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Competition Results 2024-2025

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for her performance at the Kennedy Center's Sounds of Us Immersive New Music Festival.

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for winning Second Place in the Virginia Music Teacher's Association State Auditions!

Congratulations to Caroline Su and Albert Xu for being awarded Honorable Mention in the Virginia MTNA Senior Performance Competition.

Congratulations to Albert Xu for being selected to perform in the MSMTA Brian Ganz masterclass.

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for being selected by competitive audition to be a pianist in the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship program!

Competition Results 2023-2024

Congratulations to Yuting Liu for being invited by competitive audition to join the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute this summer!

Congratulations to Caroline Su for being awarded Second Place in the WMTA Lichtenberg competition

Congratulations to Jessica Chen and her piano trio, LBD, for progressing to the semi-finals in the Fischoff Chamber Music competition held in Indiana.

Congratulations to Caroline Su for winning first place in Lev 4 of the NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards and to Albert Xu for receiving Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for progressing to the finals of the highly competitive Ylda Novik Concerto competition!

Congratulations to Albert Xu for being selected for Honor's in the May NVMTA Judged Recital.

Kudos and Congratulations to Jessica Chen for winning first place in the Virginia State Lion's Club Bland competition!

Congratulations to Albert Xu for being awarded Honorable Mention in the MSMTA Elizabeth Davis Competition!

Brava and Congratulations to Caroline Su for being awarded Honors in the April NVMTA Judged Recital. Congratulations to Yuting Liu for being awarded Honorable Mention!

Congratulations to Yuting Liu for achieving Excellent rating in the VMTA Theory exam!

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for winning first place in the Sterling Bland competition! Brava!

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for two outstanding Millennium Stage performances. She performed the Smetana and Mendelssohn Trios as part of the NSO Youth Fellowship program and recently performed as a soloist! Congratulations Jessica!

Congratulations to Caroline Su for her stellar performance on the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center. She performed Debussy's L'isle Joyeuse as winner of the AAMS competition.

Results for the Robert Spencer Concerto Competition have come in. Congratulations to Albert Xufor winning second place, performing the Grieg Piano Concerto. Congratulations to Caroline Su for winning third place performing Prokofiev Concerto No. 3.

Congratulations to Albert Xu for his spectacular performance as a National Symphony Chamber Youth Fellow Guest Artist on Millennium Stage January 18th, performing the beautiful Eric Ewazen Trio for Flute, Horn and Piano. So proud!

Congratulations to Yuting Liu, Albert Xu, Jessica Chen and Caroline Su for being awarded Superior in the VMTA Sightreading exams!

Congratulations to Albert Xu for being invited to join NSO Youth Fellowship this semester. He will join this prestigious program as a chamber musician. Bravo!

Congratulations to Caroline Su for being awarded first place in the MTNA Junior Performance Competition. Caroline will continue on to Regionals! Congratulations to Jessica Chen for being awarded Honorable Mention!

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for being awarded Second Place in Division III of VMTA State Auditions. Congratulations to Caroline Su for being awarded Second Place in Division II! Brava!

Congratulations to Caroline Su for winning first place in the Senior Division of the AAMS competition. Bravo!

Competition Results 2022-2023

Such a fabulous end of the year recital!!

Results for District Auditions are in, and I'm super proud of all my students! Special kudos to Caroline Su for winning first place in Level II and Jessica Chen for winning Alternate in Level III. Congratulations to Albert Xu for being awarded Honorable Mention.

Congratulations to Qi Wei Chen and Jessica Chen for being awarded Third Place in their levels at the MSTMA Gottlieb Competition! Congratulations to Albert Xu for being awarded Honorable Mention.

Congratulations to Qi Wei Chen for being awarded First Place in the WMTA Lichtenberg competition. Bravo!

Congratulations to Lauren Joelle Kim, Sophia Go and Caroline Su for being awarded Honor's in the NVMTA Sonata Festival. Congratulations to Amber Li, Jessica Chen, Qi Wei Chen and Yuting Liu for being awarded Red Ribbons, Second Round.

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for her outstanding performance of the Schumann Piano Quartet on the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center!

I'm very proud of all my students who competed in the NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards. Special congratulations to Caroline Su for winning first place in Level III, Angela Zhang for winning second place in Level V and Albert Xu for winning third place in Level IV. Additional congratulations to Yuting Liu, Lauren Joelle Kim and Jessica Chen for being awarded Honorable Mentions! Bravissimo!

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for being awarded Second Place in the Virginia State Lions Club Bland competition. Wow!

Congratulations to Albert Xu, Caroline Su and Jessica Chen for their outstanding performances at the Lyceum District Bland Competition. Special Kudos to Jessica for being awarded first place. Jessica will compete at the state level later this month! Congratulations!

Congratulations to Caroline Su for being awarded Honors in the NVMTA April Judged Recital

Congratulations to Caroline Su for being awarded Honors in the WMTA March Judged Recital

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for being awarded Honorable Mention in the February WMTA Judged Recital.

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for her fabulous performance of Beethoven Concerto in B Flat with the Washington Adventist Symphony Orchestra.

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for her stellar performance on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center, performing Chopin's Ballade in G Minor.

Results for the VMTA Theory exams have come out and I'm very proud of my students for doing so well in these exams. Kudos to Albert Xu for receiving superior rating in Level 6, Yuting Liu for receiving Excellent in Level 6, and Jessica Chen for receiving Very Good in Level 7.

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for being awarded Honorable Mention in the February WMTA Judged Recital.

Congratulations to Caroline Su for winning first place in the Alexandria Lions Club Bland competition!

Congratulations to Albert Xu for winning first place in the Reston Lions Club Bland competition. Congratulations to Angela Zhang for winning second place!

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for winning first prize in the Sterling Lions Club Bland competition!

Congratulations to Lauren Joelle Kim and Jessica Chen for their outstanding performances on the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center. Jessica performed Beethoven Trio in E Flat Major and Lauren performed Poulenc Trio. Jessica is pianist for the NSO Youth Fellowship program, and Lauren is participating in the NSO Chamber Music Fellowship program. I was very proud of both their performances. Brava!

Congratulations to Caroline Su for winning third place in the NVMTA Robert Spencer Concerto competition!

Congratulations to Jessica Chen for winning first place in the MSMTA Gertrude Brown Memorial Concerto Competition. Jessica will perform her concerto with orchestra! Congratulations to Caroline Su for being awarded Alternate!

Congratulations to Jessica Chen and Albert Xu for receiving Superior ratings in the NVMTA Skills Day Sight Reading exams. Congratulations to Caroline Su and Yuting Liu for receiving Excellent!

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Congratulations to Yuting Liu for being awarded Honorable Mention in the November NVMTA Judged Recital.

Congratulations to Amber Li for being awarded Honor's in the WMTA November Judged Recital!

Results for the MTNA Junior Performance Virginia Competition are finally in! Congratulations to Caroline Su for being awarded first place. Caroline will continue to compete in the Southern Division next year. Kudos to Jessica Chen and Albert Xu for being awarded Honorable Mention in this highly competitive event!

Congratulations to Qi Wei Chen for being awarded Alternate in the MTNA Senior Performance Virginia Competition! Congratulations to Amber Li for being awarded Honorable Mention!

Congratulations to Sophia Go for winning second place in the Senior Division of AAMS. Congratulations to Caroline Su for being awarded Honorable Mention in the Junior Division.