Laura Street

Performing on Winners Recital at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall

          American Protege International Piano Compeitions Winners Recital, April 12, 2015

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IDABELLA PU - first Place WInner- Progigy Competition-2015

                                 Spnosored by the Atlanta Steinway Society and Merrell Calhoun

 Steinway Society Board Memebers with Isabella

Left to right: Ike van Meter, April Conaway, (President) Isabella, and Dr. Brent Runnels (Judge)

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Dr. ELTON and ADRIAN ROMOF.  At age 9, my student, Adrian Romoff, was accepted to Juilliard Prep School on FULL SCHOLARSHI!!! Here he is shown below as a finalist in the PRODIGY AWARD 2013

ADRIAN ROMOFF

UPDATE - May of 2015. Adrian has just completed his first year at Juilliard. Pics soon to come!

 WATCH HIM on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT!!!

Adrian Romoff, 9 year old student of Dr. Elton, has recently been accepted into the Juilliard School of Musicwhere he will study with Yohevis Kaplinsky! He is currently the YOUNGEST student at Juilliard. Adrian has been trained by his mother, Olga Romoff, violinist and pianist in the Atlanta area, and she brought him to me in Fall of 2013 to polish his playing for the Juilliard audition in March. What an honor for me to work with him!!  He won a full tuition scholarship!!

His audition included a Bach Sinfonia, a complete Beethoven Sonata (The Tempest), and the Chopin Waltz Brilliant in Eb.

Adrian has also just been accepted into the final stages of the awarding winning NBC show AMERICA'S GOT TALENT!!  Out of 300,000 contestants in the first round, it has been narrowed down to 48 finalists. Adrian will perform at Radio City Music Hall on August 12!! Good luck, Adrian!!.

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 Award winning student Laura Street! Pic below with Lang Lang in about 2003.

Laura just recently was a 2nd place winner in the American Protoge Romantic Piano Competition, and will perform on the winner's recital on April 12 at CARNEGIE HALL!!!!!

She also recieved and Honorable Mention in the MTNA Piano Solo Senior Division Competition as well as Recitalist Awards and 3rd Place Winner in the Romanctic and Impressionistic Piano Competition and 1st Place in the Bach Piano Competition in her Category.

 Laura is a rising Junior at the Westminster School. She has received numerous outstanding awards in piano over the years. She won the  Prodigy Award presented to her by the Steinway Society of Atlanta in 2013. Shown below is a pic of Laura quite a few years ago. Can anyone guess with whom she is seated??  (Answer below!)

 ROMANTIC FESTIVAL and COMPETITION, 2013

 Laura Street, Anqing Xiongzou and Ashley Catanzarite are 3 of 7 of my students who were selected as winners at various levels.

Ashley Ahn won 1st place in the Anna Magdalena Bach category of the 2010 Bach Competition, sponsored by the Dekalb Music Teachers Association

Dr. Elton with former students, Sunhei  Min, Kyung Hwa Han and Clera Ryu,  award winning piano students at  UGA (Picture taken in 2009)

 Yash Kadadi a winner  in the Anna Magdalena category of Bach Competition, 2010

 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Isabella Pu performs at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall as a winner in American Protoge Competition  2017

AMERICAN PROTOGE ROMANTIC PIANO COMPETITION Laura Street won 2nd Place. She will play on the winners recital at Carnegie Hall on April 12!

Laura also won 1st Place in the Toccata Category of the Bach Competition sponsored by Dekalb Music Teachers.

Laura also won 3rd place in the Romantic Competition sponsered by Atlanta Music Teachers.

JUILLIARD SCHOLARSHIP

9 Year Old Adrian Romoff (Pictured at top) won a full tuition scholarship to the Julliard School. He is currently the yougest student enrolled.

PRODIGY AWARD - 2015 Atlanta Steinway Society

Isabella Pu won Ist Place in the 2015 Prodigy Award on May 3, 3015. She is the 3rd student in consecutive years to be a winner in the competition. Pics to come.

Laura Street won First Place in the 2012 Prodigy Award Competition sponsored by the Atlanta Steinway Society.

