AMA students 2011-2012

Congratulations to the 2nd round winners
of the All-State Competition (2011~2012)!
&
Congratulations to our AMA piano students for
receiving Honorable Mention at the 2011 GMEA Piano Auditions!
(Georgia Music Education Assoc.)

Grade	Name of Student	Name of School	Name of Teacher	Intrument
6th grade	Monica Chang	North Gwinnett MS	Young-Hae Kim	Piano
6th grade	Michael Roman	North Gwinnett MS	Melissa Meghdadi	Piano
7th grade	Sydney Yoon	Rivertrail MS	Kelly Via	Flute
8th grade	Katie Kim	Autrey Mill MS	Kelly Via	Flute
8th grade	Justin Jeon	Rivertrail MS	Dr. Martin Gueorguiev	Cello
8th grade	Rachel Kim	Autrey Mill MS	Dr. Ulisses Silva	Viola
8th grade	Junwoo Park	Rivertrail MS	Greg Holland	Trumpet
9th grade	Ashley Kwon	North Gwinnet HS	Kelly Via	Flute
9th grade	Rachel Kim	Johns Creek HS	Melissa Meghdadi	Piano
10th grade	Julia Han	GSMST	Melissa Meghdadi	Piano
10th grade	Rachel Jeon	Northview HS	Kelly Via	Flute
10th grade	Felix Wang	Lambert HS	Dr. Jason Ogg	Alto Sax
10th grade	Julia Jefferson	North Gwinnett HS	Greg Holland	Trumpet
10th grade	Philip Park	Northview HS	Greg Holland	Trumpet
11th grade	Albina Kwak	Northview HS	Kelly Via	Flute
12th grade	Rebecca Kim	Northview HS	Kelly Via	Flute
12th grade	Lauren Rosenblatt	Parkview HS	Kelly Via	Flute

*Congratulations to:

Rebecca Kim: 3rd Chair / Rachel Jeon- 4th Chair

Albina Kwak- 5th Chair / Ashley Kwon- 1st Alternat

AMA students 2010-2011

AMA students have made it into the Fulton County Honor Band

           Elijah Kim - Alto-Saxophone (Jason Ogg)

AMA students have made it into the Gwinnett County Honor Band

           Sarah Kim - 1st Chair, Flute (Kelly Via)

Our AMA students' results for GMEA.
(Georgia Music Educators Association)

           Honorable Mention

           Monica Chang - 6th grade (Young Hae Kim)
           Michael Roman - 6th grade, (Melissa Meghdadi)
           Rachel Kim - 9th grade, (Melissa Meghdadi)
           Julia Han - 10th grade, (Melissa Meghdadi)

AMA students made to first round of Fulton County Honor Band

           Middle School

           Sydney Yoon - Flute (Kelly Via)
           Katie Kim - Flute (Kelly Via)
           Minji Kim - Flute (Kelly Via)

AMA Students joined Fulton County Honor Band

           Albina Kwak 1st Chair - 11th Grade (Kelly Via, Flute)

           Angie Shin 2nd Chair - 10th Grade (Kelly Via, Flute)

           Rachel Jeon 5th Chair - 10th Grade (Kelly Via, Flute)

AMA Students joined 1st Round of GHP

           Rachel Jeon - 10th Grade (Kelly Via, Flute)

           Albina Kwak - 11th Grade (Kelly Via, Flute)

AMA Student joined 2011-2012 Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra

           Lauren Rosenblatt - 12th grade flute (kelly via)

AMA Student made into the Emory Chamber Youth Program

           Sarah Jang - 7th grade cello (Martin Gueorguiev via)

AMA Students joined AYWS(Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony) member

           Lauren Rosenblatt- 12th grade flute (kelly via)

           KAyla Charles - 12th grade flute (kelly via)

           Jay Park - 12th grade clarinet (David Wilkes)

GMEA PIANO ALL-STATE

     1st PLACE WINNERS:

           Albert Kim (Young Hae Kim),   Rachel Kim (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle),

           Yukyung Han (Young Hae Kim),   Jae Yoon Lee (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle);

      2nd PLACE WINNER:

           Aaron Choi (Joanna K. Doyle)

GMEA PIANO ALL-STATE DUET DIVISION

     1st PLACE WINNERS:

           Aaron Choi & Carina Cho (Joanna K. Doyle)

GEORGIA YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FINALIST:

      Yuna Oh (Jean Jansen)

GEORGIA MUSIC TEACHER’S ASSOCIATION 1ST ROUND WINNERS:

      Lesley Chang (Young Hae Kim),     Ruby Lee (Melissa Meghdadi),     Rachel Kim (Melissa Meghdadi),

      Sue Bin Kim (Jee Eun Wada),     Jenny Bae (Young Hae Kim),     Rachel Kim (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle),

      Kevin Kim (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle),     Jae Yoon Lee (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle)

GMEA 1st ROUND ALL-STATE & DISTRICT HONOR BAND:

      Oksu Kim (Jean Jansen, Flute),     Liz Sohn (Jean Jansen, Flute) & Yuna Oh (Jean Jansen, Flute)

ALL-STATE BAND & ORCHESTRA 2nd ROUND WINNERS:

      Paul Kim (Dr. Jason Ogg- Saxophone),     Felix Wang (Dr. Jason Ogg, Saxophone),

      Blake Edwards (Dr. Jason Ogg, Saxophone),     Alex Park (Greg Holland, Trumpet),

      Rachel Kim (David Wilkes, Clarinet), &     Rachel Kim (Dr. Ulisses Silva, Viola)

NATIONAL FEDERATION FESTIVAL SUPERIOR RATING:

      Aidan Arness, Eric Arness,    Duke Baek, Monica Chang,    Rachel Chang,    Alexandra Cho,

     Irene Choi, Zachary Fisher,    Crystal Heo,    Erica Hong,    Brittany Jhin,    Fahd Kapadia,

     Jenny Kang,    Janice Kim,     Kaylee Kim,    Stephanie Kim,    Tommy Kim,    Daniel Lee,

     Jamie Lee,    Kerin Lee,    Preston Lee,    Ruby Lee,     Clara Lim,    Ruth Mang,

     Justin Min,    Katherine Min,    Chan Park,    Michael Roman,    Sanjna Rukkannagari,

     Seokhwan Sohn,    Ordia Williams & Kevin Yi.

2010 BACH PIANO COMPETITION:

      Jae Yoon Lee, $500.00 Scholarship Recipient, (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle)

2010 BACH PIANO OUTSTANDING PERFORMER:

      Daniel Lee (Charlotte Graft),    Erica Hong (Jee EUn Wada),    Kevin Kim (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle),

      Ruby Lee (Melissa Meghdadi),    Rachel Chang (Young Hae Kim),    Monica Chang (Young Hae Kim),

      Rachel Kim (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle),    Rachel Kim (Melissa Meghdadi) & Hoon Choi (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle)

2010 BACH PIANO AWARD OF EXCELLENCE:

      Zachary Fisher (Melissa Meghdadi),    Preston Lee (Young Hae Kim) & Joon Choi (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle)

2010 BACH PIANO HONORABLE MENTION:

      Justin Min (Charlotte Graft)

GWINNETT COUNTY YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:

      Jisu Kim 7th chair (Dr. Martin Gueorguiev)

GEORGIA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:

      Rachel Kim $100.00 (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle) & Jae Yoon Lee $200.00 (Dr. Joanna K. Doyle)