Members’ Announcements and Photos

Please forward questions, answers, photos or feedback for posting to website coordinator,

Lieschen Bierstedt  (lieschen@bierstedt.com)

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

CLASSICAL ERA COMPETITION

Los Angeles Valley College

 

  

 

   

 

          

 

CLASSICAL ERA COMPETITION 2024

Junior Grand Prize Winner:

Daniella Khorozian         

Student of Aroutioun Mikaelian

 

Senior Grand Prize Winner:

Jacob Chan                     

Student of Virginia Whitehead

 

CLASSICAL ERA COMPETITION 2024

Winners:

Samantha Luo

Mila Lanin

Thomas Zhuo

Josiah Chu

Nelli Duryan

Ares Taroyan

Henry Moughalian

Daniella Khorozian

Emma Wang

John Xie

Penelope Rosales

Gabriel Wu

Daniel Huang

Jacob Chan

These students represent the studios of:

Nonna Ayrapetova, Marina Lomtatidze, Armine Margaryan, Aroutioun Mikaelian, Victoria Roizen, Dr. Svetlana Transky and  Virginia Whitehead

CLASSICAL ERA COMPETITION 2024

Honorable Mention Recipients:

Sophie Klausner

Ryan Erlikhman

Noah Farkas

These students represent the studios of:

Galina Berezovsky and Dr. Svetlana Transky

 

WINTERFEST GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:

Junior Grand Prize – Penelope Rosales

Senior Grand Prize – Amelia Pietropaolo.

Students of :

Victoria Roizen and Dr. Svetlana Transky

 

Winterfest 2023

December 10, 2023

at the Los Angeles Valley College

 

Winners

Ellina Grigoryan

Nelli Duryan

Julia Kim

Samuel Lingle

Michelle Kan

Nare Nikoghosyan

Mackenzie Lingle

Chloe Moral

Melody Zheng

Katherine Liu

Hillary Yao

Aditya Kiran

Amelia Pietropaolo

Daniella Khorozian

Noe Spencer

Gabriel Wu

Ian Park

Josiah Chu

Megan Kan

Eisen Hy

Elise Yang

Theodore Rosales

Rayna Hou

Timothe Jorda

Penelope Rosales

Benjamin Wang

Anna Wang

Noah Farkas

Rowan Sellers

Ella Chan

Ashley Kim

Andzhelina Poliakova

Lily Huang

Veronika Poliakova

Debbie Zhao

These students represent the studios of: 

Nonna Ayrapetova, Marina Lomtatidze, Armine Margaryan, Aroutioun Mikaelian, Victoria Roizen, Dr. Svetlana Transky, Remi Lee, Dr. Cynthia Harlan, Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Marine Geladze, Galina Berezovsky, Tae In Chung and Tigranuhi Chapkinyan,

 

Winterfest 2023

December 10, 2023

at the Los Angeles Valley College

 

Honorable Mention Recipients:

Andrew Upperco

Maya Plaks

Joseph Kim

Hasmik Najaryan

Tali Goldkorn

Emma Wang

Emma Feng

Annie Shen

Ryan Erlikhman

Thomas Zhuo

Sacha Daneshgar

Violet Baek

Izabella Poliakova

David Elkhunovich

Sarah Dong

Henry Moughalian

These students represent the studios of:

Nonna Ayrapetova, Lidia Telunts, Dr. Svetlana Transky, Marina Bykhovsky, Remi Lee, Armine Margaryan, Victoria Roizen, Marine Geladze, Galina Berezovsky and Aroutioun Mikaelian .

 

 

 

 

JUNE 30, 2023 

MTAC STATE CONVENTION IN SANTA CLARA -HONORING ONE OF OUR OWN!

The Hollywood Branch is extremely  proud of Enni Harlan, daughter of Dr. Cynthia Harlan, who was selected as one of the five Young Artist Guild members – the ultimate achievement in our CM program. Enni has grown up performing in our branch events. We wish her a wonderful future!
Enni performed and was honored at the 2023 Convention at the Young Artist Guild Recital.

