Student Achievements
Congratulations to the following students for Winning the MMTA Piano Contest:
Pre-Primary Category:
Andreas Wang
Vedant Vikramaditya
Trisha Malladi
Primary Category:
Isabel Chen
Junior A:
Kanya Karthic
Ajira Pandey
Sam Guo
Calvin Zhou
Aadya Pandey
Annie Tan
Nitya Potti
Anirudh Raj
Ian Gong
Andrew Lin
Palomi Desai
Isha Shah
Alisha Shah
Junior B:
Anna Maristela
Rushil Desai
Jerry Desai
Devna Panda
Intermediate A:
Ben Ven
Keerthana Ramanathan
Intermediate B:
Grace Gong
Karthik Madhusudhanan
Junior Young Artist:
Kerui Yang
Kashish Sharma
James Cross
Senior Young Artist:
Nibir Sarma
Congratulations to James Cross for receiving a 3rd Place at MMTF 9TH Grade Piano Auditions! James will receive $200 Hazelle A. Quist Memorial Award!
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Melissa Nie – Level VIII **
Ben Ven – Level VI **
Erin Falk – Level VIII
Kerui Yang – Level X **
Calvin Zhou – Level II **
Jessic Yue – Level III **
Kanya Karthic – Level II
Nitya Potti – Level III **
** Passed With High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Theory Exam:
Sabreen Khanikar – Level II **
Sujaiyaa Sivakumar – Level II
Kanya Karthic – Level II
Allison Lei – Level II **
Sophia Lin – Level II **
Anvesha Mallik – Level II **
Tanisha Naik – Level II **
Anirudh Raj – Level II **
Nitya Potti – Level II
Isha Shah – Level II **
Alisha Shah – Level II
Neha Karri – Level II
Sam Guo – Level II
Molly McCloud – Level II
Shruti Shanmugasundaram – Level II
Vaikunth Ananthanarayanan – Level II **
Kavya Karthic – Level III **
Harini Senthilkumar – Level III**
Nikhil Andrew – Level III **
Ava Williams – Level III **
Ira Dhamne – Level III **
Annie Zhao – Level III **
Henry Zheng – Level III **
Annie Tan – Level III
Benjamin Ven – Level III **
Ben Bratt – Level IV **
** Passed With High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for winning the MMTA Piano Contest Pre-Primary Category:
Sribika Senthilkumar
Andreas Wang
Vedant Vikramaditya
Trisha Malladi
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Piano Contest Preliminary Round:
Ian Gong – Junior A
Atharva Limaye – Intermediate B
Keerthana Ramanathan – Intermediate A
Nasya Ramli – Intermediate B
Sujaiyaa Sivakumar – Primary
Ben Ven – Intermediate A
Yessica Yue – Junior A
Henry Zheng – Junior B
Nitya Potti – Junior A
Anirudh Raj – Junior A
Sophia Salamekh – Junior B
Samir Sarma – Junior B
Banji Olofinboba – Primary
Devna Panda – Junior B
Aadya Pandey – Junior A
Ajira Pandey – Junior A
Anvesha Mallik – Junior A
Anna Maristela – Junior B
Bami Olofinboba – Primary
Kanya Karthic – Junior A
Kavya Karthic – Intermediate A
Annika Lal – Primary
Andrew Lin – Junior A
Karthik Madhusundhanan – Intermediate B
Palomi Desai – Junior A
Rushil Desai – Junior B
Sam Guo – Junior A
Nikhil Andrew – Junior B
Neeraj Chandrasekar – Primary
Isabel Chen – Primary
Aradhana Choudhury – Junior A
Aaron Tang – Intermediate A
Alisha Shah – Junior A
Isha Shah – Junior A
Nathan Sun – Junior B
Annie Tan – Junior A
Jerry Zhang – Junior B
Annie Zhao- Junior A
Calvin Zhou – Junior A
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Theory Exam:
Katelyn Liu – Level I **
Yannis Chen – Level II **
** Passed With High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Flora Yang – Level X **
Nathan Sun – Level V
Jerome Jacobs – Level V **
Devna Panda – Level IV
Neha Karri – Level II
Isabelle Silver – Preparatory Level **
Lisa Thayil – Preparatory Level **
** Passed With High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Shreyas Chakraborty – Preparatory Level **
Trisha Malladi – Preparatory Level **
** Passed With High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Theory Exam:
MMTA Theory Level 1 Exam:
