2024 Studio of Ms. Sonia Yon

Age 5-10 Young Singers
Ava Hammaker, Sophie Vohra

Age 11-14 Junior
NiuNiu Zhang 1st place (Opera)
Juliet Lee 1st place (Opera)
Karrie Hu 2nd place (Opera)
Maya Eswaran 2nd place (Opera)
Emmanuella DeMers 1st place (Musical Theater)
Charlotte Foster 2nd place (Musical Theater)
Aira Kayastha 2nd place (Musical Theater)

Age 15-17 Intermediate
Gianna Grabill 1st place (Opera)
Sofia Work 1st place (Opera)
Saisha Pal 2nd place (Opera)
Sarah Vohra 2nd place (Opera)
Noah Vicari 3rd place (Opera)
Ava Carter 1st place (Musical Theater)
Daniel Qiu 2nd place (Musical Theater)
Sophie Haar 2nd place (Musical Theater)

2024 Governor Summer School Program
Jamie Choe (Vocal Performance

2024 Music International Grand Prix Competition
Finalist Age 6-12 Classical Voice
Sarah Lee
Semi-Finalist Age 6-12
Sarah Lee (Classical Voice), Charlotte Foster (Popular Voice)
Semi-Finalist Age 13-19
Gina Vicari (Classical Voice), Emmanuella DeMers (Popular Voice)

CS Vocal Competiton
Jasmin Chen Semifinalist (Musical Theater)

2023 Studio of Ms. Maribeth Frank
Andrew Teale was selected to close out the JMHS Spring Concert with the 1st Movement of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole. Andrew will have his senior recital at Harmonia this year! Congrats Andrew!

2023 Studio of Ms. Soo Kim

Sydney Aglio - Honorable Mention NVMTA (Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association) piano concerto festival grades 6 & 7.

2023 Studio of Ms. Sonia Yon

Csepke Sallai
the 2nd prize in the Voice Intermediate Category
Gina Vicari
the 2nd prize in the Voice Intermediate Category
Jamie Choe
the 2nd prize in the Voice Junior II Category
NiuNiu Zhang
the 2nd prize in the Voice Junior I Category
Saisha Pal
the 2nd prize in the Voice Junior I Category
Juliet Lee
the 1st prize in the Voice Young II Category
Emmanuella DeMers
the 1st prize in the Pop Voice Young II Category

Music and Stars Competition 2023
Anika Agrawal: Silver star, Female singer c (age 11-12)
Anne Gao: Silver star, Female singer d (age 13-14)
Zhaohong NiuNiu Zhang, Bronze star, Female singer D (age 13-14)

Appassionata Competition 2023
Anne Gao: Honorary Prize, Vocal Musical, She is only from USA

New York Classical Music Competition 2023
Emmanuella DeMers: 1st Prize, Young II voice category
Zhaohong NiuNiu Zhang: 2nd Prize, Junior I voice category
Anne Gao: 1st Prize, Junior I Pop voice category

Wings for Stars Music Competition 2023
Csepke Sallai: Second prize, Group V classical
Anne Gao: Second class, Group III musical

Kiana Palmer - Winner 5th Biennial Spring Music Competition
Emmanuella DeMers - Winner 5th Biennial Spring Music Competition
Sara Porjosh, Saisha Pal, Maya Eswaran - All Stage Choir
Sara Porjosh, Gina Vicari, Julia Murphy, Gianna Grabill, Saisha Pal, Maya Eswaran - District Choir
Musical Castings - Manya Fravel, Amelia Nunez, Carmen Small, Abby Macasaet, Anne Gao, Ava Carter, Sophie Haar, Ashley Zhang

Children’s Art Song - Juliet Lee (Honorable Mention), Emmanuella DeMers (Semi-finalist), Maya Eswaran (Semi-finalist)

Children’s Musical Theatre Ages 12 and under - Juliet Lee (Finalist), Emmanuella DeMers, Maya Eswaran (Finalists)