        

 

      

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OTHER CONVENTION PHOTOS:

Lieschen attending Past State Presidents Luncheon Meeting –

    

 

Informative lectures and recitals and communing with colleagues

             

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JUNE 2023 – ANNUAL MEETING AND POTLUCK LUNCH

June 9, 2023 at Lieschen’s home

 

Incoming and Outgoing Presidents – Svetlana and Lieschen

                            

 

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JUNE 2023 – ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS RECITAL

June 4, 2023

Los Angeles Valley College

                  

 

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MAY 2023 – SPRING FESTIVAL

May 7, 2023

Los Angeles Valley College

Chair:  Galina Berezovsky

                       

 

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MARCH 2023 – BACH FESTIVAL

March 19, 2023

at the Westside Music Conservatory

WINNERS:

Noah Farkas

Reese Fujikawa

Megan Kong

Amelia Pietropaolo

Jacob Chan

Thomas Zhuo

STUDIOS REPRESENTED:

Nonna Ayrapetova

Dr. Svetlana Transky

Virginia Whitehead

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 2023 – SONATA SONATINA COMPETITION

February 5, 2023

Chair: Aroutioun Mikaelian

 

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:

Amelia  Pietropaolo

2023 Senior Grand Prize Winner

Student of Dr. Svetlana Transky

and

Katherine Liu

2023 Junior Grand Prize Winner

Student of Marina Geladze

                WINNERS

Izabella

Poliakova

Hillary

Yao

Veronika

Poliakova

David

Zadeh

Daniel

Savluk

Thomas

Zhuo

Matthew

Sun

Emma

Feng

Charles

Sun

Penelope

Rosales

Debbie

Zhao

Michelle

Kan

Henry

Moughalian

 HONORABLE         MENTION

Melody

Zheng

Maya

Plaks

Leila

Kim

Ella

Chan

Maggie

Nguyen

Megan

Kan

Chris

Kim

Kayla

Hong

These students are represented by the following teachers:

Nonna Ayrapetova, Marina Bykhovsky, Marine Geladze, Dr. Cynthia Harlan,

Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Victoria Roizen, Dr. Svetlana Transky and Aroutioun Mikaelian.

 

 

    

 

   

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DECEMBER 2022 – WINTERFEST COMPETITION

December 4, 2022

Chair: Aroutioun Mikaelian

 

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:

Henry Moughalian

2022 Senior Grand Prize Winner

Student of Aroutioun Mikaelian

and

Kathrine Liu

2022 Junior Grand Prize Winner

Student of Marina Geladze

WINNERS:

Rita Badalyan
Josiah Chu
Emmanuel Erlikhman
Ryan Erlikhman
Noah Farkas
Emma Feng
Reese Fujikawa
Adriana Gurulyan
Lily Huang
Megan Kan
Daniella Khorozian
Bella Kim
Jaewon Kim
Aditya Kiran
Madison Lee
Chloe Moral
Ian Park
Amelia Pietropaolo
Daniel Savluk
Annie Shen
Noe Spencer
Karah Tan
Emma Wang
Gabriel Wu
John Xie
Isabella Xiong
Jiaqi Xu
Evan Yang
Hillary Yao
David Zadeh
Able Zhang
Melody Zheng
Thomas Zhuo

The Winners represent the following teachers:

Nonna Ayrapetova, Galina Berezovsky, Marina Bykhovsky, Tina Chapkinyan, Tae Im Chung, Marina Geladze, Dr. Cynthia Harlan, Hasmik Kotelyan, Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Marina Lomtatidze, Aroutioun Mikaelian, Victoria Roizen, Dr. Svetlana Transky and Matthew Young.

HONORABLE MENTION:

Maryam Akelyan
Tomo Charnis
Adrian Erlikhman
Kayla Hong
Ibrahim Khan
Geo Kim
Oliver Kim
Lucy Kim
Maggie Nguyen
Leo Shahverdian
Wesley Yao

The Honorable Mention recipients represent the following teachers:

Nonna Ayrapetova, Galina Berezovsky, Tina Chapkinyan, Marina Geladze, Dr. Cynthia Harlan, Hasmik Kotelyan, Remi Lee, Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Aroutioun Mikaelian and Chizuru Sanada

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A bevy of lovely dresses

Cammilleri Hall created a professional setting:

                 

 

The anticipation before the performance….

And some of our wonderful participants:

                 

 

OCTOBER 2022 FALL FESTIVAL

 Sunday, October 23, 2022 

Chair:  Grigor Akopyan

A few photos:

    

Students had an opportunity to view and try the various pianos in the showroom.