Isha Shah – Level I **
Alisha Shah – Level I **
Anirudh Raj – Level I ** (Perfect score)
Sam Guo – Level I **
Sabreen Khanikar – Level I **
Andrew Lin – Level I
Sophia Lin – Level I **
Anvesha Malik – Level I **
Kanya Karthic – Level I **
Vaikunth Ananthanarayanan – Level I **
Tanisha Naik – Level I **
Calvin Zhou – Level I ** (perfect score)
Sujaiyaa Sivakumar – Level I **
Neha Karri – Level I **
Nitya Potti – Level I **
Allison Lei – Level I ** (perfect score)
Darren Tanubrata – Level I ** (perfect score)
Rishita Gupta – Level I **
Ian Gong – Level I ** (perfect score)
MMTA Theory Level 2 Exam:
Gloria Liu – Level II **
Geoffrey Liu – Level II **
Jessica Yue – Level II **
Ajira Pandey – Level II **
Aradhana Choudhury – Level II **
Annie Zhao – Level II **
Rishab Naik – Level II **
Nishadh Naik – Level II **
Harini Senthilkumar – Level II **
Owen Siegel – Level II
MMTA Theory Level 3 Exam:
Devna Panda – Level III **
Anna Maristela – Level III **
Akhil Venkatesh – Level III **
MMTA Theory Level 4 Exam:
Aaron Tang – Level IV
** Passed With High Distinction
Congratulations for the following North Star Piano Concerto Winners:
Elementary A Category:
Nishant Vikramaditya – 1st place
Aradhana Choudhury – 2nd place
Elementary B Category:
Yessica Yue – 1st place (tie)
Ian Gong – 1st place (tie)
Annie Tan – 2nd place
Anirudh Raj – 3rd place (tie)
Yannis Chen – 3rd place (tie)
Intermediate A Category:
Nikhil Andrew – 1st place (tie)
Nitya Potti – 1st place (tie)
Annie Zhao – 2nd place (tie)
Henry Zheng – 2nd place (tie)
Anna Maristela – 3rd place (tie)
Gloria Liu – 3rd place (tie)
Geoffrey Liu – 3rd place (tie)
Intermediate B Category:
Marin Zhou – 1st place (tie)
Nibir Sarma – 1st place (tie)
Ben Ven – 2nd place (tie)
Atharva Limaye – 2nd place (tie)
Grace Gong – 2nd place (tie)
Aneesha Andrew – 3rd place
Advanced Category
Claire Song – 1st place
Sanjana Sharma – 2nd place
Congratulations to the following students for passing the AP Music Theory Exam:
Nibir Sarma **
Tracey Yang
Aneesha Andrew
Anika Pai
Ashwen Senthilkumar
** Passed With Score of 5 (highest score)
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Alison Lei – Level II
Banji Olofinboba – Level II
Anna Maristela – Level IV **
Sophia Salamekh – Level III
Elija Ploshnik – Level VII
Owen Siegal – Level II **
Anvesha Mallik – Level II
Joshua Manion – Level IV
Jerry Zhang – Level IV
Rex Shen – Level X
Vandana Ramanathan – Level I
Keerthana Ramanathan – Level V
Annie Zhao – Level III
Darren Tanubrata – Level III
Isabel Chen – Preparatory **
Rishita Gupta – Level I
Alisha Shah – Level I
Isha Shah – Level I
Aniket Gupta – Level III
Irine Choi – Level VIII
** Passed With High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Sanjana Sarma – Level X
Shrey Patri – Level III
Tommy McMuller – Level II
Aradhana Choudhury – Level II
Nathan Sun – Level IV
Tarun Palani – Level II
Erin McCloud – Level I
Molly McCloud – Level II
Meghan Kuntz – Level V
Ajira Pandey – Level II
Aadya Pandey – Level II
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Comprehensive Piano Exam:
Rheya Sharma – Level IV **
Nibir Sarma – Level VIII **
Nishant Viramaditya – Level II
Vedant Vikramaditya – Preparatory Level
** Passed With High Distinction
Congratulation to the following students for placing at the North Star Piano Concerto Festival 2015:
Pre-Elementary Category:
2nd place – Jerry Zhang
3rd place – Tunde Olofinboba
Elementary Category:
1st place – Katelin Liu
2nd place – Yannis Chen & Rushil Desai
3rd place – Ava Williams & Harini Senthilkumar
Intermediate Category:
2nd place – Elija Ploshnik & Jeff Guo
3rd place – Kashish Sharma & Daniel Wang
Advanced Category:
1st place – Ashley Law and Claire Yang
2nd place – Daniel Yang