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Kimberly Hou, Piano - RSOL Concerto Contest Winner


Kimberly Hou, a 15-year-old home-schooled 10th grader, has been studying piano for 12 years and is a student of Dr. Marjorie Lee for 9 years. She was the National First Place Winner of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) 2009 Junior Piano Competition. Her other First Place Awards include: Richmond Symphony Concerto Competition, MTNA Eastern Division and Southern Division Junior Piano Competitions, MTNA Virginia and D.C. Junior Piano Competitions, Ithaca College Piano Competition, Virginia Commonwealth University PianoFest, Virginia Music Teachers Association (VMTA) State Audition, Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association (NVMTA) District Audition, VMTA Concerto Competition, NVMTA Concerto Competition, Maryland State Music Teachers Association (MSMTA) Concerto Competition, MSMTA Elizabeth Davis Competition, Gustavo Romero Piano Competition, Asian American Music Society Piano Competition, MSMTA Gottlieb Piano Competition, Washington Music Teachers Association (WMTA) Viola Hartman Piano Performance Awards, WMTA Bartok Competition, Old Dominion University Classical Piano Competition, NVMTA Achievement Awards, 23rd International Young Artist Piano Competition in D.C., Connecticut International Piano Competition, and American Fine Arts Festival (AFAF) Piano Competition in Carnegie Hall (Weill Hall), NYC.

In 2009 she was invited to perform in the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in Chicago; she was also invited to perform as a soloist with the New River Valley Symphony Orchestra at Virginia Tech. Kimberly has been a frequent featured soloist in Young Artists Musicale Series at George Mason University Center for the Arts, and has performed in the Concert at the Department of State, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, and Carnegie Hall (Weill Hall) AFAF Gala Concert. She has been invited to present a solo recital in the Concerts at the Alden Series in McLean on March 28, 2010. Besides music and academic study, she also enjoys debate club and tournaments.