Awards and Accomplishment

Accomplishment:

At age 5, accepted as a Davidson Young Scholar at the Davidson Institute of Profoundly Gifted Children

At age 7, studied a 300 level counter point class at URI and got an A, composed an invention piece and  a fugue piece.  

At age 10, became the youngest member of RI Philharmonic Youth Symphony Orchestra (RIPYO) (Violin)

Season 22-23, concert master at the RIPYO

Fun Achievement: At age 12, recited the first 1000 digits of Pi under 4 minutes (3:34):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgoJFeyg8PA

Awards 

2022

First prize, Chaminade Music Club Scholarship Awards, Attleboro, MA

1st Prize: XIII International Chopin Piano Competition, Junior Division, Hartford, CT

3rd place, Middle School Piano Competition, New England Piano Teachers' Association 

2nd Place: Steinway Society of Massachusetts Competition 

2021

Precipice, a String Quartet in G:  Winner MTNA Composition Competition Eastern Division: Junior Division

Lost in a Dream - Traveling in Time to Meet Bach: Alice Procter Award for outstanding original composition in the classical style, New England Piano Teachers' Association

Nancy Oliva for Artistic Achievement, New England Piano Teachers' Association 

2020

1st Prize: XI International Chopin Piano Competition, Junior Division, Hartford, CT

1st Place: Steinway Society of Massachusetts Competition

3rd place: The International Young Artist Piano Competition, Washington DC

Best Overall Award: URI Piano Extravaganza Competition

Beethoven Award for Dramatic Playing: URI Piano Extravaganza Competition

Honorable Mention: ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) International Morton Gould Young Composer (age 10-30) Awards.  

2019

Overall Best: 2019 URI Piano Extravaganza Competition

1st Prize: IV International Paderewski Piano Competition

Scholarship Recipient: Ian Hobson International Piano Festival in Puerto Rico

Honorable Mention: MTNA Massachusetts Composition Competition: Elementary  

2018

Winner: MTNA Composition Competition Eastern Division: Elementary Division

Winner: Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Composition Competition

Emerging Composer Award: Tribeca New Music (age 21 and under)

Alice Procter Award for an outstanding original composition in the classical style: New England Piano Teachers' Association

Beethoven Award for the Most Dramatic Playing: URI Piano Extravaganza Competition

3rd Place: Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition

1st Place: Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Double Bach Concerto Competition

1st Prize: Crescendo Little Mozart International Music Competition

2017

3rd Place: MTNA National Composition Competition: Elementary Division

Winner: MTNA Composition Competition Eastern Division: Elementary Division

Winner: MTNA Massachusetts Composition Competition: Elementary Division

3rd Place: Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition, Division 1

Mozart Award as the most promising pianist: URI Piano Extravaganza Competition

2016

1st Place: Young Artist Piano Competition, Westfield State University, MA

1st Prize: Crescendo Little Mozart International Music Competition

3rd Place :  International Young Artists Piano Competition, Washington, DC. 

Best Overall prize: URI Piano Extravaganza