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 It is not that widely known that winning competitions in music requires as much hard work, perseverance and mental concentration as winning any athletic event. And the benefits are the same – strengthening of body, mind and spirit. For those of our students who want to step up to the challenge and who aren’t afraid of hard work, we provide ample opportunities to test themselves in various music competitions. And many of our students have done just that becoming winners of prestigious state, national and international contests and winning multiple awards in music competitions.
You can listen to some of the award-winning performances by visiting our
Media Archive.
We are proud of our student's achievements. Here are laureates and first place winners:
Year 2008
Finale of 5th American Fine Arts Festival in NYC
Every year students of the Sharon Music Academy compete with young musicians from
8 different states for the honor of performing on the best stages of New York in
the finale of American Fine Arts Festival . And this year 15 our students became
finalists and have played at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall and German Cultural Center.
Christopher Chen , age 11
- "Overall Best" Award and a cash prize - 2008 URI Piano Extravaganza Festival
Competition.
- 1st place - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2008 Bay State Contest
Angelique Scully, age 10
- Special "Schumann Award" - 2008 URI Piano Extravaganza Festival Competition.
- 2nd place - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2008 Bay State Contest
Kevin Lee, age 14
- Special "Ravel" Award - 2008 URI Piano Extravaganza Festival Competition.
Isabelle Ng, age 9
- Special "Beethoven Award" - 2008 URI Piano Extravaganza Festival Competition.
Kunwoo Shin, age 11
- Special "Horowitz Award" - 2008 URI Piano Extravaganza Festival Competition.
- Honorable Mention - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2008 Bay State Contest
Sophie Tollefson , age 13
- Special "Schubert Award" - 2008 URI Piano Extravaganza Festival Competition.
Catherine Song , age 10
- 2nd place - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2008 Bay State Contest
Helen Gao, age 12
- Honorable Mention - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2007 Bay State Contest
Year 2007
Sabrina Wang, age 6
- Winner of American Fine Arts Festival with featured performance at Carnegie Hall.
Catherine Song , age 10
- Special Award "Most Sensitive Interpretation" - 2007 URI Piano Extravaganza Festival Competition.
- 1 prize ($100) - Concerto Competition, 22nd International Young Artists Piano Competition. As the winner of this competition Catherine has performed with Maryland Youth Symphony Orchestra on October 28th, 2007. Click on
 to listen to her performance.
- 3rd place - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2007
Bay State Contest
Christopher Chen , age 10
- Winner of American Fine Arts Festival with featured performance at Carnegie Hall.
- 2nd prize - Concerto Competition, 22nd International Young Artists Piano Competition.
- 4th prize ($100) - Solo Competition, 22nd International Young Artists Piano Competition. This prize was specifically created for Cristopher to award his performance.
- Honorable Mention - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2007
Bay State Contest
Shishi Chen, age 18
- Winner of 2007 Chaminade Music Society Award ($500)
Xinlan Li, age 13
- Special Award "Most Impressive Fingers" - 2007 URI Piano Extravaganza Festival Competition with a comment from the judges -"A strikingly beautiful performance!”
- Honorable Mention - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2007
Bay State Contest
- 2nd prize - Concerto Competition, 22nd International Young Artists Piano Competition.
Helen Gao, age 11
- 3rd place - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2007
Bay State Contest
Angelique Scully, age 9
- 3rd place - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2007
Bay State Contest
Andrew Song , age 9
- Special Award "Greatest Perseverance" - 2007 URI Piano Extravaganza Festival Competition.
Year 2006
Brandon Bloch, age 17
Catherine Song, age 8
- 3rd place - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2006
Bay State Contest.
- 3rd place - Solo Competition, 21st International Young Artists Piano Competition
Christopher Chen, age 9
- Honorable Mention - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2006 Bay
State Contest.
Angelique Scully, age 9
- Honorable Mention - Massachusetts Music Teachers Association 2006 Bay
State Contest.
- Angelique Scully was invited to perform on June 28th at the State
Department in Washington, DC during State of the Arts Concert Series,
organized by US State Department to promote music education in US and
abroad.
Finale of 3rd American Fine Arts Festival in NYC
In competition with young musicians from 8 different states many students of
Sharon Music Academy won the honor to perform in the Finale of American Fine
Arts Festival. Brandon Bloch, Angelique Scully, Sophie Tollefson played at
Carnegie Hall. Sophie Tollefson, Matthew Freyman, Sophia Belilovsky, Michelle Cao,
Renee Yang, Brooke Yang, Donna Zhang, Rodger Lu, Alex and Amelia Yu, Emily Xu,
Grace and Gloria Han, Christopher Chen, Andrew and Catherine Song performed at
wonderful concert hall at German Cultural Center. Sela Miller, together with
guitarist Igor Golberg, performed an unusual and beautiful duo for flute and
guitar.
Year 2005
Angelique Scully, age 8
- 1st place - Concerto Competition, 20th International Young Artists Piano Competition. Awarded
an honor to perform with Maryland Youth Symphony Orchestra.
- 1st place - Solo Competition, 20th International Young Artists Piano Competition
Shsihi Chen, age 16
- 2nd place - Concerto Competition, 20th Young Artists Piano Competition
Melody Chen, age 10
- Honorable Mention - Concerto Competition, 20th Young Artists Piano Competition
Brandon Bloch, age 16
- Winner of Chaminade Music Society Award
2nd American Fine Arts Festival in NYC
Since March thousands of young musicians from all over the US have been competing for the honor to play on the best stages of New York City during the Festival finale. That’s why it is so remarkable that so many students of the Sharon Music Academy (SMA) have been selected to perform on the famous stages of New York. These students, ranging in age from 6 to 16, performed musical pieces as a reward for their hard work and perseverance that resulted in their winning of regional competitions in this area. Brandon Bloch, age 15 performed Prelude and Fugue in F# Minor by J.S. Bach at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Xinlan Li, Amy Gao and Grace Han have also won the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall. Ari Kriegel and Emily Bouton both performed at Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center. Ari played Romance and Intermezzo from Viennese Carnival by R. Schumann for piano and Emily accompanied Sarah Kishinevsky in duet for violin and piano by Gluck. The Columbia Artists Management INC Recital Hall saw nine SMA students perform: Sophie Tollefson, Matthew Freyman, Nathan Gore, Sophia Belilovsky, Michelle Cao, Renee Yang, Brooke Yang, Joseph Lanzel, Julie Sun.
Previous years
Our list of winners is too long to mention all of our laureates on the website. You could see their pictures and trophies at our Academy. These are the ones who received various awards in the recent years.
Adrienne Meyers
- Winner of Chaminade Music Society Award
Kimberly Meyers
- Winner of Chaminade Music Society Award
Jonathan Ling.
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Winner of Manchester Young Artist Competition
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Winner of International Young Artists Competition
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Winner of Young Virtuoso Competition
- Winner of Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Contest
Shishi Chen
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Winner of Nancy Oliver Award
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Winner of American Fine Arts Festival
- Winner of Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Contest.
Olga Tsyganova
- Winner of Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Contest.
Sophie Gong
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Winner of International Young Artists Competition.
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Winner of Manchester Young Artist Competition.
- Winner of Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Contest.
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