Natalya Thran Piano Studio
2015
EVMTA Prize Performers competition
Finnegan Lee - winner in Elementary division
Noah Buell - winner in the Elementary division
Colin Guan - winner in the Early Intermediate division
Amanda Xu - winner in the Intermediate division
Ivan Yang - winner in the Advanced division
Elizabeth Scroggins - winner in the Advanced division
Sophia Chen, Marie Chen, Yoobin Cha, Austin Kwan
Andrew Burgon and Ada Wang
Regan Birk
2020
EVMTA Piano Competition
Halle Andersen - Gold Medal (ages 10-11)
Ethan Gaytan - Gold Medal (ages 12-13)
Benjamin Gaytan - Silver Medal (ages 8-9)
Katherine Li - Silver Medal (ages 8-9)
Sophia Chen - Silver Medal (ages 10-11)
Brayden Wagner - Silver Medal (ages 12-13)
Annie Qin - Silver Medal (ages 14-15)
Wanxin Qin - Broze Medal (ages 7 and under)
Daniel Rakes - Bronze Medal (ages 8-9)
Tessa Letham - Bronze Medal (ages 8-9)
Seth Ramirez - Bronze Medal (ages 10-11)
Yoobin Cha - Bronze Medal (ages 12-13)
Michael Chen - Bronze Medal (ages 16-18)
ASU Avanti/Steinway Piano Competition
Ethan Gaytan - Second Place (Junior division)
Brayden Wagner - Third Place (Junior division)
Daniel Rakes, David Li, Fayfay He and Katherine Li
Patrick and Brayden Wagner
Sophia Chen and Vibha Moni, prize winners at Jason Sipe Competition 2019
Yoobin Cha, Brayden Wagner and Ethan Gaytan
Mrs. Rucollo, Sophia Chen, David Li, Brayden Wagner, Daniel Rakes and Natalya Thran
David Li, Katherine Li and Benjamin Gaytan
Julia Fawson, July 2019
2019
National and International Competitions
Austin Kwan - First Place in the Concerto Competition
at Brevard Music Center, North Carolina
Austin Kwan- Second Place in the Zimmerli Piano Competition at BMC
Julia Fawson - Third Place in the Junior piano division at the White Nights International Piano Festival, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Ivan Yang(former student) - Second Place in the Michael Moore Memorial Piano Competition at the University of Arizona
MTNA Competitions
Brayden Wagner - Arizona State representative in Junior Composition and Southwest Division Honorable Mention
ASMTA Honors Recital
Sophia Chen - Gold Medal (Elementary II division)
Yoobin Cha - Gold Medal (Intermediate I division and recipient of Dr. Ruccolo scholarship for outstanding performance in age group 12-13)
Marie Chen - Bronze medal (Intermediate I division)
Austin Kwan - Gold Medal (Advanced I division)
American Protege Music Competition
Regan Birk - Third Place
and performance at the Carnegie Hall, NYC
EVMTA Jason Sipe Competition
Jayden Xu - winner in Elementary Division
Vibha Moni -Winner in Early Intermediate Division
EVMTA Piano Competition
Tessa Letham - Gold Medal (ages 7 and under)
Benjamin Gaytan - Bronze Medal (ages 8 - 9)
Seth Ramirez - Bronze Medal (ages 8 - 9)
Kairui Dai - Broze Medal (ages 8 - 9)
Julia Fawson - Silver Medal (ages 10 - 11)
Marie Chen - Bronze Medal (ages 10 - 11)
Phoenix Youth Symphony Concerto Competition
Austin Kwan -2nd place in Piano Senior Division
and 3rd Place in the overall Senior scholarship award
ASMTA Honors Recital
Anna Ortega - Medal with Distinction in Elementary Division
EVMTA Piano Competition
Halle Andersen - Gold medal in group A (ages 7 and under)
Anna Ortega - Gold medal in group B (ages 8-9)
Yoobin Cha - Bronze medal in category B (ages 8-9)
Amanda Xu - Bronze medal in Category C (ages 10-11)
Michael Chen - Bronze medal in category D (ages 12-13)
2023
ASMTA Honors Recital
Kaili Dai - 2nd place (Elementary I division)
Daniel Rakes - 3rd place ( Elementary II division)
David Li - 1st Place and Dr. Ruccolo Award winner (Elementary II division)
Katherine Li and Fayfay He - 2nd place (piano duet)