Early Teens Musical Theatre Ages 12-15 - Jamie Choe, Naomi Sedwick, Sofia Work (Semi-finalists)

Early Teens Art Song Ages 12-15 - Saisha Pal, Naomi Sedwick (Semi-finalists)

High School Art Song Ages 16-18 - Sara Porjosh (Semi-finalist)

High School Musical Theatre Ages 16-18 - Jasmine Chen (Semi-finalist)

C’s Competition (Students going to San Francisco to participate in the 2nd round) Jamie Choe, Csepke Sallai, Sarah Vohra, Jasmin Chen, Sofia Work, Ashley Zhang, Naomi Sedwick

Governor’s School Program - Jasmin Chen

Hal Leonard Competition Results - 2023/2023 American International Vocal Competition

Opera Aria Category (Age 11-14) First Place, Niu Niu Zhang, Third Place, Amelia Nunez
Musical Theater Category (Ages 11-14) First Place, Emmanuella DeMers, Ava Carter, Manya Fravel, Third Place, Maya Eswaran, Annika Agrawal, Honorable Mention, Aira Kayastha

Classical Category (Ages 11-14) Third Place, Saisha Pal

Musical Theater Category (Ages 5-10) Second Place, Charlotte Foster

Classical Category (Ages 15-17) Second Place, Gina Vicari, Jamie Choe, Sarah Vohra

Musical Theater Category (Ages 15-17) Second Place, Ashley Zhang, Sophie Haar
15 Edition Luigi Cerritelli International Music Competition, Third Place, Gina Vicari

2022 Studio of Ms. Sonia Yon

2022 American Protege International Vocal Competition Results
Junior Category 11-14 Broadway/Musical Theatre
1st place: Niu Niu Zhang
3rd place: Anne Gao
Junior Category 11-14 Classical Repertoire
2nd place: Juliet Lee
Intermediate Category 15-17 Broadway/Musical Theatre
2nd place: Sarah Vohra
3rd place: Ethan Taylor
Honorable mention: Jasmin Chen
Intermediate Category 15-17 Classical Repertoire
2nd place: Csepke Sallai

College Acceptance
Kirsten Tierney (Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music), Catherine Zavela (William & Mary College), Kavya Vandavasi (Northeastern University), Peyton Murphy (George Mason University)

Virginia All-State Choir
Sara Porjosh, Sophia Welch, Saisha Pal

Virginia Governor’s School Summer Program
Carissa Ma, Gina Vicari

Hal Leonard Vocal Competition Results
Art Song
Juliet Lee (3rd Place), Anne Gao (Finalist), Niu Niu Zhang (Finalist), Saisha Pal (Finalist), Namoi Sedwick, Csepke Sallai, Carissa Ma, Kirsten Tierney (Semi Finalist)

Musical Theater
Juliet Lee (Finalist), Anne Gao, Niu Niu Zhang, and Saisha Pal, Julia Murphy, Fiona Neff, Cole Seevers Yara Afif, Kirsten Tierney, Sophia Welch (Semi Finalists)

Congratulations to Juliet Lee on her outstanding performance of the national anthem at the Washington Wizards game.

Congratulations to Kirsten Tierny (made Julliard summer program, Eastman summer program, Interlochen summer camp, and will be performing as “Marmme March” in McClean high school production of Little Women).

Congratulations to Gina Vicari who will be performing the role of “Clarissa” at O’Connell Bishop high school production of Little Women.

Congratulations to Isabella Mundy who will be performing the role of “Ms. Honey” in Matilda at Kilmer middle school.

Congratulations to Ava Carter who will be performing the role of “Sherrie” in Rock of Ages at Longfellow middle school.

Congratulations to Samantha Stewart who will be performing the role of “Amy” in Little Women at Bishop high school.

Congratulation to Sara Porjosh who will be performing the roles of “Turtle” and “Mother Frog” from A Year with Frog and Toad at Marshall high school.

