Wesley Chen won second place in the American Protege competition and performed at Carnegie Hall.
Bradley Chen plays in the New Jersey Youth Symphony and won second place in the VIVO International Music Competition.
Robert Filas plays in the New Jersey Youth Symphony Level 6 and performed at Carnegie Hall at the Motif Awards Festival.
Emily Jin played her eighth year in the New Jersey Youth Symphony and played in the flute choir, clarinet ensemble, philharmonia, and the CL4tet (a clarinet quartet).
Aanya Kashyap won third place in the Prima Volta International Music Competition.
Klaudia Kowalewski was the principal second violin of the New Jersey Youth Symphony, and gave a solo performance at the New Jersey Youth Symphony "Violins of Hope" concert at the NJPAC. She performed with a small chamber group at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall for the 2024 Motif Awards. She won second place in the VIVO International Music Competition.
Michelle Kreger will take part in the American Music Abroad (AMA) Freedom Tour in Europe this summer.
Riya Laheja plays in the New Jersey Youth Symphony Level 4 Orchestra.
Sophia Long got her 7th year guild award in piano and is aiming for her 10th year guild award.
Sanjana Murali plays in the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey and will continue performing with the orchestra over the summer. She will also volunteer at the Strictly Strings Summer Camp.
Benjamin Schuchman plays in the New York Youth Symphony, Baroque Orchestra of NJ, and the Cornell Music and Medicine Symphony. He will be performing the Bottesini Concerto No. 1 with the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey over the summer.
Idhya Shailabh plays in the New Jersey Youth Symphony and works with the Back to Bach organization.
Rachael Snowsson sings in the New Jersey Youth Chorus/Choriste.
Nathan Song was a finalist in the Chicago International Violin Competition.
Alice Su won third prize in the Bellagrande International Music Competition.
Paulina Szulaczkowski plays in the New Jersey Youth Symphony.
Aoife Timoney will attend Point Counterpoint Chamber Camp in Vermont over the summer.
Rhea Vasanthavada competed in the American Allegro Fine Arts Association (AAFAA) Competition, received a Gold Medal and played in Carnegie Hall on piano. She will take part in the AMA (American Music Abroad) Red Tour as the orchestra concertmaster and jazz band pianist. She will complete Level 7 in her annual Music Educators' Association testing.
Maximus Wu won the Young Musician's Competition, Bellagrande International Competition, American Virtuoso International Music Competition, Camerata Artists International Competition, and the Judge's Award for National League of Performing Arts Competition for piano. He will play piano for Bravura Youth Orchestra over the summer.
Evan Xu performs with the New Jersey Youth Symphony.
Anderson Yu is the concertmaster and president of Bravura Youth Orchestra. He also plays with the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey. He won second place in the NJMTA Commissioned Composer Competition, a gold award in the NLPA Chamber Category, and a high-honor ranking in the NJMTA Spring Recital Auditions.
Fred Yao plays in the New Jersey Youth Symphony. He received distinction on his Level 7 ABRSM practical.
Congratulations to Ms. Curran and the Pit Orchestra Members for Cinderella - Sanjana Murali, Hanna Chee, Sophi Ahmad, Alexandra Mendieta Harti, Shane Gorfinkel, Alex Baek, Ranajita Bhatacharjee, Kaiden Gustafson, Paxton Gustafson, Emily Ho, Kaylee Jeong, Pratik Katti, Peter Baek, Riya Laheja, Grace Li, Zimo Nan, Nitin Paranandi, Idhya Shailabh, Vivian Shen, Nathan Song, Fred Yao, Anderson Yu - for being nominated by the Paper Mill Playhouse Awards for Best Orchestra! Yay!!!
Ms. Curran will be teaching at The 2025 Strictly Strings Summer Music Camp here at Ridge. She also will be working with the ESY (Extended School Year) Camp here at the high school.