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2023 Studio Recital Program by Ms Jennifer Jie Jin
Student Performances




​A passionate and dedicated music educator,
Ms. Jin is the Director of Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra , Chamber Strings Music Camp, and Vivace Music Competition. Ms. Jin named as grand prize winner of Philadelphia Youth Orchestra's 2016 Ovation Award for inspiration and outstanding leadership in music education. Ms. Jin's students won the top prizes in the competitions, performed in Carnegie Hall, Kimmel Center, made National Youth Orchestra ( NYO & NYO2) and NAfME All-National Honor Orchestra, All- East Honor Orchestra, All State Honor Orchestra. 

Jennifer teaches young and adult students at all levels. Her extensive teaching experience includes private cello lesson, group class, chamber ensemble coaching and educational presentation. With a thorough understanding of each student, Jie then designs diverse teaching methods to suit the different needs of the students. Only with solid technique training, may people play music expressively and present their personal musical understanding freely. Thus, Jennifer is dedicated to provide a systematical and effective technical training. Meanwhile, Jennifer encourages students to express themselves creatively and enthusiastically through music.

With the emphasis on musical understanding and technical training, Jie has helped many students to pursue their ideals and musical dreams. Her sunny personality and profound teaching experience has earned her great love from her students.

Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra

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​Established in 2013, Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra offers unique, intense, productive, intimate music training program for the string instrument players for age 8-18. Our program is proud of offering smaller ensemble setting to develop the students’ musicianship and communication skills and to make music thoughtfully with the professional, experienced, devoted, nurturing performing artists and teachers in the region.  
Directors, Leah Kim and Jennifer Jin

Student Achievements

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2022-23
National Music Teachers Association ( MTNA) Solo Competition: Pennsylvania State
Daniel Loza was the runner-up in the 2022 MTNA Solo Competition Pennsylvania State. 
Jason Chen  got the 3rd place/ Honorable Mention in the 2022 MTNA Solo Competition Pennsylvania State. 

Pennsylvania Music Educators Association ( PMEA)
Owen Li and Jason Sungwoo Oh got into the PMEA District 12 Honor Orchestra. Owen got the 1st chair. Jason got the 8th chair. 
Pietro Romussi got the 2nd chair in PMEA District 11 Honor Orchestra. 

2022 Triumph Music Competition
Sophia Zhou won the 2nd prize in Triumph Music Competition-Solo.
Piano Trio: Joseph, Zoe,Vincent got the Special Award in the 2022 Triumph Music Competition-Chamber Music.
All Participants: Cello Solo: Sophia Zhou, Brandon Rashid
  • Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra Cello Ensemble: Jason Chen, Sophia Cui, Matthew Lo, Kevin Li, Joel Kwon, Claire Chen, Brandon Rashid , Jason Zhang
  • Piano Trio: Joseph Zeng, Zoe Zhang, Vincent Gao,
  • Episcopal Academy Cello Duo: Lucas Liang , Matthew Lo
2022 PhMTA Performance Festival:
Claire Chen, Brandon Rashid, Sophia Cui, Jason Chen, Sophia Zhou got superior and performed in the PMTA State Concert.
Participants: Sophia Cui, Emily Wang,Sophia Ma, Simon Ye, Candice Xu,Sophia Zhou, Brandon Rashi,Shalika Bhattacharyya,Elizabeth Deng,
Kevin Li, Joel Kwon, Chris Huichan Moon, Daqian Han, Claire Chen, Jason Chen

ABRSM Exam
Jason Chen: Merit in Music Theory Grade 5
Jason Chen: Distinction in Performance Exam Grade 8
Joseph Zeng: Distinction in Performance Exam Grade 8
Simon Ye: Distinction in Performance Exam Grade 4
Olivia Michalsky: Merit in Performance Exam Grade 3
​Amber Wang: 
Merit in Performance Exam Grade 3

2022 Charleston Romantic Music Competition 
Sophia Zhou got 2nd place in the 2022 Charleston Romantic Music Competition.

2022 Elite International Music Competition
Candice Xu and Brian Wang got the First Prize in Elite International Music Competition. They are invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2023. 
Candice Xu performed in Elite International Music Competition's winner recital and made her Carnegie Hall Debut in February 2023. 

 2022 Crescendo International Music Competition
Jason Chen, Claire Chen, Brandon Rashid, Brian Wang, Grace Hu, Sophia Cui, Jason Zhang and Con Brio Piano Trio ( Kevin Li, Sophia Shao, Alan Song) got First Place in Crescendo International Music Competition. They will perform in Carnegie Hall in Jan. 2023. 
Jason Chen got the Perfect Score in Crescendo International Competition. 

