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Bach and Liszt

Beethoven Piano Concerto no 1. movt 1

COMPETITIVE EVENTS

As a member of Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association (NVMTA), Virginia Music Teachers Association (VMTA), Maryland Music Teachers Association (MMTA), and also Washington Music Teachers Association (WMTA), I will have opportunities to have the students enter a variety of competitions for differing levels.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

A piano, a metronome, a notebook, a music dictionary, a daily practice schedule, theory book and music books of technique and repertoire.

If you have any question please email me at mgramaticova@yahoo.com

In closing, while these requirements may not be met each and every week, they are the basic fundamentals Progress will continue to come fast. You'll enjoy music more and more because you'll understand it more completely and be able to create it better and better!

Margarita Gramaticova

2024 NORTHERN VIRGINIA DISTRICT AUDITIONS

AIDEN CHE - FIRST PLACE (Level IA, Grades 1-3)

FELIX XU - FIRST PLACE (Level III, Grades 9-11)

ETHAN YANG - FIRST PLACE ALTERNATE (Level iB, Grades 4-5)

ANNE TANG - Honorable Mention (Level 1B, Grades 4-5)

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention (Level II, Grades 6-8)

YUXIN JIA - Honorable Mention (Level IB, Grades 4-5)

AIDEN CHE, FELIX XU and ETHAN YANG will compete at the Virginia State Auditions in the fall of 2024.

CONGRATULATIONS!

NVMTA YOUNG ARTIST MUSICALE piano students chosen to perform at George Mason University

EMERY QUE (Dec. 2023)

ANDREW NGUYEN (3/3/2024)

FELIX XU (4/7/2024)

2024 NVMTA JUDGED RECITALS

EMERY QUE - HONORS (2/3/2024)

FELIX XU - HONORS (2/3/2024)

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention (5/12/2024)

2024 NVMTA BACH-BAROQUE COMPETITION (2/17/2024)

RYAN CHEN - HONORS Recital Winner

ETHAN CHEN - HONORS Recital Winner

YUXIN JIA, ISAAC NING, CHELSEA ZENG advanced to the Second Round Auditions!

2024 WMTA HUNGARIAN MUSIC PIANO COMPETITION (2/25/2024)

ANNE TANG - FIRST PRIZE (Level 2)

EMERY QUE - FIRST PRIZE (Level 4)

YULANIA WANG - FIRST PRIZE (Level 5)

AIDEN CHE - SECOND PRIZE (Level 1)

FELIX XU - THIRD PRIZE (Level 5)

ETHAN CHEN - Honorable Mention (Level 3)

2024 NVMTA PIANO ACHIEVEMENTS AWARDS COMPETITION \

FELIX XU - FIRST PLACE (Level 4: Grades 9-10)

ETHAN YANG - SECOND PLACE (Level 1: Grades 2-4)

YUXIN JIA - Honorable Mention (Level 2: Grades 5-6)

EMERY QUE - Honorable Mention (Level 3: Grades 7-8)

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention (Level 3: Grades 7-8)

YULANIA WANG - Honorable Mention (Level 4: Grades 9-10)

2024 WMTA HARTMAN AWARDS PIANO COMPETITION

AIDEN CHE - FIRST PLACE (Group age 6-7A)

ANGELIKA TZIOUMIS - FIRST PLACE (Group age 15-16C)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - FIRST PLACE (Group age 15-16B)

EMERY QUE - SECOND PLACE (Group age 12-13A)

FELIX XU - SECOND PLACE (Group age 15-16A)

ETHAN YANG - Honorable mention (Group age 10-11A)

2024 NVMTA SONATA FESTIVAL (5/18/2024)

RYAN CHEN - HONORS Recital Winner

ANDREW NGUYEN - HONORS Recital Winner

CHLOE HU - HONORS Recital Winner

FELIX XU - HONORS Recital Winner

EMERY QUE - HONORS Recital Winner

ISAAC NING - HONORS Recital Winner

OLIVIA HERR, RACHEL DU, YUXIN JIA, AIDEN CHE, ETHAN GUO, ETHAN CHEN, FREDDY XIN, ANNE TANG, HENRY LE advanced to the Second Round Auditions!

2024 NORTHERN VIRGINIA DISTRICT AUDITIONS

AIDEN CHE - FIRST PLACE (Level IA, Grades 1-3)

FELIX XU - FIRST PLACE (Level III, Grades 9-11)

ETHAN YANG - FIRST PLACE ALTERNATE (Level iB, Grades 4-5)

ANNE TANG - Honorable Mention (Level 1B, Grades 4-5)

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention (Level II, Grades 6-8)

YUXIN JIA - Honorable Mention (Level IB, Grades 4-5)

AIDEN CHE, FELIX XU and ETHAN YANG will compete at the Virginia State Auditions in the fall of 2024.

CONGRATULATIONS!

NVMTA YOUNG ARTIST MUSICALE piano students chosen to perform at George Mason University

EMERY QUE (Dec. 2023)

ANDREW NGUYEN (3/3/2024)

FELIX XU (4/7/2024)

2024 NVMTA JUDGED RECITALS

EMERY QUE - HONORS (2/3/2024)

FELIX XU - HONORS (2/3/2024)

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention (5/12/2024)

2024 NVMTA BACH-BAROQUE COMPETITION (2/17/2024)

RYAN CHEN - HONORS Recital Winner

ETHAN CHEN - HONORS Recital Winner

YUXIN JIA, ISAAC NING, CHELSEA ZENG advanced to the Second Round Auditions!

2024 WMTA HUNGARIAN MUSIC PIANO COMPETITION (2/25/2024)

ANNE TANG - FIRST PRIZE (Level 2)

EMERY QUE - FIRST PRIZE (Level 4)

YULANIA WANG - FIRST PRIZE (Level 5)

AIDEN CHE - SECOND PRIZE (Level 1)

FELIX XU - THIRD PRIZE (Level 5)

ETHAN CHEN - Honorable Mention (Level 3)

2024 NVMTA PIANO ACHIEVEMENTS AWARDS COMPETITION \

FELIX XU - FIRST PLACE (Level 4: Grades 9-10)

ETHAN YANG - SECOND PLACE (Level 1: Grades 2-4)

YUXIN JIA - Honorable Mention (Level 2: Grades 5-6)

EMERY QUE - Honorable Mention (Level 3: Grades 7-8)

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention (Level 3: Grades 7-8)

YULANIA WANG - Honorable Mention (Level 4: Grades 9-10)

2024 WMTA HARTMAN AWARDS PIANO COMPETITION

AIDEN CHE - FIRST PLACE (Group age 6-7A)

ANGELIKA TZIOUMIS - FIRST PLACE (Group age 15-16C)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - FIRST PLACE (Group age 15-16B)

EMERY QUE - SECOND PLACE (Group age 12-13A)

FELIX XU - SECOND PLACE (Group age 15-16A)

ETHAN YANG - Honorable mention (Group age 10-11A)

2024 NVMTA SONATA FESTIVAL (5/18/2024)

RYAN CHEN - HONORS Recital Winner

ANDREW NGUYEN - HONORS Recital Winner

CHLOE HU - HONORS Recital Winner

FELIX XU - HONORS Recital Winner

EMERY QUE - HONORS Recital Winner

ISAAC NING - HONORS Recital Winner

OLIVIA HERR, RACHEL DU, YUXIN JIA, AIDEN CHE, ETHAN GUO, ETHAN CHEN, FREDDY XIN, ANNE TANG, HENRY LE advanced to the Second Round Auditions!