Congratulations to Sophia Welch who will be performing the role of “Lady Bird” from A Year with Frog and Toad at Marshall high school.

Congratulations to Ethan Taylor who will be performing the role of “Man Bird” from A Year with Frog and Toad at Marshall high school.

Congratulations to Sophia Alexander and Yara Afif who will be performing the role of “Moles” from A Year with Frog and Toad at Marshall high school.

Congratulations to Carissa Ma show was accepted to the Pulse Musical Theatre Workshop this summer.

Congratulations to Sara Porjosh (1st place women and men choir) and Sophia Welch (1st place women choir) for the All Virginia State Choir Audition Results.

2022 Studio of Dr. Youngik Jang

Congratulations to Dr. Youngik Jang’s student Andrew Schmidt for achieving 1st prize in the golden classical music award.

2021 American Youth Debut Orchestra

Congratulations to Dr. Steffany Shock’s students on their acceptances to the 2021 American Youth Debut Orchestra!

Khloe Chou
Geo chung
Samantha Yang
Evan Miranda (Co-principal Violist)
Aishani Shatpathy

2021 Capitol Symphony Youth Orchestra

Congratulations to Ms. Sylvia Lim’s students on their acceptances to the 2021 Capitol Symphonic Youth Orchestra!

String Ensemble

Alexandra Deacu

2021 Infernal The Musical

Congrataulations to Ms. Sonia Yon’s student on her Off Broadway production of Infernal The Musical!

Misha Mullany

Misha Mullany Sees Theatre Dreams Come Alive

2021 Capitol Symphonic Youth Orchestra

Congratulations to Dr. Steffany Shock’s students on their acceptances to the 2021 Capitol Symphonic Youth Orchestra!

Prelude

Evin Chen
Samantha Yang
Collin Woltz
Sahana Gowrishankar
Jasmine Catoe
Aishani Shatpathy

String Ensemble

Santiago Talbot
Isabella Mundy
Quynh-Chi Phan

Chamber Orchestra

Leanna Leung (Assistant Principal 2nd Violin)
Ava Nevrivy
Hannah Poller (Symphonic Waitlist)

2021 Senior Regional Orchestra

Congratulations to Ms. Maribeth Frank’s students on their acceptances to the 2021 Senior Regional Orchestra!

String Ensemble

Andrew Teale

Youth Opera Program

Congratulations to Mrs. Sonia Yon’s students after their performance of The Marriage of Figaro on February 20th, 2020! The Youth Opera Program is the only one of its kind in the area, and they did such an amazing job!

Kiana Palmer
Sara Porjosh
Csepke Sallai
Kirsten Tierney
Ethan Taylor
Gina Vicari
Jasmin Cheng
Naomi Sedwick

2021 Valentine’s Day Concert for Seniors

We want to acknowledge Ms. Sylvia Lim and her studio in their service to local seniors! Knowing that many of the elderly in the area are suffering during this pandemic, Ms. Sylvia put together a virtual concert to be sent to local nursing and assisted living homes to lift the spirits of their residents. The concert can be viewed on our Special Events & Recitals Page!

Hal Leonard Vocal Competition

Congratulations to Ms. Sonia and her students who placed in the Hal Leonard Vocal Competition! The annual Hal Leonard Vocal Competition was founded in 2011 to encourage young singers from all over United States and Canada, from children through college undergraduates. Thousands of singers have participated in the competition, with top placing videos from 35 states and provinces, and over 40 colleges and universities. The Hal Leonard Vocal Competition was one of the first music competitions held entirely on YouTube.

