MTNA competition (November 1, 2024):
- Junior: Julian Chen – winner
- Senior: Melody Chen – HM
Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Exams (October, 2024):
- Henry Cheng: State Award Winner Level 5 (2024)
- Rebecca Yan: Level 8: First Class Honor with Distinction
- Fermi McChen: Level 6: First Class Honor with Distinction
MSMTA Senior Distinguished Music Award (September 2024):
- Lavinia Bonvini
- Andre Jiang
- Kana Puttkammer
Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Exams (September, 2024):
Congratulations to Caleb Wen on passing Associate Diploma (ARCT) piano exam with First Class Honor. This exam corresponds to Bachelor of Music requirements in piano in most Universities!
Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Exams (August, 2024):
- Level 6: Ryan Ling- First Class Honor with Distinction
- Level 6:Henry Cheng- First Class Honor with Distinction
Chase Beethoven Competition (May 19, 2024):
- Julian Chen – 1st place
- Caleb Wen – 3rd place
- Melody Chen – HM
Chase Mozart Sonata Competition (May 19, 2024):
- Gloria Ouyang – 3rd place
Gottlieb competition (May 19, 2024):
- Group A: Rian Ling – 1st place
- Group C: Henry Cheng – HM
- Group H: Declan Gregory – 2nd place, Gloria Ouyang – 3rd place
- Group I: Charles Cross – 3rd place
- Group J: Andrew Lin – 1st place
- Group O: Henry Golden – 2nd place
- Group P: Melody Chen – HM
- Group Q: Vivien Jiang – HM
- Group R: Lavinia Bonvini – 1st place
- Group S: Kana Puttkammer – 2nd place, Andrew Jiang – HM
Lichtenberg scholarship competition (May 12, 2024):
- Melody Chen – 1st prize
Hartman Awards (May 12, 2024):
- 6-7A: Ryan Ling – 1st place
- 8-9A: Henry Cheng – 3rd place
- 10-11C: Gloria Ouyang – 2nd place
- 12-13A: Charles Cross – HM
- 12-13B: Declan Gregory – 2nd place
- 12-13C: Andrew Lin – 1st place
- 15-16A: Henry Golden – 1st place
- 15-16C: Vivien Jiang – 2nd place
MSMTA Spring Solo (May 4, 2024):
- 7A: Ryan Ling – 1st place
- 9B: Henry Cheng – 1st place
- 12A: Charles Cross – 3rd place
- 12B: Declan Gregory – 3rd p[lace
- 12C: Jingwei Zhao – 1st place
- 12F: Gloria Ouyang – 2nd place
- 12G: Julian Chen -1st place
- 13E: Andrew Lin – 2nd place
- 14F: Bo-yuan Liang – 2nd place
- 15B: Caleb Wen – 1st place
- 15C: Henry Golden – HM
- 15D: Melody Chen – 1st place
- 16B: Vivien Jiang – 2nd place
- 16D: Andrew Jiang – 2nd place
- 17A: Kana Puttkammer – 1st place
MSMTA Elementary Distinguished Music Award (May 1, 2024):
- Rebecca Yan
Davis HS competition, grades 9-10 (April 21, 2024):
- Henry Golden – Honorable Mention
MSMTA Theory Awards (April 15, 2024):
- Gloria Ouyang – Inermediate Trophy
- Henry Golden – Senior Trophy
MSMTA Junior Distinguished Music Award (April 15, 2024):
- Yuzhe (Julian) Chen
Swarthout HS Competition (April 14, 2024)
- Caleb Wen – 1st prize
- Kana Puttkammer – 3rd prize
Performance with the New England Chamber Orchestra (January 31, 2024):
- Declan Gregory
- Andrew lin
- Julian Chen
- Caleb Wen
- Lavinia Bonvini
Maryland Concerto Competition (January 7, 2024):
Junior II (Haydn Concerto in D):
- Movement I – Jingwei Zhao – HM
- Movement II -Declan Gregory and Andrew Lin – Winners
- Movement III – Gloria Ouyang – Alternate
Intermediate (Mozart Concerto No. 21):