2023 NVMTA and WMTA JUDGED RECITALS

YULANIA WANG - HONORS

FELIX XU - HONORS

ETHAN CHEN - HONORS

EMERY QUE - Honorable Mention

2023 AAMS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION

ANDREW NGUYEN - 1st place (Junior Division)

EMERY QUE - 3rd Place (Junior Division)

FELIX XU - 3rd Place (Senior Division)

ANNE TANG - Honorable Mention (Peewee Division)

YULANIA WANG - Honorable Mention (Senior Division)

2023 VMTA DISTRICT AUDITIONS

ANNE TANG - 1st Place ( Level 1A)

ETHAN CHEN - 3rd Place (Level 1B)

EMERY QUE - Honorable Mention ( Level 2)

2023 VMTA STATE AUDITIONS

ANNE TANG - 1st Place (Level 1A)

2023 NVMTA ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS COMPETITION

ANNE TANG - 2nd Place

FELIX XU - 2nd Place

EMERY QUE - 3rd Place

YUXIN JIA - Honorable Mention

ETHAN CHEN - Honorable Mention

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention

2023 VIRGINIA MTNA COMPETITION (live)

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention (Junior Division)

FELIX XU - Honorable Mention ( Senior Division)

2023 MARYLAND MTNA COMPETITION (online)

EMERY QUE - Honorable Mention ( Junior Division)

YULANIA WANG - Honorable Mention (Senior Division)

2023 MSMTA Piano Solo Spring Festival

ANNE TANG - 1st Place

CAROLINE FU - 1st Place

AIDEN CHE - 1st Place

CHLOE HU - 2nd Place

CHELSEA ZENG - 3rd Place

ANGELIKA TZIOUMIS - Honorable Mention

JINGER XU - Honorable Mention

2023 WMTA HARTMAN AWARDS COMPETITION

ANDREW NGUYEN - 1st Place

ANNE TANG - 1st Place

ETHAN PHAM-DO - 3rd Place

ANGELIKA TZIOUMIS - 3rd Place

YULANIA WANG - Honorable Mention

2023 NVMTA SONATA FESTIVAL

EMERY QUE - HONORS

ANDREW NGUYEN - HONORS

AIDEN CHE - HONORS

Ashley Ding, Felix Xu, Ethan Zhang, Ethan Guo, Yuxin Jia, Anne Tang, Ryan Chen and Jinger Xu performed at the 2nd Round of the Sonata festival.

2023 YMIC Metropolitan Live Classical Music Festival

AIDEN CHE - 1st Place (Grade K-1)

YUXIN JIA - 2nd Place (Grade 4-5)

EMERY QUE - 2nd Place (Grade 8-9)

MICHELLE ZHENG - Honorabel Mention (Grade 4-5)

DERON ZHANG - Honorable Mention (Grade 4-5)

ANGELIKA TZIOUMIS - Honorable Mention (Grade 10-12)

2023 YMIC Metropolitan Online Classical Music Festival

ANNE TANG - 1st Place (Grade 4-5)

RYAN CHEN - 1st Place (Grade 4-5)

ALICE DENG - 1st Place (Grade 6-7)

FREDDY XIN - 2nd Place (Grade 2-3)

JINGER XU - 2nd Place (Grade 6-7)

ETHAN YANG - 2nd Place (Grade 4-5)

CAROLINE FU - 2nd Place (Grade 8-9)

SONIA CUPALA - 2nd Place (Grade 8-9)

YULANIA WANG - 2nd Place (Grade 10-12)

OLIVIA HERR - 3rd Place (Grade 6-7)

ETHAN CHEN - 3rd Place (Grade 6-7)

VALERIE HERR - Honorable Mention (Grade 2-3)

CHELSEA ZENG - Honorable Mention (Grade 6-7)

ERIC ZENG - Honorable Mention (Grade 8-9)

2022 VMTA STATE AUDITIONS

FELIX XU - First Place (Level II)

ANNE TANG - Honorable Mention (Level 1A)

2022 MTNA PIANO SOLO COMPETITION: Junior Division

FELIX XU - Honorable Mention

2022 AAMS Piano Competition

FELIX XU - Second Place

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention

ANNE TANG - Honorable Mention

2023 Crescendo International Music Competition (Online)

ANNE TANG - First Place

YUXIN JIA - Second Place

Anne and Yuxin performed at the Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall, New York in January 2023

2023 NVMTA BACH-BAROQUE COMPETITION

After competing at the 2nd round, ANDREW NGUYEN, ETHAN PHAM-DO, ANNE TANG and FELIX XU were invited

to perform at the Honors Concert on 2/25/23.

RYAN CHEN, CAROLINE FU, ANDREW NGUYEN, ETHAN PHAM-DO, EMERY QUE, ANNE TANG,

FELUX XU, DERON ZHANG were selected to compete at the 2nd round.

Students who received a SUPERIOR rating: Ryan Chen, Rachel Du, Caroline Fu, Chloe Hu, Daisy Lin,

Andrew Nguyen, Matthew Peng, Ethan Pham-Do, Emery Que, George Sun, Anne Tang, Felix Xu,

Jinger Xu, DeRon Zhang

Students who received an EXCELLENT rating: Ethan Chen, Ashley Ding, Andrew Du, Morgan Li, Jiaying Ying

YMIC 2022 Metropolitan Classical Festival

ANNE TANG - Best Performer!

ANNE was invited to perform at Honors Concert at the Bulgarian Embassy at Washington DC on 2/17/23!

YMIC 2022 Metropolitan Classical Festival (In Person)

AIDEN CHE - 1st Place (Grade K-1, LPB)

ANDREW NGUYEN - 1st Place (Grade 6-7, LPL)

EMERY QUE - 1st Place (Grade 6-7, LPN)

ETHAN CHEN - 2nd Place (Grade 4-5, LPI)

CHLOE HU - 3rd Place (Grade 2-3, LPD)

YUXIN JIA - 3rd Place (Grade 4-5, LPH)

ALICE DENG - 3rd Place (Grade 6-7, LPK)

ANGELIKA TZIOUMIS - 3rd Place (Grade 8-9, LPP)

CAROLINE FU - 3rd Place (Grade 8-9, LPR)

DERON ZHANG - Honorable Mention (Grade 4-5,LPF)

SONIA CUPALA - Honorable Mention (Grade 6-7, LPK)

YMIC 2022 Metropolitan Classical Festival (Online by recording)

VALERIE HERR - 1st Place (Grade K-1)

ANNE TANG - 1st Place (Grade 2-3, C)

OLIVIA HERR - 1st Place (Grade 4-5, D)

CHRISTINA HOU - 2nd Place (Grade 6-7, C)

MORGAN LI - 2nd Place (Grade 8-9, B)

GEORGE SUN - Honorable Mention (Grade 4-5, C)

2023 VMTA Piano Sight Reading Exam

Students who received SUPERIOR rating: Yuxin Jia, Ethan Pham-Do,

Ethan Chen, Emery Que, Felix Xu, Anne Tang, Valerie Herr

Students who received EXCELLENT rating: Caroline Fu, Ashley Ding,

Olivia Herr, Jinger Xu

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2022

WMTA Hungarian Music Piano Competition 2022

ANNE TANG : 1st Place (Level I)

FELIX XU : 1st Place (Level IV)

ETHAN PHAM-DO : 2nd Place (Level V)

EMERY QUE : Honorable Mention (Level III)

NVMTA Bach-Baroque Competition 2022

SONIA CUPALA and KATHLEEN WANG were invited to perform at the Bach-Baroque Honors Recital!

YUXIN JIA was chosen to play at the 2nd Round of the competition

Rachel Du, Sophia Guo, Matthew Peng received a Superior rating.

