Young Musical Stars

Ly-Ly Ouy had the most inspiring experience as a pianist selected to perform at the Young Musical Stars Showcase. This event was a co-presentation by the Bulgarian Embassy and the American Masters Music Awards Competition. Family and friends enjoyed hearing some of the most talented young musicians in the Washington DC area who are prizewinners of international, national and regional music competitions. Congratulations to Ly-Ly!

MSMTA Piano Duet Competition

 

What a colorful day at MSMTA Spring Piano Duet Competition! In addition to shiny ribbons of different colors, students looked very festive and performed beautifully. It was a sunny day filled with double the fun! 

Congratulations to our teams! 

Serena Pan and Sean Pan-Second Place

Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao- Third Place

Carolina Wan and Claire Wang- Third Place

Claire Wang and Xinyu Gong- Third Place

Anna Chen and Sophia Y. Wang- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival

 NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition had a strong presentation from our studio. Thank you for working hard and preparing Baroque repertoire. Pianists were required to perform two selections, one by J.S. Bach and second selection by another Baroque composer. Please see the results!

Superior: Aaron, Zion, Sean, Elsa, Claire, Cameron, Sophia, Evan, William, Libby, Heidi, Elsa, Serena, Jeremy

Third Year Trophy: Cameron and Serena

Second Round Award: Libby, Zion, William, Sean, Elsa and Claire

Honors: Claire and Elsa

Jasmine Mao at Carnegie Hall

 

Jasmine Jingyi Mao had the most magical experience in NY! She is a winner of the Crescendo International Competition and was invited to participated at the Honors Concert at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall in New York. Jasmine performed Prelude in g minor, op.23 #5 by S. Rachmaninov. Congratulations to Jasmine!

Bland Competitions, 2026

 

Congratulations to Kevin Shen and Ly-Ly Ouy on their performances at the Bland Competition. Kevin is the first place winner and received a $200 cash award. He is advancing to next round, District Competition, on March 28 in Alexandria, VA. Kevin performed F. Liszt, Paraphrase on Verdi's Rigoletto. Ly-Ly received Honorable Mention and $100 award. Congratulations to both students!

WMTA Judged Recital

 Ly-Ly Ouy and Elsa Tseng participated in the WMTA Judged Recital. Both young pianists were recognized and awarded honors, congratulations to Ly-Ly and Elsa! They are invited to participate at the WMTA Honors Concert in May. 

 Ly-Ly Ouy-Honors

 Elsa Tseng- Honors

AMMA Metropolitan Online Classical Music Festival

 Piano Chamber Category

Grades K-4

Aaron Yang and Daniel Liu -First Place

Grades 5-8

Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao- First place

Evan Jing and William Chung- Second Place

 Claire Wang and Xinyu Gong- Third Place

 Grades 9-12

Sophia Y. Wang and Anna Chen- Second place

 Cameron Wang and Sophia Wang- Third Place

Khanh-Vy Nguyen nad Ly-Ly Ouy-Third Place

 Piano Solo Category

Thorin Kao- First Place

 Sophia Wang- First Place

Sophia Y. Wang- First Place

Heidi Hager- Second Place

Jingyi Mao- Third Place

Zion Liu- Third Place

Jeremy Huang- Honorable Mention