       

   

 

 

 

 Some of our teachers with their students. And several groups of participating siblings.

 

 Grigor Akopyan, Fall Festival Chair, presiding.

 

 Our morning virtual recital with guests tuning in from other parts of the country.

 

 

 

 

Our participants, each presented with a certificate and a flower.

 

 

JULY 2022 MTAC STATE CONVENTION IN COSTA MESA

    

       

 

      

 

       

 

A photo taken at the Past State Presidents Luncheon

 

JUNE 2022

ANNUAL MEETING, POTLUCK AND PRESENTATION

Guest speaker – Carl Matthes

at Lieschen’s home

 

    

 

  

      

   

 

 

MAY 2022

SPRING FESTIVAL 

at the Los Angeles Music and Art School

Chairs: Galina Berezovsky and Hasmik Kotelyan

 

 

       

 

   

 

APRIL 2022

BACH AND BAROQUE FESTIVAL

(virtual)

Chairs: Remi Lee and Lieschen Bierstedt

BACH FESTIVAL RESULTS:

Congratulations to the following students:

Winners:

Evan Xiong

Eric Jia

Iris Xiong

Josiah Chu

Stefan Kurtluyan

Maneh Margaryan

Lila Kim

Elizabeth Johnstone

Honorable Mention:

Prescott Lorenz

The students were represented by the following teachers:

Dr. Cynthia Harlan, Jeesung Kang, Lidia Telunts and Marina Lomtatidze.

 

MARCH 2022

BACH MASTER CLASS (virtual)

with Dr. Elvin Rodriguez

Chair: Dr. Svetlana Transky

 

 

JANUARY 2022

SONATA SONATINA COMPETITION

virtual

Chairs:  Chizuru Sanada and Riko Weimer

 

 

RESULTS

 

Grand Prize Winners

Thomas Zhuo (Junior Grand Prize)

Henry Moughalian (Senior Grand Prize)

Representing these teachers – Nonna Ayrapetova and Aroutioun Mikaelian

 

 Winners

Ella Chan

Michelle Kan

Ashley Kim

Vivian Kim

Maggie Nguyen

Maya Plaks

Gabrielle Shiao

David Zadeh

Representing these teachers – Nonna Ayrapetova, Marina Bykhovsky, Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Aroutioun Mikaelian and Dr. Cynthia Harlan

 

Honorable Mention

Lila Kim

Ian Park

Daniel Savluk

Andrew Upperco

Representing these teachers – Marina Bykhovsky, Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Aroutioun Mikaelian and Dr. Cynthia Harlan

 

 

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DECEMBER 2021

WINTERFEST COMPETITION

at Los Angeles Music and Art School

Committee: Aroutioun Mikaelian, Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Katerina Kolesnik and Marina Lomtatidze

 

RESULTS:

Junior Grand Prize ($100)

Kris Kim

Senior Grand Prize ($100)

Rosalinda Zhao

 

WINNERS:

age 8 and under Andrew Upperco
Bella Kim
age 10 and under Samuel Lingle
Andzhelina Poliakova
Veronika Poliakova
Megan Kan
Anahit Asatryan
Olympia Uyttenhove
Oliver Kim
age 12 and under Ella Chan
Daniel Huang
Lucy Kim
age 14 and under Lukah Tumpa
Elisha Rhie
Hasmik Najaryan
Duet Maggie Nguyen Thomas Zhuo
Ashley Kim
John Xie
age 16 and under Amelia Pietropaolo
Macy Taylor
Winners Program age 10 and under Geo Kim
Winners Program age 12 and under Aditya Kiran
Winners Program age 16 and under Henry Moughalian

HONORABLE MENTION RECIPIENTS

age 8 and under Ayanna Wahl
age 10 and under Sana Tara Kolade
age 14 and under Tali Goldkorn
age 16 and under Joan Huh
Winners Program

age 8 and under

Benjamin Wang
Winners Program

age 10 and under

Ryan Erlikhman
Winners Program

age 12 and under

Vivian Kim

These students are represented by the following teachers:

Nonna Ayrapetova, Galina Berezovsky, Marina Bykhovsky, Tae Im Chung, Dr. Cynthia Harlan, Remi Lee, Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Marina Lomtatidze, Armine Margaryan, Aroutioun Mikaelian, Victoria Roizen, Dr. Svetlana Transky

Photos of our event

Thank you to all the teachers and student families who contributed to this photo collection!