NVMTA December 2021 Judged Recital

FELIX XU : Honors

Crescendo Int. Competition 2022 (by video recording)

YUXIN JIA : 1st Place

YUXIN has been invited to perform at the Second Round at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York

YMIC Metropolitan Music Festival 2021

Classical Piano Solo Category (by video recording)

FELIX XU : Best Performer

Grades 2-3

Anne Tang - 1st Place

Chloe Hu - 1st Place

DeRon Zhang - 2nd Place

Yuxin Jia - 2nd Place

Grades 4-5

Ethan Chen - 1st Place

Ethan Zhang - 2nd Place

Anika Long - 2nd Place

George Sun - 2nd Place

Christina Hou - 2nd Place

Grades 6-7

Felix Xu - 1st Place

Emery Que - 1st Place

Andrew Nguyen - Honorable Mention

Caroline Fu - Honorable Mention

Grades 8-9

Michael Zhou - Honorable Mention

Morgan Li - Honorable Mention

Angelika Tzioumis - Honorable Mention

Jiaying (Daisy)Ying - Honorable Mention

Grades 10-12

Kathleen Wang - Honorable Mention

Helen Zhang - Honorable Mention

2021

VIRGINIA MUSIC TEACHERS

ASSOCIATION STATE AUDITIONS

FELIX XU - FIRST PRIZE (LEVEL II)

ETHAN ZHOU - FIRST PRIZE (LEVEL III)

EMERY QUE - SECOND PRIZE (LEVEL 1B)

ANNE TANG - HONORABLE MENTION (LEVEL 1A)

2021 VMTA DISTRICT AUDITIONS

EMERY QUE - 1st Place (Level 1B)

ANNE TANG - 1st Alt. Place (Level 1A)

FELIX XU - 1st Alt. Place (Level 2)

ETHAN ZHOU - 1st Alt. Place (Level 3)

ANDREW NGUYEN - 3rd Place (Level 1B)

YUXIN JIA - Honorable Mention (Level 1A)

ETHAN CHEN - Honorable Mention (Level 1A)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - Honorable Mention (Level 2)

CAMERON HOANG - Honorable Mention (Level 2)

2021 NVMTA SONATA FESTIVAL 2nd round HONORS

JIAYING (DAISY) YING, DERON ZHANG, YUXIN JIA, KAILIN LIU, ETHAN PHAM-DO, ANIKA LONG, KATHLEEN (KATIE) WANG, FELIX XU, ETHAN ZHOU, ETHAN CHEN, ETHAN ZHANG, ERIC ZENG,OLIVIA HERR, CHRISTINA HOU, GEORGE SUN, MICHAEL ZHOU, CHLOE HU, CAROLINE FU, MORGAN LI, ANNE TANG, RUBY DIAO, EMERY QUE, ANDREW NGUYEN, CAMERON HOANG

2020

FELIX XU - FIRST PRIZE (Level 1B) at the 2020 VMTA STATE AUDITIONS

ETHAN PHAM-DO - Honorable Mention (Junior) at the 2020 AAMS Piano Competition

CAROLINE SU - Honorable Mention (Junior) at the 2020 AAMS Piano Competition

RAELYN HOANG - Honorable Mention (Senior) at the 2020 AAMS Piano Competition

2020 YMIC Metropolitan Music Festival Awards

ANNE TANG -1st Place (Grades K-1)

JIAYING (DAISY) YING - 1st Place (Grades 6-7)

CAROLINE FU - 1st Place (Grades 6-7)

MICHAEL ZHOU - 2nd Place (Grades 6-7)

ASHLEY DING - 2nd Place (Grades 8-9)

ELSA LI - 2nd Place (Grades 10-12)

YUXIN JIA - 3rd Place (Grades 2-3)

SONIA CUPALA - 3rd Place (Grades 4-5)

MORGAN LI - 3rd Place (Grades 6-7)

OLIVIA HERR - Honorable Mention (Grades 2-3)

ETHAN CHEN - Honorable Mention (Grades 2-3)

CHRISTINA HOU - Honorable Mention (Grades 4-5)

RUBY DIAO - Honorable Mention (Grades 6-7)

DAISY LIN - Honorable Mention (Grades 6-7)

CONGRATULATIONS to the students from the Gramaticova piano studio who participated in the online 2020 VMTA District Auditions and won awards!

2020 VMTA NORTHERN DISTRICT AUDITIONS

FELIX XU - 1ST PLACE ALTERNATE (LEVEL 1B)

CAROLINE SU - 2ND PLACE (LEVEL 1B)

ETHAN ZHOU - 2ND PLACE (LEVEL 3)

ANDREW NGUYEN - 3RD PLACE (LEVEL 1B)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - 3RD PLACE (LEVEL 2)

ETHAN CHEN - Honorable Mention (Level 1A)

2020 NVMTA SONATA FESTIVAL HONORS

SOPHIE CAO, ETHAN CHEN, SONIA CUPALA, RUBY DIAO, ASHLEY DING, ALAN FU, OLIVIA HERR, CHRISTINA HOU, MORGAN LI, DAISY LIN, ELSA LI, ANIKA LONG, ANDREW NGUYEN, ETHAN PHAM-DO, ANNE TANG, VENITA WANG, KATHLEEN WANG, FELIX XU, ANGELA YAN, ASHLEY YAN, ETHAN ZHANG, MICHAEL ZHOU, ETHAN ZHOU

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the 2020 BACH-BAROQUE COMPETITION!

Everyone from our studio received a SUPERIOR Rating!

ETHAN PHAM - DO and AMELIA DUAN were invited to perform at the 2020 Bach-Baroque Competition HONORS RECITAL at The Falls Church Episcopal !

Charles Cross, Sonia Cupala, Ruby Diao, Jeremy Ku, Morgan Li, Matthew Peng, Kathleen Wang, Venita Wang, Angela Yan, Michael Zhou were selected to play at the 2nd Round of the competition!

WMTA Hungarian Piano Competition 2020

BRYAN ZHANG : 1st Place , Level VI (Grades 11-12)

FELIX XU : 2nd Place, Level III (Grades 5-6)

CAROLINE SU : 3rd Place, Level III (Grades 5-6)

ANDREW NGUYEN : Honorable Mention, Level II (Grades 3-4)

Bryan, Felix and Caroline are invited to perform at the Winners Recital at the Embassy of Hungary in Washington DC in March!

JEREMY KU won HONORS at the February, 2020 NVMTA Judged Recital and will perform at the Honors Recital in May!

CAROLINE SU performed at the AAMS (Asian American Music Society) Winners Concert at the Kennedy Center on Feb.9, 2020!

FELIX XU performed at the January, 2020 Young Artist Musicale at George Mason University!

2019

YMIC December 2019 Metropolitan Music Festival:

CHRISTINA HOU : 2nd Place (Grade 3)

MORGAN LI : 2nd Place (Grade 6)

DAISY LIN : 2nd Place (Grade 5)

ANDREW NGUYEN: 1st Place Winner for Level IA at 2019 Virginia State Auditions

FELIX XU: 1st Place Winner for Level IB at 2019 Virginia State Auditions

CAROLINE SU: 1st Place Winner for Peewee Division at Asian American Music Society (AAMS) 2019 International Competition

Caroline will perform at the Winners Concert on November 17, 2019

FELIX XU: Honors at the October, 2019 NVMTA Judged Recital

FELIX XU is also invited to perform in January 2020 at the Young Artist Musicale, George Mason University

2019 DISTRICT AUDITIONS

ANDREW NGUYEN : 1st Place Level 1A (1-3 grade)

FELIX XU : 1st Alt Place Level 1B (4-5 grade)

CAROLINE SU : 2nd Place Level 1B (4-5 grade)

KATHLEEN WANG : Honorable Mention Level II (6-8 grade)

ANDREW NGUYEN and FELIX XU will represent the Northern Virginia District at the Virginia State Auditions in October!

Congratulations to RUBY DIAO, SOPHIA GUO, CHRIS JIA, ETHAN PHAM-DO, CAROLINE SU, KATHLEEN WANG, FELIX XU, MICHAEL ZHOU, ETHAN ZHOU for being selected to perform at the 2019 NVMTA Sonata Festival Honors Recital!

The Honors Recitals will be on Sunday, May 26 at 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 6:00pm in the Harris Theater at George Mason University. Friends and family are invited.

Congratulations to AMELIA DUAN, DAISY LIN, ANDREW NGUYEN, ANTHONY XU for receiving the Sonata Festival 2nd Round Honors!

CONGRATULATIONS to the students from our studio who participated in the 2019 NVMTA Bach/Baroque Competition !

After the 2nd round CAROLINE SU was invited to perform at the Bach/Baroque Honors Recital on Sunday April 7, 2019!