Patrick Carter - 1st place and MTNA Pee-Yaw Wilkes Award winner
(Advanced I)
Brayden Wagner - 2nd place, Dr. Ruccolo Award winner (Advanced II
division)
ASU Avanti/Steinway Piano Competition
Brayden Wagner - The Third Place Winner in Senior Division
Patrick Carter and Halle Andersen - the finalists
EVMTA Piano Competition
Raghav Shamain - Bronze Medal (ages 7 and under)
Owen Tang - Bronze Medal (ages 8-9)
Kaili Dai -Bronze Medal (ages 8-9)
Kaylyn Jiang - Silver Medal (ages 8-9)
David Li - Bronze Medal (ages 10-11)
Benjamin Gaytan - Bronze Medal (ages 12-13)
Halle Andersen - Bronze Medal (ages 14-15)
Ethan Gaytan - Bronze Medal (ages 14-15)
Patrick Carter - Silver Medal (ages 14-15)
Lizzy Watts - Bronze Medal (ages 16-18)
Katherine Li and Fayfay He - Silver Medal (piano duet)
Brayden Wagner - Silver Medal (ages 16-18) and the Special Judges Award for the Best Performance
Jason Sipe Competition
Caroline Wu - Winner (level 3-4)
Andrew Burgon - Honorable mention (level 9-10)
EVMTA Piano Competition
Marie Chen - Second Place in group A (ages 7 and under)
Anna Ortega - Second Place in group B (ages 8-9)
Chaz Simmons - First Place in group F ( ages 16-18)
Tessa Letham (7 years old), Gold Medalist at the EVMTA Piano Competition 2019
2022
Kaili Dai
2017
EVMTA Jason Sipe Competition
Kate Embley - winner in the Elementary division
Eleanor Petersen - winner in the Intermediate division
Michael Chen - winner in the Advanced division
EVMTA Piano Competition
Aaron Zhang - Bronze medal in group A (ages 7 and under)
Katherine Li - Bronze medal in group A (ages 7 and under)
Halle Andersen - Silver medal in group B (ages 8-9)
Marie Chen - Bronze medal in group B (ages 8-9)
Anna Ortega - Bronze medal in group C (ages 10-11)
2025
EVMTA Piano Competition
Aaron Li - Bronze Medal (ages 8-9)
Honorable Mention - Ada Wang (ages 8-9)
Honorable Mention - Raghav Shamain (ages 8-9)
Own Tang - Bronze Medal (ages 10-11)
Kaylyn Jiang - Bronze Medal (ages 10-11)
Daniel Rakes - Gold Medal (ages 12-13)
Bronze Medal - Iosephine Torres (ages 12-13)
Best Performance of a Piece by an Underrepresented Composer:
Iosephine Torres
Andrea and Brianna Wang - Silver medal (piano duet)
Jason Sipe Piano Competition
Cassie Wu - Winner (level 3-4)
Jessica Wan - Honorable Mention (level 5-6)
West Coast Baptist Fine Arts Competition:
Andrea and Brianna Wang - First Place (Piano Duet)
Andrea and Brianna Wang - First Place (String Duet)
ARIZONA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Austin Kwan - Third place winner in Division II
(9th and 10th grade)
Brayden Wagner
Yoobin Cha (10 years old), Gold Medalist at the EVMTA Competition 2018
Katherine Li
MTNA COMPETITION(2017-2018)
Arizona State Representatives in Senior Piano Duet: Toya Liu and Ivan Yang
2016
EVMTA Jason Sipe Competition
Leah Ortega - winner in the Elementary division
Colin Guan - winner in the Intermediate division
ASMTA Honors Recital
Halle Andersen - Medal with Distinction in Primary Division
David Li, Brayden Wagner and Patrick Carter
2021
ASMTA Honors Recital
Daniel Rakes - Second Place in Elementary II division
David Li - Third Place in Elementary II division
Brayden Wagner - Second place in the Intermediate II division and Dr. Rucollo award for outstanding performance in the 13-14 age group
Jason Sipe Prize Piano Competition
Aneesh Shamain - winner in Early Intermediate division (level 5-6)
Kate Mitsuda - winner in Early Advanced division (level 9-10)
Zachary Wang -winner in Advanced Division (level 11-12)
Taliana Wilson - Honorable Mention (level 11-12)
EVMTA Piano Competition (virtual)
Kaili Dai - Silver Medal (ages 7 and under)