- Movement I – Juzhe (Julian) Chen – Winner
- Movement II – Caleb Wen – Winner
Advanced (Mendelssohn Concerto No. 2):
- Movement I – Lavinia Bonvini – Winner
Maria and Natalia Eshchenko International II Piano Competition (December 1-7, 2023):
- The only Gran Pix (among 6 age categories): Yuzhe (Julian) Chen
Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Exams (November 19, 2023):
- Level 5: Ryan Ling – First Class Honor with Distinction
MTNA competition (November 3, 2023):
- Junior: Julian Chen – winner, Caleb Wen – HM
- Senior: Melody Chen – HM
Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Exams (October 25, 2023):
- Level 7: Rebecca Yan – First Class Honor with Distinction
AAMS competition (October 21, 2023):
- Junior: Gloria Ouyang -HM
- Senior: Melody Chen – HM
Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Exams (October 6, 2023):
- Level 5: Henry Cheng – First Class Honor with Distinction
The Thomas Hulbert International Piano Competition (July 28-30, 2023):
- Solo Division 3 (11-13): Juzhe (Julian) Chen – 2nd prize
Young Artist International Piano Competition, Final round (June 25-28, 2023):
- Group 3 (11 -13 y o): Andrew Lin – 2nd prize
II. Talents International Piano Competition (June 1-6, 2023):
Category B (10-13 y. o):
- Julian Chen – 1st Prize
- Gloria Ouyang – 2nd Prize
Category C (14-17 y. o.):
- Kenneth Liu – 1st Prize
Gottlieb Competition (May 21, 2023)
- Group A – Henry Cheng – HM
- Group C – Rebecca Yan – HM
- Group F – Gloria Ouyang – 2nd place
- Group G – Julia Chen – 1st place, Jingwei Zhao – 3rd place
- Group H – Andrew Lin – 2nd place
- Group L- Caleb Wen – 1st place
- Group M – Melody Chen – 3rd place
- Group O – Ethan Yee – HM
- Group P – Kana Puttkammer – 3rd place
Chase Sonata Competition (May 21, 2023):
- Beethoven Complete Sonata: Kenneth Liu – 3rd place, Henry Golden – HM
- Mozart Complete Sonata: Julian Chen – HM
Hartman Performance Award (May 14, 2023):
- Group 6-7A: Ryan Ling – 3rd place
- Group 8A: Henry Cheng – 2nd place
- Group 10-11B : Jingwei Zhao – 1st place
- Group 10-11C: Julian Chen – 1st place
- Group 10-11D: Rebecca Yan – 2nd place
- Group 12-13B : Caleb Wen – 3rd place
- Group 12-13C: Kenneth Liu – 1st place
- Group 14A: Melody Chen – 1st place
- Group 15A: Lavinia Bonvini – 1st place
- Group 15B -Ethan Yee- 2nd place
- Group 16 – Kana Puttkammer – 1st place
Piano Solo MSMTA (May 6, 2023):
- Group 6A – Ryan Ling – 2nd place
- Group 7C: Henry Cheng – 1st place
- Group 10B – Rebecca Yan: 2nd place
- Group 11D – Gloria Ouyang: 1st place
- Group 11E – Julian Chen: 1st place
- Group 11F – Jingwei Zhao: 1st place
- Group 12E – Andrew Lin: 1st place
- Group 13C – Kenneth Liu: 1st place
- Group 14A – Henry Golden: 1st place
- Group 14B – Melody Chen: 1st place
- Group 14H: Caleb Wen: 1st place
- Group 15E: Lavinia Bonvini: 2nd place
- Group 16E: Kana Puttkammer: 1st place
- Group 18A: Stacy Sun: 1st place
Young Artist International Piano Competition, selected for Final round (April 26, 2023):
- Andrew Lin
Elizabeth Davis HS Piano Competition (April 23, 2023):
- Kana Puttkammer – 2nd prize
Swarhout Piano Competition MCMTA (April 16, 2023):
- Melody Chen – 1st prize
- Lavinia Bonvini – 2nd prize
MSMTA theory awards (March 14, 2023):