Sophie Cao, David Egge, Alan Fu, Daisy Lin, Caroline Su, Katie Wang, Tiffany Zhang, Ethan Zhou proceeded to the 2nd round of the competition.

Sophie Cao, Rachel Du, David Egge, Alan Fu, Daisy Lin, Caroline Su, Katie Wang, Venita Wang, Tiffany Zhang and Ethan Zhou received a Superior Rating!

Washington 2019 Steinway Piano Competition

ANDREW NGUYEN : SECOND PLACE (Division 1)

FELIX XU : SECOND PLACE (Division 2)

2019 NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards Competition

CAROLINE SU : FIRST PLACE (Level 1)

RUBY DIAO : THIRD PLACE (Level 2)

ETHAN PHAM-DO : 1st Honorable Mention (Level 2)

CHLOE GIGLIO : Honorable Mention (Level 1)

February, 2019 WMTA Judged Recital

FELIX XU : HONORS

CAROLINE SU performed at the April, 2019 Young

Artist Musicale at George Mason University

2019 HARTMAN AWARDS COMPETITION

JEREMY KU : First Place (Group 6-8)

KATHLEEN WANG : First Place (Group 12-13)

CAROLINE SU : Second Place (Group 10B)

RUBY DIAO : Second Place (Group 11A)

LAUREN CAIN : Second Place (Group 17-18)

MICHAEL ZHOU : Honorable Mention

(Group 11B)

2019 MSMTA Piano Solo Competition

ETHAN PHAM-DO : 1st Place (Group 11 I)

MICHAEL ZHOU : 1st Place (Group 11H)

ANTAN FENLEY : 2nd Place (Group 11E)

CHRIS JIA : 2nd Place (Group 11F)

MORGAN LI : 2nd Place (Group 11G)

LAUREN CAIN : 3rd Place (Group 18A)

CHRISTINA HOU : 3rd Place (Group 8E)

VENITA WANG : 3rd Place (Group 10C)

ANTHONY XU : 3rd Place (Group 12F)

HELEN ZHANG : 3rd Place (12A)

2018 VMTA DISTRICT AUDITIONS WINNERS!

Level IA

1st place - FELIX XU

1st Alternate - CHLOE GIGLIO

2nd place - CAROLINE SU

3rd place - ANDREW NGUYEN

FELIX XU and CHLOE GIGLIO will compete in the Virginia State Auditions in October!

Level IB

2nd place -ETHAN PHAM-DO

Level II

Honorable Mention -KATHLEEN WANG

2018 WMTA HARTMAN AWARDS COMPETITION

ANDREW NGUYEN - First Place (Group 7-8)

FELIX XU - First Place (Group 9A)

CHLOE GIGLIO - First Place (Group 9B)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - First Place (Group 10A)

RUBY DIAO - Second Place (Group 10B)

KATHLEEN WANG - Second Place (Group 12C)

ANTHONY XU - Third Place (Group 11B)

NANCY TZIOUMIS - Honorable Mention (Group 7-8)

The following students were selected for Honor's and will perform at the Harris Theater at George Mason University on Sunday May 27th: Sonata Festival 2018

RUBY DIAO

KYLE GATESMAN

JEREMY KU

ANDREW NGUYEN

ETHAN PHAM-DO

CAROLINE SU

KATHLEEN WANG

KENNETH WANG

FELIX XU

Special recognition to SOPHIE CAO, ALAN FU, OLIVIA HERR, ELSA LI, NANCY TZIOUMIS, ANTHONY XU, BRYAN ZHANG for advancing to the Second Round !

NVMTA PIANO ACHIEVEMENTS AWARDS 2018

FELIX XU - 1st Place (Level 1)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - 3rd Place (Level 2)

CHLOE GIGLIO - Honorable Mention (Level 1)

KATHLEEN WANG - Honorable Mention (Level 2)

MSMTA Piano Solo Competition 2018

NDREW NGUYEN - 1st Place (Group 8A)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - 1st Place (Group 10C)

CAROLINE SU - 1st Place (Group 9D)

MICHAEL ZHOU - 1st Place (Group 10B)

LAUREN CAIN - 2nd Place (Group 17A)

KYLE GATESMAN - 2nd Place (Group 18A)

ALISSA KEEGAN - 2nd Place (Group 13C)

NANCY TZIOUMIS - 2nd Place (Group 8B)

HELEN ZHANG - 2nd Place (Group 11C)

ANTHONY XU - 3rd Place (Group 11D)

RUBY DIAO - 1st Honorable Mention (Group 10A)

SOPHIE LI - 1st Honorable Mention (Group 9F)

ANGELIKA TZIOUMIS - 1st Honorable Mention (Group 9G)

TIFFANY ZHANG - 1st Honorable Mention (Group 16C)

MORGAN LI - Honorable Mention (Group 10G)

2018 WMTA HARTMAN AWARDS COMPETITION

ANDREW NGUYEN - First Place (Group 7-8)

FELIX XU - First Place (Group 9A)

CHLOE GIGLIO - First Place (Group 9B)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - First Place (Group 10A)

RUBY DIAO - Second Place (Group 10B)

KATHLEEN WANG - Second Place (Group 12C)

ANTHONY XU - Third Place (Group 11B)

NANCY TZIOUMIS - Honorable Mention (Group 7-8)

2018 Steinway Washington DC Piano Competition

FELIX XU - 3rd Place (Level 1)

CHLOE GIGLIO - Honorable Mention (Level 1)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - Honorable Mention (Level 2)

FELIX performed at the Steinway Competition Winners Recital!

2018 WMTA Bartok Competition

ANDREW NGUYEN - 2nd Place (Level 1)

NANCY TZIOUMIS - 2nd Place (Level 1)

CAROLINE SU - 3rd Place (Level 2)

AYLA ZHANG - Honorable Mention (Level 2)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - Honorable Mention (Level 3)

ANTHONY XU - Honorable Mention (Level 3)

ANDREW, NANCY and CAROLINE performed at the Winners Recital at the Embassy of Hungary in Washington DC!

NVMTA February 11 Judged Recital

FELIX XU - Honors!CONGRATULATIONS!

2018 YMIC INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

CAROLINE SU - 2nd Place (Elementary I)

KATHLEEN WANG - 2nd Place (Elementary II)

ANDREW NGUYEN - Honorable Mention (Elementary I)

ANTHONY XU - Honorable Mention (Elementary II)

CAROLINE and KATHLEEN (KATIE) will perform at the Winners' Concert at Strathmore Mansion on April 13, 2018

2018 NVMTA BACH/BAROQUE FESTIVAL/COMPETITION

RUBY DIAO, ALISSA KEEGAN, JOYCE LEE, MORGAN LI, ELSA LI, ANDREW NGUYEN, NANCY TZIOUMIS, KATHLEEN WANG, MICHAEL ZHOU were selected to perform at the 2nd audition !

RUBY DIAO, JOYCE LEE, MORGAN LI, ANDREW NGUYEN were selected to perform at the Bach/Baroque Honors Recital!

The Bach/Baroque Honors Recital will be at George Mason University, Harris Theater on Sunday May 27, 2018

NVMTA CONCERTO FESTIVAL/COMPETITION

AYLA ZHANG - 1st Place (4-5 grade)

RUBY DIAO - 3rd Place (4-5 grade)

2017 AAMS International Piano Competition:

FELIX XU - 1st Place Winner (Peewee Division)

JOYCE LEE - 3rd Place (Senior Division)

2017 International Young Artist Piano Competition (IYAPC)

FELIX XU - 2nd Place (Group 1)

2017 Concert Artists International Competition

CHLOE GIGLIO - 1st Prize Winner (Young Artist I Category)

Chloe performed at the Winners Concert in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City!

2017 VMTA District Auditions

KATHLEEN WANG - Honorable Mention (Level 1B)

FELIX XU was chosen to perform at Young Artist Musicale on 3/4/18 at George Mason University!

NVMTA 2017 Sonata Festival

JESSICA YE, CHRISTOPHER KAN, ANGELA ZHANG are invited to play at the Honors Recital!

