Raelyn at Alden Theater

Raelyn performed a beautiful solo program at Alden Theater, McLean. Many of her friends, classmates, cousins and students from our studio came to support her. After recital, she could barely wrap her arms around all the colorful flower bouquets. Thank you for coming to hear Raelyn at Alden Theater!

 It was a very busy weekend for Raelyn. In addition to performing her program at Alden, Raelyn participated in Asian American Music Society Competition, and she is a 2nd place winner! Congratulations!

VA State Auditions

Jacqui after performance

  Congratulations to Jacqui, she is the 1st place winner of VA State Auditions! Competition was held during VMTA Fall Conference at Shenandoah University. Jacqui played compositions by J. Haydn, F. Chopin and J. Ibert.

    Jacqui and Nicole

  Nicole received HM for her performance! Nicole played  compositions by J. Haydn, M. Moszkowski and D. Kabalevsky.

  Both students, Jacqui and Nicole, represented Northern Virginia District at  VA State Auditions. Thank you to both students and their supportive families for their hard work and dedication to music studies!

Fall, 2016

Welcome back! Fall is picking up brighter colors as we wait for the first quarter report cards. This upcoming weekend, students will be participating in VMTA Fall Festival held at Cherrydale Methodist Church, 3701 Lorcom Lane, Arlington, VA 22207. Fall Festival event signals time for us to show what we have accomplished during summer and first months of school year. 

  Several students held a Mini Recital at the end of September. It was a chance to perform new pieces, and perhaps give each other some useful suggestions regarding interpretation.

 First week of October, our studio visited Brightview at Sterling, VA. Residents enjoyed our program and we  are invited to come back for another recital in December. This was an opportunity to welcome Teddy and Kenneth to our studio, welcome!

  Raelyn and Jacqui attended NVMTA Judged Recital both students received HM, well done!

Kayleigh, Raelyn, Cameron and Nicole after  in NVMTA General Recital.

Achievements, 2015-2016

VMTA Northern District Auditions

Jacqui (level 1A)-1st place, going to state finals

Nicole (level 1B)-1st place, going to state finals

Sophia (level 1B)- 3rd place

Raelyn (level 1B)- HM

WMTA Young Composer Competition

Kayleigh- 2nd place

Modern Piano Music Competition

Raelyn- 1st place, cash award

Nicole- HM

Alden Auditions, selected for Young Soloist Recitals, 2016-2017

Nicole

Raelyn

IYAPC

Cameron, Raelyn- finalists

Knabe Young Artist Piano competition

Raelyn-3rd place, cash award

Young artist Musicale at GMU

Raelyn

Nicole

NVMTA Sonata Festival

1st round winners- Katherine, Kayleigh, Lucy

Honors-Jacqui, Nicole, Sophia, Raelyn

NVMTA Judged Recitals

Sophia -Honors

Nicole-Honors

Katherine-Honors

Raelyn-Honors

Kayleigh-Honors

Alec- HM

WMTA Hartman Piano Performance Awards

Group 6/7:  

Cameron- 2nd place

Group 9B:

Jacqui-1st place

group 11A:

Sophia G.- 2nd place

Group 11 C:

Nicole-1st place

Group 14:

Michelle -2nd place

NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards

Nicole- 2nd place, cash award

NVMTA Piano Duet Competition

Level 1;

Cameron/Raelyn- 2nd place

Level 2:

Jacqui/Sophia-2nd place

Level 3:

Raelyn/Kayleigh- 3rd place

Level 4:

Katherine/ Lucy-3rd place

Bach Baroque Festival/Competition

Superiors- Luke, Lucy, Nicole, Sophia G., Raelyn, Kayleigh

15 point award- Nicole

2nd round- Nicole, Raelyn, Sophia

Honors-Sophia

NVMTA Composition Competition

Kayleigh- Jo Lombard Award

H.Protsman Classical Period Piano Competition

 Nicole- 2nd place

VII Chopin International Piano Competition at Hartford, CT

Raelyn-3d place

Bland Contest

Nicole- 1 st place, cash award

Raelyn- 2nd place, cash award

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival

Jacqui-1st place

Sophia W.-2nd place

SMC Honors

Katherine

Sophia W.

Sophia G.

Cameron

Nicole

Kayleigh
Raelyn

AAMS Competition

Raelyn-2nd place

NVMTA Fall Festival

Superiors-Sophia W., Luke, Jacqui, Nicole, Sophia G.

MTNA Competitions Competition

Kayleigh- advanced to Southern Division

Summer

    School is out! After cheerful and tearful last day of school, we can finally be ready for summer break. It has been a very busy but productive year indeed. I want to thank everyone, especially parents, for their dedication to piano studies this past season, thank you!

   I am excited to share a few more updates about June events.

Northern District Auditions
Level 1A:
Jacqui-1st place, cash award and going to VA State Finals in fall!

Level 1B:
Niolce-1st place, cash award and going to VA State Finals in fall!
Sophia G.-3rd place
Raelyn- HM

Cameron and Raelyn took part in IYAPC Competition. Both sisters were chosen as finalists and performed at CUA in June. Raelyn received HM.
Raelyn is one of six performers from IYAPC invited to perform Li-Ly Chang's composition "Island Sounds" at the Washington International Piano Festival on July 25th at CUA.

Nicole and Raelyn with other participants of MPMC

Nicole and Raelyn participated in Modern Piano Music Competition organized by WMTA.
Raelyn- 1st place, cash award
Nicole-HM

Kayleigh and Raelyn after WMTA Honors Recital

Congratulations to Kayleigh Hoang, she is a second place winner of the 2015 WMTA Young Composers Competition!

Enjoy your summer!

Knabe Young Artist Piano Competition

Inaugural event, William Knabe Young Artist Piano Competition was held at Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall, University of Maryland. Preliminary round was judged by three distinguished judges for two days in two locations before finalists were announced.

Raelyn Hoang performed with great confidence in the preliminary round and was one of only 6 finalists selected in the age group of 10-13.

   Congratulations to Raelyn on winning 3rd place! She performed Impromptu in A flat major by F. Chopin. She received a lovely trophy and a cash award!

NVMTA Sonata Festival

Nicole, Jacqui and Raelyn after Honors Concert, GMU

This year, NVMTA Sonata Festival hosted 910 students. After listening to first round, judges invited 89 students to second round. 41 finalists were chosen to perform at the Honors Concert at GMU on May 22. Congratulations to all students who were chosen for 2nd round and received Honors!
  Luke, Cameron and Sophia W. played beautifully and received great reports from judges along with shiny trophies, well done!

Katherine after 2nd round

Lucy after 2nd round

Advanced to 2nd round: Kayleigh, Katherine, Lucy, Jacqui, Sophia G., Raelyn and Nicole
     Honors- Nicole, Raelyn, Sophia G. and Jacqui

Big thank you to NVMTA chairman, Ms. J.Bennett and Sonata Festival chairman, Ms. J. Kuo for all the hard work on making this event successful!