Student Achievements

MTNA Virginia Junior Piano Competition

• Kevin Shen-First Place Alternate

Virginia State Finals

• Kevin Shen-FIRST PLACE

2024 Young Musical Stars Showcase, Washington D.C.

• Elsa Tseng & Thorin Kao

Northern District Auditions

• Kevin Shen- FIRST PLACE
• Elsa Tseng-Honorable Mention
• Thorin Kao-Honorable Mention
• Sophia Y. Wang-Honorable Mention

MSMTA Spring Solo Competition

• Thorin Kao-First Place
• Ethan Tran-First Place
• Aaron Yang-Second Place
• Serena Pan-Second Place
• Sophia Wang-Second Place
• William Chung-Third Place
• Evan Jing-Honorable Mention
• Sarah Shen- Honorable Mention
• Jingyi Mao-Honorable Mention

WMTA Judged Recitals

• Elsa Tseng-Honors
• Kevin Shen- Honors
• Sarah Shen- Honorable Mention
• Jingyi Mao-Honorable Mention

NVMTA Judged Recitals

• Nam Tran - Honors
• Olivia B.- Honors
• Thorin Kao - Honors

WMTA V. Hartman Awards

• Elsa Tseng-First Place
• Nam Tran-First Place
• Thorin Kao-Third Place
• Sophia Y. Wang-Third Place
• Ethan Tran-Third Place

MSMTA Spring Piano Duet Competition

• Serena & Sean-First Place
• Sophia Y. & Jingyi-First Place
• Aaron & Daniel-Second Place
• Evan & William-Third Place
• Elsa & Thorin- Honorable Mention
• Sarah & Kevin-Honorable Mention

WMTA Modern Music Competition

• Elsa Tseng-First Place, $25
• Olivia B.-First Place, $75
• Daniel Liu-Third Place
• Sarah Shen- Third Place
• Jingyi Mao-Third Place
• Benford Family Award for Best Performance
• Olivia B., $100

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition

• Cameron Wang-FIRST PLACE

MSMTA Miriam Shields Gottlieb Competition

• Kevin Shen - 1st place, $50
• Sophia Y. Wang-Second Place, $40
• Elsa Tseng-Honorable Mention

Virginia Governor's School, Visual and Performing Arts Program

• Ethan Tran
• Nam Tran

Glory International Piano Competition

• Jingyi Mao-Second place

Great Composer Series Competition, Masters of Sonata

• Aaron Yang-Second Place
• Elsa Tseng-Second Place
• Sean Pan-Third Place
• Serena Pan-Third Place
• Evan Jing-Third Place

MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Competition

• Kevin Shen (9) -

Young Artist Musicale, GMU

• Ethan Tran
• Kevin Shen

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition

• Cameron Wang - 2nd Round
• Aaron Yang-2nd Round
• Kenneth - 2nd Round
• William Ching-Honors
• Sean Pan-Honors
• Evan Jing-Year 3 Award
• Serena Pan-Year 3 Award

VMTA Theory Exam Top Scores

• Anna Chen
• Aaron Yang
• Evan Jing
• Daniel Liu

YMIC Metropolitan Classical Music Festival

• Serena Pan-First Place
• Kevin Shen-First Place
• Sophia Y. Wang-First Place
• Nam Tran-First Place
• Sophia Wang-First Place
• Sean Pan-Second Place
• Evan Jing-Second Place
• Elsa Tseng-Second Place
• Sarah Shen- Second Place
• Jingyi Mao-Second Place
• Daniel Liu-Third Place
• William Chung-Honorable Mention
• Anna Chen-Honorable Mention
• Elsa & Thorin (Duet)-First Place
• Serena & Sean (Duet)-First Place
• Evan & William (Duet)-Second Place
• BEST PERFORMER AWARD
  • Elsa Tseng & Thorin Kao

NVMTA Sonata Honors, 2024

• Honors-Daniel, William, Thorin, Serena
• Second Round-Evan, Daniel, William, Serena, Sean, Thorin