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!

Award Results, Winter 2021

 

Allison

Annabel

Kenneth

WMTA Haydn Sonata Awards

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

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

WMTA Speciality (German Music) 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

NVMTA Judged Recital

Lulu Yingxuan- Honorable Mention

Teddy- Honorable Mention

Great Composer Series Competitions, Best Chopin Performance:

Kenneth-2nd prize

Lulu Yingxuan- 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

Kevin and Sarah

Studio News, 2021!

Sophia

 Kevin 

Nicole

Northern District Auditions

Kevin Shen (1A)-First Place

Sarah Shen (1A)-Second Place

Nicole Papenfuss (III)- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Judged Recitals

Annabel Lee- Honors

Ethan Tran- Honors
Allison Oh-Honorable Mention

AAMS Competition

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

Allison Oh-1st place ranking

Elaine Chang-1st place ranking

Annabel Lee- 1st place ranking

 Lulu Wang- 1st place ranking

Congratulations to Allison, Elaine, Annabel and Lulu, they are invited to Honors Concerts!

Great Composers Competition, Masters of Sonata

Kevin Shen-3rd place

Ethan Tran-3rd place

WMTA Modern Piano Music Celebration

Sophia Wang

Annabel Lee

 Allison Oh

Nicole Papenfuss

 Teddy Yi

Ethan Tran

Panel of participating teachers and judges of Modern Music Celebration

Lulu, Studio Class

Kenneth, Studio Class

Studio Class