Sophia Wang and Novasian Chorus

 

Congratulations to Sophia Wang on her first performance as a collaborative pianist with Novasian Chorus. It was the most inspiring performance at Capital One Hall. Autumn's Charm program: A Musical Encounter of East and West. Novasian Chorus is led by the art director Tim Chang. Thank you for this amazing opportunity!

WMTA Modern Piano Music Competition

 Two students from our studio, Ly-Ly Ouy and Kevin Shen,  represented our studio at the WMTA Modern Piano Music Competition. Congratulations to both students!

Ly-Ly Ouy- First Place, $60 Award (Level 3)

Kevin Shen- Third Place ( Level 4)

NVMTA Judged Recital

Thorin

Please see the results from NVMTA Judged Recital, wow! Congratulations to Thorin, Sophia and Kevin. 

Thorin Kao- Honors

Kevin Shen - Honors

 Sophia Y. Wang- Honorable Mention

Fall Festival Report

Libby, all smiles after performance

 

16 students from our studio participated  in the VA Fall Festival, congratulations to all of you! Everyone received the highest score of "Superior":

Chloe, Zion, Jeremy, Libby, Daniel, Aaron, Carolina, Claire, Sean, Serena, Sarah, Evan, William, Heidi, Ly-Ly and Xinyu. 

NVMTA Piano Ensemble Competition

 Anna Chen and Sophia Y. Wang delivered a confident performance at the NVMTA Piano Ensemble Competition.  They performed two beautiful duet compositions, Valse op.11 by S. Rachmaninov and Scherzo op.11 by S. Rachmaninoff. Congratulations on second place award! You make a great team indeed!

VA State Finals

 

Welcome to a new season! School year 2025-2026 is off to a great start. Congratulations to Elsa Tseng, she was awarded second place at the Virginia State Finals! 

Elsa enjoyed Masterclass with Dr. Kevin Chance, it was a wonderful learning experience. 

Student Achievements, 2024-2025

 Northern District Auditions

 Elsa Tseng (1B)-First Place Alternate, going to VA State Finals

Zion Liu (1A)- Honorable Mention

Cameron Wang ( III)- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival

Zion Liu (K-3)-First Place

Sean Pan (4-5)- Honorable Mention

 

Harold Protsman Piano Competition for Young Artists

 Kevin Shen- First Place, $200

NVMTA Judged Recitals

 Elsa Tseng- Honors

 Ethan Tran- Honors

Kevin Shen -Honors

 William Chung- Honorable Mention

 Thorin Kao- Honorable Mention

Serena Pan and Sean Pan-Honorable Mention

MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition

Daniel Liu- First Place

Elsa Tseng- First Place

 Kevin Shen- First Place

Serena Pan- Second Place

 Thorin Kao- Second Place

Sarah Shen- Third Place

 Sean Pan -Third Place

Jingyi Mao-Third Place

Cameron Wang- Third Place

 Anna Chen- Third Place

Aaron Yang- Honorable Mention

Evan Jing- Honorable Mention

 William Chung- Honorable Mention

 Sophia Y. Wang-Honorable Mention

 Sophia Wang- Honorable  Mention

WMTA Judged Recital

 Thorin Kao and Elsa Tseng- Honors

NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards

Kevin Shen- 3rd place

Daniel Liu- Honorable Mention

Elsa Tseng- Honorable Mention

Carnegie Hall Performance, NY

Elsa Tseng- Elite International Music Competition

NVMTA Sonata Festival

Aaron Yang- Second Round Award

Sean Pan- Second Round Award

 Serena Pan- Second Round Award

Elsa Tseng- Second Round Award

Kevin Shen - Second Round Award

Kevin Shen- HONORS

Kevin Shen- Year 8 trophy

MSMTA M.Gottlieb Piano Competition

Elsa Tseng- Second Place, $40 Award

Evan Jing- Honorable Mention

MSMTA Chase Sonata Awards

Kevin Shen- Third Place, $50 Award

NVMTA Spencer Piano Concerto Competition

 Elsa Tseng ( Level II)- Third Place

Great Composer Series, Best Bach Performance

Daniel Liu- Second Place, J.S.Bach Concerto BWV1056

WMTA Speciality Competition

Elsa Tseng- First Place

Daniel Liu- Third Place

VMTA Theory Exam Top Scores

Anna Chen

Evan Jing

 Thorin Kao

 Aaron Yang

William Chung

Daniel Liu

Elsa Tseng

 