 

 

   

     

 

          

 

     

             

 

 

 

OCTOBER 2021

FALL FESTIVAL (in Halloween costumes)

Chaired by Grigor Akopyan

 

                  

 

MEMBER EVENT:

Dr. Cynthia Harlan’s Studio Community Outreach Event

Venue:  Silverlake Public Library Outdoor Patio

 

 

 

OCTOBER GENERAL MEETING, CHAIRS MEETING AND CONCERT

at Lieschen’s home

GIORGI AND ANNA LATSO PERFORMNING DUETS

                  

 

 

JUNE 2021

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Annual General Meeting 

and celebration of our branch 65th anniversary

June 11, 2021

at Lieschen’s home

Lieschen introducing our online presenter, Yuko Maruyama

Hasmik, Katarina, Marina and Susanna

 

     

Outgoing President, Hasmik receiving her service recognition award plaque

 

        

 

Grigor introducing the 2021/23 board of directors

 

                                                              Chizuru, Galina and Nonna

 

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Achievement Awards Recital

at the Riko Method School of Piano

June 6, 2021

Hasmik, recital chair, with Riko, Aroutioun and Susanna

Olga Balogh Awards winner, Brian Chou with is teacher, Marina Lomtatidze

 

    

 

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May 2021

Spring Festival

 

 

 

 

 

April 2021

Hollywood Branch Scholarship and Student Awards

 Congratulations to an outstanding student!

Brian Chu

student of Marina Lomtatidze

 Brian was chosen as recipients of the Olga Balogh Award

A special, engraved plaque and check  will be presented to him at our

Achievement Awards Recital

 

 

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HOLLYWOOD BRANCH BACH FESTIVAL (VIRTUAL)

April 11, 2021

Results

 

WINNERS:

Iris Xiong

Sophia Gezalyan

Tigran Harutyunyan

Elizabeth Johnstone

Enni Harlan

Maryam Akelyan

Lila Kim

Oliver Harlan

Isabel Sosa

HONORABLE MENTION RECIPIENTS:

Nicole Gorbacheva

Joyce Kang

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEACHERS:

Hasmik Kotelyan, Susanna Zhamkochyan, Dr. Cynthia Harlan, Cesar Corona and Jeesung Kang

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And a screenshot of our supportive audience and our participants –

 

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VOCE – APRIL UPDATE:

Congratulations to Eric Lee! 

He was selected as Second Place Winner in the State VOCE Finals!

 

HOLLYWOOD BRANCH VOCE AUDITIONS (VIRTUAL)

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Chairs: Hasmik Kotelyan and Susanna Zhamkochyan

Adjudicators:

Joyce Osborn, Dr. Berj Karazyan and Cheryl Bretsnyder

Congratulations to these outstanding VOCE winners!

The First Place Winners will proceed to the State Finals and if selected, will be asked to perform at the State Convention.

Results:

1st place

Eunice Lee (Junior Solo Strings)

Eric Lee (Intermediate Solo Winds)

Colin Kim (Senior Solo Winds)

Joon Hyung Noh (Intermediate Solo Voice)

2nd place

Jinheon Kim (Intermediate Solo Strings)

Grace Rhim (Junior Solo Strings)

Ashley Hahn (Intermediate Solo Winds)

These students are represented by the following teachers:

Eric Cha, Bom An, Pauline Gehai Yi, Sang Keun Chang and Jongeui Kim

 

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SONATA SONATINA COMPETITION (VIRTUAL)

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Chairs: Dr. Sanaz Rezai and Chizuru Sanada

Judges: Dr. Giorgi Latso and Laurie Meinhold

Results

Student’s Name

Award
Kim, Vivian First Prize
Harlan, Enni  First Prize
Harlan, Oliver  First Prize
Kim, Bella Winner
Wang, Benjamin Winner
Lee, Yale Winner
Jia, Eric Winner
Park, Ian Winner
Chan, Ella Winner
Hong, Mindy Winner
Kim, Ashley  Winner
Zhuo, Thomas Honorable Mention
Rhie, Elisha  Honorable Mention
Shiao, Gabrielle Honorable Mention
Savluk, Daniel  Honorable Mention
Goldkorn, Maya  Honorable Mention
Chu, Brian  Honorable Mention

 

These students represent the following teachers:

First Place winners – Dr. Sunyoung Lee and Dr. Cynthia Harlan

Other: Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Dr. Cynthia Harlan, Remi Lee, Nonna Ayrapetova, JeeSung Kang, Marina Bykovsky and Marina Lomtatidze.

