Competitions
Competitions
2024 Sinfonietta Bel Canto
Soloist--Saachi Sheth, Shruti Prasad
2023 Bel Canto Concerto Competition
winners--Saachi Sheth, Shruti Prasad
2023 Sejong National Competition
Finalist--Shruti Prasad
2023 Carnegie Hall--piano duo recital
Sreedevi and shivshankar Prasad
2023 Illinois Music Association State Olypic Competition
Elementary division--1st place Elizabeth Xia
senior division--1st place Ken Zhang, 2nd place Tiannie Wang
2023 I.M.A. Licata Memorial Competition
winner Shivshankar Prasad
2023 Conant High School Concerto Competition--solo with orchestra
winner Shivshankar Prasad
2023 D211 Honors Orchestra Concerto Competition--solo with orchestra
winner Sreedevi Prasad
2022 American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition
Judges' Distinction Award for Piano Duo--Sreedevi Prasad and Shivshankar Prasad
2022 Illinois Music Association State Olympic Competition
Elementary 1 Division 2nd place--Abraham Auyeung
Elementary 2 Division 1st place--Shruti Prasad, Sebastian Lin
Junior 1 Duet Division 1st place--Saachi Sheth and Devyani Joshi
Intermediate Division--3rd place Ken Zhang
Senior R Division 1st place--Sreedevi Prasad
Senior Duet Division 1st place--Sreedevi Prasad and Shivshankar Prasad
2022 C.A.M.T.A. Roberta Savler Competition
Senior Division Winner--Shivshankar Prasad
2022 NWMTA Awards Competition
Primary Division--2nd place tie Sebastian Lin, Shruti Prasad
Intermediate Division--2nd place Ken Zhang, Tiannie Wang
Senior Division--2nd place Sreedevi Prasad
2022 Performance with the Chicago Civic Orchestra
Shivshankar Prasad
2022 Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Crain-Maling Young Artists Competition
Finalist--Shivshankar Prasad
2022 Performance with the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago
Shivshankar Prasad
2022 DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Performers
Winner--Shivshankar Prasad
2021 Performance with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Shivshankar Prasad
2021 Sejong Competition
2nd Place--Shivshankar Prasad
Korean Piece Inerpretation Prize--Shivshankar Prasad
2021 Elmhurst College Concerto Competition
Winner--Dan Vanzeeland
2021 NWSMTA Sonata Festival
Gold medalists--Sebastian Lin, Shruti Prasad, Tiannie Wang, Ken Zhang
Silver medalists--Alyssa Lee, Saachi Sheth, Devyani Joshi
2021 NWMTA Scholarship Winner
Kyle Haake
2021 ISMTA AIM Level 12 Theory Exams
Rebecca Li, Sreedevi Prasad
2021 Society of American Musicians
Honorable Mention--Shivshankar Prasad
2020 Beethoven Festival
Gold medals--Isaac yang, Tiannie Wang, Kyle Haake, Sebastian Lin, Shruti Prasad
Silver medals--Saachi Sheth, Rebecca Li, Sreedevi Prasad, Ken Zhang, Devyani Joshi, Henry Sun
2020 ISMTA
3rd place--Shivshankar Prasad
2020 Sejong Competition
3re place--Shivshankar Prasad,
Honorable mention--Sreedevi Prasad
Best Interpretation of Korean Piece prize--Sreedevi Prasad
2020 Stanger Concerto Competition
Winner--Shivshankar Prasad
2020 ISMTA AIM level 12 Theory Exams
Michael Cheung, Kyle Haake, Shivshankar Prasad
Illinois Music Teachers Association Scholarship Competition
Scholarship Recipient--Joel Hoo
2019 ISMTA AIM level 12
Joel Hoo, Brianna Cheung
2019 Granquist Competition
First place--Brianna Cheung, Tiannie Wang, Ken Zhang, Caleb Lin
2019 I.M.A. State Olympic Contest
Senior division--1st place Kyle Haake, 2nd place Sarah Huang, 2nd place Brianna Cheung
Senior Duet Division--1st place Thomas and Sarah Huang, 2nd place Andrew and Alex Zhang
Intermediate Division--1st place Shivshankar Prasad
Junior 2 Division--1st place Ken Zhang
2019 NWMTA Awards Competition
Senior Division--2nd place Thomas Huang
Intermediate Division--1st place--Shivshankar Prasad
Junior Divison--1st place Ken Zhang,
Honorable Mention--Tiannie Wang
2018 Sonata Festival