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition

Anna Chen - Second Round Award

Aaron Yang- Second Round award

Evan Jing- Second Round qaward

 Serena Pan - Second Round Award

Ethan Tran- Second Round Award

Thorin Kao- Second Round Award

Jingyi Mao- Second Round Award

Ethan Tran- Honors

Thorin Kao- Honors

 

AMMA Music Awards

Piano Solo Category

Zion Liu-First place

 Thorin Kao- First Placee

 Sean Pan- Second place

 Serena Pan- Second Place

 Sarah Shen- Second Place

Daniel Liu- Third Place

Jingyi Mao- Third Place

 Evan Jing- Honorable Mention

 Anna Chen- Honorable Mention

Piano Duet Category

Aaron Yang and Daniel Liu- First Place

 Serena Pan and Sean Pan - First Place

Sophia Wang and Cameron Wang-First Place

Evan Jing and William Chung- Third Place

Piano Concerto Category

Elsa Tseng- First Place

BEST PERFORMER AWARD

SEAN PAN AND SERENA PAN, $200

Honors Concert, Washington DC

Serena Pan and Sean Pan

WMTA Modern Music Competition

Daniel Liu- Second Place

 Jingyi Mao- Third Place

Elite International Music Competition, NY

 Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao (duet)- First Place

Elsa Tseng (solo)- First Place

Great Composer Series, Best Kabalevsky Performance

 Kevin Shen- First Place

2024 Seattle International Bach Festival

 Kevin Shen- Bronze medal 

AMMA (YMIC) Metropolitan Live Classical Music Competition

 Kevin Shen- First place

 Elsa Tseng- Second place

 Sophia Y. Wang- Second Place

 Cameron Wang- Second Place

Aaron Yang- Third Place

 William Chung- Third place

 Sophia Wang- Honorable Mention

VMTA Sight Reading Exam Top Scores

Kevin Shen

 William Chung

 Sarah Shen

 Elsa Tseng

 Thorin Kao

 Daniel Liu

 Cameron Wang

Young Artist Musicale at GMU

Sean Pan

 Serena Pan

 Elsa Tseng

Ethan Tran

 Kevin Shen

WMTA V.Hartman Piano Performance Awards

Kevin Shen - Second place

Thorin Kao- Third Place

 Cameron Wang- Third Place

Great Composer Competition

William Chung- First Prize, Music of Northern Europe

William Chung-Third Prize, Music of Eastern Europe

Serena Pan- First Prize, Music of 20th Century

Jingyi Mao-Second Prize, Music of 20th Century

Sean Pan- Second Prize, Music of 19th Century

Jingyi Mao- First Prize, Music of 19th Century

Serena Pan- Second Prize, Music of 18th Century

MSMTA Piano Duet Competition

Serena Pan and Sean Pan- Second Place

 Cameron Wang and Sophia Wang- Third Place

OPUS Music Competition, State Level

Elsa Tseng (Category II)-First Prize

Kevin Shen ( Category IV)- First Prize

Sophia Y. Wang ( Category IV)-Third Prize

Ethan Tran ( Category V)- First Prize

VMTA Fall Festival Superior Rating
Aaron Yang

 Anna Chen

 Cameron Wang

 Evan Jing

 Daniel Liu

 Serena Pan

 Sean Pan 

 Elsa Tseng

MTNA Junior Piano Competition

Kevin Shen- Honorable Mention

Virginia State Finals

Kevin Shen- Third Place