Dr. Scott McBride Smith

 

 

 


Student Accomplishments
2008-2009

Iman Serag

Winner, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, local competition, February, 2010.

Victor Zheng First Alternate, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, local competition, February, 2010.
Justin Erickson Honorable Mention, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, local competition, February, 2010.

Kristine Nguyen
Benjamin Wang

First Place, Division A (10 and under), MTAC, Irvine Baroque Festival, February, 2010.

Audrey Hsu
Anthony Zheng

First Place, Division B (11-15), MTAC, Irvine Baroque Festival, February, 2010.
Solomon Hsu Third Place, Division A (10 and under), MTAC, Irvine Baroque Festival, February, 2010.
Cathleen Nguyen Third Place, Division B (11-15), MTAC, Irvine Baroque Festival, February, 2010.
Ethan Yoshioka Second Place, CAPMT Honors Competition, statewide, February, 2010
Solomon Hsu First Place, CAPMT Bartok-Contemporary Competition, statewide, February, 2010.
Rachael Huang First Place and co-winner of Audience Prize, CAPMT Concerto Competition, statewide, 14-15 bracket, February, 2010.
Ethan Yoshioka First Place, CAPMT Concerto Competition, statewide, 10-11 bracket, February, 2010.
Michael Chang

First Place, , Senior Division, and First Place, Showcase Concert, Long Beach Mozart Festival, February, 2010.

Rachael Huang
Andrew Petracca

Alternates, Southwest Division, MTNA Senior Duet Competition, January, 2010.
Rachael Huang Winner, CAPMT Concerto Competition, Southern Division, 14-15 bracket, December, 2009.
Ethan Yoshioka Alternate, CAPMT Concerto Competition, Southern Division, 10-11 bracket, December, 2009.
Iman Serag

Third Place, MTAC, Irvine Classical Festival, November, 2009.

Qingping He

First Place, MTAC, Irvine Classical Festival, November, 2009.

Rachael Huang

Honorable Mention, CAPMT District VIII Honors Competition, November, 2009.

Andrew Petracca

First Place, CAPMT District VIII Honors Competition, November, 2009.

Ethan Yoshioka

First Place, CAPMT District VIII Honors Competition, November, 2009.

Janice Gan

Alternate, CAPMT District VIII Bartok-Contemporary Competition, November, 2009.

Solomon Hsu

First Place, CAPMT District VIII Bartok-Contemporary Competition, November, 2009.

Danli Liang

First Place, California State MTNA-Kawaii Junior Piano Competition, November, 2009.

Rachael Huang
Andrew Petracca
First Place, California State MTNA Senior Piano Duet Competition, November, 2009.
Michael Chang

First Place, Division IV, Long Beach Mozart Festival Solo Competition, November, 2009.

Ethan Yoshioka

Finalist (youngest competitor), Long Beach Mozart Festival Concerto Competition, November, 2009.

Justin Erickson
Cathleen Nguyen
Kristine Nguyen
Alex Mercier

Superior Rankings in CAPMT Piano Auditions, November, 2009.

Ethan Yoshioka

Bronze medal, Southern California Junior Bach Festival Complete Works Auditions, October, 2009.
Laura Chen
Jake Swain
Solomon Hsu
Isaac Oddo
Jennifer Cai
Ena Gan
Noelle Lee
Superior, National Guild of Piano Teachers Auditions, June, 2009.

Alex Mercier
Justin Erickson
Kristine Nguyen
Tate Lee

Superior Plus, National Guild of Piano Teachers Auditions, June, 2009.
Alan Woo First Place, MTAC State Concerto Competition-High School Division, June, 2009.
Kyle Shafiee Second Place, MTAC State Solo Competition-High School Division, June, 2009.
Michael Chang Second Place, CAPMT Sonata Festival, Advanced Level, June, 2009.
Danli Liang First Place, CAPMT Sonata Festival, Intermediate Division, June, 2009.
Alex Mercier First Place, MTAC-Irvine Contemporary Festival, May, 2009.
Tate Lee Third Place, MTAC-Irvine Contemporary Festival, May, 2009.
Teresa Tran Second Prize, Cypress College Competition, May, 2009.
Rachael Huang Third Prize, Cypress College Competition, May, 2009.
Danli Liang First Place, H.B. Goodlin Foundation Scholarship Competition, May, 2009.
Danli Liang Third Place, in the UDACS Competition, May, 2009.
Andrew Petracca First Place, Sunrise-Exchange Club "Search for Talent" , California State Finals-Senior Division, April, 2009.
Michael Chang

Steven Tran

Ethan Yoshioka
Winners, in the Regional Event, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, April, 2009.
Rachael Huang Second Place, Sunrise-Exchange Club, Orange County, April, 2009.
Steven Tran Second Alternate, MTAC Solo Competition, Southern Division, April, 2009.

