Music Teachers National Association Competitions


Kimberly Hou, National Junior High Winner

Ryo Kaneko-Winner Virginia Junior High Competition
Fifi Zhang-Winner Virginia High School Competition
Risa Kaneko-Winner District of Columbia High School Competition

Maryland State Music Teachers Elizabeth Davis Competition

Grades 9-10
Kimberly Hou, First Place
Fifi Zhang, Second Place

Grades 11-12
Risa Kaneko, First Place

Friday Morning Music Club Henbest Piano Competition

Risa Kaneko First Place
Tim Tran Honorable Mention

The Daniel Competition for Young Artists
Furman University  
​FIFI ZHANG, FIRST PRIZE
KIMBERLY HOU, THIRD PRIZE

Virginia Music Teachers Association
State Auditions
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Level 1B
Lyric Yu Winner

Level III
Alex Li Winner

International Asian American Competition

Elementary (Peewee)
Muli Yu, Second Place
Lyric Yu, Honorable Mention

Junior 
Kristina Hu, First Place
Max Hou, Second Place

Senior
Kimberly Hou, Second Place
​Tim Tran, Honorable Mention

Old Dominion University Classical Period Piano Competition

Lyric Yu  Second Place Grades 4 through 6
Lyric Yu-Helen and Warren Aleck Special Award for the Most Promising Overall Performance in Leves 1-3

​Bryan Ho-Second Place Grades 7 through 9

Northern Virginia Music Teachers Concerto Competition

Level 2
Max Hou, Second Place
Lyric Yu and Muli Yu, Honorable mentions

Level 3
Ryo Kaneko, First Place
Bryan Ho, Second Place
Alex Li, Honorable Mention

Level 4
Kimberly Hou, First Place
Tim Tran, Second Place
​Fifi Zhang, Third Place

Maryland State Music Teachers Concerto Competition

Junior 1 Haydn
Muli Yu Winner
Shennie Yao Honorable Mention

Junior II-Mozart K. 40
Nancy Ding, Winner

Washington Music Teachers Specialty Competition
​Music of Latin America

Level 1
David DiMeglio, First Place
Elijah Christopher-Green, Third Place
Bayan Mostaghim and Wiley Skaret, Honorable Mentions

Level 2
Ian Cabacungan, First Place

Level 3
Muli Yu, First Place
Jessica Ding, Honorable Mention

Level 4
Nancy Ding, Honorable mention

Level 5
Lyric Yu, First Place

Level 6
Kristina Hu, Third Place
​Ryo Kaneko, Honorable Mention

Northern Virginia Music Teachers Achievement Awards

Elementary Level

Intermediate
Alex Li, First Place
Bryan Ho, Third Place
Ryo Kaneko, Honorable mention

Senior
Fifi Zhang, First Place
Risa Kaneko, Second Place

Concerts at the Alden
Timothy Tran

  Ryo Kaneko

      Max Hou

​          Risa Kaneko
Studio Personnel 2009:  Caroline Sun, Katherine Wu, Ashley Zhang, Alan Zhang, Liliana Suzuki, Nicholas Lee, Alex Jian, Sarah Rolfe, Bayan Mostaghim, Elizabeth Louie, Elijah Christopher-Green, Lorna Zhang, Wiley Skaret, Bookyung Shin, Anna Huang, David DiMeglio, Calvin Ghim, Boyd Qu, Christy Shea, Kendra Song, Alex Gunnarson, Muli Yu, Jessica Ding, Richard Shin, Shennie Yao, Ian Cabacungan, Max Hou, Kristina Hu, Lyric Yu, Bryan Ho, Ryo Kaneko, Tim Tran, Fifi Zhang, Kimberly Hou, Risa Kaneko.