PROGRAM I

PROGRAM II

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WINTERFEST 2020 (Virtual)

Sunday, December 6th

Winterfest Committee: 

Zewhong Lee (chair), Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Lieschen Bierstedt

Judges: Mark Richman and Dr. Sharon Townsend

RESULTS:

FIRST PLACE WINNERS

 

Category 1 (age 8 and under)

Geo Kim

Category 2 (age 10 and under)

Ian Park

Category 3 (age 12 and under)

Aditya Kiran

Category 4 (age 14y and under)

Henry Moughalian

Category 5 (age 16 and under)

Vivian Kim

Category 6 (age 17 and above)

Brian Chu

Instrumental Category (age 14 and under)

Sarah Tazyan

 

WINNERS

 

Benjamin Wang

Madeline Kang

Haley Rhee

Anahit Asatrian

Elizabeth and Sarah Tazyan

Michelle Kan

Victoria Park

Ryan Erlikhman

Anna Wang

Chris Kim

Madison Lee

Thomas Zhuo

Jaewon Kim

Vivian Kim

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION

 

Eunice Chou

Jaan Kelly

Ashot Grigoryan & Hovik Khachatryan

Hasmik Najaryan

Nare Nikoghosyan

Sarah Tazyan

Megan Kan

Evan McAfee

Gabrielle Shiao

Ashley Kim

Elizabeth Tazyan

Maryam Akelyan

Isabel Sosa

Logan Yee

 

PROGRAM I

 

PROGRAM II

 

PROGRAM III

 

 

PROGRAM IV

          

PROGRAM IV continues

 

 

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OCTOBER 2020

FALL FESTIVAL (virtual)

October 18, 2020

Chairs: Lieschen Bierstedt and Remi Lee

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 2020

Virtual Recital – Remi Lee, Chair

with the focus on Jazz and African American Composers

 

JULY 2020

Summer Planning Board Meeting

JUNE 2020

 

May 2020

Online General Meeting to discuss preparation for our new 

Virtual CM Evaluations

 

 

April 2020

Hollywood Branch Scholarship and Student Awards

 Congratulations to two outstanding students!

Vivian Kim, student of Dr. Sunyoung Lee

Oliver Harlan, student of Dr. Cynthia Harlan

 

 Both students were chosen as recipients of the Olga Balogh Award

A special, engraved plaque will be presented to each of these students

 

April Online Board Meeting via Zoom

How our lives have changed!

 

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February General and Board Meeting

at Riko Method School of Piano

with Noah Simon performing

 

 

 

Winners

Sonata Sonatina Competition at LA Valley College

January 19, 2020

Winners:
Daniel Ro
Enni Harlan
Oliver Harlan
Ryan Erlikhman
Elizabeth Johnstone
Paloma Vega
Luke Zhao
Dalia Mamedov
Maya Plaks
Brian Chu
Thomas Zhuo
Ella Chan
Maggie Nguyen
Autrin Anousheh
Grace Claire Yang
Claire SooHoo
Vivian Kim
Ian Park
Ashley Kim
Ida Shelton
Amelia Pietropaolo
Alexander Weiner
Henry Weiner
Justin Hwang
Julia Hwang
Theodore Lau

Honorable Mention:

Elizabeth Tazyan

Mokai Bolagun

Katy Nehorayan

Elisha Rhie

The  following teachers are represented by the students listed:

Nonna Ayrapetova, Galina Berezovsky, Marina Bykovsky, Cesar Corona, Dr. Cynthia Harlan,

Jee Sung Kang, Remi Lee, Dr. Sunyoung Lee, Zewhong Lee,  Marina Lomtatidzy, Dr. Sanaz Rezai,

Svetlana Transky

 

Some of our contestants and their teachers….