Adrian Romoff, age 9,  won second place in the 2013 Prodigy Award Compeition competiting against students up to age 14.

GMTA COMPETITION

Laura Street recieved the Master Class rating, and will perform in the 2014 GMTA Conference Master Class with Richard Goode.

ROMANTIC FESTIVAL 2013

Adrian Romoff - overall winner

Laura Street, Ashley Catanzarite,  Anqing Xiongzou, Alice Gao, Andrew Wang, and Isabella Pu and Adrian Romoff were all recital winners.

BACH COMPETITION

Oct 2012, Sponsored by North Debalb Music Teachers

Recital Winners First Place – Laura Street and David Oh

Outstanding Performers – Jae Mi Yi, Sarah Street, Yash Kadadi, Duke Baek. Julie Street, Anqing Xiongzou,

Ashley Catanzarite, Michelle Zhang.

Award of Excellence Lauren Kim, Maxwell Zhang, Maggie Zhang,

ROMANTIC FESTIVAL PIANO COMPETITION

 Oct. 2012 sponsored by Atlanta MTA

Recital Winners –  Ashley Catanzarite(1st Place), Laura Street (1^st Place), Isabella Pu, Hannah Yi,

Anqing Xiongzou (3^rd Place)

Outstanding Performer- Maxwell Zhang, Sarah Street, David Oh, Yash Kadadi, Julie Street, Jessie Liu

Award of Excellence – Duke Baek

GEORGIA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION  (GMTA) STATE CONFERENCE

Laura Street performed as Conference Recitalist. She also competed in Music Teachers National Association

Piano Competition (MTNA) and won Honorable Mention

ALL-STATE PIANO SOLO COMPETITION Dec. 2012

Conference Recital Winners and Master Class Winners – Laura Street, Michelle Zhang, Jessie Liu and

Isabella Pu all performed at the State Conference in Savannah.

PIANO PRODIGY AWARD

Laura Street was 1^st  Place co-winner of this award given by the Atlanta Steinway Society. Ashley Catanzarite

was an alternate winner. They both won cash awards, and will be featured in performances.

MUSIC FEST

Feb. 2013 sponsored by Atlanta Music Teachers Association:

Superior – Maxwell Zhang, Mary Priscilla Perkins, Nickolas, Vivian and Isabel Ueber, Jessie Liu,

 Superior Plus - Laura Street, Sarah Street, Michelle Zhang, Ashley Catanzarite, Isabella Pu

ATLANTA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOC LOCAL AUDITIONS for GMTA  (4^th grade and older)

Outstanding Performers: Laura Street, Ashley Catanzarite, Isabella Pu, Jessie Liu, Duke Baek, Amy Kim,

Rachel Kim, Yash Kadadi

Regional Auditions: Outstanding Performer – Laura Street, Ashley Catanzarite, Yash Kadadi

GMTA STATE AUDITIONS:

Laura Street Honorable Mention, Yash Kadadi, Award of Excellence

NATIONAL PIANO GUILD.

All of the following students played a 10 piece program that included scales, chords and arpeggios:

Superior: Isabel, Nickolas  and Vivian Ueber, Jared Hung, Julie Street, Tejas Kadadi, Maxwell Zhang,

Mary Priscilla Perkins.

Superior Plus: Ashley Catanzarite, Yash Kadadi,  Laura Street, Jessie Liu, Anqing Xiongzou, Isabella Pu

GUILD TOP 4 SCORES: Laura Street (43), Ashley Catanzarite (38), Isabella Pu, (38), and Jessie Liu, (37)

MASTERCLASSES: Laura Street performed for renowned pianist Ning An, and Ashley Catanzarite performed

or dazzling Russian pianist, Marina Lomazov of USC piano faculty. These Masterclasses were sponsored by the

Atlanta MTA.

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 Fall 2012

GMEA All-State Solo Piano Competition

Recital Winner: Isabella Pu

Romantic Festival Piano Competition

1st place winners and recitalists: Ashley Catanzarite and Laura Street.

