NVMTA Piano Concerto Competition

 

Congratulations to Kevin Shen, he is the FIRST PLACE winner of the NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition! Thank you to Allison Oh, she served as an accompanist at this event. Congratulations to both, Kevin and Allison, on making a great team.

NVMTA Bach Baroque Competition

NVMTA Bach Baroque Competition

Congratulations to Serena and Joshua. This was their first year of participation in the NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival, well done! 

Congratulations to students who advanced to 2nd Round:

 Jasmine, Lulu, Ethan, Nicole, Allison, Kevin

Honors:

Allison-Honors

Ethan- Honors

Kevin- Honors

Nicole- Honors

Sarah- received year 3 trophy!

Annabel- received year 9 trophy!

Congratulations!

 

Lulu Wang, Arlington 

NVMTA Judged Recital:

Lulu Wang- Honors

Ethan Tran- Honorable Mention

Kevin Shen, Washington DC

WMTA Judged Recital

Kevin Shen- Honors

Jasmine Mao-Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Kenneth and Nicole, they are first place winners of the Bland Regional Competitions and are advancing to the next round!

 VMTA Theory Exam was a great success and final scores are in! Top scores: Lulu, Kevin and Jasmine!

NVMTA Honors Concert:

Nicole and Lulu after NVMTA Honors Concert, Arlington

NVMTA General Recital

Congratulations to Serena! She attened her first NVMTA General Student Recital, well done Serena!

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