The Honors recital will be on Sunday, May 28 at 4:00 pm at Harris Theater, George Mason University

SOPHIE CAO, ALINA CHEN, HELEN FU, KYLE GATESMAN, CHRISTOPHER KAN, YEEFAY LI, SOPHIE LI, ETHAN PHAM-DO, KATHLEEN WANG, ANTHONY XU, FELIX XU, JESSICA YE, ANGELA ZHANG were chosen to perform at the

2nd round of Sonata

2017 WMTA HARTMAN AWARDS PIANO COMPETITION

JESSICA YE 1st Place (Group 11C)

ALISSA KEEGAN 1st Place (Group 13C)

MICHAEL HIMY 1st Place (Group 14A)

FELIX XU 2nd Place (Group 8B)

ETHAN PHAM-DO 2nd Place (Group 9B)

KATHLEEN WANG 2nd Place (Group 11C)

CHRISTOPHER KAN 2nd Place (Group 13A)

TIFFANY ZHANG 2nd Place (Group 15A)

AYLA ZHANG 3rd Place (Group 9A)

TIFFANY FANG 3rd Place (Group 13B)

GRACE QI 3rd Place (Group 15A)

PIERRE QUAN 3rd Place (Group 15B)

YMIC International Competition 2017

FELIX XU : 2nd Place (Elementary I Division, grades 1-3)

AYLA ZHANG : 3rd Place (Elementary I Division)

CHLOE GIGLIO : Honorable Mention (Elementary I Division)

MICHAEL HIMY : Honorable Mention (Junior Division, grades 7-9)

FELIX XU and AYLA ZHANG will perform at the Winners Concert!

NVMTA Bach-Baroque Festival/Competition 2017

KYLE GATESMAN, ALINA CHEN, ANTHONY XU will perform at the Honors Recital at George Mason University, Harris Theater!

They were selected for the Honors Recital after they played at the 2nd round.

LAUREN CAIN, DAVID HAN, MICHAEL HIMY, YEEFAY LI, ELSA LI, KATHLEEN WANG, ANGELA ZHANG were selected to play at the 2nd round.

Students from our studio participated in the Bach/Baroque Festival/Competition and received a SUPERIOR rating:

Lauren Cain, Alina Chen, Rachel Du, Sophie Fang, Tiffany Fang, Helen Fu, Kyle Gatesman, David Han, Michael Himy, Christopher Kan, Sebastian Lee, Angela Zhang,Yeefay Li, Morgan Li, Elsa Li, Angelika Tzioumis, Audrey Wandow, Kathleen Wang, Anthony Xu, Ayla Zhang

EXCELLENT rating: Sophie Cao, Sophia Guo, Sophie Li, Lillian Su

MICHAEL HIMY : 1st Place at Robert & Frances Allen 2017 Young Artist Competition

The award is $750 plus the opportunity to perform a concerto with the Music & Arts Orchestra on June 11, 2017

FIRST STEINWAY COMPETITION 2017

FELIX XU : 1st Place (Division 1A)

Felix will perform Chopin at the "Chopin Showcase" Concert at the Residence of the Ambassador of Poland.

ETHAN PHAM-DO : 1st Honorable Mention (Division 1B)

CHLOE GIGLIO : Honorable Mention (Division 1A)

MICHAEL HIMY : Honorable Mention (Division 2B)

2017 NVMTA CONCERTO FESTIVAL

CHLOE GIGLIO : 1st place (K-3 grade)

ANGELA ZHANG : 2nd place (6-7 grade)

CHRISTOPHER KAN : 2nd place (8-9 grade)

AYLA ZHANG : 3rd place (K-3 grade)

JESSICA YE : 3rd place (6-7 grade)

VMTA State Auditions 2016

JOYCE LEE : 1st Place ( Level 3)

AYLA ZHANG : Honorable Mention (Level 1A)

Asian American Music Competition 2016

FELIX XU and ETHAN PHAM-DO : 2nd Place (Pee Wee Division)

MICHAEL HIMY : 2nd Place (Junior Division)

JESSICA YE : Honorable Mention (Junior Division)

YMIC Metropolitan Music Festival 2016

ANTHONY XU : 1st Place (Group D)

JESSICA YE : 1st Place (Group E)

MICHAEL HIMY : 1st Place (Group H)

ANNE VALERIE TER : 2nd Place (Group A)

CHLOE GIGLIO : 2nd Place (Group B)

LAUREN CAIN : 2nd Place (Group I)

TIFFANY ZHANG : 3rd Place (Group J)

NVMTA Judged Recital

JOYCE LEE : Honorable Mention

NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards Competition 2106:

MICHAEL HIMY First Honorable Mention (Level 2)

WMTA Hartman Awards Competition 2016:

JOYCE LEE : 1st place (Group 15/16)

ANTHONY XU 1st place (Group 9A)

MICHAEL HIMY 2nd place (Group 13B)

LARRY SHI 2nd place (Group 13A)

CHRISTOPHER KAN 2nd place (Group 12A)

MICHELLE DU 2nd place (Group 12B)

SEBASTIAN LEE 2nd place (Group 14A)

AYLA ZHANG 2nd place (Group 8B)

ALISSA KEEGAN 3rd place (Group 11A)

ANGELA ZHANG Honorable Mention (Group 10B)

PIERRE QUAN Honorable Mention (Group 14A)

MSMTA Piano Solo Competition 2016

CHLOE GIGLIO 1st place (Group 7C)

ETHAN PHAM-DO 1st place (Group 8E)

ANTHONY XU 1st place (Group 9E)

TIERAN HOLMES 2nd place (Group 12A)

ALISSA KEEGAN 2nd place (Group 11I)

PIERRE QUAN 2nd place (Group 14A)

LARRY SHI 2nd place (Group 13D)

JESSICA YE 3rd place (Group 10H)

AYLA ZHANG 3rd place (Group 8F)

FELIX XU Honorable Mention (Group 7D)

YEEFAY LI Honorable Mention (Group 12C)

HELEN FU Honorable Mention (Group 11J)

KYLE GATESMAN Honorable Mention (Group 16B)

IRIS GUO Honorable Mention (Group 10B)

2016 VMTA District Auditions

Level 1A

AYLA ZHANG: 1st Alternate award

ETHAN PHAM - DO 2nd place award

FELIX XU 3rd place award

CHLOE GIGLIO 1st Honorable Mention

Level 2

MICHAEL HIMY Honorable Mention

Level 3

JOYCE LEE 1st Alternate award

LAUREN CAIN 3rd place award

SEBASTIAN LEE Honorable Mention

AYLA ZHANG and JOYCE LEE will compete at the VMTA State Auditions in October!

JOYCE LEE won the Audience Favorite Award and Honorable Mention at the 2016 Knabe Piano Competition!

KYLE GATESMAN won 2nd place in the WMTA Young Composers Competition!

NVMTA Sonata Festival 2016

JOYCE LEE, ANGELA ZHANG, GRACE QI, LARRY SHI, HELEN FU were selected to perform at the Sonata Honors Recital on 5/22/2016 at Harris Theater, GMU.

FELIX XU, YEEFAY LI, CHRISTOPHER KAN, KYLE GATESMAN, ALINA CHEN were selected for the 2nd round of the Sonata Festival.

NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards Competition 2106:

MICHAEL HIMY First Honorable Mention (Level 2)

WMTA Hartman Awards Competition 2016:

JOYCE LEE : 1st place (Group 15/16)

ANTHONY XU 1st place (Group 9A)

MICHAEL HIMY 2nd place (Group 13B)

LARRY SHI 2nd place (Group 13A)

CHRISTOPHER KAN 2nd place (Group 12A)

MICHELLE DU 2nd place (Group 12B)

SEBASTIAN LEE 2nd place (Group 14A)

AYLA ZHANG 2nd place (Group 8B)

ALISSA KEEGAN 3rd place (Group 11A)

ANGELA ZHANG Honorable Mention (Group 10B)

PIERRE QUAN Honorable Mention (Group 14A)

MSMTA Piano Solo Competition 2016

CHLOE GIGLIO 1st place (Group 7C)

ETHAN PHAM-DO 1st place (Group 8E)

ANTHONY XU 1st place (Group 9E)

TIERAN HOLMES 2nd place (Group 12A)

ALISSA KEEGAN 2nd place (Group 11I)

PIERRE QUAN 2nd place (Group 14A)

LARRY SHI 2nd place (Group 13D)

JESSICA YE 3rd place (Group 10H)

AYLA ZHANG 3rd place (Group 8F)

FELIX XU Honorable Mention (Group 7D)

YEEFAY LI Honorable Mention (Group 12C)

HELEN FU Honorable Mention (Group 11J)

KYLE GATESMAN Honorable Mention (Group 16B)

IRIS GUO Honorable Mention (Group 10B)

LAUREN CAIN - 2nd place in 2016 Macdonald Scholarship Competition and was awarded $800 and a trophy

KYLE GATESMAN - 1st place winner in NVMTA Composition Competition for his piece "Synergy"

KYLE GATESMAN - 3rd place and Honors in the FMMC Composition Competition, Washington DC

2016 NVMTA CONCERTO FESTIVAL:

FELIX XU - 2nd place (Grades 1-3)

ETHAN PHAM-DO - 2nd place (Grades 1-3)

ANGELA ZHANG - 3rd place (Grades 4-5)

CHLOE GIGLIO - Honorable Mention (Grades 1-3)

AYLA ZHANG - Honorable Mention (Grades 1-3)

2016 NVMTA BACH/BAROQUE COMPETITION:

JOYCE LEE - Honors and will perform at the Honors Recital

Christopher Kan, Sebastian Lee, Ethan Pham-Do, Anthony Xu, Jessica Ye, Ayla Zhang, Lauren Cain, Alina Chen, Clarissa Ding, Helen Fu, Michael Himy were selected for the 2nd audition.

Students who received Superior rating are: Lauren Cain, Mackenzie Chen, Alina Chen, Clarissa Ding, Michelle Du, TIffany Fang, Helen Fu, Kyle Gatesman, Iris Guo, David Han, Michael Himy, Alex Jian, Christopher Kan, Alissa Keegan, Joyce Lee, Sebastian Lee, Morgan Li, Ethan Pham-Do, Larry Shi, Anthony Xu, Jessica Ye, Angela Zhang, Ayla Zhang

Excellent rating: Tieran Holmes, Yeefay Li

ALISSA KEEGAN - Honorable Mention in April's NVMTA Judged Recital

2016 MSMTA Concerto Competition:

CLARISSA DING - 1st place Winner (Junior Division)

JESSICA YE - Honorable Mention (Junior Division)

2016 Bela Bartok Competition:

FELIX XU - 2nd place (Level 1)

HELEN FU - Honorable Mention (Level 2)

PIERRE QUAN - Honorable Mention (Level 5)

October 2015 NVMTA Judged Recital:

MICHAEL HIMY - Honors

2015 AAMS Piano Competition:

JESSICA YE - 3rd place ( Peewee division)

CLARISSA DING - Honorable Mention (Peewee division)

ANGELA ZHANG - Honorable Mention (Peewee division)

MICHAEL HIMY - Honorable Mention (Junior division)

2016 Music and Arts at Providence Competition:

MICHAEL HIMY - Finalist

LARRY SHI - Finalist

December 2015 WMTA Judged Recital:

MICHAEL HIMY - Honorable Mention

2016 Sight Reading Exam:

SUPERIOR: Sophie Cao, Clarissa Ding, Michelle Du, Tiffany Fang, Helen Fu, Chloe Giglio, David Han, Michael Himy, Tieran Holmes, Christopher Kan, Joyce Lee, Ethan Pham-Do, Grace Qi, Larry Shi, Anthony Xu, Angela Zhang, Ayla Zhang

EXCELLENT: Lauren Cain, Mackenzie Chen, Alina Chen, Iris Guo, Morgan Li, Yeefay Li, Grace Liu, Pierre Quan, Audrey Wandow

VERY GOOD: Kyle Gatesman, Sebastian Lee, Jessica Ye, Felix Xu, Alvin Shi, Alex Jian

VMTA District Auditions:

MICHAEL HIMY : 1st place , Level II (Grade 6-8)

CLARISSA DING : Honorable Mention, Level IB (Grade 4-5)

LARRY SHI : Honorable Mention, Level II (Grade 6-8)

CHRISTOPHER KAN : Honorable Mention, Level II (Grade 6-8)

ROMAN KASPARIAN won 1st Place at 2015 VMTA Concerto Competition.

Roman will perform with an orchestra! : Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor.

KYLE GATESMAN, FELIX XU, ANGELA ZHANG, LAUREN CAIN,

SEBASTIAN LEE, YEEFAY LI will perform at the Sonata Festival Honors Recital

on Sunday, May 24, 2015.

TIERAN HOLMES, ALISSA KEEGAN, LARRY SHI, ANTHONY XU were selected to play at the Sonata Festival 2nd round .

CLARISSA DING, CHRISTOPHER KAN, MICHAEL HIMY were awarded Honorable Mentions at 2015 Gottlieb Piano Competition.

KYLE GATESMAN won 2nd place at 2015 WMTA Composition Competition.

2015 HARTMAN AWARDS COMPETITION:

FELIX XU - 1st place (Age Group 6/7)

CLARISSA DING - 1st place (Group 9B)

YEEFAY LI - 1st place (Group 11C)

ALVIN SHI - 1st place (Group 16)

DAVID HAN - 2nd place (Group 9A)

LARRY SHI - 2nd place (Group 12A)

SEBASTIAN LEE - 2nd place (Group 13B)

LAUREN CAIN - 2nd place (Group 14A)

ALISSA KEEGAN - 3rd place (Group 10B)

MICHELLE DU - 3rd place (Group 11B)

GRACE QI - 3rd place (Group 13A)

PIERRE QUAN - 3rd place (Group 13B)

ANTHONY XU - Honorable Mention (Group 8)

IRIS GUO - Honorable Mention (Group 9A)

CHRISTOPHER KAN - Honorable Mention (Group 11A)

SEBASTIAN LEE - 1st place at WMTA Bach Competition (Intermediate level)

MICHAEL HIMY - 3rd place at YMIC Competition (Elementary II level)

MICHAEL HIMY was chosen to perform at the Alden Theatre Young Artists Concert Season 2015/16

MSMTA Piano Solo Competition , May 2, 2015

MACKENZIE CHEN - 1st place (Group 10D)

MICHELLE DU - 1st place (Group 11B)

HELEN FU - 1st place (Group 10B)

AILYNNE HARTSELL - 1st place (Group 17C)

MICHAEL HIMY - 1st place (Group 12F)

SEBASTIAN LEE - 1st place (Group 13A)

YEEFAY LI - 1st place (Group 11A)

CHRISTINA OH - 1st place (Group 16C)

PIERRE QUAN - 1st place (Group 13F)

LARRY SHI - 1st place (Group 12G)

FELIX XU - 1st place (Group 6B)

AYLA ZHANG - 1st place (Group 7E)

STEPHANIE BI - 2nd place (Group 12E)

IRIS GUO - 2nd place (Group 9D)

CHRISTOPHER KAN - 2nd place (Group 11D)

ALISSA KEEGAN - 2nd place (Group 10C)

ANTHONY XU - 2nd place (Group 8A)

CLARISSA DING - 3rd place (Group 9B)

KYLE GATESMAN - 3rd place (Group 15G)

DAVID HAN - 3rd place (Group 9E)

ALEX JIAN - 3rd place (Group 13I)

MORGAN LI - Honorable Mention (Group 7F)

GRACE QI - Honorable Mention (Group 13H)

NVMTA PIANO CONCERTO FESTIVAL/COMPETITION AWARDS ( March 7-8, 2015)

CLARISSA DING : 1st PLACE (Grades 4-5)

CHRISTOPHER KAN : 1st PLACE (Grades 6-7)

ROMAN KASPARIAN :1st PLACE (Grades 10-12)

MICHAEL HIMY : 2nd PLACE (Grades 6-7)

LARRY SHI : 2nd PLACE (Grades 6-7)

GRACE QI : 3rd PLACE (Grades 8-9)

TIFFANY FANG : Honorable Mention (Grades 4-5)

STEPHANIE BI : Honorable Mention (Grades 6-7)

NVMTA COMPOSITION COMPETITION

KYLE GATESMAN was awarded 3rd place and Honor .