3rd place winner and recitalist: Anqing Xiongzou

Other Recital Winners: Hannah Yi

Outstanding Performers: Maxwell Zhang, Davind Oh,Sarah Street, Julie Street, Yash kadadi. Jessie Liu

Award of Excellence: Duke Baek

Prodigy Award

Laura Street is in the top 3 finalists to receive the Prodigy Award from the Steinway Society of Atlanta. The Finals will be held on Jan. 20.

Ashley Catanzaarite has been declared the Alternate Winner for the Prodigy Award in the event that one of the finalists cannot compete.

Spring 2012

GA Music Teachers Association

Laura Street is CONFERENCE RECITALIST. She will perform at the Fall 2012  Conference at Young Harris College.  She will also compete in the MTNA state competition at the Conference.

Ashley Catanzarite won 2nd Alternate.

MUSIC FEST sponsored by Atlanta Music Teachers Association:

Superior – Mary Priscilla Perkins, Julie Street, Sarah Street, Ashley Catanzarite, Jessie Liu, Laura Street, Maggie Zhang, Michelle Zhang

ATLANTA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOC LOCAL AUDITIONS (4^th grade and older)

Outstanding Performers:Laura Street, Michelle Zhang, Ashley Catanzarite

Award of Excellence: Anqing Xiongzou, Jessie Liu

PIANOFEST sponsored by SAS Music:  The following students received the top scores.

Maxwell Zhang, Anna Hu,Sarah Street, Yash Kadadi, Julie Street, Laura Street

NATIONAL PIANO GUILD.

All of the following students played a 10 piece program that included scales, chords and arpeggios:

Superior – Isabel and Vivian Ueber, Jared Hung,Sarah Street, Maxwell Zhang, Mary Priscilla Perkins

Superior Plus – Ashley Catanzarite, Brad Frietas, Maggie Zhang, Yash Kadadi, Julie Street, Laura Street, Jessie Liu and Michelle Zhang

TOP 3 SCORES:Laura Street(41), Yash Kadadi (40) and Ashley Catanzarite (39)

FUND-RAISER CONCERT:

Ashley Catanzarite andLaura Street performed brilliantly at a benefit concert at Peachtree Presbyterian Church to raise money for sending a piano to the Salvation Army School for the Blind in Jamaica.

 Fall 2011

ROMANTIC FESTIVAL PIANO COMPETITION sponsored by Atlanta Music Teachers Assoc:

Recital Winners – Kevin Kwon and Yash Kadadi

Outstanding Performer - Julie Street, Anqing Xiongzou , Michelle Zhang, Ashley Catanzarite, Laura Street, Jasmine Kim, Jessie Liu, Maggie Zhang

Award of Excellence - Maxwell Zhang, Sarah Street, Anna Hu

ALL-STATE PIANO SOLO COMPETITION (6^th grade and older) sponsored by Georgia Music Educators Assoc:

Conference Recital Winner –Laura Street (Laura performed at the State Conference in Savannah)

Alternate Winner – Ashley Catanzarite

Honorable Mention –Julie Street, Anqing Xiongzou, Michelle Zhang

2010

Georgia Music Teachers Association State Auditions:

Laura Street received the Award of Excellence

Kevin Kwon received Honorable Mention

National Guild of Piano Teachers Auditions:  The following students participated in the Guild Auditions: Ashley Ahn, Kathryn Ahn, Julia Bond, Russell Emerind, Yash Kadadi, Richard Luo, Suzanne Monyak,Julie Street,Laura Street,Sarah Street, Anqing Xiongzou, and Michelle Zhang.  All of these students received the Superior rating, and four of these wereSuperior +. Those four were Anqing Xiongzou, Kathryn Ahn, Laura Street and Michelle Zhang.

Atlanta Music Teachers Association Local Spring Auditions.

Kevin Kwon, Laura Streetand Michelle Zhang all received the Outstanding Performer rating.

 Atlanta Music Teachers Association Music Fest: Outstanding Performer - Ashley Ahn, Kathryn Ahn, Julia Bond, Russell Emerine, Kevin Kwon, Sarah Tinnin, Yash Kadadi, Suzanne Monyak, Anqing Xiongzou, Michelle Zhang.

