Congratulations to students who participated in the WMTA Modern Music Competition!
Elsa Tseng ( Level 2)- First Place, $25
Olivia Baek ( Level 3)- First Place, $75
Daniel Liu ( Level 1)- Third Place
Sarah Shen ( Level 2)-Third place
Jasmine Mao ( level 3)- Third place
Benford Family Award for Best Performance by a Living Composer- Olivia Baek, $100.
Elsa had a chance to meet Hayato Sumino in New York!
Elsa, Kevin and Sarah after NVMTA Student Recital
Great Composer Series Competition, Masters of Piano Sonata:
Elsa Tseng (Level II)- 2nd place
Sean Pan (Level II)- 3rd place
Serena Pan ( Level III)-3rd place
Evan Jing (Level III)-3rd place
Olivia Baek (Level III)-3rd place
Elsa Tseng- Honors
Jasmine Mao- Honorable Mention
Sarah Shen- Honorable Mention
NVMTA Judged Recital:
Olivia Baek- Honors
Great showing at the VMTA Fall Festival!
Aaron Yang- Superior
Daniel Liu- Superior
Elsa Tseng- Superior
Thorin Kao-Superior
Sean Pan-Superior
Evan Jing-Superior
Willian Chung-Superior
Serena Pan-Superior
Anna Chen-Superior
Virginia State Finals:
Kevin (Level II)- First Place
MTNA Junior Piano Competition:
Kevin- 1st Place Alternate
Virginia Northern District Auditions
Kevin Shen- First Place (A), Level II
Nam Tran- Third Place, Level III
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, NY
Kenneth Duong-Gold Prize, "Golden Key Music Festival"
Lulu Wang and Sophia Wang-First Place, BMTG Intercontinental Music Competition
NVMTA Sonata Festival
Excellent:
Aaron, Elsa, Olivia, Sean, Serena, Sarah, Kevin, Lulu, Sophia, Joshua
Second Round:
Elsa, Sean, Sarah, Kevin, Olivia, Lulu
Honors:
Olivia, Elsa, Kevin
Young Artist Musicale, GMU
Ethan Tran
Olivia Baek
Kevin Shen
Virginia Governor's School
Ethan Tran
Nam Tran
Great Composer Series
Jasmine Mao-Second Place, Best Bach Performance
Ethan Tran- First Place, Best Kabalevsky Performance
NVMTA Achievement Awards Competition
Olivia Baek- Honorable Mention
Ethan Tran- Honorable Mention
NVMTA Judged Recitals
Jasmine Mao- Honors
Olivia Baek- Honors
Nam Tran- Honors
Kenneth Duong-Honors
Kevin Shen - Honorable Mention
Sophia Wang and Jasmine Mao- Honorable Mention
MSMTA Gottlieb Competition
Elsa Tseng (8)- HM
Kevin Shen (12)- HM
Lulu Wang (13)- HM
Jasmine Mao (14)- HM
Ethan Tran(15)- HM
MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition
Kevin Shen (12)- First Place
Nam Tran (16)- First Place
Sarah Shen (11)-Second Place
Jasmine Mao (14)- Second Place
Serena Pan (11)- Honorable Mention
Sophia Wang (13)- Honorable Mention
NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival
Elsa Tseng (3rd grade)- First Place
Teddy Yi ( 12th grade)-Second Place
Kenneth Duong (12th grade)- Third Place
MSMTA Piano Duet Competition
Sarah Shen and Kevin Shen - 2nd place
Serena Pan and Sean Pan -3rd place
Jasmine Mao and Lulu Wang- Honorable Mention
NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition
Superior: Sean, Elsa, Serena, Lulu, Sophia, Kevin, Sarah
Excellent: Aaron, Ethan, Evan
3rd Year Award- Elsa Tseng
6th Year Award- Sophia Wang, Ethan Tran
2nd round: Jasmine, Serena, Elsa, Sophia, Lulu
Honors: Elsa, Lulu, Sophia, Serena
Bland Competition
Jasmine Mao- First Place, $100 Award
Kenneth Duong- Second Place, $250 Award
VMTA Theory Day, top scores
Evan, Sophia, Olivia, Sean, Jasmine
Skill Day, top scores
Nam, Kevin, Lulu, Sophia, Sarah, Sean, Jasmine, Ethan
NVMTA Robert Spencer Piano Concerto Competition
Kevin Shen ( Level II)- First Place
Olivia Baek (Level III) -Honorable Mention
YMIC Classical Music Festival
Kevin Shen ( Grades 6/7)-First Place
Sophia Wang (Grades 8/9)- First Place
Kenneth Duong (Grades 10/12)-First Place
Ethan Tran (Grades 10/12)- Second Place
Nam Tran ( Graes 10/12)-Second Place
Elsa Tseng (Grades 2/3)-Third Place
Serena Pan ( Grades 4/5)- Third Place
Sarah Shen ( Grades 4/5)- Third Place
Sean Pan (Grades 4/5)- Honorable Mention
Jasmine Mao (Grades 8/9)- Honorable Mention
Virginia State Competition Finals
Kevin Shen - Second Place, $40 Award
VMTA Fall Festival
Superior:
Serena, Sean, Joshua, Aaron, Elsa, Olivia
Congratulations to Kevin Shen! Kevin was one of the NVMTA Piano Concerto Competition winners. He was chosen to perform 3rd movement of Mendelssohn Piano Concerto with the Amadeus Orchestra of McLean under the direction of Scott Wood. The audience was extremely impressed and appreciative of the great talent exhibited by six students who were selected for this performance.
Prior to the concert, the director met with the students and audience members to give a little background about their pieces and talk with the students about some of their interests in addition to music.
Congratulations to Kevin Shen and Nam Tran on their stellar performances at the Virginia Northern District Auditions! Kevin will represent Northern Virginia in the State Auditions at the VMTA Fall Conference.
Kevin Shen (Level II) -1st(A) place, $25 Award
Nam Tran ( Level III)- Third Place
Virginia Governor's School:
Ethan Tran
Nam Tran
Great Composer Series, Bach Competition:
Jasmine Mao- 2nd place
Achievement Awards Competition:
Olivia Baek ( Level 3)- HM
Ethan Tran ( Level 4)- HM
NVMTA Judged Recital:
Jasmine Mao- Honors
Kevin Shen - Honorable Mention
MSMTA Gottlieb Competition:
Congratulations to students who participated in the MSMTA M. Gottlieb Competition, everyone received the recognition and Honorable Mention!
Elsa Tseng (8)
Kevin Shen (12)
Lulu Wang(13)
Jasmine Mao(14)
Ethan Tran(15)
Elsa Tseng ( 3rd grade)- First Place
Teddy Yi ( 12th grade)- Second Place
Kenneth Duong ( 12th Grade)- Third Place
Congratulations! Three teams from our studio participated in the MSMTA Spring Piano Duet Competition, UMD College Park.
Sarah Shen and Kevin Shen- 2nd place
Serena PAn and Sean Pan - 3rd place
Jasmine Mao and Lulu Wang- Honorable Mention
