News about the 2024-25 students:
Joyce Chen is the winner of the Wabash Valley Youth Symphony Concerto Competition and will be performing with them in May 2025.
News about the 2023-24 students:
Where our 2024 graduating seniors are continuing their studies in the Fall…
Cooper Olsen – New England Conservatory of Music to study with Miriam Fried
Miranda Isbitts – New England Conservatory of Music to study with Ayano Ninomiya
Sinead Whelan – Jacobs School of Music to study with Atar Arad
Shawn Wong – Indiana University Kelley Business School
Cyrus Urheim – Harvard University
Layla Vamos – Brown University
Hunter Tang – University of Southern California
Ethan Peyton – Purdue University
Miranda Isbitts placed first in the Senior Division of the Indianapolis Youth Orchestra Competition.
Alice Zheng tied for first in the Junior Division in the Indianapolis Youth Orchestra Competition.
Miranda Isbitts was the first place winner of the Sherer International Violin and Piano Competition that took place on November 22, 2023.
Miranda Isbitts was first place winner of the Mauer Competition and performed with the Indianapolis Symphony in March.
Sinead Whelan received an Honorable Mention in the Indiana Symphony (Muncie) Competition!
Catelijne Hunt received the first prize in the Bloomington Symphony Competition. Sinead Whelan was the 2nd place winner.
Miranda Isbitts received the Kay and Frank Deodene Memorial Award as part of the 2024 NSAL Instrumental Competition.
Where are the 2023 String Academy graduating students going in Fall 2023:
Elson Koh – Columbia University
James Robinson – Jacobs School of Music
Cara Wilson – Jacobs School of Music
Elson Koh placed 2nd and Miranda Isbitts received an Honorable Mention in the Sherer International Violin and Piano Competition on September 18th.
Elson Koh received the 2nd prize in the Mauer Competition.
Where are the 2022 String Academy graduating students going in the fall:
Addison Hightower – Jacobs School of Music
Ben Lee – Indiana University
Kaitlyn Wong – Indiana University
Heidi Gashke – Falls Church College (WI)
Abby Ko – Juilliard
Daniel Larsen – MIT
Natsume Wu – Yale
2021-22 Competition Winners
Cooper Olsen and Miranda Isbitts for placed 1st and 3rd in a new competition in Kentucky, The Essential Music Competition. (April 2022)
Heide and Andrew Gaschke placed 2nd in the National AACS Competition. (April 2022)
Daniel Larsen is the 4th place winner of the Regeneron Science Competition and received a $100,000 prize. What a great accomplishment!
Elson Koh is the winner of the 2022 Bloomington Symphony Competition. He will be playing the Sibelius Concerto with the orchestra in the Fall.
Abby Ko received first prize in the Indianapolis Youth Symphony Competition and Honorable Mention in the Muncie Symphony Competition.
Abby Ko is the first prize winner of the Carmel Symphony Competition and will be performing with the Carmel Symphony. She also just won the Carmel High School Competition and will be performing Tchaikovsky Concerto first movement with her orchestra soon.
Cooper Olsen is the first prize winner of the Michael Ben & Illene KomisarowMaurer Young Musicians Competition and will be performing with the Indianapolis Symphony on March 5, 2022. He is also a Laureate in the 2021 Chicago Violin Competition.
Abby Ko is the 3rd prize winner of the Michael Ben & Illene Komisarow Maurer Young Musicians Competition.
Miranda Isbitts received an Award of Excellence in the Michael Ben & Illene Komisarow Maurer Young Musicians Competition.
Abby Ko is the first prize winner of the The Sherer International Violin & Piano Competition 2021.
2020 Competition Winners
MTNA Regional Winners: Cooper Olsen and Alternate Abby Ko
Mauer Competition (Indianapolis Symphony) 3rd Prize – Cooper Olsen
Muncie Symphony Senior Winners:
1st Place: Cooper Olsen
Honorable Mentions: Elson Koh and Abby Ko
Muncie Symphony 3rd to 5th Grade Winner: Alice Zheng
Junior Finalist Adelphi Orchestra: Miranda Isbitts
Tri-State Rising Artist Violin Competition (Northern KY University)
1st Place: Cooper Olsen
2nd Place: Abby Ko
Indiana Association of Christian Schools and American Association of Christian Schools:
1st Place in both: Heidi Gaschke
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Congratulations to our students that have won the Bloomington Symphony Competition/Summer 2020
1st Prize: Cooper Olsen
Honarable Mentions: Serge Kalinovsky and Sinead Whelan
June 2020: Congratulations to our String Academy students Cyrus Urheim and HunterTang for being awarded the Junior Scientist Award in the Genes in Space Competition.
Competition results from 2019-2020
Louisville Symphony Competition
1st Prize – Maya Kilburn
The Michael Ben & Illene Komisarow Maurer Young Musicians Contest (Indianapolis Symphony)
1st Prize – Phillip Hammond
3rd Prize – Abby Ko
Sphinx Competition (Semi-finals): Phillip Hammond and Ethan Murphy
New World Youth Orchestra (Indianapolis)
Junior Philharmonic Prize: Kelton O’Connell
Junior: Miranda Isbitts
Senior 1st Prize – Alice Ford
Senior 2nd Prize – Abby Ko and William Mayhew
Carmel Symphony Competition
1st Prize – Cooper Olsen
2nd Prize – Phillip Hammond
3rd Prize – William Mayhew
The Rising Star Young Artist Concerto Competition Southeast Missouri State University
1st Prize – Phillip Hammond
2nd Prize – Cooper Olsen
The Eisemann International Young Artist Competition
3rd Prize – Maya Kilburn
Muncie Symphony Competition
Junior 1st Prize – Cooper Olsen
Senior 1st Prize – Phillip Hammond
Honorable Mention – Alice Ford
Evansville Symphony Competition
2nd Prize – Ethan Murphy
Brown Competition in Columbus, IN
3rd Prize – Minjung Kim
Columbus Symphony Competition
1st Prize – Minjung Kim