- Intermediate (5 levels of 90% or above): Rebecca Yan
- Senior (5 levels of 90% or above including Level 7 or above): Melody Chen
- Advanced (at least 90% on two levels of L8-10): Ethan Yee
- Distinguished (90% and above on level 11): Lavinia Bonvini, Kana Puttkammer
Performance with New England ensemble orchestra (February 5, 2023):
- Charles Cross
- Melody Chen
- Kana Puttkammer
Kennedy Center Millenium Center Performance (January 27, 2023):
- Julian Chen
Carnegie Hall Performance : RCM gold medal ceremony (January 21, 2023):
- Caleb Wen
Maryland Concerto Competition (January 8, 2023):
Junior I (Haydn Divertimento in C):
- Movement III- Rebecca- HM
Junior II (Mozart Concerto K. 37):
- Movement I – Jingwei Zhao – HM
- Movement II – Charles Cross – Winner
- Movement III – Caleb Wen – HM
Intermediate (Mozart Concerto No. 6):
- Movement I – Melody Chen – Winner
- Movement II – Kana Puttkammer – HM
- Movement III – Kana Puttkammer – Winner
Advanced (Beethoven Concerto No. 2):
- Movement II – Ethan Yee – HM
- Movement III – Andrew Jiang – Winner
Piano Star International Competition (November 20):
- Amateur group D: Andrew Zhang – 2nd place
- Professional Group II: Kenneth Liu – 2nd place
MTNA competition, MD (November 6, 2022):
- Junior division: Kenneth Liu – Alternate
- Senior division: Lavinia Bonvini – honorable mention, Andrew Jiang – honorable mention
Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Exams (October 29, 2022):
- Caleb Wen – Level 10 First Class Honors with distinction
AAMS International Competition (October 22, 2022):
- Junior division: Julian Chen – 1st prize, Kenneth Liu – 2nd prize
- Senior division: Kana Puttkammer – honorable mention
Royal Conservatory of Music National Gold Medal (October 18, 2022 announced):
- Caleb Wen, Level 9 (highest score in piano in the USA, Harmony and Music History exams completed with high marks in the same school year). Invited for participating in the ceremony and concert in Carnegie Hall in January 2023.
Royal Conservatory of Music Exams (June- July 2022):
- Richard Huang (Level 9): First Honor with Distinction
- Lavinia Bonvini (Level 10): First Honor with Distinction
Florida Keys International Competition (July 2022):
- Johnathan Sun – scholarship for performance in Carnegie Hall NYC
Charleston international Music Competition:
- Belinda Zhu – 1st place
International Young Artist Piano Competition, Washington DC (June 26-28):
- Kenneth Liu – 2nd prize and the best required piece award
Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition NYC, (June 21-23, 2022):
- Julian Chen – 1st prize and Steinway prize for the best Romantic work
WPTA Finland International Piano Competition (June 1, 2022)
- Charles Cross – bronze award
Gottlieb Piano Competition (May 22. 2022):
- Group B: Belinda Zhu – 1st place
- Group E: Charles Cross – 1st place, Julian Chen – HM, Richard Huangfu – HM
- Group H: Kenneth Liu – 1st place
- Group I: Caleb Wen – HM
- Group J : Mengtong Xiang – 3rd place
- Group M : Lavinia Bonvini – 1st place, Ethan Yee – HM
- Group N : Jessica Wang – 2nd place, Kana Puttkammer: HM
Doris Chase Sonata Award: complete Beethoven Sonata (May 22, 2022):
- Kenneth Liu – 2nd prize
- Caleb Wen – 3rd prize
- Mengtong Xiang – HM
Piano Solo Competition, MSMTA (May 15, 2022):