Crescendo International Music Competition Winners Recital at Carnegie: Jan. 2023
Jason Chen, Claire Chen, Brandon Rashid, Grace Hu, Sophia Cui, Jason Zhang and  Kevin Li with his piano trio Sophia Shao and Alan Liu performed in Carnegie Hall in January. 

Jason Chen received the cash award after the Carnegie Hall performance/ second round of Crescendo International Music Competition. He is invited to attend an International Student exchange program this summer.

PMEA District Music Festival:
After re-seating audition, Owen Li is still the principal cello in PMEA District 12 Honor Orchestra. 
Pietro Romussi is  the assistant Principal Cello in PMEA District 11 Honor Orchestra. 
Both of them are advanced to the PMEA Regional Honor Orchestra.  

Schuylkill Valley Area Orchestra:
Schuylkill Valley Area Orchestra comprises the students from 10 middle schools. 
Kevin Li, Claire Chen and Grace Hu were placed in the front 2 stands after the seating audition. Kevin Li was the Principal Cello. 

Rose Tree Pop Orchestra Concerto Competition:
Joseph Zeng won first place in the Rose Tree Pop Orchestra Concerto Competition. He performed Saint Saens Cello Concerto 1st mvt  with the orchestra as the soloist in April.

PMEA All State Honor Orchestra
Owen Li and Pietro Rumossi got into the 2023 PMEA All State Orchestra. Owen got no.1 and Pietro got no.4. It is extremely competitive  to make the PMEA All State Orchestra. 
Only top 4 cello students are advanced into PMEA All State Orchestra!!

2023 Bösendorfer Youth Music Competition
Jason Chen got Gold ( High School Solo Division ).
Sophia Cui got Silver ( Middle School Solo Division).
Daniel Loza got Bronze ( High School Solo Division).

Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians
Sophia Zhou ( 8 years old) is the runner-up in Delaware Concerto Competition -12 and under.
Brian Wang got the Honorable Mention/3rd place.

Tri County Youth Music Competition
Braval Trio ( Sophia Cui, Cello ) got  the Second Prize in Junior Ensemble
Con Brio Piano Trio ( Claire Chen,cello,YeeYee Wang,Violin;Alan Liu,Piano) got Honorable Mention in Junior Ensemble.
Crescendo Piano Trio ( Daniel Loza,cello;Suri Ahn,violin;Elena Lin, Piano ) got Honorable Mention in Senior Ensemble

Crescendo International Competition-Little Mozart
Elizabeth Deng got first place and performed in Carnegie Hall in May.

Rising Talents Music Festival 
Candice Wang got Grand Prix and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. 

Golden  Key Music Festival
Candice Wang got the First Place and performed at Lincoln Center in May. 
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Triumph Music Spring Festival
Joel Kwon and Simon Ye performed in the winners concert in May. 

Interlochen summer camp 
Shalika Bhattacharyya is accepted by Interlochen Summer Camp.

2021-2022
Ruijia Yang made into PMEA All State Honor Orchestra!
Owen Li, Ruijia Yang, Jason Sungwoo Oh, Pietro Romussi made PMEA Regional Honor Orchestra 2022! Owen made no. 1 , Ruijia made no. 2.
Owen Li, Ruijia Yang, Jason Oh, Deana Yuan and Nathaniel Tom made the PMEA District 12 Honor Orchestra. Owen Li got the 2nd chair!
Pietro Romussi and Ethan Niu made the PMEA District 11 Honor Orchestra.

Bösendorfer Youth Music Competition
Gold Medalists:
Pietro Romussi - High School SOLO
Daniel Loza -Middle School SOLO
Silver Medalists:
Jason Chen -Middle School SOLO
Sophia Zhou-Elementary School SOLO
Bronze Medalists:
All 4 Cello Quartet- Chamber Music (Owen Li, Pietro Romussi, Deana Yuan, Nathaniel Tom)
Joseph Zeng: Middle School SOLO

PMTA Keystone Chamber Music Competition
Senior Ensemble First Place Winner: Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra String Quartet
Violin: Julius Huang, Andrew Yao, Viola: Nora Grave Cello: Pietro Romussi
Senior Ensemble Honorable Mention/Runner up: All 4 Cello Quartet
Owen Li, Pietro Romussi, Nathaniel Tom, Deana Yuan
( PMTA Keystone Chamber Music Competition: There is one winner in this competition.)

Tri County Music Competition:
Senior Ensemble Honorable Mention: All 4 Cello Quartet
Deana Yuan, Owen Li, Pietro Romussi, Jason Sungwoo Oh
Junior Ensemble Honorable Mention: Phoenix Cello Quartet
Jason Zeng, Matthew Lo, Sophia Cui, Claire Chen

2022 PhMTA Carnegie Hall Honor Concert on Sat. May 7.
Congratulations to Pietro Romussi and Daniel Loza being selected to perform in the PhMTA Carnegie Hall Honor Concert.

