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Studio Awards 2019-2020

As the piano studio year (from September to August) comes to an end, it is time to award the studio medals and trophies to those students who either achieve a certain milestone (Achievement Awards) or who are the best-prepared for each lesson (Annual Awards).

Here are the students who received an award for their dedication and hard work last school year: 

Achievement Awards

Here are the students who achieve a milestone this past year:

Apprentice Trophy: 

for beginner students that move into Early-intermediate level:

Helios Arias, 

Pablo Ramírez Guzmán, 

Aarya Davit, 

Krishen Davit

Skilled Trophy: 

for intermediate students that move into Late-intermediate level:

Jonathan Reno

Master Trophy: 

for Early-advanced students that move into Advanced level:

Abigail Soares

Annual Awards

This awards reward mainly attendance and preparation for each lesson:

Student of the Year: 

Each students earns preparation points for each lesson. The student with more points each month becomes “Student of the Month”; the student with this honor for more months during the school year becomes “Student of the Year:” 

Diego Ramírez Guzmán 

Distinguished Performers Trophy: (350 or more points)

Diego Ramirez Guzman, 

Colten Frentzel, 

Reid Pfaltzgraff-Carlson, 

Ahana Duggal, 

Helios Arias, 

Myra Sahay, 

Aarya Davit, 

Krishen Davit, 

Tarini Narayan-Saran, 

Sofia Arthur.

Distinguished Performer Gold Medal: (330-349 points)

Abigail Sores, 

Penny Cooper, 

Willa Cooper, 

Adi Duggal, 

Owin Abeysinghe, 

Mateo Ramirez Guzman.

Special Achievement Silver Medal: (310-329 points) 

Mathias Weil, 

Julia DiBenedetto, 

Saharsh Stanley, 

Soren Fairfield, 

Caroline Gehring, 

Marianna Gehring, 

Sachet Abeysinghe,  

Pablo Ramirez Guzman, 

Daphne Steele.

Honors Bronze Medal: (290-309 points)

Gabriela Santiago

Here are the specific guidelines for each award: https://olgaruapiano.com/awards/

Congratulations to all awards recipients!

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Students’ Virtual Piano Recital, July 31st, 2020.

Hello everyone and welcome to our first virtual recital!

Our recital showcases a wide variety of levels from young beginners right through to advanced students.  The performers are in no special order.

Even during this difficult time with the pandemic, these young performers have kept learning and practicing their pieces.  Each should feel very proud of what they have achieved and of all they have learned.

We are not only celebrating the fact that your children are learning to play the piano, but that they are willing to share this gift with others—through video. Thank you to the students for preparing these videos.

I’d like to thank the parents. I am truly grateful for your dedication on helping them with their practice, being supportive and enthusiastic, and for making time to make these videos. Feel free to share these links with your family and friends.

And now get ready to begin! 

Click on this link to the videos of all performers: 

Click here for the program: 

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Enjoy!

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Student of the month May, 2020

Hello, I’m Mathias. So happy to be “Student of the Month”. I’m 13 years old, entering 8th grade next year. I’ve been playing piano for 6 years and am also learning drums and ukelele now. Thank you Dr. Rua!!