- 8E- Belinda Zhu – 2nd
- 10 A – Charles Cross – 1st
- 10 B – Julian Chen -1st
- 10 C – Richard Huanghu -2nd
- 12 F – Kenneth Liu – 1st
- 13 A- Mengtong Xiang – 1st
- 13 J – Caleb Wen – 1st
- 14 F – Ethan Yee- 1st
- 14 G – Lavinia Bonvini -1st
- 15 C – Kana Puttkammer – 1st
- 15 D – Jessica Wang – 1st
- 15E – Andrew Jiang – 1st
- 17 A – Hannah Zhang – 1st
- 17 B – Justin Chen – 1st, Johnathan Sun – 2nd
- 17 C – Jason Liu – 2nd
- 17 D – Stacy Sun – 1st
- 17 E – Daniel Liu -1st
Friday Morning Music Club HS competition (May 7, 2022):
- Johnathan Sun – honorable mention
Lichtenberg competition (May 8, 2022):
- Lavinia Bonvini – honorable mention
Hartman Piano Awards (May 8, 2022):
- Group 8 : Belinda Zhu – 1st place
- Group 10: Jilian Chen – 3rd place
- Group 13A: Mengtong Xiang – 1st place
- Group 13B: Caleb Wen – 3rd place
- Group 14A: Ethan Yee – honorable mention
- Group 15: Jessica Wang – 1st place, Kana Puttkammer – 3rd place
- Group 17-18: Jason Liu – honorable mention
International Young Artist Piano Competition: selected for final round (April 25, 2022):
- Kenneth Liu – group 4
Kaufman International Piano Competition: selected for final round in NYC (May 1, 2022):
- Julian Chen – elementary group
Elizabeth Davis HS competition (April 24, 2022):
- Lavinia Bonvini – 1st place
- Andrew Jiang – 2nd place
- Kana Puttkammer – honorable mention
Franz Liszt International Piano Competition (April 1, 2022):
- Belinda Zhu – 1st Prize
Swarthout HS Piano Competition (April 3, 2022):
- 1st Prize ($400) – Andrew Jiang
- 3rd Prize ($200) – Lavinia Bonvini
Royal Conservatory of Music (March 19, 2022):
- Stacy Sun – Piano Level 10 – First Honor with Distinction
MSMTA theory awards (March 25, 2022):
- Intermediate: Kenneth Liu, Lavinia Bonvini
- Senior: Kenneth Liu, Lavinia Bonvini
- Advanced: Caleb Wen, Shuchi Tyagi, Lavinia Bonvini, Kana Puttkammer
Kaufman Center International Piano Competition selected for semifinals (March 15, 2022):
- Elementary group : Julian Chen
- Intermediate group : Lavinia Bonvini
Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition Online (March 3, 2022):
- Kenneth Liu – 3rd Prize
- Belinda Zhu – “Very Highly Recommended” HM
- Charles Cross- “Very Highly Recommended” HM
Global Great Composers Competition: (March 1, 2022):
- Belinda Zhu – 3rd Prize
Excellence Piano Awards Competition (March 5, 2022)
- Belinda Zhu – Gold medal
Performance as soloists with the New England Chamber Orchestra (February 6, 2022):
- Kenneth Liu
- Julian Chen
- Lavinia Bonvini
- Stacy Sun
Maryland Concerto Competition (January 9, 2022):
Junior I (Haydn Concertino in G):
- Movement II – Charles Cross – Alternate,
- Movement III- Charles Cross- HM
Junior II (Mozart Concerto K. 41):
- Movement I – Kenneth Liu – Winner
- Movement II – Kenneth Liu – HM
- Movement III – Julian Chen – Winner
Intermediate (Mozart Concerto No. 16):
- Movement I – Kana Puttkammer – Alternate
- Movement II – Lavinia Bonvini – Winner
- Movement III – Ethan Yee – Alternate
Advanced (Beethoven Concerto No. 3):
- Movement I -Jessica Wang – HM
- Movement II – Stacy Sun- Winner, Nicholas Qiu – Alternate
- Movement III – Jessica Wang – HM
Appasionata International Competition (Belgium, November 2021):
