Our Achievements
Colleges and Universities
Our graduating students have been accepted at many prestigious colleges and universities including:
UC Berkeley
Stanford University
University of Cambridge
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
Manhattan School of Music
Boston Conservatory
Eastman School of Music
Peabody Conservatory
USC
Northwestern University
Rice University Shepherd School of Music
NYU
Pepperdine University
University of Washington
UC Irvine
Carnegie Mellon University
DePaul University
University of Massachusetts
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UC Santa Barbara
International Piano Competitions
San Francisco International Innovative Music Competition, Summer 2024
Ian Kuo, 1st Place Winner, Romantic Division
Ian Kuo, 2nd Place Winner, Classical Division
United States International Open Music Competition, Winter 2022
Lucas Zhou, 2nd Place Winner
Charleston International Music Competition, Winter 2022
Lucas Zhou, 3rd Place Winner
Antonio Vivaldi International Competition, Vienna 2019
Kayla Shen, 3rd Place Winner
Nueva School’s Menuhin-Dowling Awards Piano Competition
Jessica Chou
U.S. Open Sight Reading and Piano Solo Competition
Jessica Chou
U.S. Open Concerto Competition
Jessica Chou, 1st Prize
Joey Zhu
Performance with Livermore-Amador Symphony
Jessica Chou
Royal Conservatory Program
The Royal Conservatory is an internationally distinguished testing program that provides a recognized standard of musical success through practical and theory examinations.
PIANO
Yingkai Shao — Gold Medalist Level 8, 2023
Jared Tay – First Class Honors
Vidhya Prabhu - First Class Honors
Shivi Bhatnagar – Honors
Angela Fan – Honors
Nicholas Maslennikov – First Class Honors
Leland Zhang – First Class Honors
Mihika Bhatnagar- First Class Honors
Elinor Kry – First Class Honors
Aarya Dharm – First Class Honors
Nandhana Sathish – First Class Honors
Ayush Gilotra – Honors
Anirudh Adhikary – Honors
Aditya Hoskere – Honors
Mariya Bondarenko – First Class Honors
Diya Adhikary – First Class Honors
Ansh Maroo - First Class Honors with Distinction
Ruaan Maroo - First Class Honors
Ashka Rawal - Honors
Malvika Nagaraj - Honors
Neha Sivaraman - First Class Honors
Shreya Rana - Honors
Peter Gagea - First Class Honors
Elizabeth Gagea - Honors
Carrie Ng - First Class Honors
Genevieve Stiers - Honors
Sania Elahi - Honors
Samay Suragimath - First Class Honors
Jad Kachkouche - Honors
Emily Tu - First Class Honors
THEORY
Nicholas Maslennikov – First Class Honors
Leland Zhang – First Class Honors with Distinction
Jared Tay – First Class Honors with Distinction
Ayush Gilotra – Honors
Aditya Hoskere – Honors
Mariya Bondarenko – First Class Honors
Anirudh Adhikary – First Class Honors
Aarya Dharm – First Class Honors with Distinction
Ansh Maroo - First Class Honors with Distinction
Ruaan Maroo - First Class Honors with Distinction
Shreya Rana - First Class Honors with Distinction
Carrie Ng - First Class Honors with Distinction
VIOLIN
Mallika Pajjuri – Honors
Jared Tay – First Class Honors
Emily Lim – Honors
Gabrielle Lee – First Class Honors
Aarti Anand - Honors
Adrian van de Veerdonk
Aryaman Dey
Siddarth Dey
VOICE
Ria Aziz - First Class Honors
Anjali Srinivasan - First Class Honors
Keerthana Dudyala - First Class Honors with Distinction
Venya Iyer - First Class Honors
Anoushka Sarkar - pending
Certificate Of Merit
The Certificate of Merit program is a standardized music curriculum and testing program developed by the Music Teachers’ Association of California. Students are evaluated annually with a written and musical assessment. Students who advance beyond the 11-level syllabus are invited to compete for the prestigious Panel awards.
Certificate of Merit Panel Awards
Jedidiah Chou
Jessica Chou
Joshua Hart
Jessie Ku
Kayla Shen
Erica Shen
CM Good, Excellent & Branch Honors Awards
Eve Chang
Jessie Cheng
Jedidiah Chou
Jessica Chou
Aliya Deri
Heather Ding
Matthew Felver
Andi Glazer
Danielle Glazer
Joshua Hart
Anika Jena
Andrew Jiang
Ryan Jiang
Jerry Ju
Nicole Ju
Grace Kim
Shawn Kim
Jessie Ku
Edison Kuo
Ian Kuo
Jade Leyvas
Karina Li
Victoria Li
Winnie Liu
Pingyao Liu
Sarah Mardjuki
Rachel Mardjuki
John Mueller
Ananya Navale
Carie Ng
Xuan-Mai Nguyen
Minh Khang Nguyen
Ann Palowitch
Monica Petkova
Monika Petkova
Vidhya Prabhu
Brandon Qu
Yingkai Shao
Erika Shen
Kayla Shen
Helen Shen
Tina Shen
David Si
Adit Sinha
Alexander Suen
Claire Suen
Albert Sun
Alexandra Tran
Amanda Tran
Urja Vaidya
Teva Venet
Cindy Wang
Crystal Wang
Daniel Wang
Joyce Wang
James West
Joyce Wu
Jessica Xu
Joyce Xu
Justin Xu
Michelle Yu
Iris Zhang
Alisia Zhang
Hanrong Zhang
Kelvin Zhang
Sarah Zhang
Lucas Zhou
Joey Zhu