Children’s Art Song
Juliet Lee, Honorable Mentions
Saisha Pal, Semi-Finalist

Early Teens Art Song
Gina Vicari, Finalist
Sophia Welch, Finalist
Csepke Sallai, Semi-Finalist

High School Art Song
Kirsten Tierney, Finalist

Children’s Musical Theater
Anne Gao, Finalist
Gabriella Bashir, Semi-Finalist
Sua Chung, Semi-Finalist
Juliet Lee, Semi-Finalist

Early Teens Musical Theater
Sophia Welch, Finalist
Gina Vicari, Semi-Finalist
Cole Seevers, Semi-Finalist

High School Musical Theater
Sara Porjosh, Finalist
Kirsten Tierney, Finalist
Yara Afif, Semi-Finalist
Kavya Vandavasi, Semi-Finalist

2021 Virtual Cappies Gala

Congratulations to Ms. Sonia Yon’s student Carissa Ma on her selection to be a singer at the 2021 Virtual DC Cappies Gala!

2021 National Merit Scholarship Finalists

Congratulations to Ms. Sonia Yon’s students Shep Conroy and Julia O’Beirn who are finalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Awards. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.

2021 Virginia Governor’s School Summer Program

Congratulations to Ms. Sonia Yon’s students Kirsten Tierney and Carissa Ma for making it to the state round/finalist level of the Virginia Governor’s School Program for Vocal Music!

2021 Virginia All State Choir

Congratulations to Ms. Sonia Yon’s students Sophia Welch and Sara Porjosh for being selected for the All State Choir! Sophia Welch had the top score for Soprano 1s and Sara Porjosh had the 4th highest score for Soprano 1s!

American Protégé Vocal Competition

Congratulations to Ms. Sonia Yon’s students on their accomplishments at the American Protégé Vocal Competition!

Young singers category, age 5-10
Musical Theatre
1st Place winner, Juliet Lee

Junior category, age 11-14
Musical theater
1st Place winner, Fiona Neff
2nd place winners, Julia Murphy, Jamie Choe, Anne Gao, Niu Niu Zheng, Sua Chung

Classical repertoire
2nd place winners, Naomi Sedwick, Jamie Choe, Saisha Pal

Opera Aria
2nd place winners, Naomi Sedwick

Intermediate Category, Age 15 to 17

Opera Aria
1st place winner, Sophia Welch, Csepke Sallai
2nd place winner, Sara Porjosh, Gina Vicari

Classical repertoire
1st place winner, Kirsten Tierney
2nd place winner, Kiana Palmer

Musical theater
1st place winner, Cole Seevers
2nd place winners, Kiana Palmer, Ashley Zhang, Carissa Ma, Jasmin Chen, Kavya Vandavasi, Catherine Zavela

American Protégé Competition

Congratulations to Ms. Sonia Yon’s students who gave an amazing performance in this competition! First and Second Place winners will perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City in Spring 2021!

Anne Gao
Judges Distinction Award & First Place Winner
Broadway/Musical Theatre/Jazz, Young Singers Category

Sara Porjosh
First Place Winner
Opera Aria, Intermediate Category

Kirsten Tierney
First Place Winner
Opera Aria, Intermediate Category

Jasmin Chen
Second Place Winner
Broadway/Musical Theatre/Jazz, Junior Category

Sua Chung
Second Place Winner
Broadway/Musical Theatre/Jazz, Young Singers Category

Julia Murphy
Second Place Winner
Broadway/Musical Theatre/Jazz, Junior Category

Saisha Pal
Second Place Winner
Broadway/Musical Theatre/Jazz, Junior Category

Kiana Palmer
Second Place Winner
Opera Aria, Junior Category

Naomi Sedwick
Second Place Winner
Broadway/Musical Theatre/Jazz, Junior Category

Gina Vicari
Second Place Winner
Opera Aria, Junior Category

Ashley Yang
Second Place winner
Opera Aria, Intermediate Category

Virginia Thespian Society Festival

Congratulations to Carissa Ma from Ms. Sonia Yon’s Studio for her superior ratings in the Musical Theater category and her performance of “In His Eyes” from Jekyll/Hyde earned her a place at the International Thespians Festival in June!

