Student Achievements, 2011-2012

  Charlotte Cai at Carnegie Hall, NY

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition

Grades k-3

Lucy Blazquez- 1^st place

Grades 4-5  
Charlotte Cai- 3rd place

Grades 6-7
Maggie Kirtley- 1st place
Gabrielle- 2^nd place

NVMTA Piano Duet Competition
Level 1B
Katherine Wang and Helen Yao-1st place

Level 2B
Charlotte Cai and Angus Chang-2nd place

Level 4A
Maggie Kirtley and Faith Lam-1st place

NVMTA Judged Recital
Gabrielle Li-Honors

Eileen Zheng- Honors

Faith Lam-Honors

Charlotte Cai- HM

Maggie Kirtley- HM


Asian American Piano Competition, 2011

Faith-2^nd place, Junior Piano Division

Performance at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NY

Charlotte Cai

Bach Baroque Festival/Competition

Charlotte- group winner and finalist

Maggie- group winner, finalist

Faith- group winner, received a 15 point award, finalist

Katherine-group winner

Angus-  30 point medal


WMTA Viola Hartman Piano Achievement Awards at Catholic University:

Group, age 10:

Angus- 2^nd place

Group, Age 11:

Maggie- 3^rd place

Group, Age 14:

Faith-3^rd place

Group, Age 15-18:

Eileen Zheng-2nd place

NVMTA Sonata Festival

First round winners:

Eli Kirtley

Angus Chang

Faith Lam

Gabrielle Li

Maggie Kirtley

Lucy Blazquez

Jonathan Lam

Finalists, received Honors: 

Lucy Blazquez

Jonathan Lam

 Gabrielle Li

 Maggie Kirtley

SMC Honors:

Katherine Wang

Charlotte Cai

Eileen Zheng

Faith Lam

Theory Mastery Day Top Scores:

Eli Kirtley

Angus Chang

Lucy Blazquez

Eileen Zheng (level VIII)

VMTA Fall Festival “Superiors”- Angus, Charlotte, Eli, Gaby, Helen, Katherine, Lucy, Maggie.

Charlotte at Carnegie Hall, NY

   First week of May, Charlotte was invited to perform at the prestigious Weil Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, NY. Charlotte was one of the students selected from more than 600 participants  who auditioned for this opportunity. Charlotte played Toccata by D. Paradisi. 

From VA to DC

Hallways in elementary schools have become noticeably louder, spring weather has brought more warmth and sunshine. Teachers encourage students to keep up positive attitude along with serious preparation for SOL tests. Our performance calendar has only one event left, NVMTA Sonata Festival. Directions and guidelines will be posted this week. Quick update about latest events here:

 WMTA Viola Hartman Piano Achievement Awards at Catholic University, Washington DC

                            Angus takes a deep bow at Hartman competition

Group, Age 10:

Angus- 2^nd place

Group, Age 11:

Maggie- 3^rd place

Group, Age 14:

Faith-3^rd place

Group, Age 15-18:

Eileen-2^nd place

NVMTA Judged Recital

Eileen Zheng- Honors

Charlotte Cai- HM

                                                 

Springfield  Music Club Honors:

Katherine Wang

Charlotte Cai

Eileen Zheng

Faith Lam

Charlotte, all smiles

  In May, Springfield Music Club will continue Honors Concert Series at the “Woodlands” Retirement Center, Fairfax. This event has such a welcoming and friendly aura. First event will be held on Thursday, May 17^th .

Piano Duet Competition

  April turned out to be a busy month for our studio. Parents, thank you for your dedication! Many of you spent weekends driving to different festivals and competitions instead of enjoying beautiful spring weather outside. To add even more adjustments to your busy schedules, many families worked out time to arrange practice for duet competition. 

Results from NVMTA Piano Ensemble Competition:

Level 1B

Katherine and Helen- 1 stplace

Level 2b

Charlotte and Angus- 2^nd place

Level 4A

Maggie and Faith- 1^st place

Helen and Katherine

                                                                   

After Festival, Helen wrote:

 I like a piano duet because it is fun, especially when I play with my friend, Katherine who is also my partner.  It is cool when both players use body language like going forward at the same time.  Also, I like it when a player plays louder and other one plays softer. For example, Katherine was the melody and I was accompaniment.  

However, piano duets are more sophisticated than solos because there are four hands playing at the same time.  This means both players have to listen to each other to avoid mistakes.   

Because Katherine and I practiced a lot for the piano duet festival, we also had many play dates J.  It is so fun when I get to play with my friend.  Also, when we went the festival last week, both of us won the first place blue ribbons.     

 Helen Yao 

                                                           Charlotte and Angus

 Eli and Maggie participated in Duet Festival, they did great job playing together!

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival

Charlotte at performance

Grades K-3

Lucy Blazquez- 1st place

Grades 4-5

Charlotte Cai- 3rd place

Grades 6-7

Maggie Kirtley-1st place

Gabrielle Li-2nd place

Maggie and Gaby

Student Achievements, 2010-2011

NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards Competition
Faith Ellen Lam- 1 st place, $300

Springfield Music Club Composer Competition
Eileen Zheng- 1st place $100 award
Maggie Kirtley-2nd place, $25 award

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition
Lucy Blazquez- Group Winner
Angus Chang- Group Winner
Eileen Zheng- Group Winner
Jonathan Lam- Group winner
Gabrielle Li- Honors, Evening Concert
Sarah Zhou- 15 point Award, Bach/Baroque Plaque
Eileen Zheng- 30 point Award, Bach/Baroque Festival Medal

NVMTA Concerto Festival/Competition
Gabrielle Li- 1 st place
Angus Chang-3rd place

WMTA Speciality Competition, French Music
Faith Lam- 2nd place
Lucy Blazquez- 3rd place

WMTA Judged Recital
Faith Lam – Honors

WMTA Hartman Piano Performance Awards Competition
Lucy Blazquez- 1st place
Charlotte Cai- 3rd place
Maggie Kirtley -3rd place
Eileen Zheng- 3rd place

NVMTA Judged Recitals
Jonathan Lam- Honor
Faith Lam- Honors
Maggie Kirtley- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Piano Duet Competition
Lucy Blazquez/Jonathan Lam- 2 nd place, level I
Gabrielle LI/ Maggie Kirtley-2 place, level II
Charlotte Cai/ Angus Chang 3rd place, level II
Stephanie Chen/Faith Lam- 2place, level IV

Healy/Ford Scholarship
Faith Lam- $200

NVMTA Sonata Festival Winners:
Charlotte Cai- Honors
Sarah Zhou- Honors
Gabrielle Li- Honors

Springfield Music Club Recitals:
Sarah Zhou- Honors
Gabrielle Li- Honors
Jonathan Lam- Honors
Lucy Blazquez- Honors
Angus Chang- Honors
Katherine Wang-Honors
Eileen Zheng- Honors
Maggie Kirtley- Honors
Faith Lam-Honors

Theory Mastery Day Top Scores:
Gabrielle Li
Eileen Zheng
Sarah Zhou

Young Artist Musicale at GMU
Faith Lam, performed compositions by Liszt and Prokofiev




AFAF Winter Gala at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
Faith Lam

NVTMA Achievement Awards Competition, 2011

Faith Ellen Lam is a NVMTA Achievement Award Competition winner! She was one of 19 performers who participated in the Intermediate Level. Her program included compositions by J.S. Bach, G.Faure and S. Prokofiev.