Gold Medals--Tanja Boskov, Sarah Huang, Annette Lee, Richard Li
Silver medals--Rui Zeng, Ken Zhang, Andrew Zhang, Rebecca Li, Michael Cheung, Brianna Cheung, Alyssa Lee, Isabella Sun
2018 Concerto Performance with Stevenson Orchestra
Stephanie Li
2018 Stevenson Concerto Competition
Winner--Stephanie Li
2018 NWMTA Awards Competition
2nd place--Sarah Huang
HM--Thomas Huang
2018 Geneva Granquist Competition
1st place--Joel Hoo
2nd place--Andrew Zhang
2018 American Protege Music Talent Competition
First place--Thomas and Sarah Huang (Carnegie Hall debut
2017 American Protege Music Talent Competition
First place--Kenneth and Joe Gallwas (Carnegie Hall debut)
2017 Granquist Swedish Days Competition
First place--Catherine Yan (Olympic Division)
Second place--Stephanie Li (Olympic Division)
First place--Rebecca Li (Concert Division)
Third place--Richard Li (Concert Division)
2017 I.S.M.T.A Achievement in Music level 12 Theory/Performance Completion
Sarah Huang, Stephanie Li
2017 Young Steinway Artists Series Recital
Thomas Huang
2017 Sejong Society Competition
Honorable Mention--Kenneth Gallwas
2017 Carnegie Hall Weil Hall Recital
Joel and Kenneth Gallwas
2017 Elmhurst Symphony Stanger Awards
3rd place--Thomas Huang
2017 Christian School State Competition
Second place--Joann and Joel Hoo (Duet Division)
Second place--Joel Hoo (solo division)
2016 NWMTA Sonata Festival
Gold medals--Annette Lee, Joseph Gallwas,Kenneth Gallwas, Catherine Yan
Silver medals--Rebecca Li, Richard Li
2016 Chinese Fine Arts Festival
Honorable Mention--Catherine Yan
2015 Granquist Music Competition
Oustanding--Brianna Cheung
First place--Stephani Li, Sarah Huang, Kenneth Gallwas
Second place--Richard Li
Third place--Michael Cheung
2015 Illinois Music Teacher's Association State Olympic Competition
First place--(Cadet through Junior Divisions) Lauren Kim, Richard Li, Catherine
Yan, Michael Cheung, Brandan Kim, Brianna Cheung, Stephanie Li
Second place--(Elementary Division) Kenneth Gallwas, Joseph Gallwas
2014 Sejong Competition
Honorable mention--Catherine Yan
2014 NWMTA Sonata Festival
Gold Medals--Ken Gallwas, Joseph Gallwas, Brianna Cheung
Silver Medals--Emily Chen, Brandon Kim, Annette Lee, Michael Cheung, Catherine Yan, Rebecca Li,
Richard Li,
2014 Geneva Swedish Days Granquist Competition
Outstanding--Ken Gallwas
First place--Catherine Yan, Rebecca Li, Stephanie Li, Michael Cheung
Second place--Richard Li, Elaine Yan, Brianna Cheung
2014 Illinois Music Association Competition
Cadet--First place Joe Gallwas
Elementary I--First place Richard Li
Elementary II--Third place Michael Cheung
Junior I--Second place Brianna Cheung
Junior II- First place Stephanie Li, 2nd place Elaine Yan
2014 Savler Competition
Division B--First place Sarah Huang
Division C--Second place Thomas Huang
2014 Society of American Musicians
Primary Division--First place Sarah Huang
2014 Illinois Grade School Music Association
First place--Stephanie Li
2014 Depaul Concert Festival
Honorable Mention--Sarah Huang, Thomas Huang
2013 Sejong Music Competition
Best Performance of a Korean piece--Richard Li
Honorable Mention--Richard Li
2013 Sonata Festival
Gold medals--Brianna Cheung, Michael Cheung
Silver medals--William Tong
Bronze medal--Alan Tong
2013 Granquist Music Competition
2nd place--Michael Cheung
2nd place--Brianna Cheung
2013 Illinois Music Association State Olympic Contest
Elmentary Division--1st place Rebecca Li
Junior Division--1st place Alan Tong
Intermediate Division--1st place Lily Ho, 2nd place William Tong
2013 NWMTA Awards Competition
Primary Division--3rd place Rebecca Li, Honorable Mention Annette Lee
Elementary Division--1st place Sarah Huang
Junior Division--1st place Thomas Huang
Intermediate Division--2nd place William Tong
2013 Emilio del Rosario Concerto Competition
2nd place Sarah Huang