Kyle was invited to perform his composition at the Honors recital.

BACH/BAROQUE FESTIVAL/COMPETITION ( February 21, 2015 )

The following students were chosen to perform at the Honor's Recital:

STEPHANIE BI

LAUREN CAIN

CLARISSA DING

MICHELLE DU

CHRISTOPHER KAN

ALISSA KEEGAN

GRACE QI

ANTHONY XU

MSMTA BROWN PIANO CONCERTO COMPETITION ( January 2015 )

CLARISSA DING - HONORABLE MENTION

ANGELA ZHANG - HONORABLE MENTION

WMTA SPECIALTY COMPETITION ( February 2015 )

ANGELA ZHANG - HONORABLE MENTION

MICHAEL HIMY - HONORABLE MENTION

NVMTA JUDGED RECITAL ( February 2015 )

ANGELA ZHANG - HONORABLE MENTION

2014

DISTRICT AUDITIONS

VMTA State Auditions in Lynchburg, VA , 11/01/2014

ROMAN KASPARIAN - 2ND place , Level 3

CLARISSA DING - 3RD place , Level 1A

MICHAEL HIMY - - 3RD place , Level 1B

October WMTA Judged Recital

KEVIN MO - HONORS

MICHAEL HIMY - HONORABLE MENTION

October NVMTA Judged recital

ROMAN KASPARIAN - HONORABLE MENTION

AAMS COMPETITION

CLARISSA DING - 2ND Place ( Peewee division )

ROMAN KASPARIAN - HONORABLE MENTION

(Senior division )

MICHAEL HIMY - 1ST PLACE , Level 1B (Grades 4-5)

ROMAN KASPARIAN - 1ST PLACE, Level 3 (Grades 9-11)

CLARISSA DING - 1ST PLACE ALTERNATE , Level 1A (Grades K-3)

ANGELA ZHANG - 3RD PLACE , Level 1A (Grades K-3)

SOREN CHRISTENSEN - 1ST HONORABLE MENTION , Level 2 (Grades 6-8)

AILYNNE HARTSELL - HONORABLE MENTION , Level 3 (Grades 9-11)

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who were selected after the 2nd audition to perform at the Sonata Honors Recital at Harris Theater, George Mason University on May 25, 2014.

GRACE QI

SEBASTIAN LEE

KYLE GATESMAN

STEPHANIE BI

LAUREN CAIN

MICHELLE DU

ANTHONY XU

BAYAN MOSTAGHIM

CHRISTOPHER YUAN

The following students were selected to play

at the 2nd audition :

Ailynne Hartsell

Michael Himy

Roman Kasparian

Jessica Lee

Pierre Quan

Angela Zhang

WMTA HARTMAN AWARDS COMPETITION ( MAY 11, 2014 )

1ST PLACE AWARDS:

ANGELA ZHANG ( Age group 8 B )

MICHAEL HIMY ( Age group 11 A )

KEVIN MO ( Age group 14 )

ROMAN KASPARIAN ( Age group 15 )

2ND PLACE AWARDS:

CLARISSA DING ( Age group 8 A )

GRACE QI ( Age group 12 C )

KYLE GATESMAN ( Age group 14 )

ALVIN SHI ( Age group 15 )

3RD PLACE AWARDS:

TIFFANY FANG ( Age group 10 A )

CHRISTOPHER KAN ( Age group 10 B )

SEBASTIAN LEE ( Age group 12 C )

ALEX JIAN ( Age group 12 B )

HONORABLE MENTION:

PIERRE QUAN ( Age group 12 A )

NVMTA PIANO ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS COMPETITION ( May 10, 2014 )

HONORABLE MENTION:

Elementary level

MICHAEL HIMY

ANGELA ZHANG

Intermediate level SOREN CHRISTENSEN

MAY 3, 2014

MSMTA PIANO SOLO COMPETITION RESULTS

FIRST PLACE AWARDS:

ANTHONY XU (Group 7A)

HELEN FU (Group 9E)

TIERAN HOLMES (Group 10E)

STEPHANIE BI (Group 11 I)

MICHAEL HIMY (Group 11J)

GRACE QI (Group 12H)

SECOND PLACE AWARDS:

DAVID HAN (Group 8D)

TIFFANY FANG (Group 10F)

SEBASTIAN LEE (Group 12A)

ALVIN SHI (Group 15B)

THIRD PLACE AWARDS:

CLARISSA DING (Group 8C)

IRIS GUO (Group 8A)

CHRISTOPHER KAN (Group 10B)

PIERRE QUAN (Group 12 I)

ROMAN KASPARIAN (Group 15C)

AILYNNE HARTSELL

ALEX JIAN (Group 12J)

HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS:

MORGAN LI (Group 6C)

REBECCA ZHANG (Group 9D)

KEVIN MO (Group 13H)

WMTA BARTOK COMPETITION 2014

ROMAN KASPARIAN - 1ST PLACE ( Level 5 )

ANGELA ZHANG - 2nd PLACE ( Level 1 )

SOREN CHRISTENSEN - Honorable Mention ( Level 3 )

PIERRE QUAN - Honorable Mention ( Level 4)

NVMTA CONCERTO COMPETITION 2014

MICHAEL HIMY - 3rd PLACE ( Level 2)

BACH/BAROQUE FESTIVAL/COMPETITION 2014

SEBASTIEN LEE and JESSICA LEE were chosen to perform in the Honors Recital at WCA.

The following students received

SUPERIOR :

Tieran Holmes, Alex Jian, Alvin Shi, Angela Zhang, Anthony Xu, Chelsea Hu, Clarissa Ding, David Han, Helen Fu, Iris Guo, Jaime Lee, Jessica Lee, Kevin Mo, Mackenzie Chen, Michelle Du, Rebecca Zhang, Rohan Venkat, Sebastian Lee, Stephanie Bi

EXCELLENT:

Mulan Pan, Christina Oh

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2013

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

NVMTA Achievement Awards Competition , Elementary Division

KEVIN MO 3rd Place

GOTTLIEB COMPETITION RESULTS:

KEVIN MO - 2ND PLACE AWARD

AILYNNE HARTSELL - 3RD PLACE AWARD

MICHAEL HIMY - HONORABLE MENTION

STEPHANIE BI - HONORABLE MENTION

SONATA FESTIVAL HONORS:

JESSICA LEE, ROMAN KASPARIAN and CHRISTOPHER KAN were chosen to

perform at the Sonata festival Honors recital on May 26 at George Mason University.

Tiffany Fang, Tieran Holmes and Pierre Quan were chosen for the Sonata festival 2nd audition.