Romantic Festival Competition: Laura Street was the 1st place winner in her category. This performance can also be found on you tube!  Kevin Kwon received an Honorable Mention.Michelle Zhang was the 1st place winner in her category. Laura and Michelle played on the winner's recital.

 Performances of Special Note:  Laura Street performed for noted concert pianist, Alpin Hong during a music festival at Trinity School, and received BRAVOS!  Laura's performance can be found on you tube along with other performances

2009

 Laura Street, 6th grade winner of Romantic Festival Piano Competition held in Atlanta.

2008-2009

Mischelle Park, a senior this year auditioned at UGA,NorthwesternUniversity andEmoryUniversity as piano major.  She won a music scholarship to UGA and will enter there this Fall as a Piano Major.

Students at the University of West GA

Freshman Student Yaeju Bin, was selected to perform for Honors Recital and University Convocation Ceremony

Student Brittany Scott, received 3rd place in the Big Night Talent Contest

Student Harold Walbert was selected as a winner in concerto competition performing Mozart's Concerto #21, 1st Mov.

Students Brittany Scott and Thomas Vaden passed their hearing for their Recitals, receiving high praise from faculty.

MTNA Masterclass

5th grade student Kevin Kwon was invited to participate in MTNA National Conference Master Class with Dennis Alexander.

Atlanta Music Teachers Association

Outstanding Performers:MischellePark, Kevin Kwon, Sarah Paik

Bach Competition sponsored by North Dekalb Music Teachers Assoc and open to all teachers in GA. 

Recital Winner First Place,Laura Street, 5th grade, performed on the Winners Recital. Outstanding Performer Awards:Mischell Park, Kevin Kwon, Yash Kadadi, and Anqing Xiongzou

 2007-2008

Georgia Music Teachers Association State Spring Auditions:

Two Conference Recitalist, 1st Alternates – Kelly Ryu and Laura Street

Outstanding Performer – April Kim, Isaac Hram

Award of Excellence – Isrra Kang,MischellePark

Honorable Mention – Sarah Paik

GA Music Educators Association ALL-STATE PIANO SOLO Competition:

Recital Winners:MischellePark and Kelly Ryu performed at the State

Conference inSavannah.

Master Class Winner: April Kim

National Federation of Music Clubs

All students who participated received the Superior ratings: Yash Kadadi, Russell Emerine, Anqing Xiongzou, Julia Bond, Catherine Gallori, Jake Forte,Laura Street, Isaac Hram.

Atlanta Music Teachers Association Music Fest

The following students received the Superior rating: Yash Kadadi,MischellePark, Sarah Paik, April Kim, Arianna Fox, Cadell Martin,Laura Street, Kevin Kwon. Kelly Ryu. Jenny Han received the Award of Excellence

National Guild of Piano Teachers

The following students performed 15 pieces and received the Superior rating: Yash Kadadi, Jake Forte, and Russell Emerine.

The following students performed 10 pieces and received the Superior rating:  Julia Bond, Catherine Gallori, Arianna Fox, Laura Street, Isaac Hram and Anqing Xiongzou.  Dylan Diamond performed 7 pieces and received the Superior rating.

Atlanta Music Teachers Association Local Spring Auditions.

The following students received the Outstanding Performer rating and qualified for the state auditions:Laura Street, Kelly Ryu, Isaac Hram, Sarah Paik, Isrra Kang, Jenny Han,MischellePark, and  April Kim. Kevin Kwon received the Award of Excellence.

Talent Show

Kevin Kwon won 2nd place in the Kiwanis Club Talent Show.

Music Scholarship: April Kim, graduating Senior, was offered a 4-year Music Scholarship by the Department of Music at UGA. She also auditioned and was accepted at GSU and UWG.

Music Scholarship:Mischelle Park won a $3,000 scholarship to attend  the National High School Piano Institute held at NorthwesternUniversity in Chicago for summer study.

2006-2007

Atlanta Music Club Scholarship Winner

Kyung Hwa Han won1st Place in the High School Piano Division, a $3,000 Scholarship.

Bach Competition  October 2006 ( From among 238 Contestants)

5 Recital Winners: Laura Street, Sarah Paik, MischellePark, April Kim, Nathan Hipsman.  Each winner received a wonderful trophy and performed on the Winner's Recital the following day.

