This page is dedicated to commemorating exceptional achievements in the studio.
Exceptional Achievements
2025 Competition Results
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2025 RCM Piano Exam Results
Hannah Chen – RCM Level 10 Piano – Mark of 90
Neoson Zhu – RCM Level 9 Harmony – Mark of 90
Elise Goldenberg – RCM Level 4 Piano – Mark of 91
Kaden Feng – RCM Level 2 Piano – Mark of 91
Competition Results 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
University Entrance Results April 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 RCM Piano & Theory Exam Results
Allen Ding – Lucille Little Award & Mark of 97 – Level 10 RCM Piano
Allen Ding – Mark of 98 – Level 9Mark of 90 – RCM History
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
Chloea Guo – Mark of 91 – Level 4 RCM Piano
Hannah Chen – Mark of 90 – Level 7 RCM Piano
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 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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