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Studio News
2005-2006

 

Daisy Abrams
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 SYMF Qualified Solo

Anderson Alden
2005 SYMF Open American: 4th Place
2005 SYMF Young Pianist
2005 Deborah H. How & Alpha H. Walker Combined Studio Workshops
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll, Honors Festival
2006 MTAC Composers Today Evaluations Program
2006 Aiko Onishi Master Class
2006 Yukari Kudo Farewell Recital
2006 MTAC Composers Today State Composition Contest: 1st Place
2006 Harvard-Westlake Middle School Chamber Music Concert: Featured Soloist
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival: Winner
2006 ESMMF Glendale Piano Competition: Honorable Mention
2006 MTAC-WLA Contemporary Music Festival
2006 Cypress College Piano Competition (Contemporary Era): 1st Place
2006 SCJBF Bach Region IV Festival: Medal Winner
2006 Robert Ward Master Class
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 MTAC State Convention: Composers Todays Winners Recital
2006 MTAC State Convention: Composers Master Class with Michael Glenn Williams
2006 MTAC State Convention: Contemporary Music Seminar
2006 SYMF Open American: 2nd Place

William Alden
2005 SYMF Young Pianist
2005 Deborah H. How & Alpha H. Walker Combined Studio Workshops
2005 SCJBF Complete Works Auditions
2005 World Piano Pedagogy Conference: Advanced Level Master Class
    (Teachers: Dr. Jean-David Coen, USA , Dr. Young-Sook Kim, South Korea )
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 Aiko Onishi Master Class
2006 Yukari Kudo Farewell Recital
2006 MTAC-WLA Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition: 2nd Place (1st Alternate)
   (Concert Performance with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra)
2006 MTAC-WLA Contemporary Music Festival
2006 Cypress College Piano Competition (Contemporary Era): 1st Place
2006 Robert Ward Master Class
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions: International Winner: High School Diploma
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 MTAC State Convention: Friends of Music Today: Selected to Premiere William Bolcom's Nine New Bagatelles for Piano
2006 MTAC State Convention: Contemporary Music Seminar
2006 SYMF Open American
2006 SYMF Open Baroque: 2nd Place

Hannah Rena Banayan
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Ariel Blumenstrauch
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Rachel Blumenstrauch
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Hongyu Chen
2005 SYMF Open Duo: 1st Place
2005 SYMF Open Baroque
2005 SYMF Young Pianist
2005 YMF: ASCAP/Ray Evans and Jay Livingston Piano Scholarship: Winner ($2,500)
2005 Deborah H. How & Alpha H. Walker Combined Studio Workshops
2005 CAPMT District III Bartók & Contemporary Music Festival
2005 Scott McBride Smith Master Class
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2005 MTAC-Riverside Student Recital
2006 MTAC-WLA Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition: 1st Place
    (2 Concert Performances with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra)
2006 Aiko Onishi Master Class
2006 Yukari Kudo Farewell Recital
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival: Winner
2006 ESMMF Glendale Piano Competition: Honorable Mention
2006 MTAC-WLA Contemporary Music Festival
2006 SCJBF Bach Region IV Festival
2006 Robert Ward Master Class
2006 MTAC-WLA Alice Frazier Kitchen Memorial Scholarship Competition
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 MTAC State Convention: MusicLink Showcase Recitalist
2006 SYMF Open Baroque: 2nd Place
2006 SYMF Open Chopin Etudes
2006 SYMF Open Solo
2006-2006 YMF Scholarship: Winner (award amount to be determined)

Michelle Choi
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2005 Winter Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 MTAC-WLA Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition: 1st Place
   (Concert Performance with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra)
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival: Winner
2006 ESMMF Glendale Piano Competition
2006 SCJBF Bach Region IV Festival: Medal Winner
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 SYMF Open Chopin Nocturnes
2006 SYMF Open Duet/Duo: 4th Place

Tommy Choi
2005 Deborah H. How & Alpha H. Walker Combined Studio Workshops
2005 SCJBF Bach Complete Works Auditions
2005 CAPMT District III Bartók & Contemporary Music Festival
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2005 Winter Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival: Winner
2006 SCJBF Bach Region IV Festival
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 SYMF Open Duet/Duo: 4th Place
2006 SYMF Open Solo