4 Outstanding Performers: Isaac Hram, Brian Tung, Isrra Kang, Kyung Hwa Han

Award of Excellence: Jenny Han

Honorable Mention: Arianna Fox

Music Scholarship:  Kyung Hwa Han won a 4-year music scholarship to UGA. She entered UGA as a piano major in Fall of 2007She was also offered scholarships toIndianaUniversity andFloridaStateUniversity.

GMEA All-State Piano Solo Competition:

         Recital Winners: Sarah Paik, Kyung Hwa Han

         Masterclass Winner:  April Kim

         Masterclass Alternate Winners: Isrra Kang and Lauren Fleck

         Honorable Mention:MischellePark

Music-Fest sponsored by Atlanta Music Teachers Association

         All participants received a Superior Rating: Dylan Diamond, Julia Bond, Palmer Brown

Junior Piano Festival sponsored by the GA Federation of Music Clubs:

Superior Rating: Catherine Gallori, Arianna Fox, Julia Bond, Kelly Ryu,

Superior+: Laura Street

Piano Guild Audititons sponsored by the Irl Allison National Guild of Piano Teachers. These students performed 10

           pieces and received the following ratings:

Superior Plus or the 'Top Talent Circle Rating": Laura Street

Superior: Arianna Fox, Julia Bond, Dylan Diamond

Music Teachers National Association High School Piano Competition - Kyung Hwa Han: Honorable Mention

Kiwanis Club of Fayette County Talent Show

           Kevin Kwon won First Place in the Elem Division

 Atlanta Music Teachers Association Local Auditions:  The following students qualified for the state auditions.

Outstanding Performer:  Issac Hram, Kelly Ryu, Sarah Paik, Isrra Kang, Lauren Fleck. Jenny Han,MischellePark, Nathan Hipsman, April and Kyung Hwa Han.

Governor's Honors Program: Mischelle Park

GMTA State Auditions:

Senior Cash Award, Kyung Hwa Han

Conference Recitalist, Nathan Hipsman, 11th Grade

Conference Recitalist, 2nd Alternate April Kim, 11th Grade

Outstanding Performer, Kelly Ryu,5th grade

Award of Excellence, Lauren Fleck. 8th grade

Award of Excellence, Isaac Hram, 5th grade

Honorable Mention Jenny Han, 9th grade

 2005-2006

AtlantaMusic Teachers Association MUSIC FEST: All of the following students received the highest rating of SUPERIOR:  Julia Bond, Palmer Brown, Herrine Ro, Dylan Diamond, Brian Tung, David Eun,(Superior+), Sarah Paik, Lauren Fleck, Laura Kim, Isrra Kang, Mischelle Park, Nathan Hipsman, April Kim, Kyung Hwa Han, Clera Ryu

GA Music Educators Association ALL-STATE PIANO SOLO Competition: The following 7 students were RECITAL WINNERS and performed at the State Conference inSavannah:  Sarah Paik, Lauren Fleck, Isrra Kang, Phoebe Ling, MischellePark, April Kim, Kyung Hwa Han.  Clera Ryu was a MASTER CLASS winner.

Atlanta Music Teachers Association Local Spring Auditions: Outstanding Performers: Jenny Han, Brian Tung, Sarah Paik, Isrra Kang, Mischelle Park, Phoebe Ling, Lauren Fleck, April Kim, Kyung Hwa Han, and Clera Ryu

Award of Excellence: David Eun and Herrine Ro

 Georgia Music Teachers Association State Spring Auditions.

Conference Recitalist, April Kim

Master Class Winner, Nathan Hipsman

Outstanding Performer, Lauren Fleck, Kyung Hwa Han, Clera Ryu

Award of Excellence,  Sarah Paik, Isrra Kang and Mischelle Park

Honorable Mention,  Phoebe Ling and Jean Chi

Accepted into The UGA Music School:  Jean Chi will minor in piano.

The Outstanding Performer is the highest rating, and within that group the Conference Recitalist is 1st place winner and Master Class is the 2nd place in the state.  Both April and Nathan will perform at the State Conference.

