Student Accomplishments

Pre-college:

-Acceptance to Juilliard pre-college division and Manhattan School of Music pre-college division

College:

-Acceptance to University of Michigan (B.M. violin performance), San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Boston University (B.M. violin performance), University of Maryland (B.M. violin performance), NYU (B.M. violin performance), Ithaca College (B.M. violin performance), Vanderbilt University (B.M. violin performance), Cornell (Bachelor of Arts music major), Oberlin Conservatory (B.M. violin performance), University of South Carolina (B.M. violin performance), UMass Amherst (B.M. violin performance)

Competitions:

-First Place: Luzerne Music Center concerto competition (senior session), performance of Sibelius Violin Concerto mvmt. 1 with orchestra

-First Place: New Jersey Youth Symphony Orchestra concerto competition (junior division), performance of “Spring” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with orchestra

-First and Second place winners in numerous regional competitions including: Young Maestro Competition, American Protegé, Prima Volta, Rondo Young Artist, Vivo International, Crescendo, East Coast International, etc. Performances at venues including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall, Kaufman Center’s Merkin Hall, Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium.

Music Festivals:

Acceptance to Luzerne Music Center, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Interlochen Arts Camp, Greenwood Music Camp, InterHarmony International Music Festival, International Academy of Music (Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy), Brancalioni International Music Festival, Point Counterpoint, New England Music Camp, NYU Summer Strings Intensive.

Masterclasses:

Performances in classes for Cyrus Beroukhim, Michelle Kim, Brennan Sweet, and Katharina Kang.

Orchestra:

Concertmaster: MSM pre-college intermediate orchestra (NYC)

Concertmaster: Young Artist Philharmonic (Stamford, CT)

Concertmaster: LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts Intermediate Orchestra (NYC)

Concertmaster: New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra (NJ)

Principal Second: Inter-School Orchestra (NYC)

Acceptance to New Jersey Regional Honors Orchestra, New Jersey Youth Symphony, New York Youth Symphony chamber music program, Westchester County Honors Orchestra, Connecticut All-state Honors Orchestra.

Angel Guanga (18) performs Barber Violin Concerto.