Student achievements
The Bach Baroque Festival Medal
Silva Blazquez Piano Studio
2020 - 2021
MSMTA Gottlieb Competition
Ethan Tran (Group R) - 1st prize, $50 award
Kenneth Duong (Group Z) - 1st prize, $50 award
Kevin Shen (Group F) - 2nd prize, $40 award
Annabel Lee (Group Z) - 2nd prize, $40 award
WMTA Hartman Piano Performance Awards
Kevin Shen (10) - 1st place
Nicole Papenfuss (16) - 1st place
Allison (17) - 2nd place
Annabel Lee (17) - 2nd place
Ethan Tran (14) - 3rd place
Teddy Yi (15) - 3rd place
Lulu Wang (11) - HM
Elaine Chang (17) - HM
Northern District Auditions (2020)
Kevin Shen (1A) - 1st place
Sarah Shen (1A) - 2nd place
Nicole Papenfuss (III) - HM
MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Festival/Competition
Ethan Tran (14) - 1st place
Elaine Chang (17) - 1st place
Allison Oh (17) - 2nd place
Kenneth Duong (16) - 2nd place
Lulu Wang (11) - 3rd place
Nicole Papenfuss (16) - 3rd place
Annabel Lee (16) - 3rd place
NVMTA Judged Recitals
Allison Oh - Honors
Nicole Papenfuss Honors
Annabel Lee - Honors
Ethan Tran - Honors
Kenneth Duong - HM
Teddy Yi - HM
Lulu Wang - HM
Sophia Wang - HM
WMTA Bach Baroque Competition 2021
Ethan Tran (Intermediate Level) - 2nd place, $35
Annabel Lee (Senior Level) - 2nd place, $50
Kevin Shen (Junior II) - HM
NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition
Nicole Papenfuss - 1st place
NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival
Superior Rating: Sarah, Kevin, Sophia, Lulu, Ethan, Nicole, Kenneth, Teddy, Allison, Annabel, Elaine
Second Round Honors Ribbons: Kevin, Sophia, Ethan, Teddy, Allison, Nicole, Kenneth
Trophies: Lulu, Sophia, Ethan
WMTA Haydn Sonata Awards
Ethan Tran (Senior Division) - 1st place, $100
Annabel Lee (Senior Division) - 2nd place, $50
WMTA Specialty Competition
Kevin Shen (9/10) - 1st place
Allison Oh (15/16D) - 2nd place
Annabel Lee (15/16B) - 3rd place
Nicole Papenfuss (15/16A) - HM
Great Composer Series Competitions, Best Chopin Performance
Kenneth Duong - 2nd prize
Lulu Yingxuan Wang - 2nd prize
Bay Area International Open Music Competition
Ethan - 1st prize
Kenneth - 2nd prize
Golden Key Music Festival
Sarah - Gold Award
Kevin - Gold Award
Sophia - Silver Award
Kenneth - Gold Award
Elaine - Gold Award
Teddy - Silver Award
AAMS Competition, 2020
Allison Oh (Senior) - HM
Annabel Lee (Senior) - HM
Great Composers Competition, Best Kabalevsky Performance
Ethan Tran (Age Group III) - 1st place
Nicole Papenfuss (Age Group IV) - 1st place
Sophia Wang (Age Group III) - 2nd place
YMIC Metropolitan Classical Music Competition
Kevin Shen (4/5) - 2nd place
Sophia Wang (4/5) - HM
Lulu Wang (6/7) - 3rd place
Ethan Tran (8/9) - 2nd place
Elaine Chang (10/12) - 2nd place
Nicole Papenfuss (10/12) - 2nd place
Teddy Yi (10/12) - 3rd place
Kenneth Duong ( 10/12) - 3rd place
Elite International Competition, NY
Allison Oh - 1st place ranking
Elaine Chang - 1st place ranking
Annabel Lee - 1st place ranking
Lulu Wang - 1st place ranking
Great Composers Competition, Masters of Sonata
Kevin Shen - 3rd place
Ethan Tran - 3rd place
2019 - 2020
MTNA Virginia Senior Piano Duet Competition
Raelyn Hoang & Nicole Papenfuss - 1st place winners
MTNA Southern Division Senior Piano Duet Competition
Nicole Papenfuss & Raelyn Hoang - 1st place winners
MTNA National Senior Piano Duet Finals
Raelyn Hoang & Nicole Papenfuss - 3rd prize
Virginia State Piano Competitions
Kevin Shen (Level 1A) - 2nd place
Raelyn (Level II) - 1st place
NVMTA Judged Recitals
Lulu - Honors
Sophia - HM
Annabel and Lena - Honors
Raelyn - Honors
NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition
Ethan - 2nd prize
MSMTA Miriam Shields Gottlieb Competition
Lulu Wang (10) - 1st place
Nicole Papenfuss (15) - 1st place
Annabel Lee (15) - 3rd place
Ethan Tran (13) - HM
Kenneth Duong (15) - HM
Virginia Governor's School, Visual and Performing Arts Program
Allison Oh
Elaine Chang
MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition
Kevin Shen (9) - 1st place
Cameron Hoang (10) - 2nd place
Teddy Yi (14) - 2nd place
Nicole Papenfuss (15) - 2nd place
Annabel Lee (15) - 2nd place
Ethan Tran (13) - 3rd place
Allison Oh (16) - 3rd place
Elaine Chang(16) - 3rd place
Kenneth Duong (15) - HM
Lulu Wang (10) - HM
5th Paderewski International Piano Competition
Kevin Shen - “Young Talents,” 3rd prize winner
Lulu - HM
Cameron - HM
Young Artist Musicale, GMU
Annabel Lee
Raelyn Hoang
Ethan Tran
NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition
Kevin - 2nd Round
Lulu - 2nd Round
Kenneth - 2nd Round
Annabel - Honors
Elaine - Honors
Allison - 45 point Award!
VMTA Theory Exam Top Scores
Lulu Wang
Teddy Yi
Sarah Shen
Bland Competitions
Cameron (Junior Category) - 1st place
Allison - 1st place
Annabel - 1st place
Raelyn - 1st place
Elaine - 1st place
MSMTA Gertrude Brown Memorial Piano Concerto Competition
Cameron (Junior II) - Alternate
Kenneth (Intermediate) - Alternate
VMTA Fall Festival
Lulu - Superior
Jacqui - Superior
Allison - Superior
AAMS Competition, 2019
Cameron - HM
Kevin - HM
Allison - HM
NVMTA Sonata Honors
Sarah, Sophia, Kevin, Lulu, Cameron, Ethan, Teddy, Raelyn, Kenneth, Allison, Annabel