G M T A Concerto Competition:  Kyung Hwa Han won 1st ALTERNATE

Music Teachers National Association/ GMTA Senior Competition: Kyung Hwa Han won HONORABLE MENTION.

The Central Georgia JUNIOR PIANO OYYMPICS sponsored by Georgia College and State University: Clera Ryu won 2nd Place

PIANO SCHOLARSHPS:  Clera Ryu won a four - year music scholarship to UGA where she will attend this Fall 2007 as a piano major.

Kyung Hwa Han won a scholarship to attend the International Institute for Young Musicians for summer study.

 2004-2005

BACH COMPETITION sponsored by North Dekalb MTA

Recital Winners:  Nathan Hipsman, Kyung-Hwa Han, Phoebe Ling and Jean Chi. These students performed on the winner's recital.

Award of Excellence:  Herrine Ro, Sarah Paik, Lauren Fleck, Cindy Hong, April Kim, Gina Kim  Mischelle Park, Clera Ryu and Vincent Ling

 ALL_STATE PIANO SOLO COMPETITION

Recital Winners:  Bryson Peters, Kyung-Hwa Han, Clera Ryu and Mischelle Park. These students performed at the State Conference.

 GMEA Master Class Winners:  April Kim, Phoebe Ling, Vincent Ling

The Recital and Master Class Winners were invited to perform at the Georgia Music Educators Association State Conference in Savannah.  Most of them were able to get there and perform even though it was the ICE STORM week-end!!

1st Alternates:  Gina Kim and Cindy Hong; 2nd Alternate: Lauren Fleck

ATLANTA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (Local Auditions)

Outstanding Performors proceeded to the state level:  David Eun, Herrine Ro, Sarah Paik, Lauren Fleck, April Kim, Nathan Hipsman, Mischelle Park, Phoebe Ling, Kyun-Hwa Han, Clera Ryu, Jean Chi, Gina Kim

             Award of Excellence:  Julianna Kim and Isrra Kang

GEORGIA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION  (State Auditions)

Conference Recitalist: Kyung-Hwa Han (Will perform in Winners Recital at state conference)

Master Class ALternateWinner: Clera Ryu

Award of Excellence:  Mischelle Park, Phoebe Ling, Lauren Fleck, Gina Kim

Honorable Mention:  Sarah Paik and Jean Chi

Atlanta Community Orchestra Concerto Auditions:

Kyung-Hwa Han was a finalist

All-State Piano Concerto Auditions: Vincent Ling won Honorable Mention

Accompanist For School Musical: Steven Menendez and Clera Ryu

MUSIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at WOODWARD ACADEMY was presented to Bryson Peters. ($1,000.00!)

ACHIEVEMENTS of SELECTED OUTSTANDING STUDENTS

 Jie Hea Hong

A former student now working on her DMA at Peabody.

Jie Hea began studying with me her sophomore year in high school, Fall of 1999, after having no teacher for several years.

 She was in the final cut in live auditions at Juilliard to enter as a piano major.

 Ist Place Winner of the Piano Concerto Competition of GMEA. She was featured as piano concerto soloist, performing the first movement of Schumann's Concerto in A Minor with the All-State Orchestra at the GMEA Conference in Savannah in 2001, Mark Cedel conducting.

 Ist Place Winner of the Piano Concerto Competition sponsored by the Atlanta Music Club. She was featured as concerto soloist with the Atlanta Community Orchestra playing the first movement of Schumann's Concerto, Juan Ramirez conducting, 2001

Ist Place Winner in the Atlanta Music Club Scholarship auditions. in 2002 ($3,000)

 Masterclass Winner in 2001, GMTA.

 Ist Place Winner of the 10th Grade level at the Kawaii Competition, 2000

 Ist Place Winner in the High School Division, Kawaii Competition, 2000 (two separate categories)

 Music Scholarship to Brevard Music School, summer 2002.

 Tuition Scholarships were offered  by The Peabody School of Music, Florida State University, and UGA.

She chose to stay in Georgia and received her BM in piano performance at UGA studying with Dr. Rivkin. She has just recently completed her MM at the Peabody School of Music studying with Dr. Pasternack.