- Johnathan Sun – winner (all expenses paid trip to Belgium in April and a CD recording)
MTNA competition (November 5, 2021):
- Junior: Lavinia Bonvini – Alternate, Andrew Jiang – Honorable Mention
- Senior: Jannah Zhang – Alternate
Royal Concervatory of Music Practical Examination (October 2, 2021):
- Caleb Wen – First Class Honor with Distinction Level 9
MSMTA Senior Distinguished Music Achievement Awards (October 12, 2021):
Carina Guo, Daniel Liu, Hannah Zhang, Jason Liu, Johnathan Sun, Nicholas Qiu, Rose Wen
This is the most prestigious Maryland Music Teacher Association Award is given to HS seniors who while participating in many activities (competitions, exams, festivals) accumulated 600 points in 4 years of HS. These 7 students achived 700-1000 points just in 3 years (grades 9-11)
Carme Klavier International Piano Competition (June 25-28, 2021):
- Intermediate Group B1: Kenneth Liu – 1st place
- Intermediate Group B2: Lavinia Bonvini – 3rd place
- Advanced Group A1: Andrew Jiang – HM
- Advanced Group B1: Hannah Zhang – 3rd place, Rose Wen – HM, Johnathan Sun – HM
Paderewski in memoriam International Piano Competition (May 27, 2021):
- Johnathan Sun – 2nd place
YMIC International Competition (May 21, 2021):
- Kana Puttkammer – HM
Piano Forum International Online Competition (June 1, 2021):
- Intermediate Level A: Anastasia Fitenko – 1st place, Charles Cross – 1st place
- Intermediate Level B: Lavinia Bonvini – 1st place, Kenneth Liu – 1st place, Mengtong Xiang – 1st place, Caleb Wen – 1st place
- Advanced Level A: Andrew Jiang – 1st place, Kana Puttkammer – 1st place, Hannah Zhang – 1st place, Rose Wen – 1st place
- Anvanced Level B: Sahana Ramesh – 2nd place
Doris Chase Competition: entire Beethoven Sonata (May 15, 2021)
- Rose Wen – 1st place
- Hannah Zhang – 2nd place
- Johnathan Sun – 3rd place
Doris Chase Competition: entire Mozart Sonata (May 15, 2021):
- Kenneth Liu – 2nd place
- Lavinia Bonvini – 3rd place
Gottlieb Competition (May 15, 2021)
- Group H: Anastasia Fitenko – 2nd, Kenneth Liu – 3rd
- Group K -Mengtong Xiang, Cale Wen – HM
- Grouip O – Lavinia Bonvini – 2nd
- Group Q – Andrew Jiang – 1st, Kanna Puttkammer – HM
- Groupo X: Stacy Sun – 1st, Johnathan Sun – 2nd, Hannah Zhang – 3rd, Jason Liu, Nicholas Qiu, Rose Wen – HM
- Group AB: Carina Guo, Sahana Ramesh – HM
Lichtenberg Piano Competition (May 9.2021):
- Johnathan Sun, Rose Wen – Honorable Mentions
Hartman Piano Awards, Washington, D.C. (May 9, 2021)
- Group 9: Charles Cross – 1st
- Group 11A: Kenneth Liu – 1st
- Group 11B: Caleb Wen – 2nd
- Group 11C: Anastasia Fitenko – 1st
- Group 12A: Mengtong Xiang: 3rd
- Group 13A: Ethan Yee-2nd
- Group 13B: Lavinia Bonvini – 1st
- Group 14A: Andrew Jiang – 1st
- Grouip 14B: Kana Puttkammer – HM
- Group 14C: Shuchi Tyagi: HM
- Group 16A: Nicholas Qiu: HM
- Group 16B: Jason Liu: 2nd
- Group 17: Sahana Ramesh – 1st, Carina Guo – 2nd
Maryland State Piano Solo Competition (May 1, 2021):
- Group 9B : Charles Cross- 1st
- Group 11F: Anastasia Fitenko -2nd
- Group 11G: Kenneth Liu – 1st
- Group 12C: Caleb Wen – 1st
- Group 12B: Mengtong Xiang – 3rd
- Group 13A: Lavinia Bonvini -1st
- Group 13C: Andrew Jiang – 1st
- Group 14F Shuchi Tyagi – 2nd
- Group 15E: Justin Chen – 2nd
- Group 16A: Jason Liu – 1st