Danli Liang
Steven Tran

Honorable Mention, Glendale Piano Competition, Junior Division, April, 2009.

Andrew Petracca
Philip Sheegog

Second Place, Voice-Orchestral Instruments-Chamber Music Ensembles, State Finals, April, 2009.
Andrew Petracca
Philip Sheegog
First Place, Emerging Artists 2009 Competition, February, 2009.
Steven Tran Second Place, MTAC-Irvine Scholarship Competition-Eighth Grade, February, 2009.
Rachael Huang First Place, MTAC-Irvine Scholarship Competition-Ninth Grade, February, 2009.
Brianna Park Third Place, MTAC-Irvine Scholarship Competition-Twelfth Grade, February, 2009.

Justin Erickson
Alex Mercier

Third Place, MTAC-Irvine Baroque Festival, February, 2009.
Steven Tran

Honorable Mention, Mondavi Arts Center Young Artists Competition, January, 2009.

Danli Liang Winner, Long Beach Mozart Festival, November, 2008.
Alan Woo Honorable Mention, MTNA-Yamaha California State Competition, November, 2008.
Alex Mercier Superior Ranking in CAPMT Piano Auditions, November, 2008.

Cathleen Nguyen
Kristine Nguyen
Teresa Tran

Superior Ranking in CAPMT Ensemble Auditions, November, 2008.

Andrew Petracca
Rachael Huang

Silver Medals, Southern California Junior Bach Festival Complete Works Auditions, October, 2008.
Steven Tran Bronze Medal, Southern California Junior Bach Festival Complete Works Auditions, October, 2008.
Justin Chen First Place, CAPMT Bartok Festival-Advanced A Category, October, 2008
Audrey Hsu Alternate, CAPMT Bartok Festival,-Elementary B Category, October, 2008.
Danli Liang Alternate, CAPMT Honors Competition-Category B, October, 2008.

Ena Gan
Theresa Yu

Second Place, MTAC-Irvine Classical Festival, November 2008.
Alan Woo First Place, MTAC Solo Competition (statewide), July, 2008.
Kyle Shafiee Second Place, MTAC Concerto Competition (statewide), July, 2008.
Andrew Petracca First Place, CAPMT Sonata Competition, Senior Division, Irvine, CA, June, 2008.
Justin Chen Third Place, CAPMT Sonata Competition, Senior Division, Irvine, CA, June, 2008.
Kyle Shafiee Finalist, Young Musicians Foundation, June, 2008.
Steven Tran Soloist, Pacific Symphony Children’s Concerts, May, 2008.
Brianna Park First Place, Senior Division, Korean Cultural Center Competition, May, 2008.

Justin Chen
Ben Gordon

First Place, MTAC, Irvine Contemporary Festival, May, 2008.
Ena Gan Third Place, MTAC, Irvine Contemporary Festival, May, 2008.
Hugo Chang Finalist, New York Grand Prix, May, 2008.

Rachael Huang
Andrew Petracca
Steven Tran

Winners, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, Regional Competition, May, 2008.
Alan Woo First Place, MTAC, Irvine Concerto Competition, Division III, May, 2008.
Kyle Shafiee Judges’ Prize, MTAC, Irvine Concerto Competition, Division III, May, 2008.
Steven Tran Honorable Mention, MTAC, Irvine Concerto Competition, Division III, May, 2008.
Kyle Shafiee

Names Pianist of the Year, Orange County High School for the Arts, May, 2008.

Alan Woo First Place, MTAC Concerto Competition, Southern Division, April, 2008.
Kyle Shafiee First Place, MTAC Solo Competition, Southern Division, April, 2008.
Hugo Chang Honorable Mention, MTAC Solo Competition, Southern Division, April, 2008.
Alan Woo Scholarship Winner, Aspen Music Festival, April, 2008.
Hugo Chang Finalist, American Fine Arts Festival Piano Competition, April, 2008.
Hugo Chang Audience Prize, Emerging Artists Competition, February, 2008.
Paul Yeom First Prize, MTAC, Irvine Baroque Festival, February, 2008.

Michael Petracca
Stephen Petracca

Second Prize, MTAC, Irvine Baroque Festival, February, 2008.

Ena Gan
Theresa Yu

Third Prize, MTAC, Irvine Baroque Festival, February, 2008.

Rachael Huang
Andrew Petracca
Steven Tran

Winners, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, local competition, February, 2008.
Brianna Park First Alternate, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, local competition, February, 2008.
Qingping He Second Alternate, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, local competition, February, 2008.
Alan Woo Alternate, MTNA-Yamaha Senior Piano, Southern Division, January, 2008.
Hugo Chang Winner, Grades 11-12, Emerging Artist Competition, January, 2008.