Student achievements for 2025 will be posted in September! Check back soon!
North Shore Music Competition Trophy Winners 2024
North Shore Music Festival Trophy Winners 2024
Lucas Piao – Repertoire Class RCM Grade 9 – Mark of 96
Lucas Piao – Post-Romantic RCM Grade 9 – Mark of 96
Hannah Chen – Classical Repertoire RCM Grade 9 – Mark of 98
Hannah Chen – Concert Group RCM Grade 9 – Mark of 92
Adele Choy – J.S. Bach RCM Grade 6 – Mark of 90
Kevin Liu – Concert Group RCM Grade 10 9 – Mark of 97
Lucas Yu – Twentieth Century RCM Grade 11 – Mark of 96
Lucas Yu – Romantic RCM Grade 11 – Mark of 92
Lucas Yu – Classical RCM Grade 11 – Mark of 95
Vancouver Kiwanis Music Competition Results 2024
Hannah Chen – First Place for RCM Grade 9 Impressionistic – Mark of 92
Hannah Chen – First Place for RCM Grade 9 Study – Mark of 92
Hannah Chen – Second Place for RCM Grade 9 Romantic – Mark of 93
Hannah Chen – Second Place for RCM Grade 9 Classical – Mark of 93
Kaden Feng – First Place for RCM Grade 2 Study – Mark of 89
Kaden Feng – Second Place for RCM Grade 1 Study – Mark of 90
University Entrance Results 2023
Congratulations to student Sarah Yang on receiving scholarship offers from the Mannes School of Music (The New School), McGill University, and the Manhattan Schools of Music!
Sarah has been a student of Nicholas Rada since 2019.
Since then, she has been a winner of:
- 2022 Pacific International Youth Music Competition
- 2022 Canadian Music Competition
- 2022 Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival
- 2022 Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association
- 2021 Pacific International Youth Music Society Competition
- 2021 Vancouver International Music Competition Finalist.
Bravo on all of the amazing achievements!
2022-2023 RCM Piano Exam Results
Allen Ding – Lucille Little Award & Mark of 97 – Level 10 RCM Piano
Ava Huang – Mark of 95 – Level 8 RCM Piano
Cindy Liang – Mark of 93 – Level 10 RCM Piano
Edna Gai – Mark of 92 – Level 8 RCM Piano
Ava Huang – Mark of 91 – Level 9 RCM Piano
Chloea Guo – Mark of 91 – Level 4 RCM Piano
Hannah Chen – Mark of 90 – Level 7 RCM Piano
2022-2023 RCM Theory Exam Results
Jinze Hu – Mark of 100 – Level 8 RCM Theory
Hannah Chen – Mark of 99 – Level 8 RCM Theory
Stefan Zhou – Mark of 99 – Level 8 RCM Theory
Hannah Chen – Mark of 99 – Level 7 RCM Theory
Patrick Zhao – Mark of 98 – Level 8 RCM Theory
Allen Ding – Mark of 98 – Level 9 RCM History
Neoson Zhu – Mark of 98 – Level 8 RCM Theory
Edna Gai – Mark of 98 – Level 8 RCM Theory
Patrick Zhao – Mark of 97 – Level 7 RCM Theory
Edna Gai – Mark of 96 – Level 7 RCM Theory
Bill Li – Mark of 96 – Level 5 RCM Theory
Ava Xiao – Mark of 96 – Level 5 RCM Theory
Ava Xiao – Mark of 95 – Level 6 RCM Theory
Bill Li – Mark of 93 – Level 8 RCM Theory
Allen Ding – Mark of 90 – Level 10 RCM Harmony & Counterpoint
2022 Canadian Music Competition Results
Nini Lu – 2nd Place in the 11-year-old category performing the Beethoven B-flat Major Piano Concerto No. 2, mvt 2 & 3 (average mark of 93%)
Allen Ding – 3rd place in the 12-year-old category performing Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 25, mvt 2 & 3 (average mark of 93.5%)
Sarah Yang – 3rd place in the 15-year-old category performing Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (movement 1).
Notable RCM 2022 Achievement
Congratulations to student Allen Ding on receiving the exceptional mark of 97% on his Level 10 August 2022 RCM piano exam!
Allen is a contender for the RCM Gold Medal, and is now in the process of completing his Level 10 History studies after receiving:
- 90% on his RCM Level 10 Harmony exam
- 98% on his RCM Level 9 History exam
- 97% on his Level 9 Harmony exam during his theory studies with Evgenia Rabinovich at RR Academy
Bravo Allen!
2021-2022 RCM Piano Exam Results
Cindy Liang – Lucille Little Award & Mark of 97 – Level 9 RCM Piano
Valery Lou – Gold Medal & Mark of 95- Level 10 RCM Piano
Allen Ding – Mark of 95 – Level 9 RCM Piano
Colin Zhou – Mark of 93 – Level 10 RCM Piano
Alice Yu – Mark of 93 – Level 8 RCM Piano
Max Liu – Mark of 92 – ARCT RCM Piano
Ava Xiao – Mark of 92 – Level 2 RCM Piano
Amber Huang – Mark of 90 – Level 10 RCM Piano
2021 Competition Results
Sarah Yang – 2nd place – Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival
Nini Lu – 2nd runner-up – Bjorn & Lori Competition.
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