Awards

American Fine Arts Festival (AFAF), Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
Second Place Romantic Music, Susanna Liu, May 2016
Second Place Romantic Music, Heather Wei, October 2017
Third Place Romantic Music, Vienna Huang, June 2017

US International Music Competition, January, 2016
Junior Solo Division:
Susanna Liu, 1st Place
Selena Sun, 2nd Place
Sonia Wu, 3rd Place
Advanced Solo Division:
Aaron Wu, 3rd Place

US Open Music Competition, February 2017
Instrumental Solo Intermediate Division:
Susanna Liu, 4th Place

United States International Music Competition, 2019
Caroline Wei, Finalist

Junior Bach Festival, 2019
Heather Wei

Peninsula Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, 2015
Susanna Liu, Honorable Mention

Scholarships
Selena Gould, John Montgomery Music Scholarship, Dickinson College, PA

California State Awards
Denise Zhou, 2016 All-State Junior High Orchestra Conference
Selena Gould, CMEA State Solo and Small Ensemble Festival, 2013, 2014, Superior
Sydney Pon, CMEA State Solo and Small Ensemble Festival, 2014, Superior

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
Denise Zhou, Level 6, Distinction
Selena Sun, Level 8, Merit
Susanna Liu, Level 8, Merit

Orchestral Leadership Positions

Concertmaster and Co-concertmaster:
Denise Zhou, Peninsula Young Artists (2 years)
Aaron Wu, Peninsula Young Artists
Christy Baldwin, Peninsula Young Artists (2 years)
Matthew Trost, Concordia Strings
Susanna Liu, Concordia Strings
Peter Trost, Concordia Strings
Selena Sun, Concordia Strings
Lauren Vu, Concordia Strings
Sonia Wu, Peninsula Orchestra Nova

Assistant Concertmaster
Sonia Wu, Peninsula Youth Orchestra
Vienna Huang, Peninsula Young Artists
Sydney Pon, Peninsula Young Artists (2 years)
Calista Huang, Peninsula Orchestra, Nova

Principal and Assistant-Principal Second Violin
Aeon Lem, Peninsula Youth Orchestra
Darren Fu, Peninsula Youth Orchestra (3 years)
Denise Zhou, Peninsula Young Artists
Rosie Crisman, Peninsula Young Artists
Lauren Vu, Concordia Strings

Carlmont Symphonic Orchestra
Aeon Lem, Assistant Concertmaster
Evan Leong, Assistant Concertmaster