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HAPPENING @ NMS
NOVEMBER 2026
IN Residency — HieYon Choi, Pianist October 18-20, 2026 from Peabody Institute
IN Recital — HieYon Choi, Pianist October 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM, Tickets Coming Soon
AUGUST 2026
Watch Live: Sunday 9:20 AM, August 16. Daniel Razminia performs in the Final Rounds at the Toronto International Piano Competition Live on Youtube
NMS Welcomes ClarissaBevilacqua to the Violin Faculty
JULY 2026
STUDENT HONORS
JUNE 2026
DANIEL RAZMINIA
Selected to perform in the Toronto International Piano Competition.
MAY 2026
CONSTANTINE WANG
2026 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival Competition Youth Category Piano Solo Online
Competition.
WINNER - GOLD AWARD
MIKA MATSUYAMA
2026 NSMTA Karen Tobias Piano Competition
WINNER - SENIOR PIANO DIVISION (GRADES 10-12)
BEATRICE VALENZUELA
2026 ISMTA e-Competition (non-piano)
WINNER - JUNIOR DIVISION
JANUARY 2026
KENNETH GALLWAS
2026 DEPAUL NATIONAL CONCERTO COMPETITION
WINNER - PIANO DIVISION
MIKA MATSUYAMA
2026 DEPAUL NATIONAL CONCERTO COMPETITION
HONORABLE MENTION WITH DISTINCTION - PIANO DIVISION
BEATRICE VALENZUELA
2026 DEPAUL NATIONAL CONCERTO COMPETITION
HONORABLE MENTION - VIOLIN DIVISION
DANIEL RAZMINIA
2026 SINFONIETTA BEL CANTO CONCERTO COMPETITION
WINNER - PIANO DIVISION
BEATRICE VALENZUELA
2026 SPHINX COMPETITION
SEMI-FINALIST - STRINGS
DECEMBER 2025
JONATHAN TRUONG
2025 O’MALLEY FOUNDATION NATIONAL CONCERTO COMPETITION
WINNER - EARLY MUSIC DIVISON
DRAKE WUNDERLICH
2025 O’MALLEY FOUNDATION NATIONAL CONCERTO COMPETITION
HONORABLE MENTION - PIANO DIVISION
OLIVIA FAZIO
MYA CONCERT ORCHESTRA
CONCERTMASTER
JOSEPH GALLWAS, KENNETH GALLWAS, TONGBAI DENG
2025ILLINOIS MTNA COMPETITION
HONORABLE MENTIONS