        

 

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Winterfest at the USC Cammilleri Hall

December 15, 201

 

 

COMPETITION WINNERS 2019

Arianna Akopyan Maria Karakhanyan Maggie Nguyen
Harutyun Akopyan Ibrahim Kanh Nare Nikoghosyan
David Canal Vivian Kim Vahagn Nikoghosyan
Icahlyn Carnejo Jaewon Kim Ian Park
Ella Chan Ashley Kim Victoria Park
Tomo Charnis Audrey Kim Nare Pogosyan
Brian Chu Vivian Kim Pratika Prasad
Arthur Davtyan Chris Kim Elisha Rhie
Ryan Erlikman Adita Kiran Gabrielle Shiao
Ryan Essavi Stefan A. Kurtluyan Kaitlyn Sulivan-Pascual
Olivia Garrison Theodore Lau Leela Wahl
Enni Harlan Edward Lau Anna Wang
Prisca He Madison Lee Leila Wiedmann
Rachel He Jongsun Lee Kyan Wiedmann
Joan Huh Benjamin Lim Wesley Yao
Justin Hwang Evan McAfee Hillary Yao
Julia Hwang Jackie Mirzoian Jacob J. Yoon
Meggan Kan Julianna Mirzoian Aaron Zhou
Alex Karakhanyan Henry Moughalian Thomas Zhou

 

HONORABLE MENTION:

Mariam Akelyan Nadia Jamehdor
Anahit Asatryan Michelle Kan
 Mokai Balogun Anush Kazaryan
Samuel Borozangyan Hanif Khan
Gianna Cavalier Maneh Margaryan
Alicia Changryan Vahan Nalbandian
Hajoon Choi Juliette Salguero
Elly Chou Ani Sargsyan
Lola Cortez Karah Tan
Liza Ghazaryan Evan Yang
Oliver Harlan Ethan Zhou

 

 

 

 

 

Students of Marina Lomtatidze in front of the iconic Cammilleri Hall picture

                      

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Fall Festival at the Fenton Charter School

October 2019

Chair Grigor Akopyan and his daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Stefan Ulubabyan

      

Students with teachers: Aroutioun, Cynthia, Hasmik, Zewhong, Shane, Grigor, Armine, Galina, Marina

 

October 2019

Congratulations to our colleague

Dr. Cynthia Harlan on her student,

Enni Harlan

receiving the Silver Medal in the French Suites Category at the Bach Complete Works Competition

 

 

 

June 2019 General Meeting at Lieschen’s home

Carl Matthes, speaker

 

Our teacher members –  and a generous pot luck lunch

                                        

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Achievement Awards Recital at LA Valley College

June 2019

         

Chair, Hasmik Kotelyan and Co-Chair, Armine Margaryan

     

Spring Festival at the Fenton Charter school

May 5, 2019

Co-Chairs Galina and Marina

Some of our participating teachers:  Aroutioun, Galina, Marina, Hasmik (President) and Cesar

Ribbon Presentations

 

 

Bach Masterclass

April 7, 2019

Steinway Hall, Beverly Hills

 

Jeffrey Lavner with student participants

 

Virginia Whitehead, chair, presenting certificates

 

 

 

Certificate of Merit: Saturday, March 16, 2019 at UCLA

Chair, Sunyoung with Alan and Riko

Theory correcting team; Grigor, Lieschen, Cynthia and Mei-Ter (Alan  is away from the desk)

 

Theory exam room

 

Chizuru and Zewhong at the student theory check-in

Theory room team:  Virginia, Remi Lee and student volunteer.

MARCH 2019

Hollywood Branch Southern California Junior Bach Competition Winners

      

Congratulations to the following students and their teachers!

Miriam Akelyan
Jenny Cho
Brian Chu
Albert Gordeev
Enni Harlan
Julia Hwang
Johann Li
Stephanie Li
Pratika Prasad
Aaron Zhou
Hasmik Najaryan (honorable mention)

Students of:

Oleta Diamond, Dr. Cyntia Harlan, Hasmik Kotelyan,
Zewhong Lee, Armine Margaryan, Vera Miretskaya

 

October 2018

Congratulations to our colleague

Dr. Cynthia Harlan on her student,

Enni Harlan

receiving the prestigious Gold Medal at the Bach Complete Works Competition

 

December 2018

Winterfest 2018 at LA Valley College

 

 

General Meeting at Allegretto Music Studio Studio

 

September 2018 CM Info Meeting…