2022 Rising Talents Festival
Grand Prix: Daniel Loza and Sophia Zhou
Grand Prize: Candice Xu, Ethan Yin, Christina Si, Sophia Cui, Mable Qiu
Both Daniel and Sophia Zhou were invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. Sohpia Zhou made her Carnegie Hall Debut last Saturday on March 19!

Triumph Music Festival-2022 Spring
First Prize: Candice Xu

2021 MTNA Delaware State
​Aila McCaskill got the Honorable Mention/Runner up in the 2021 MTNA Delaware State Junior Strings.

2022 PhMTA Dr. Kiszely Recital Audition :
Daniel Loza and Pietro Romussi are chosen to perform in Carnegie Hall.
Jason Chen & Kevin Li are chosen to perform in the Honor Recital !
Triumph Music Festival -2021 Fall
Cello Octet-Pietro Romussi, Owen Li, Aila McCaskill, Nathaniel Tom, Joseph Zeng, Jason Chen, Sophia Cui, Kevin Li won the Grand Prix in the 2021 Triumph Chamber Music Competition.
Pietro Rumossi got First Place in the 2021 Triumph Concerto Competition.
Daniel Loza and Jason Chen got Second Place in the 2021 Triumph Concerto Competition.
Candice Xu, Sophia Cui, Brandon Rashid ,Cello Octet and Cello Quartet got first place in Triumph Music Festival. They will perform in the Academy of Music Ballroom, Kimmel Center Campus) Philadelphia on Sat. Oct 16.
Cello Octet: Pietro Romussi, Owen Li, Nathaniel Tom, Aila McCaskill, Joseph Zeng, Jason Chen, Sophia Cui, Kevin Li
Cello Quartet: Deana Yuan, Ethan Niu, Brandon Rashid, Jacob Yan

ABRSM PERFORMANCE EXAM
Daniel Loza: Distinction in Grade 8
Jason Chen: Distinction in Grade 5
Aila McCaskill: Distinction in Grade 5
Kevin Li: Passed in Grade 5
Sophia Cui: Distinction in Grade 5
Sophia Zhou: Distinction in Grade 5
Brandon Rashid: Distinction in Grade 5
Lemuel Jiang: Distinction in Grade 4
Joel Kwon: Distinction in Grade 4
Leo Xi: Merit in Grade 4
Jason Zhang : Merit in Grade 4.
Joseph Zeng : Distinction in ABRSM Theory Grade 5

Orchestra news:
Owen Li :Assistant Principal Cello of Philadelphia Sinfonia
Daniel Loza: Assistant Principal Cello of PYAO.
Jason Chen: Assistant Principal Cello of CCYO.
Sophia Cui: Assistant Principal Cello of PRYSM.
Joseph Zeng: Principal Cello of Pennsylvania Elite Strings
Ethan Niu: Assistant Principal Cello of Pennsylvania Elite Strings
Kevin Li: Principal Cello of Pennsylvania Youth Strings
Joel Kwon: Assistant Principal Cello of Pennsylvania Youth Strings

2022 PhMTA Spring Festival:
High Honors: Jason Chen, Nathaniel Tom, Joel Kwon, Sophia Zhou, Brandon Rashid, Matthew Lo, Simon Ye, Sophia Cui, Jason Zhang, Elisaveta Konovalova, Candice Xu, Ethan Yin, Elizabeth Deng
Honors: Austin Gu Claire Chen, Brian Wang, Christina Si, Amber Wang, Linda Chung, Daqian Han
2021 PMTA Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival
Superior: Joel Kwon, Ethan Yin, Sophia Cui, Jason Chen, Joseph Zeng,emuel Jiang, Daniel Loza, Matthew Lo, Sophia Ma, Candice Xu, , Leo Xi, Dean Yuan, Jason Sungwoo Oh, Kevin Li
Excellent: Lucas Liang, Austin Gu, Lindsay Chung, Elizabeth Deng, Daqian Han, Simon Ye, Max Rutherford, Jason Zhang, Candice Xu

Congratulations to the students who performed in the Honor Recital at German Society Hall on Sunday November 7. Daniel Loza, Jason Chen, Joseph Zeng, Ethan Yin, Deana Yuan, Joel Kwon


2020-2021 
Daniel Loza is the runner up of Bucks County Symphony Youth Concerto Competition 2021.

Tri County Youth Music Competition
 Jason Chen and  Kevin Li won the first prize  in Tri County Youth Music Competition ( Junior Ensemble)!  
Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra Double Concerto Competition
Sophia Cui and Kevin Li  won the Pennsylvania Youth Strings double concerto competition. 

Pietro Romussi won the Pennsylvania Advanced Strings double concerto competition. 
They will be featured as the soloists in the Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra finale concert on June 20. 