2013 DePaul Concerto Festival Competition
Honorable Mention--Thomas Huang
2012 Sonata Festival
Gold medals--Annette Lee, Brianna Cheung, Rebecca Li
2012 Illinois State Music Teacher's Association Competition
Primary Division--1st place Sarah Huang
Junior Division--Honorable Mention Thomas Huang
Senior Division--2nd place Katie Li
2012 Confucius Piano Competition and Festival
Junior Division--3rd place Thomas Huang, Honorable mention Sarah Huang,
Senior Division--2nd place Katie Li
2012 Granquist Swedish Days Competition
Outstanding--William Tong
1st place--Stephanie Li
2012 Illinois Music Association State Olympic Competition
Virtuoso Division--2nd place Katie Li
Intermediate Division--2nd place Lily Ho, 3rd place William Tong
Junior 2 Division--1st place Thomas Huang, 2nd place Stephanie Li
Junior 1 Division--1st place Sarah Huang
Elementary 2--3rd place Kelly Wang
2012 Northwest Music Teachers' Association Awards Competition
Senior Division--2nd place Katie Li
2012 Achievement in Music Theory and Performance Exams
passed level 12--Katie Li
passed level 8--Thomas Huang
passed level 7--Emily Fjeldstad
Passed level 6--Jessica Rao, Sarah Huang, Stephanie Li
2012 Society of American Musicians
Senior Division--2nd place Katie Li
2012 IHSA Aolo and Ensemble Sate Contest
1st Place rating--Katie Li
2011 Sonata Festival at Harper College
Gold medalists--Kelsey Packer, Kelly Wang, Sarah Huang, Stephanie Li, Katie Li, William Tong, Jessica Rao
Silver medalists--Emily Fjeldstad, Alan Tong, Ken Kitamura, Lily Ho
2011 Fine Arts Festival in honor of Confucius
Senior Division--Honorable mention Katie Li
Junior I Division--3rd place Thomas Huang
Youth Division--1st place Sarah Huang
2011 Granquist Competition Olympic level 1st place Winner's Recital (7/17)
Katie Li
2011 Granquist Competition in Geneva (6/25)
1st place--Jessica Rao, Katie Li (Olympic level)
2nd place--Lily Ho, Kelsey Packer, Alex Dong, Ken Kitamura
3rd place--Thomas Huang, Stephanie Li,
2011 Illinois Music Association State Olympic Competition (5/21-22)
Elementary 1--2nd place Sarah Huang
Elementary 2-- 1st place Thomas Huang, 2nd place Alex Dong, 3rd place Alan Tong, Stephanie Li
Junior 1--1st place William Tong
Senior R--Katie Li
2011 Society of American Musicians (4/24)
Primary Division--Honorable mention Stephanie Li, Finalist Thomas Huang
2011 North Shore Concert Band and Northwestern University Festival of Music
Division I, 1st place rating--Katie Li
2011 Achievement in Music Theory and Performance Exams
Passed Level 5--Anthea Luo, Stephanie Li, Angela Ge, Jessica Rao, Sarah Huang
Passed Level 6--Emily Fjeldstad
Passed Level 7--Lily Ho, Alan Tong, Thomas Huang
Passed Level 8--William Tong
2010-11 Depaul Concerto Competition
Honorable mention--Katie Li
2010 NWMTA Sonatina Festival
Gold Medals--Anthony Luo, Alex Dong, Thomas Huang, Sarah Huang, Katie Li
Siler Medals--Jessica Rao, Alan Tong, William Tong
2010 Confucius Competition
3rd place--Angela Ge
Honorable mention--Anthea Luo
2010 Granquist Music Competition Geneva IL
Outstanding--Stephani Li
Outstanding--Connie Jehng
1st place--Angela Ge
1st place--Alex Dong
1st place--Alan Tong
1st place--Katie Li
2nd place--Jessica Rao
2nd place--William Tong
3rd place--Anthea Luo
2010 Illinois Music Association 5/22-23
Elementary I division--1st place Anthea Luo
Elementary 2 division--1st place Alan Tong
Junior 1 division--1st place Connie Jehng
Junior 1 division--1st place William Tong
Intermediate division--1st place Katie Li
2010 A.I.M. Performance Test Honor's Recital Recipient 4/18
William Tong
2010 Society of American Musicians 4/18
Intermediate division 2nd place Katie Li
2010 American Music Institute Competition 4/18th
1st place Connie Jehng
2010 NWMTA Awards Competition 4/17th
Primary division 1st place Stephanie Li, Honorable Mention Anthea Luo and Alex Dong