Michael Chung
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Superior Practice Award

Cooper Curtis
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Superior Practice Award
2006 Summer Studio Outstanding Improvement Award

Alyssa French
2005 SYMF Open Solo: 4th Place
2005 MTAC-WLA Romantic Festival
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2005 Winter Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 MTAC-WLA Student Branch Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival
2006 MTAC Contemporary Festival
2006 MTAC Cypress College Piano Competition (Contemporary Era): 1st Place
2006 MTAC-WLA Alice Frazier Kitchen Memorial Scholarship Competition: 3rd Place
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 SYMF Open American
2006 SYMF Open Baroque
2006 SYMF Open Solo

Maetal Gerson
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2005 Winter Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Recital Superior Practice Award

Millicent Kastenbaum
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Elizabeth Kim
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Madeline Kim
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Yukari Kudo
2005 SYMF Young Pianist: 3rd Place
2005 SYMF Open Baroque: 1st Place
2005 SYMF Open Duo: 1st Place
2005 Deborah H. How & Alpha H. Walker Combined Studio Workshops
2005 World Piano Pedagogy Conference: Intermediate Level Master Class
   (Teachers: Dr. Stephen Perry, Germany & Zitta Zohar , USA )
2005 Scott McBride Smith Master Class
2005 CAPMT District III Honors Auditions: 1st Place
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 CAPMT State Honors Auditions: 2nd Place
2006 Aiko Onishi Master Class
2006 Solo Farewell Recital (MTAC-WLA Gold Seal)  

Sophie Levy
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Jiaxi (Jason) Li
2005 SYMF Qualified Baroque
2005 SYMF Qualified Solo
2005 Winter Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 MTAC-WLA Student Branch Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival: Winner
2006 SCJBF Bach Region IV Festival: Medal Winner
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 SYMF Qualifed Baroque
2006 SYMF Qualified Chopin Preludes

Quentin Mulligan
2005 SYMF Qualified Solo
2005 Deborah H. How & Alpha H. Walker Combined Studio Workshops
2005 MTAC-WLA Romantic Festival
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2005 Winter Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 MTAC-WLA Student Branch Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Superior Practice Award
2006 Summer Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 SYMF Qualified American
2006 SYMF Qualified Chopin Waltzes: 2nd Place

Yujin Park
2005 SYMF Young Pianist: 4th Place
2005 SYMF Open Baroque
2005 SCJBF Bach Complete Works Auditions
2005 Deborah H. How & Alpha H. Walker Combined Studio Workshops
2005 Scott McBride Smith Master Class
2005 MTAC-WLA Romantic Festival
2005 MTAC-WLA Student Chamber Music Recital
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 Aiko Onishi Master Class
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll, Honors Festival
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival: Winner
2006 SCJBF Bach Region IV Festival
2006 Robert Ward Master Class
2006 MTAC-WLA Alice Frazier Kitchen Memorial Scholarship Competition
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Open Chopin Ballades: 4th Place

Yujung Park
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2005 Winter Studio Recital Superior Practice Award
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival: Winner (Anna Magdelena Bach Notebook)
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 SYMF Open Solo: 1st Place

Tyler Presley
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2005 Winter Studio Recital Superior Practice Award
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Recital Superior Practice Award
2006 SYMF Qualified Solo

Dylan Purvis
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Adina Rosenberg
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Lauren Seo
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Honors Festival
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 SYMF Qualified Baroque
2006 SYMF Qualified Latin American

Sarah Seo
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 SCJBF Bach Branch Festival
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 SYMF Qualified Baroque
2006 SYMF Qualified Complete Classical Work

Erin Ting
2005 MTAC-WLA Romantic Festival
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2005 Winter Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 MTAC-WLA Student Branch Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions  

Ryan Ting
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations: Theory Honor Roll
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital

Hannah Ullman-Levine
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations

Tabitha Yoo
2005 Winter Studio Recital
2006 MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluations
2006 NGPT Guild Auditions
2006 Summer Studio Recital
2006 Summer Studio Recital Outstanding Improvement Award
2006 SYMF Qualified American
2006 SYMF Qualified Baroque

 

 

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