Student Achievements
Congratulations to Grace Zhou (student of Eleonora Fishman) for receiving Elaine Kingsley Award! Grace received the highest score in MN on MMTA Level XI exam in 2024-2025 school year!
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Flute Exam:
Siddhi Negi – Level III*
Leon Ma – Level IV*
Anirudh Raj – Level VI
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Isabelle Fishman – Level VI*
Siddhi Negi – Level VII*
Andy Li – Level VIV
Julia Ma – Level X*
Ian Gong – Level XI
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Theory Exam:
Emily Deal – Level IV *
Abiyah Gedz – Level IV*
Norah Islam – Level IV
Summer Wu – Level IV*
Shreyaan Patil – Level IV*
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Comprehensive MMTA Piano Exam:
Josiah Kuleshov -Level IV*
Mariana Kuleshov – Level VIII*
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to the following winners of Kramer’s School of Music Ensemble Festival:
Elementary Category:
First Place – Emima Perzhu (Violin), student of Mrs. Irine Merz
Second Place – Ilana Ogranovich (Piano), student of Mrs. Elena Kramer
Third Place – Alan Fishman (Piano), student of Mrs. Elena Kramer
Junior Category:
First Place – Channdana Lim (Violin), student of Mrs. Irine Merz
Second Place – Nicole Ogranovich (Piano), student of Mrs. Elena Kramer
Third Place – Isabelle Fishman (Piano), student of Mrs. Eleonora Fishman
Intermediate Category:
First Place – Olivia Zhou (Piano), student of Mrs. Eleonora Fishman
Second Place – Sarah Zhou (Piano), student of Mrs. Galina Ikhareva
Third Place – Aaaron Staryszak (Violin) & Elliana Wanless (Violin), students of Mrs. Irine Merz
Advanced Category:
First Place – Andrew Lin (Piano), student of Mrs. Elena Kramer
Second Place – Andreas Walexon (Piano), student of Mrs. Yaroslava Leonova-Ciolac
Third Place – Jessica Yue (Piano), student of Mrs. Galina Ikhareva
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Theory Exam:
Sherry Tian – Level III*
Shravanth Timma – Level III*
Kyra Zhou – Level III
Vivien Tran – Level III
Maxwell Knapp – Level III
Andy Liu – Level VI
Ritvik Kadambi – Level VI
Jocelyn Wang – Level VI*
Julia Ma – Level VI
Emma He – Level VI
Tola Mroz*
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Aiden Fang – Preparatory*
Ethan Vu – Preparatory*
Alan Fishman – Level I*
George Wang – Level I*
Janeli Griffith – Level I*
Matthew Liu – Level I*
Gleb Kuchin – Level I *
Milana Lesnik – Level II*
Kaelyn Rietz – Level II
Nidhi Mahankali – Level V
Samanvitha Raj – Level V
Sanjana Mantha – Level VII
Sahana Mantha – Level VII*
Dharyna Zukarev – Level VII*
Tola Mroz – Level VIII*
Jocelyn Wang – Level VIV*
Vaikunth Ananthanarayanan – Level X
Allison Lei – Level X
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Kyra Zhou – Level II *
Anya Precord – Level II
Summer Wu – Level V
*Passed with High Destinction
Congratulations to the following students for getting trophies at Upper Midwest Festival:
Diya Sajlar
Lydia Speedling
Vaikunth Ananthanarayanan
Samanvitha Raj
Jocelyn Wang
Maria Daugela
Jessica Yue
Sarah Zhou
Congratulations to Jessica Yue and Maria Daugela for getting an Upper Midwest Festival Scholarship of $200.
Congratulations to the following winners of MMTA Young Artist Competition:
Grace Zhou – JYA
Ian Gong – SYA
Anirudh Raj – SYA
Jessica Yue – SYA
Congratulations to the following winners of MMTA Final Round of MMTA Piano State Competition:
Anya Precord – Primary
Josiah Kuleshov – Primary
Isaac Pauly – Junior A
Sophia Photographer – Junior A
Sherry Tian – Junior A
Jacob Damyan – Junior B
Mariana Kuleshov – Junior B
Vivien Tran – Junior B
Leo Hoehn – Junior – B
Harry Zhou – Intermediate A
Tola Mroz – Intermediate B
Lucy Quian – Intermediate B
Jocelyn Wang – Senior A
Sarah Zhou – Senior A
Congratulations to the following alternatives of MMTA Final Round of MMTA Young Artist and Piano State Competition:
Annabelle Yang – Junior B
Samanvitha Raj – Intermediate A
Evan Zhou – Intermediate A
Sanjana Mantha – Intermediate A
Siddhi Negi – Intermediate A
Shagun Shrivastava – Intermediate A
Olivia Zhou – Senior A
Vaikunth Ananthanarayanan – Senior B
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Comprehensive Guitar Exam:
Rithwik Ranjith – Level II *
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Emma He – Level VII
Rohan Deep – Level VII *
Olivia Zhou – Level VIV*
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to Grace Zhou on receiving 3rd place in MMTF 9th Grade Competition.
Congratulations to the following students for passing the Preliminary Round of MMTA Piano State Competition:
Primary:
Anya Precord
Josiah Kuleshov
Junior A Category:
Sherry Tian
Daniel Bronson
Sophia Photographer
Isaac Pauly
Junior B Category:
Annabelle Yang
Leo Hoehn
Mariana Kuleshov
Jacob Damyan
Vivien Tran
Intermediate A
Samanvitha Raj
Evan Zhou
Siddhi Negi
Isabelle Fishman
Harry Zhou
Shagun Shrivastava
Samanvitha Raj
Intermediate B
Sanjana Mantha
Senior A
Sarah Zhou
Jocelyn Wang
Lisa Thayil
Olivia Zhou
Senior B
Vaikunth Ananthanarayanan
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Piano Exam:
Kyra Zhou – Level I *
Jacob Damya – Level III
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Daniel Bronson – Level II *
Sherry Tian – Level III
Nivedya Potti – Level III
Riyanshi Sharma – Level IV *
Rohan Deep – Level VII
Kate Hu – Level VIV *
*Passed with High Distinction
Congratulations to Rithwik Ranjith for passing MMTA Comprehensive Guitar Exam Level I
Congratulations to the following students for passing MMTA Theory Exam:
Yash Gupta – Level IV
Shagun Shrivastava – Level IV
Emma He – Level VI
Rohan Deep – Level VI
Kate Hu – Level VI
Siddhi Negi – Level VI
Vaikunth Ananthanarayanan – Level IV
Ritvik Kadambi – Level VI