MSMTA PIANO SOLO FESTIVAL 2013

FIRST PLACES:

OLIVIA ZHANG - Group 7G

MICHAEL HIMY - Group 10D

KEVIN MO Group 12A

SECOND PLACES:

TIFFANY FANG - Group 9J

SOREN CHRISTENSEN - Group 13I

AILYNNE HARTSELL - Group 15D

THIRD PLACES:

TIERAN HOLMES - Group 9B

STEPHANIE BI - Group 10E

PIERRE QUAN - Group 11J

ALVIN SHI Group 14B

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

ANTHONY XU - Group 6B

DAVID HAN - Group 7F

LAURA LIANG - Group 7H

ERIC JIAN - Group 8A

REBECCA ZHANG - Group 8B

LAUREN CAIN - Group 12J

RICHARD OH - Group 16

WMTA HARTMAN AWARDS COMPETITION

FIRST PLACE:

DAVID HAN : Group 7A

SOREN CHRISTENSEN : Group 13

SECOND PLACE :

TIFFANY FANG : Group 9A

THIRD PLACE :

PIERRE QUAN : Group 11B

ALEX JIAN : Group 11C

HONORABLE MENTION:

STEPHANIE BI : Group 10

2012-2013

2013 NVMTA CONCERTO COMPETITION

KEVIN MO - 1st place in Level 2

2012 VMTA STATE AUDITIONS

KEVIN MO - 1st place in Level 1B

MICHAEL HIMY - 3rd place in Level 1A

2013 CONCERTO FESTIVAL AWARDS

TIFFANY FANG - 2nd place

STEPHANIE BI - 3rd place

PIERRE QUAN - 3rd place

AILYNNE HARTSELL - 3rd place

2013 BACH BAROQUE FESTIVAL HONORS

SOREN CHRISTENSEN

PIERRE QUAN

MICHAEL HIMY

CHRISTOPHER KAN

CHRISTOPHER BI

2013 NVMTA JUDGED RECITALS HONORS

SOREN CHRISTENSEN

ROMAN KASPARIAN

2013 THEORY TEST RESULTS

SUPERIOR

lvin Shi , Kyle Gatesman, Chelsea Hu, Anthony Xu, Isabel Gan, Laura Liang, Sydney Gu, Michael Himy, Christopher Kan, Miranda Xiong, Christopher Yuan, Stephanie Bi

EXCELLENT

Alex Jian, Kevin Mo, Christina Oh, Ailynne Hartsell, Mulan Pan, David Han, Olivia Zhang, Tiffany Fang, Tieran Holmes, Jian Mostaghim, Rebecca Zhang, Michelle Du, Rohan Venkat, Christopher Bi, Lauren Cain, Catherine Liang

VERY GOOD

Pierre Quan, Roman Kasparian, Jessica Lee, Eric Jian, Iris Guo, Edward Oh

2013 SIGHTREADING EXAM

SUPERIOR

Anthony Xu, Chelsea Hu, Mulan Pan, Christopher Kan, Stephanie Bi, Christopher Bi, Christopher Yuan , Kevin Mo, Kyle Gatesman, Pierre Quan

EXCELLENT

David Han, Iris Guo, Mulan Pan, Tieran Holmes, Sydney Gu, Michelle Du, Tiffany Fang, Michael Himy, Miranda Xiong, Catherine Liang, Alex Jian, Soren Christensen, Hallie Cain

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2012

NVMTA COMPOSITION AWARDS

Receiving the Jo Lombard Award, First prize of $150, is:

Fusion, by Kyle Gatesman (Gramaticova)

VMTA DISTRICT AUDITIONS:

MICHAEL HIMY - 1ST PLACE ( LEVEL 1A)

KEVIN MO - 1ST PLACE ( LEVEL 1B)

NVMTA JUDGED RECITALS :

HONORS:

KEVIN MO

SOREN CHRISTENSEN

KYLE GATESMAN

HONORABLE MENTION :

JESSICA LEE

2012 WMTA BARTOK COMPETITION:

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

TIERAN HOLMES

OLIVIA ZHANG

2012 NVMTA BACH-BAROQUE FESTIVAL:

HONORS:

STEPHANIE BI

AILYNNE HARTSELL

JESSICA LEE

2012 SONATA FESTIVAL:

HONORS:

KYLE GATESMAN

2012 NVMTA CONCERTO COMPETITION:

ROMAN KASPARIAN - 3RD PLACE

NVMTA ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS COMPETITION:

ROMAN KASPARIAN - HONORABLE MENTION

2012 WMTA VIOLA HARTMAN PIANO AWARDS

FIRST PLACE

ALVIN SHI ( age group 13 )

SECOND PLACES

TIERAN HOLMES ( age group 8 )

MICHAEL HIMY ( age group 9 )

ISABEL HO ( age group 15 )

THIRD PLACES

JIAN MOSTAGHIM ( age group 8 )

JESSICA LEE ( age group 14 )

HONORABLE MENTIONS

LAURA LIANG ( age group 6 )

OLIVIA ZHANG ( age group 6 )

PIERRE QUAN ( age group 10 )

MSMTA STATE PIANO SOLO COMPETITION:

FIRST PLACES :

KEVIN MO ( age 11 )

EDWARD OH ( age 11 )

SOREN CHRISTENSEN ( age 12 )

ALVIN SHI ( age 13 )

SECOND PLACES :

ISABEL GAN ( age 7 )

PIERRE QUAN ( age 10 )

CHRISTOPHER BI ( age 10 )

THIRD PLACES :

LAURA LIANG ( age 6 )

TIFFANY FANG ( age 8 )

MICHAEL HIMY ( age 9 )

CHRISTOPHER YUAN ( age 10 )

CHRISTINA OH ( age 13 )

HONORABLE MENTIONS :

TIERAN HOLMES ( age 8 )

JIAN MOSTAGHIM ( age 8 )

AILYNNE HARTSELL ( age 14 )

2012 NVMTA CONCERTO FESTIVAL:

FIRST PLACE :

ISABEL HO ( 8-9 GRADE )

SECOND PLACES:

MICHAEL HIMY ( K-3 GRADE )

KEVIN MO ( 4-5 GRADE )

CHRISTINA OH ( 6-7 GRADE )

THIRD PLACES:

PIERRE QUAN ( 4-5 GRADE )

LAUREN CAIN ( 4-5 GRADE )

CHRISTOPHER YUAN ( 4-5 GRADE )

HONORABLE MENTION :

CHRISTOPHER BI ( 4-5 GRADE )

2012 SIGHTREADING EXAM:

SUPERIORS:

MICHELLE DU - LEVEL 2 - 100%

CATHERINE LIANG - LEVEL 4 - 100%

OLIVIA ZHANG - LEVEL 1 - 99%

REBECCA ZHANG - LEVEL 1 - 98%

ISABEL GAN - LEVEL 1 - 98%

STEPHANIE BI - LEVEL 4 - 97%

ALVIN SHI - LEVEL 7 - 96%

MULAN PAN - LEVEL 1 - 96%

LAURA LIANG - LEVEL 1 - 95%

CHRISTINA OH - LEVEL 7 - 95%

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2011

NVMTA CONCERTO COMPETITION :

Honorable Mention - Roman Kasparian

NVMTA CONCERTO FESTIVAL:

1st place - Jessica Lee, Bayan Mostaghim

2nd place - Christopher Yuan, Christopher Bi

3rd place - Isabel Ho, Trinity Myers, Soren Christensen

Honorable Mention - Laura Chu

HARTMAN COMPETITION:

2nd place- Jessica Lee

Honorable Mentions - Roman Kasparian, Bayan Mostaghim

NVMTA JUDGED RECITALS:

Honors - Roman Kasparian, Laura Chu

MSMTA SOLO FESTIVAL:

1st places - Alvin Shi, Bayan Mostaghim

2nd places - Christopher Bi, Joanna Fan, Michael Himy

3rd place - Edward Oh

Honorable Mentions - Isabel Ho, Jessica Lee, Christina Oh, Jian Mostaghim, Tieran Holmes, Soren Christensen

BACH/BAROQUE FESTIVAL:

Honors - Isabel Ho

SIGHTREADING EXAM:

SUPERIORS - Tieran Holmes, Sydney Gu, Ellie Schultz, Roman Kasparian, Isabel Ho

THEORY TEST :

SUPERIORS - Joshua Kim, Jian Mostaghim, Tieran Holmes, Sydney Gu, Oscar Hall, Rohan Venkat, Sophia Bernstein, Hallie Cain, Christopher Yuan, Soren Christensen, Shanell Fan, Michael Himy

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2010

Judged Recitals Honors

Jessica Lee, Roman Kasparian

NVMTA Concerto Competition

Jessica Lee (2nd place)

Lauren Cain (3rd place)

Christopher Yuan (Honors)

Achievement Awards Competition

Roman Kasparian (Honors)

Bach Baroque Festival 2010

Roman Kasparian (Honors)