B.A. in music at Bucknell University: 22 years of piano experience. Below are my musical achievements:
• Early Bach Medal (2009):
This required playing 15 Bach elementary pieces from memory, and receiving at least a superior minus rating at the National Piano Guild Auditions
• Junior Distinguished Musicianship Award (2012): This required many hours of service, competitions, and piano performances.
• Advanced Bach Medal Award (2012):
This required playing 15 Bach inventions from memory, and receiving at least a superior minus rating at the National Piano Guild Auditions.
• MSMTA Keyboard Award (2012): This required 6 outstanding ratings on the 6 musicianship phases, including scales and cadences, arpeggios, sight reading, harmonization, and improvisation.
• Paderewski Piano Award/Ten Year National Winner (2014):
This required playing 10 music pieces from memory for ten years, receiving at least an advanced rating.
• Passed MSMTA Theory Tests Levels 1-7 (2015)