Arizona MusicFest
Patrick Carter - The First place winner in Division II (grade 9-10)
ASMTA Honors Recital
Daniel Rakes - Second Place and winner of 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)
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)
Regan Birk
David Li, Katherine Li and Benjamin Gaytan
MTNA COMPETITION(2017-2018)
Arizona State Representatives in Senior Piano Duet: Toya Liu and Ivan Yang
World Piano Teachers Association - USA Missouri Amature Piano Competition
Dr. Kyeong Hah Roh - Second Place
Sophia Chen, Marie Chen, Yoobin Cha, Austin Kwan
ARIZONA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Austin Kwan - Third place winner in Division II
(9th and 10th grade)
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)
Sophia Chen and Vibha Moni, prize winners at Jason Sipe Competition 2019
Tessa Letham (7 years old), Gold Medalist at the EVMTA Piano Competition 2019
ASMTA Honors Recital
Halle Andersen - Medal with Distinction in Primary Division
Katherine Li
Natalya Thran Piano Studio
ASMTA Honors Recital
Anna Ortega - Medal with Distinction in Elementary Division
Yoobin Cha (10 years old), Gold Medalist at the EVMTA Competition 2018
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 Michael Moore Memorial Piano Competition at 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 overall Senior scholarship award
Brayden Wagner
Julia Fawson, July 2019
2022
2015
EVMTA Prize Performers competition
Finnegan Lee - winner in Elementary division
Noah Buell - winner in Elementary divsion
Colin Guan - winner in Early Intermediate division
Amanda Xu - winner in Intermediate division
Ivan Yang - winner in Advanced division
Elizabeth Scroggins - winner in Advanced division
Mrs. Rucollo, Sophia Chen, David Li, Brayden Wagner, Daniel Rakes and Natalya Thran
Yoobin Cha, Brayden Wagner and Ethan Gaytan
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)
Sophia Chen, Halle Andersen and Seth Ramirez
2017
EVMTA Jason Sipe Competition
Kate Embley - winner in Elementary division
Eleanor Petersen - winner in Intermediate division
Michael Chen - winner in Advanced division
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)
2016
EVMTA Jason Sipe Competition
Leah Ortega - winner in Elementary division
Colin Guan - winner in Intermediate 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)
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 Intermediate II division and Dr. Rucollo award for outstanding performance in 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
2023
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)
Patric Carter - silver Medal (ages 14-15)
Lizzy Watts - Bronze Medal (ages 16-18)
Brayden Wagner - Silver Medal (ages 16-18) and the Special Judges Award for the Best Performance