Student Achievements

Congrats to GMTA Competition Winners!

We are extremely delighted and so honored to introduce a collection of 12 beautiful and talented students from the William Pu Music Academy who have won 16 awards at 2018 Georgia Music Teacher Association (GMTA) Competition!

Congratulations to…

Winner of 10-11th grade division,
1st Alternate of Instrumental Concerto,
Kirsten Jiwon Lee (violin)

Outstanding Performer
Evans Nicholson (cello) Instrumental Concerto
Zhimei Xu (violin) Instrumental Concerto
Evans Nicholson (cello) 8-9th grade division.

Award of Excellence
Adam Wang (cello) Instrumental Concerto
Kate “Sunny” Kim (violin) 6-7 grade division.
Matthew Kim (cello) 8-9th grade division.
Adam Wang (cello) 10-11th grade division.

Honorable Mention
Serena Gao (violin) Instrumental Concerto
Mahalia Mason (cello) 4-5 grade division.
Emma Surbrook (cello) 8-9 grade division.
Alexander Lee (cello) 8-9 grade division.
Suraj Mysore (cello) 8-9 grade division.
Zhimei Xu (violin) 10-11th grade division.
Joe Billips (cello) 12th grade division.

Bravo to their teachers, Dr. Martin Gueorguiev, Dr. Justin Dougherty and Mr. Pu’s excellent teaching!

 

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