 2nd Place Winner of the Guthman Piano Competition where she competed against college age students.

 Governors Honors Program – she attended in summer of 2000

 Jo Evans Scholarship Competition, 3rd Place Winner in 2001, and Honorable Mention in 2002.

 2nd Place Winner in the High School Division of the MTNA Fall competitions, 2001

 2nd Place Winner in the Young Musician's Competition , 2002 where she competed against students of all instruments., Joel Levi and Evgeny Rivkin, judging.

 2nd Place Winner in the Clara Wells Piano Competition sponsored by the American Matthay Association for Pianists,  in 2002 ($1,500)

 Gregory Pak

 Greg began studying with me as a 9th grader in High School, Fall of 1999. Some of his accomplishments are as follows:

 Outstanding Performer - 9th, 10th, 11th and 12 grade, GMTA State Auditions

 Conference Recitalist in 11th grade.

 GMEA All State Piano Solo Auditions, Recital Winner, 2002

Ist Place Winner of Atlanta Community Orchestra Concerto Auditions. He performed Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto, 1st movement, with the orchestra, Juan Ramirez conducting, 2002

 Jo Evans Scholarship Competition, Honorable Mention, 2002

 Music Scholarship for 4 years to UGA where he went on to major in piano and composition

 Kyung Hwa (Liz)  Han

 Kyung Hwa studied with me from 9th grade (2003) through 12th grade.  Some of her accomplishments are as follows:

 Senior Cash Award, GMTA 2007

 Outstanding Performer- GMTA 4 consecutive years, 9th - 12th Grade

 1st Place Winner of Atlanta Music Club Scholarship, High School Division, ($3,000) in 2007

 GMEA All State Recital Winner - 2005, 2006 and 2007

 Recital Winner, Bach Competition 2004

 Outstanding Performer, Bach Competition 2006

 MTNA Fall Competitions, Honorable Mention, 2007

 Scholarship Winner to International Institute of Young Musicians held at the University of Kansas, 2006

 Ist Place Winner in J.C Korean Music Competition 2007 ($500.00)

 Master Class performer at World Piano Pedagogy Conference, with clinician Scott McBride Smith, Atlanta GA 2006

 Received MUSIC AWARD of the YEAR from the Korean American Youth Center of Atlanta, Dec. 2006

 Music Scholarships offered at Florida State University,  Indiana University, and UGA

 Kyung Hwa is currently a senior at UGA majoring in piano performance, studying with Dr. Richard Zimdars.

 Clera Ryu

 Clera began studying with me as a 9th grader.

 Recital Winner, All-State Piano Solo, GMEA 2004

 Masterclass Winner,All-State Piano Solo, GMEA 2005

 Outstanding Performer  GMTA, 2005, 2006

 2nd place in Junior Piano Olympics. 2006

 Governors Honors Program, summer 2006

 Received a 4-year music scholarship to UGA where she is majored in piano performance studying with Dr. Evgeny Rivkin.  She was also offered a music cholarship to Florida State University.  She is currently working on her Master's Degree in Piano at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

April Kim

 April has studied with me since she was in 4th grade. She is now a freshman at Georgia State University, Fall, 2008, as a piano major, studying with Dr. Geoffrey Haydon. Some of her accomplishments are as follows:

 Conference Recitalist- GMTA, 2006

 Recital Winner - GMEA, 2005

 Masterclass Winner GMEA- 2003, 2004, 2007

 Numerous Outstanding Performer ratings   GMTA, 4th-12 grade.

 Eunice Park

Masterclass Winner GMTA, 2003

 Outstanding Performer  GMTA,  2002, 2003, 2004

 1st Alternate GMEA All-State Piano Concerto Competition,  2003

 Governor's Honors Program, 2003

 Accompanist for numerous musicals, school schoral performances and church musical activities.

 James Sizemore

 Jamey was a piano student of mine for approximately 8 years from second grade on. He is now a successful composer and audio engineer in NY city.  (See email from him p.18 with website).  He says my "methods must work! "   He has studied and worked with many composers, including Philip Glass and his works have been performed at Lincoln Center to excellent reviews.

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