| 12/5/09 |
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The New York Piano Academy presents its Annual Winter Recital to be held at the West End Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 @ 7:00 PM Address: 165 West 105th Street, New York City (corner of Amsterdam Ave.) NYPA's students - both children and adults - will perform a lavish selection of classical and jazz masterpieces. Some of these students have been awarded top prizes at national and international competitions and festivals. Admission: Free A reception will follow. All are welcome. |
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| We would like to congratulate several of our students for their outstanding accomplishments during the 2008-09 season: |
| Katelyn Tran (15 years old) - for winning First Prizes at the Virtuoso and Solo Piano categories of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey, and for winning the Grand Prize and the Pauline Styler Memorial Scholarship Award at the 2009 Piano Teachers Congress of New York Competition. Katelyn has also won top prizes at both the MTNA and NJMTA Competitions held in the fall of 2008, as well as First Prize at the 2008 NJTYMA Russian Music Festival, and she was selected to perform at the Philadelphia Orchestra's 2008-2009 Master Class Series with live Internet2 videoconferencing - representing the New York Piano Academy. |
| Aaron Huang (15 years old) - for winning First Prizes at the 2009 American Protege International Piano & Strings Competition, and at the Senior Performance category of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey. Aaron has also won First Prize at the 2008 NJTYMA Russian Music Festival, and top prizes at the 2008 NJMTA Competition, and the 2009 Friday Woodmere Club Young Artist Competition in Long Island, New York. |
| Heather Zhang (15 years old) - for winning First Prizes at the 2009 Piano Teachers Congress of New York Competition and at the Solo Piano category of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey. Heather has also won top awards at the 2009 American Protege International Piano & Strings Competition, the 2009 Steinway Society Scholarship Competition of New Jersey, and the 2009 National Young Musicians Showcase Competition held by the National League of Performing Arts. | Joyce Kuo (18 years old) - for winning First Prize at the Senior Solo Piano category of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey, and Second Prize at the 2009 American Protege International Piano & Strings Competition. | Tempei Nakamura (28 years old) - for the remarkable success of his EMI CD release in Japan, entitled "Tempeizm", and for his triumphant tours around the world as a modern composer/pianist. |