Congratulations to Kaede Ishdate and her family: National Youth Orchestra, 2019; National Youth Orchestra 2, principal cellist, 2018; International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso Rome, grand prize, 2018; Crescendo International Music Competition, USA, first place, 2019. Early Acceptance to Harvard University Class of 2023!

Kaede Ishidate, principal cellist with National Youth Orchestra 2, Carnegie Hall, July 24, 2018

Kaede Ishidate, Principal cellist, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, 2017-2019, Associate cellist, National Youth Orchestra, associate, 2019, Principal cellist, National Youth Orchestra 2, 2018, Grand prize, International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso Rome, 2018, First prize, Crescendo International Music Competition USA, 2018, Associate principal cellist, Massachusetts Music Educators Association All State Festival Orchestra, 2018, Principal cellist, Massachusetts Music Educators Association Central District Senior Festival Orchestra, 2017, co-principal cellist, Massachusetts Music Educators Association Central District Junior Festival Orchestra, 2014, First prize, Music Worcester Young Artist Competition, Senior Division, 2017 and First prize, Junior Division, 2015.

Eric Liu, Bay State String Contest, first place winner 2019, presenter at the Music Teacher National Association Quad State Conference, 2019

Gencay Padir, Worcester Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, principal cellist, 2016-2018.

Karthik Seetharaman, The Canadian Royal Conservatory Music Development Program, ARCT Diploma, 2021, Level 10 National Gold Medal, 2020, Level 6 and 7 First Class Honors, 2016, 2017; Russian Music Competition, NJ, Grand Prize 2021, Young Artist String Competition, First Prize, Westfield, MA 2019. MMEA Central District Senior Festival Orchestra, Co-Principal Cello 2020, Massachusetts All-State Festival Orchestra, 2020.

Thomas Zhang, Co-Principal Cello, MMEA Central District Senior Festival Orchestra 2020

Kenneth Lee, Pricipal Cellist, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, 2022, MMEA Central District Senior Festival Orchetrsa, 2021, 3rd Chair Cello MMEA All-State Festival Orchestra 2018, 3rd Chair MMEA Central District Festival Orchestra 2020

Emily Colpas, Principal Cellist, Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra, 2014-2017

Joy Keown, Founder and Director of Grace Notes and Aloha Piano Quartet, member of Columbus Symphony Orchestra, present

Mary Del Gobbo, member of Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony Orchestra

Meng Yang, Principal Cellist, National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra, Beijing, China, present. Third Price from 11th Biennial National Solo Competition American String Teachers Association, 2000

Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Festival Orchestra:

Emily Colpas, Kaede Ishidate, Hannah Koval, Kenneth Lee, Eric Liu, Karthik Seetharaman

Massachusetts Music educators Central District Junior Festival Orchestra:

Christian Bacelis, Treasa Casey, Shawn Chen, Isabella Kang, Julia Knowles, Cailyn Kindorf, Serey Kremer, Kelly Mills, Gencay Padir, Haley Schilling, Karthik Seetharaman, Vivian Shen, Natalie Ward, Nathan Zhang.

Massachusetts Music Educator Association Central District Senior Festival Orchestra:

Christian Bacelis, Emily Colpas, Ethan Cole, Wilfred Hsiu, Oliver Hoang, Hannah Koval, Kaede Ishidate, Kenneth Lee, Haley Schilling, Karthik Seetharaman, Varsha Veedgav, Natalie Ward, Nathan Zhang, Thomas Zhang.

Massachusetts Music Educator Association Eastern District Senior Festival Orchestra:

Eric Liu

Massachusetts Music Educator Association Eastern District Junior Festival Orchestra:

Dalai Xu

Massachusetts Music Educator Association Northeastern District Junior Festival Orchestra:

Eva Wang

Massachusetts Music Educator Association Southeastern District Junior Festival Orchestra:

Ian Mei, A1 chair

New Hampshire Music Educators Association All State Festival Orchestra:

Emily Eng

New Hampshire Music Educators Association Solo and Ensemble Festival:

Hannah Spindler

Georgia Music Educators Association All State Festival Orchestra:

Mary Del Gobbo, Joy Keown

Central District Senior Festival Orchestra Concert at Mechanics Hall in Worcester on January 19, 2019, From Left: Hannah Koval, Kaede Ishidate (principal cellist), Nathan Zhang, Karthik Seetharaman, congratulations!

All State Festival Orchestra Concert at Symphony Hall, Boston on March 2nd, 2019. From left: Kaede Ishidate, Hannah Koval, Eric Liu, congratulations!

Kaede Ishidate received first prize at the International Crescendo Competition, Rockport, MA on April 15, 2019. She performed Ginastera’s Pampeana #2 Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, Op. 21 with Roy Imperio at Rockport Shalin Liu Performance Center

Karthik Seetharaman received first prize at the Young Artist String Competition, Westfield, MA on April 27, 2019

Eric Liu, first place winner of the Bay State String Contest, May 25, 2019, Presenter at the Music Teachers National Association Quad State Conference, October 5, 2019.

The National Youth Orchestra performing Elne Alpensinfonie, opus 64 by Richard Strauss at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, August 3rd, 2019

Kaede Ishidate, associate principal cellist, National Youth Orchestra 2019

Kaede Ishidate, associate principal cellist, National Youth Orchestra, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherland, August 15, 2019.

Kaede Ishidate, August 15, 2019