Source: Mondavi Center  Photo: Phillip M Kampel 

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Finding Concert videos of the SVCAHS at the YouTube channel   

The purpose of the Youth Ensemble Success (YES) Program is to provide harpists a friendly, musical, and fun social environment that encourages learning and sharing of talents. Playing in a group inspires students to continue involvement with music. The YES Program

Congratulations to MusicA2G musicians Leon Jiao (piano) for winning the 2nd place in the Category A, Danielle Nam (harp) for winning the 1st place and Kartika Santoso (harp) the Honorable Mention in the Category C of the CAPMT’s 2017 James Ramos International Video Competition! Official announcement  First place winner videos

Congratulations to my piano student, Leon Jiao, 9 years old, for winning TOP Prize of Group A for Chinese Music Award in the 2017 United States International Music Competition, held on Aug. 12-13 at Stanford University.  Leon performed Night of Stars which is commissioned by J& V Foundation, newly written by Mr. Hao-Yuan Chiu. Congratulations to all …

Renowned violinist, Xi Chen  ( 陳曦), winner of the 12th International Tchaikovsky Competiton, and the Winners of the 2017 United States International Music Competition will present the Winners’ Concerts on Aug. 19, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto. Award Ceremony/Concert I : 3 PM Award Ceremony/Concert II & Xi Chen Violin Concert: 6:30 PM. …

The Silicon Valley Youth Harp Ensemble, directed by Sonya Yu, has performed in the 2017 World Harp Congress, in July, Hong Kong. They performed the Medley from My Neighbor, Totoro, Mission: Impossible, and Super Mario Brother Theme. More report: http://www.siliconvalleyharp.org/

Danielle Nam, been studying the harp with Sonya Yu since she was 7, has won the 2nd Prize, Intermediate 1 Division of the 22nd American Harp Society National Competition on June 26, 2017. We are so happy for her and her family. Furthermore, Danielle will present 4 pieces of music in the Focus on Youth …

Congratulations to MusicA2G musicians, Kartika Santoso, Danielle Nam and Karissa Yau.   Source: 2017 Yvonne LaMothe Schwager Competition for Young Harpists, by BACAHS  

Congratulations to my piano student Leon Jiao (Level 3) who has been consecutively 3 years awarded and promoted in the Honor Recital of the CAPMT Piano Evaluation Program.

Congratulations to Karissa Yau who participated and has been awarded the Honor, the outstanding performance of the Certificate of Merit Program hosted by the Santa Clara Branch of the MTNA, 2017. Karissa, on top of the memorized technique and sight reading and having also passed the theory test, played pieces including: Etude de Concert (Au …

The MusicA2G musicians have served the public communities by sharing the music they love and earned many hours which are certified by the President’s Volunteer Service Awards. Congratulations to all and thank you for all your contributions in these years. Danielle, Bronze, 2014 & 2015   Ashley, Bronze, 2015   Emily, Silver, 2016

Purpose: Student Education Sessions are a two-part program for all levels of harp students. The focus is on the improvement that can be made by participating in both sessions. On the first day, participants will play two selections of music representing differing styles (if possible) and receive constructive comments and suggestion from the adjudicator. A …