Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Student Achievements, 2022-2023


 



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 our seniors, Kenneth and Teddy!



Sunday, September 3, 2023

Kevin Shen and Amadeus Orchestra

 


Kevin with Scott Wood after performance

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.