan Tran-3rd place

MSMTA Gottlieb Piano Competion

 MSMTA Gottlieb Competition results!

 Ethan (Group R)- First Prize, $50 award

Kenneth (Group Z)- First Prize, $50 award

 Kevin (Group F)- Second Prize, $40 award

Annabel (Group Z)- Second Prize, $40 award

WMTA V.Hartman Piano Performance Awards

 

Congratulations to students who participated in WMTA Hartman Piano Performance Awards!

Kevin (10)-FIRST PLACE

Nicole-(16)-FIRST PLACE

Allison (17)-Second Place

Annabel (17)-Second Place

Ethan(14)- Third Place

Teddy(15)-Third Place

Lulu(11)- Honorable Mention

 Elaine(17)- Honorable Mention

More cicadas!

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!