Halle Andersen - Silver Medal (ages 12-13)
Daniel Rakes - Silver Medal (ages 8 and 9)
Kaylyn Jiang - Bronze Medal (ages 7 and under)
David Li - Bronze Medal (ages 8 and 9)
Katherine Li - Bronze Medal (ages 10 and 11)
Fayfay He - Bronze Medal (ages 10 and 11)
Bhavani Arvind - Bronze Medal (ages 12-13)
Ethan Gaytan - Bronze Medal (ages 14 and 15)
MTNA Junior Composition Competition
Brayden Wagner - Arizona State winner
Southwest Division - Honorable Mention
2018
ASMTA Honors Recital
Austin Kwan - Medal with Distinction (Intermediate II division) and recipient of Dr. Rucollo scholarship for outstanding performance (age 14-15)
EVMTA Jason Sipe Competition
Julia Fawson - winner in Elementary Division
Kate Mitsuda - winner in Early Intermediate Division
Annie Chen - winner in Intermediate Division
EVMTA Piano Competition
Katherine Li - Silver Medal in group A (ages 7 and under)
Yoobin Cha - Gold Medal in Group C (ages 10-11)
Arizona MusicFest
Patrick Carter - The First Place winner in Division II (grade 9-10)
Brayden Wagner - The Second Place winner in Division II (grade 9-10)
ASMTA Honors Recital
Daniel Rakes - Second Place and winner of the MTNA Pee-Yaw Wilkes Award (Elementary II Division)
David Li - Second Place and winner of the Dr. Rucollo Award (Intermediate I Division)
Sophia Chen - Winner of the Dr. Rucollo Award (Intermediate II Division)
Brayden Wagner - Second place and winner of the Dr. Rucollo Award
(Advanced I Division)
Jason Sipe Competition
Josie Torres - Winner in Intermediate Division
Wanxin Qin - Winner in Intermediate Division
Annie Chen - Winner in Advanced Division
EVMTA Piano Competition
Kaili Dai - Gold Medal (ages 7 and under)
Owen Tang - Bronze Medal (ages 7 and under)
Sophia Yalim - Silver Medal (ages 8-9)
Caroline Wu - Bronze Medal (ages 8-9)
David Li - Silver Medal (ages 10-11)
Katherine LI - Bronze Medal (ages 10-11)
Sophia Chen - Bronze Medal (ages 12-13)
Patrick Carter - Silver Medal (ages 14-15)
Brayden Wagner - Bronze Medal (ages 14-15)
Annie Qin - Gold Medal (ages 16-18)
Lizzy Watts - Bronze Medal (ages 16-18)
ASU Avanti/Steinway Competition
Patrick Carter - Second Place (Junior Division)
World Piano Teachers Association - USA Missouri Amature Piano Competition
Dr. Kyeong Hah Roh - Second Place
2024
ASMTA Honors Recital
Ada Wang - 3rd Place Winner (Elementary 1 division)
Daniel Rakes - 3rd Place Winner (Intermediate 1 division)
Andrew Burgon - Dr. Rucollo Award Winner (Intermediate II division)
Desert Hills Piano Competition
Patrick Carter - 1st Place Winner (Advanced Category) and winner of the Audience Choice Award
Jason Sipe Piano Competition
Cassie Wu - Winner (Level 3-4)
Ada Wang - Honorable Mention (level 5-6)
Benjamin Gaytan - Winner (level 9-10)
Arizona International Music Competition
Patrick Carter - 1st place in Piano Solo Division (15-16 years old)
Patrick Carter and Brayden Wagner - 1st Place in Piano Duet Division
MTNA Student Competitions
Patrick Carter and Brayden Wagner - Second Place in Southwest Division
Arizona Music Fest
Patrick Carter - 3rd place
ASU Avanti/Steinway Piano Competition
Patrick Carter- 3rd Place (Senior Division)
Daniel Rakes - 3rd Place (Junior Division)
EVMTA Piano Competition
Kaili Dai - Gold Medal (ages 8-9)
Aaron Li - Bronze Medal (ages 8-9)
Kaylyn Jiang - Bronze Medal (ages 10-11)
Daniel Rakes - Silver Medal (ages 12-13)
David Li - Silver Medal (ages 12-13)
Halle Andersen - Silver Medal (ages 14-15)
Patrick Carter - Silver Medal (ages 16-18)
Kate Mitsuda - Bronze Medal (ages 16-18) and a special award for performing music of an Underrepresented/Indigenous composer
Brayden Wagner and Patrick Carter - Gold Medal (piano duet)