- Group 16B: Stacy Sun – 2nd
- Group 16C: Daniel Liu – 3rd
- Group 16D: Johnathan Sun – 1st
- Group 16G: Hannah Zhang – 2nd
- Group 16H: Rose Wen – 1st
- Group 16I: Nicholas Qiu – 2nd
- Group 17C: Carina Guo – 1st
- Group 17D: Sahana Ramesh – 3rd
Pacific International Piano Competition (April 28, 2021):
- Group 11 y. o. : Kenneth Liu – Silver Medal
- Group 13 y. o.: Lavinia Bonvini – Silver Medal
MCMTA judged recital (April 18, 2021):
- High Honor Awards: Kana Puttkammer, Kenneth Li, Caleb Wen
MSMTA theory awards (Spring 2021):
- Caleb Wen – Senior Trophy
- Ethan Yee- Senior Trophy
Swarthout Piano Competition (April 11, 2021)
- Johnathan Sun – 3rd place
- Rose Wen, Hannah Zhang – honorable mention
Rocky Mountain International Competition (Winter edition, February 2021):
- Kenneth Li – 1st place
- Ethan Yee- 2nd place
Royal Concervatory of Music Exams (December 2020 January 2021):
- Anastasia Fitenko – Level 7 First Class Honor with Distinction
- Mengtong Xiang – Level 8 First Class Honor with Distinction
- Caleb Wen – Level 8 First Class Honor with Distinction
- Shuchi Tyagi – Level 9 First Class Honor
Young Artist Award Competition (Piano 12-18 y. o., January 2021)
- Johnathan Sun – 1st Prize
- Rose Wen – 2nd Prize
- Daniel Liu – 3rd Prize
Piano League International Competition (November 2020):
- Andrew Jiang – 3rd place
MTNA competition (MD), November 13, 2020
- Senior piano: Daniel Liu – Honorable Mnetion, Johnathan Sun- Honorable mention
- Duet: Rose Wen and Daniel Liu – Alternate
International Young Artists Piano Competition, Washington DC (June 25-28, 2020):
- Group 3 (age 11-12): Kenneth Liu – 1st Prize, Lavinia Bonvini – 2nd Prize, Requierd Piece Award
- Group 4 (age 13-14): Ethan Yee – 2nd Prize
- Group 5 (age 15-18): Johnathan Sun – Honorable Mention
Doris Chase Sonata Award (May 17,2020):
- Beethoven Sonata : Lavinia Bopnvini – 1st, Daniel Liu – HM, Johnathan Sun -HM
- Mozart Sonata: Rose Wen – 3rd
Gottlieb Competition (May 17, 2020)
- Group AA: Ethan Hsiao – 1st, Andrew Zhang – HM
- Group F: Kenneth Liu – 2nd
- Group G: Caleb Wen – HM
- Group H :Mengtong Xiang – 3rd
- Group L: Kana Puttkammer – 3rd
- Group Q: Justin Chen – HM
- Group R: Hannah Zhang – 3rd
- Group S: Sean Li – HM
- Group T: Rose Wen – 2nd
- Group U: Daniel Liu – 1st
- Group V: Jason Liu – 2nd, Carina Guo – 3rd, Nicholas Qiu – HM
- Group W: Sahana Ramesh – HM
MSMTA Spring Solo Piano Competition (May 3,2020):
- Group 10A: Kenneth Liu – 2nd
- Group 10G: Anastasia Fitenko 1st
- Group 11F: Caleb Wen – 2nd
- Group 11G: Mengtong Xiang – 2nd
- Group 12D: Lavinia Bonvini 2nd
- Group 12E: Ethan Yee – 3rd
- Group 13B: Kana Puttkammer – 1st
- Group 13C Shuchi Tyagi – HM
- Group 14A: Justin Chen – 2nd
- Group 15A: Hannah Zhang – 1st
- Group 15B: Jason Liu – 1st
- Group 15C: Johnathan Sun – 1st
- Group 15D: Rose Wen – 2nd
- Group 15F: Sean Li – HM
- Group 15G: Nicholas Qiu – HM
- Group 15H: Daniel Liu – 1st
- Group 16B: Carina Guo – 2nd
- Group 16C: Sahana Ramesh – 1st
- Group 18A: Andrew Zhang – 1st
MSMTA theory awards:
- Intermediate: Anastasia Fitenko
- Senior: Shuchi Tyagi , Kana Puttkammer
- Distinguished: Carina Guo, Jason Liu, Sean Li, Sahana Ramesh, Nicholas Qiu, Johnathan Sun, Hannah Zhang, Justin Chen, Rose Wen