Student Achievements
Congratulations to the following students for being selected as finalists at the Upper Midwest Music Festival:
Atharva Sarmah
Aarthi Sarmah
Devarsh Borah
Paul McMullen
Tommy McMullen
Jerry Lou
Yannis Chen
Katelyn Liu
Mausam Shah
Mishti Shah
Jasmine Garry
Julia Ma
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Piano Exam:
Isabel Chen – Level I
Trisha Malladi – Level I**
Lisa Thayil – Level I**
Shreyas Chakraborty – Level I**
Sreya Patri – Level IV
Gloria Liu – Level IV
Geoffrey Liu – Level IV
** Passed With High Distinction
Congratulations to the following students for passing the MMTA Theory Exam:
Jasmine Garry – Level I **
Esther Olajos – Level I
Sarah Olajos – Level I**
Erin McCloud – Level I **
Rathika Muralli – Level I **
Devarsh Borah – Level I
Spandan Datta – Level I
Nishant Vikramaditya – Level I **
Vandana Ramanathan – Level I **
Ajira Pandey – Level III
Aadya Pandey – Level III
Ishaa Dhamne – Level IV **
Jerome Jacobs – Level IV **
Devna Panda – Level IV **
Ellen Mi – Level IV **
Evan Jiang – Level V **
Nancy GU – Level V
Anuhya Kakumanu – Level V
Varun Saini – Level V **
Melissa Nie – Level V **
** Passed With High Distinction
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