Student Achievements, 2025-2026

 Northern District Auditions

Ly-Ly Ouy ( Level 1B)- First Place Alternate, going to Virginia State finals

Elsa Tseng (Level II)- First Place Alternate, going to Virginia State Finals

Kevin Shen (Level III)-First Place, going to Virginia State Finals

 

Virginia Bland Competition

 Kevin Shen-State Finals, First Place, $3000 Award

Ly-Ly Ouy- Honorable Mention $100 Award

Virginia State Finals, 2025

Elsa Tseng- Second Place, $50

VMTA Conference Masterclass with Kevin Chance

Elsa Tseng

Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition

Vy-Vy Nguyen and Ly-Ly Ouy (duet category)- First Place, $200

Ly-Ly Ouy (solo category)- Second Place

NVMTA Judged Recitals

Thorin Kao- Honors

 Sean Pan- Honors

Kevin Shen- Honors

Elsa Tseng- Honors

Evan Jing- Honorable Mention

 William Chung- Honorable Mention

Sophia Y. Wang- Honorable Mention

Harold Protsman Piano Competition

 Elsa Tseng (category 3)- First Place, $200 Award

WMTA Scholarship

Kevin Shen- $500

BU Tanglewood Institute Summer Program

NVMTA Sonata Festival

Second Round Honors

Xinyu Gong

Aaron Yang

Evan Jing

Elizabeth Li

 Chloe You

Zion Liu

 Daniel Liu

Honors

Sean Pan

Claire Wang

William Chung

Serena Pan

Elsa Tseng

Ly-Ly Ouy

Thorin Kao

Kevin Shen

Year 8 Award- Sarah Shen

Year 9 Award- Kevin Shen

Henle Competition, 2026

Elsa Tseng-Honors, Special Music Award

Great Composers Competitions (UK),

Art of Piano

Elsa Tseng (level II)-Second place

Heidi Hager (Level III)- Second Place

Sophia Wang ( Level IV)- Second Place

MSMTA M. Gottlieb Memorial Piano Competition

 Ly-Ly Ouy- First Place, $50 Award

Elsa Tseng- First Place, $50 Award

Kevin Shen - First Place, $50 Award

WMTA Judged Recital

 Ly-Ly Ouy- Honors

Elsa Tseng- Honors

 Xinyu Gong- Honorable Mention

MSMTA E.R. Davis Piano Competition

Kevin Shen (Grades 9-10)-Third Place, $75

WMTA V. Hartman Performance Awards

Elsa Tseng- Second Place

 Cameron Wang-Second Place

 Sophia Y. Wang- Honorable Mention

MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition

 Daniel Liu- First Place

 Sean Pan - First Place

 Sarah Shen - Second Place

 Serena Pan - Second place

 Thorin Kao- Second Place

 Aaron Yang- Second Place

 Zion Liu- Second Place

 Vy-Vy Nguyen -Second Place

 Elizabeth Li- Third Place

 Sophia Y. Wang- Third Place

Sophia Wang- Honorable Mention

 William Chung- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition

Kevin Shen - First Place

Carolina Wan- First Place

Daniel Liu- Second Place

 Sarah Shen- Third Place

 Claire Wang- Third Place

 Vy-Vy Nguyen - Third Place

 Chloe You- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Piano Duet Competition

 Anna Chen and Sophia Y. Wang- Second Place

Young Artist Musicale at GMU

Cameron Wang

 Sophia Wang

Kevin Shen

Young Musical Stars, Washington DC, 2026

Ly-Ly Ouy

MSMTA Spring Piano Duet Competition

 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/Competition

 Second Round Honors

Elizabeth Li

Zion Liu

 William Chung

 Sean Pan

Honors

 Elsa Tseng

Claire Wang

Year  3 Trophy- Cameron Wang

Year 3 Trophy- Serena Pan

MSMTA Davis

Kevin Shen- Third place, $75 Award

Crescendo International Competition

 Jingyi Mao- Gold Award

Golden Key Music Festival

Cameron Wang- Gold Award

Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, NY

Jingyi Mao- Winners Concert

Cameron Wang- Winners Concert

AMMA Metropolitan Online Classical Music Festival

Piano Chamber Music Category

 Aaron Yang and Daniel Liu- First place

Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao- First Place

Evan Jing and William Chung- Second Place

 Claire Wang and Xinyu Gong- Third Place

Sophia Y. Wang and Anna Chen- Second Place

 Cameron Wang and Sophia Wang- Third Place

Ly-Ly Ouy and Vy-Vy Nguyen -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

AMMA Metropolitan Live Music Competition

 Chloe You- First Place

 Sean Pan- First Place

 Claire Wang- First Place

 Kevin Shen - First Place

Cameron Wang -  First Place

 Evan Jing- Second Place

 Daniel Liu- Second Place

Elsa Tseng- Second palce

 Aaron Yang- Third Place

Elizabeth Li-Third Place

 Vy-Vy Nguyen- Third Place

Serena Pan- Honorable Mention

 William Ching- Honorable Mention

 Xinyu Gong- Honorable Mention 

WMTA Modern Piano Music Celebration

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

 Kevin Shen (level 4) - Third Place

Thomas F. Hulbert International Young Artist Piano Competition

Concerto Division

 Kevin Shen - First Place

Solo Division

Kevin Shen- Third Place

Division 3, Live Competition

 Ly-Ly Ouy- Finalist, HM

Elsa Tseng- Finalist, HM