Congratulations to Christina Si who got into DCYO!
  
Bösendorfer Youth Music Festival 2021  
Silver winners:  Owen Li, Pietro Romussi ( High School Solo)
Silver  Winners: All 4 cello ( Ruijia Yang, Nathaniel Tom, Owen Li, Pietro Romussi ) Chamber Music ensemble)
Bronze Winners: Daniel Loza ( Middle school solo)
Bronze winners : Penn Youth String Quartet ( Pietro Romussi, Aaron Zhu, Isha Jiang, Nora Graves) Chamber Music ensemble

Sarah Yoon made  NAfME All Eastern Honor Orchestra 2021! 
Sierra Wei, Pietro Romussi, Sungwoo Oh, Deana Yuan made  the PMEA District Honor Orchestra 2020.

MTNA Pennsylvania Solo Competition   
Owen Li is the runner up in the MTNA Pennsylvania State Competition Junior Strings! 
Honorable  Mention in MTNA Pennsylvania Solo Competition 
Junior String: Joseph Zeng, Daniel Loza, Nathaniel Tom, Leo Shi
Senior String: Pietro Romussi

Nathaniel Tom made the All City Honor Orchestra 2020!

Pennsylvania Youth String Quartet (Cello:Pietro Romussi,Violin: Isha Jiang, Aaron Zhu , Viola: Nora Graves) got third place in Golden Statuette International Film Festival (Philadelphia Region).

Kevin Li got Second Place in Golden Statuette International Film Festival (Philadelphia Region).

Joseph Zeng, Leo Shi, Kevin Li, Nathaniel Tom got the superior in PhMTA Concerto Festival 2020. 

Jason Chen, Pietro Romussi, Owen Li, Daniel Loza were chosen to perform at the state level of PhMTA Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival 2020. 

PhMTA Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival’s Participants
Deana Yuan, Sophia Cui, Owen Li, Matthew Lo, Kevin Li, Leo Shi, Jason Zhang, Pietro Romussi, Lucas Liang, Jason Chen, Mable Qiu, Grace Hu, Christina Si, Daniel Loza, Lemuel Jiang, Joseph Zeng

2019-2020:
Congratulations to Sarah Yoon & Sierra Wei made PMEA Region Orchestra
 2020. Sarah Yoon is No. 1.  
PMEA District 12 &11 Honor Orchestra 2019  
Anya Chan is no. 1. 
Sarah Yoon is no. 2.  
Christina Lee, Sierra Wei, Isaac Hu &Pietro Romussi all made it! 
 
MTNA Pennsylvania State Solo Competition in Nov. 2019 
Congratulations to Ruijia Yang, Owen Li, Pietro Romussi who competed in MTNA (Music Teachers National Association)  
Ruijia Yang is the runner up of MTNA Pennsylvania Junior Strings.  
Owen Li got Honorable Mention in MTNA Pennsylvania Junior Strings. 
 
PMTA Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival in Oct. 2019:  
The students who got Superior: Matthew Lo, Pietro Romussi, Leo Shi, Nathaniel Tom, Daniel Loza, Owen Li, Anya Chan 
The students who got Excellent: Christina Si, Joseph Zeng, Sophia Cui, Jason Zhang, Chloe Chan, Kevin Li, Annie Le 
 ​Congratulations to Daniel Loza, Nathaniel Tom, Pietro Romussi who performed in the Honor Recital of PMEA Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival on 11/17!  
 Crescendo International Competition  
Aila McCaskill got the 1st place!  
Daniel Loza and Kevin Li’s piano trio got the 2nd Place.  
Aila McCaskill and Kevin Li’s Piano trio performed in Carnegie Hall in Jan. 2020. 
 
ABRSM Exam Nov. 2019: 
Leo Shi: Distinction/Grade 5  
Sophia Cui & Xinxin Fang: Merit/Grade 3 
Daniel Loza: Merit / ABRSM Theory Grade 5 
  
Orchestra news in Oct. 2019: 
Sarah Yoon made Co-Principal Cello in Philadelphia Sinfonia! 
Sierra Wei moved up to 3rd stand in PS! 
Nathaniel Tom made 4th chair from 11th chair in PS player! 
Daniel Loza made Assistant Principal Cello / 2nd chair in PRSYM.  
Anya Chan is the Principal Cello in DCYO.  
Ruijia Yang moved up to the 3rd stand in DCYO. 
Owen Li made the Assistant Principal Cello in CCYO! 
Pietro Romussi is the Principal Cello in Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra.  
Tyler Yang is the Assistant Principal Cello in Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra.  
 
2020 PMEA District 12 5/6 String Fest 
Jason Chen, Daniel Loza, Joseph Zeng          ​


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