Youth Opera Program

Congratulations to Ms. Sonia Yon’s students after their performance of The Magic Flute and Die Fledermaus on January 20th, 2020! The Youth Opera Program is the only one of its kind in the area, and they did such an amazing job!

Isabella Brubaker
Julia Murphy
Kiana Palmer
Sara Porjosh
Csepke Sallai
Kirsten Tierney
Ethan Taylor
Gina Vicari
Vivien Vigliante
Ashley Zhang

2020 NVMTA Strings Concerto Competition

Congratulations to Ms. Maribeth Frank’s student Ivy Xu who was awarded 2nd Place in this competition! Not only does she receive a cash prize, Certificate of Achievement, and a 2nd Place Prize Ribbon, she has gained the possibility of playing with the Amadeus Orchestra!

2020 American Youth Debut Orchestra

Congratulations to Dr. Steffany Shock’s viola student Evan Miranda who auditioned and was accepted into the American Philharmonic Youth Orchestra’s youngest ensemble, the American Youth Debut Orchestra!

The Capitol Symphonic Youth Orchestra

Congratulations to Dr. Steffany Shock’s students who were accepted into the Capitol Symphonic Youth Orchestra!

Hal Leonard Vocal Competition

Congratulations to Ms. Sonia Yon’s students after their amazing achievements!

Shep Conroy
Semi-Finalist, Musical Theatre, High School Voices

Elizabeth Cha
Finalist
Musical Theatre, Children Voices

Sua Chung
Finalist
Art Song, Children Voices

Annabel Hightower
Semi-Finalist
Musical Theatre, Children Voices

Carissa Ma
Semi-Finalist
Musical Theatre, Early Teen Voices

Julia Murphy
Semi-Finalist
Musical Theatre, Children Voices

Saisha Pal
Finalist
Art Song, Children Voices

Sara Porjosh
Semi-Finalist
Musical Theatre, Early Teen Voices

Sara Porjosh
Finalist
Art Song, Early Teen Voices

Cole Seevers
Semi-Finalist
Musical Theatre, Early Teen Voices

Kirsten Tierney
Semi-Finalist
Musical Theatre, Early Teen Voices

Kirsten Tierney
Finalist
Art Song, Early Teen Voices

Kavya Vandavasi
Finalist
Musical Theatre, Early Teen Voices

Sophia Welch
Semi-Finalist
Musical Theatre, Early Teen Voices

Students of Ms. Fumiko Reeder

Ella Tysse

Margot Jairam

Sydney Aglio

Kai Teale

Donna Camacho

Jonathan Park

Jordan Douglas

Liam Hoang

Samvit Hariharan

Students of Ms. Soo Kim

Ilia Sheikholeslami

Students of Ms. Li-Ly Chang

Rohan Halvorson

Sean Wu

Derek Su

Students of Dr. Elizabeth Hill

Mia Sawyer

Students of Ms. Gianne Zhu

Henry Wang

Students of Dr. Ying Zhao

Allison Jia

Emma Liu

Chloe Barth

Students of Dr. Antoinette Velikina

Sena Lee

Penelope O’Hearn

Nazli Goksoy

Anish Mangipudi

Kat Wu

Students of Ms. Sophie Chang

Sophie Johnson

Abby Reid

Harrison Schneider

Ben Kosich

Sahana Gowrishankar

Students of Ms. Sylvia Lim

Ishami Musiime

Students of Ms. Maribeth Frank

Noah Kim

Davin Meggers

James Lenihan

Ivy Xu

Kaitlyn Lu

Andrew Teale

Students of Dr. Steffany Shock

Shahana Gowrishankar

Nikhil Jairam

Jasmine Catoe

Hannah Goudarzi

Anaise Sulaiman

Anne Gao

Sua Chung

Annabel Hightower

Micaella Carillo

Saisha Pal

Elizabeth Cha

Csepke Sallai

Sophia Alexander

Jamie Choe

Ethan Taylor

Shep Conroy

Kirsten Tierney

Anabelle Busteed