HONORS & AWARDS
JAZZ
Peter S. Yogis Memorial Private Study Scholarship for outstanding performances, awarded at the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival Mar 2024
Outstanding Soloist Award, Berkeley High Jazz Festival, awarded by Joshua Redman & Elena Pinderhughes Oct 2023
Commendation for dedication to artistic expression and collaboration, Alameda County Board of Supervisors, BHS Jazz Ensemble June 2023
NYU Summer Jazz Workshop, Master class with Lenny White July 2023
Opening combo for Jaza Mafia, Berkeley Symphony Gala, Berkeley CA May 2023
Featured Combo at East Bay Municipal Utility District, 100 Birthday Party & Community Fair, Oakland, CA May 2023
The Reno Jazz Festival , Master class clinics w/ Joseph L Jefferson, Tal Cohen, Anisha Rush Apr 2023
Featured Combo at Oakland Children’s Hospital Fundraiser, Oakland, CA Apr 2023
Outstanding Soloist Award, AAAA Big Band, Folsom Jazz Festival, Folsom CA Jan 2023
Outstanding Soloist Award, Combo A, Folsom Jazz Festival, Folsom CA Jan 2023
Outstanding Soloist Award, Combo C (“Barn Band”), Folsom Jazz Festival, Folsom CA Jan 2023
1st Place, AAAA Big Band, Folsom Jazz Festival, Folsom CA Jan 2023
2nd Place, Combo A, Folsom Jazz Festival, Folsom CA Jan 2023
Auditioned combo featured at Yoshi’s Jazz Club, Oakland CA Feb 2022, Jan 2023
Public pre-show reception and cocktail hour at TheatreSquared, Fayetteville AR Dec 2022
Good Day NWA KNWA - Interview & performance with local television station, Fayetteville, AR Dec 2022
Soloist at Berkeley Methodist United Church, Japanese Internment Remembrance Service, Berkeley, CA Feb 2020
CLASSICAL
Solo Piano
2nd Place, The American Prize in Piano Performance 2023, The Lorin Hollander Award for Concerto, Aug 2023
2nd Prize, Gustav Mahler Prize Music Competition, Category 7 July 2023
2nd Prize, International Youth Music Competitions (Classical), Senior June 2023
2nd Prize, New Star Piano Competition, Rachmaninoff May 2023
3rd Prize, New Star Piano Competition, Bach May 2023
2nd Prize, Great Composers Music Competition, Best Rachmaninoff Performance, piano solo Apr 2023
2nd Prize, American Protege International Concerto Competition Mar 2023
2nd Place, The 2023 US Open Music Competition, Showcase Piano Solo, Advanced, Oakland, CA Feb 2023
1st Prize, The 2023 Charleston Classical Music Competition, Advanced Feb 2023
1st Place, Bay Area Music Association, Music Legacy Competition, Advanced Solo, San Mateo, CA Jan 2023
1st Prize, Great Composers Competition, Best Mozart Performance, Group IV, piano solo Jan 2023
2nd Place, Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition, Advanced Concerto, Carmel, Indiana Jun 2022
Honorable Mention, Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition, Advanced Solo, Carmel, Indiana Jun 2022
3rd Prize, New Star Piano Competition, Rachmaninoff May 2022
3rd Prize, New Star Piano Competition, Bach May 2022
Honorable Mention, New Star Piano Competition, Chopin May 2022
Honorable Mention, East Bay Music Festival Piano Competition, Div 4, Berkeley, CA Apr 2022
2nd Prize, American fine Arts Festival, Golden Era of Romantic music 2022, Category C Mar 2022
2nd Prize, Great Composers Competition, Best Chopin Performance, Group IV, piano solo Mar 2022
3rd Place, US Open Music Competition, Treasury of American Composers, Solo, Oakland, CA May 2021
Gold Cup Winner, National Federation of Music Clubs Festival (NFMC), 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022
National Honor Roll Recipient, American College of Musicians/National Piano Guild Auditions (Piano Guild), Oakland, CA May 2011-2022
Soloist at Bay Area Junior Bach Festival Auditioned Recital, Berkeley CA Mar 2016
Piano Duo / Ensemble
Ensemble & choir performance at the Bay Area Junior Bach Festival, Berkeley CA Mar 2023
Featured Ensemble (piano duo), East Bay Music Foundation, Chamber Festival Winners Recital, Berkeley, CA Jan 2022
3rd Place, United States International Duo Piano Competition, Level 6, Colorado Springs, CO Jan 2022
1st Prize, Great Composers Competition, Best Liszt Performance, Group IV, Piano Duo Oct 2020
1st Place, United States International Duo Piano Competition, Siblings Division, Colorado Springs, CO Jan 2020
2nd Prize, Great Composers Competition, Best Bach Performance, Group IV, Piano Duo Mar 2019
2nd Place, United States International Duo Piano Competition, Siblings Division, Colorado Springs, CO Jan 2019