Students auditioned for Awards in Excellence on April 13, 2019 at Arizona Piano where each student performed two memorized pieces from the DVMTA Repertoire List and were judged. Those who were selected winners performed at the Winners' Recital, held at the same location on April 20, 2019. We were amazed at the level of achievement from these young pianists! Congratulations to all who auditioned, and to those who were selected  winners and to those given honorable mention. ​Thank you to their teachers for preparing them so well, and to the Awards in Excellence Committee: Lorri McHardy, Fei, Xu and Yali Luo, with help from Penny Carpenter, Lori Weidemann and Hong Zhu. 

The auditions

Dr. Mandarin Cheung-Yueh was our guest speaker at the March General Meeting and presented "Repertoire for Advancing Students".  She discussed how teachers can effectively help students advance  to more difficult repertoire through focusing on different aspects and definitions of transition. We were privileged to also hear  her perform an amazing piano duet with Snezana Krstic. ​