V.Hartman Piano Achievement Awards

Congratulations to all students who took part in the WMTA V. Hartman Piano Achievements Awards. This event always takes place on Mother's Day, thank you so much for taking your time to make a drive to Washington DC! Congratulations to Nicole, Ethan, Annabel and Cameron!

Nicole (14)-1st place
Ethan (12)-3rd place
Annabel (14)-3rd place
Cameron (9)-HM

NVMTA Piano Ensemble Competition

Sophia, Lulu, Kevin and Cameron

Nicole, Raelyn, Annabel and Lena*

Amy* and Elaine

  Students love NVMTA Piano Ensemble Competition. It was a lot of fun to explore new pieces this year. Big thank you goes to parents who coordinated duet practice sessions and drove to extra lessons during this busy season. Congratulations to all hard working duet teams, wow!
Level 1:
Sarah/Kevin-HM

Level 2:
Cameron/Kevin-1st place
Sophia/Lulu-2nd place

Level 4A:
Nicole/Raelyn-1st place
Annabel/Lena*-2nd place

Level 4B:
Elaine/Amy*-1st place

Lena*, Amy*- guest artists

Sarah and Kevin

Spring Forward!

 Our studio was well represented at the NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition. Students enjoyed an opportunity to play on a harpsichord in addition to hearing many wonderful performances during the event. After performing in two rounds of the competition, several students were chosen for the Honors Concert, well done everyone! 

Ethan- Honors

Teddy- Honors

Allison- Honors

Raelyn- Honors

Nicole- Honors

Lulu- chosen for 2nd round

Annabel- 15 point award

Teddy- 15 point Award

Please enjoy more studio news!

VMTA Theory Mastery top scores go to Ethan and Cameron.

Sight Reading Exam top score goes to Annabel.

NVMTA Judged Recital, Ethan received Honors and was selected for the YAM!

 Elaine, Kenneth and Kevin participated in the new event held by WMTA, Haydn Sonata Competition. Congratulations to Kevin on receiving HM in a group for grades K-6, wow!

Nicole at Young Artist Musicale

 Nicole and Jeffrey Siegel after performance

Congratulations to Nicole! Nicole was selected as one of the Young Artist to perform at GMU. She played Arabesque by Japanese composer T.Abe at February Young Artist Musicale.

 Young Artist Musicales are presented in conjunction with Jeffrey Siegel's "Keyboard Conversations" performances at GMU. The YAM series feature students selected by a Committee from NVTMA events. Nicole was selected after receiving Honors at NVMTA Judged Recital.

Bland Competitions, 2019

Allison and a competition chairman

Nicole and Teddy

Elaine

Congratulations to all students who participated in the Bland Competitions this year! Good luck to Nicole at the next round!

Allison (regional)- 1st place, cash award

Allison (district)-2nd place, cash award

Nicole - 1st place, cash award

Cameron-1st place, cash award

Elaine - 2nd place, cash award

Teddy- 2nd place, cash award

WMTA Margaret Frank Speciality Competition

Annabel

Kenneth

Cameron

Lulu

 Congratulations to all students who prepared beautiful programs for the WMTA Margaret Frank Bi-Annual Speciality Competition. This year students performed repertoire composed by French composers.

Annabel (Section 13-14 B)-1st place
Nicole (Section 13-14C)-1st place
Cameron (Section 9-10B)-3rd place
Kenneth (Section 13-14D)-3rd place
Lulu (Section 9-10A)-HM

Modern Piano Music Competition

 Nicole, Allison, Raelyn and Elaine

Students had the most enjoyable experience at Modern Piano Music Competition organized by WMTA. Big thank you to Mrs. Breth for creating such a lovely atmosphere and making everyone feel so welcome!

Level 1
Kevin- 1st place, cash award
Sophia-2nd place
Sarah-3rd place

Level 2
Cameron-1st place, cash award

Level 3
Raelyn-1st place, cash award
Nicole- 2nd place

Level 4
Allison- 1st place, cash award
Elaine- 2nd place

Cameron, Sarah, Sophia and Kevin