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FORTE PIANO STUDIO NEWS
November 2025
Congratulations to our Forte Piano students for their outstanding results at the 2025 HCMTA Piano Festival Competition!
Emilia — 1st Prize, Intermediate Division
Theodore — Honors, Advanced Division
Daphne — 2nd Prize, Advanced Division
Christopher — 1st Prize, Advanced Division
We’re so proud of each of you for your commitment and hard work!
October 2025
First studio class for our youngest pianists!
A little ear-training fun (yes, blindfolds included!) as they start discovering the world of music.
July 2025
Congratulations to Forte Piano students Christopher and Daphne, who participated in the 2025 Lyra Music Festival’s Young Artist Performance Program! This two-week intensive chamber music program at the Storm King School offers young musicians an inspiring and immersive experience. We’re incredibly proud of their hard work and artistry.
A special full-circle moment for Christopher!
He first met internationally acclaimed pianist Michael Stephen Brown back in 2017 at a Classics for Kids Concert at the Howland Cultural Center, and now—eight years later—reconnected with him again in 2025 at the Lyra Music Festival. It’s amazing to see how much Christopher has grown as a young musician, and how these encounters continue to inspire his musical journey.
June 2025
What an amazing year it has been at our piano studio!
A huge congratulations to all of our students for a successful school year and a beautiful spring recital. Watching your confidence grow, your technique strengthen, and your love of music deepen has been such a joy.
Thank you to our wonderful families for your support, and to our students for always bringing your best. Here’s to more music ahead!
A very special congratulations to Robert, our graduating senior, who will be attending William Paterson University for Jazz Piano! We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see where your musical journey takes you next.
October 2024
A magical night for Forte Piano students Christopher and Sophia!
They ushered for the Howland Chamber Music Circle’s concert featuring the legendary Emanuel Ax, and were thrilled to meet him afterward. What an inspiring moment!
November 2023
Congratulations to Forte Piano students Christopher on his 2nd place win and April on her 1st place win at the 2023 Hudson Valley Catskill Music Teachers Association’s Piano Competition!
August 2023
Studio Space Transformation
We’ve recently completed the renovation of our studio space!
It was a dramatic transformation and we are really enjoying teaching in the large sunny space
with both of our grand pianos side by side.
June 2023
As a winner of the 2023 Arlington High School Concerto Auditions, Brianna (FPS student) had the opportunity to perform the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.2 with the Arlington High School Orchestra. Congratulations on a beautiful performance!
May 2023
Spring Recitals were a great success!
We said goodbye to five wonderful graduating seniors and we wish them all the best!
March 2023
Always a pleasure having Forte Piano Students perform an Outreach Concert at the Fishkill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing.
May 2022
Spring Recitals!
It was wonderful to return to the Howland Cultural Center for our Spring Recital. Students played wonderfully!
May 2021
100 Day Practice Challenge!
Our students attempted to practice 100 days within a 114-day period, from February 1 to May 25, 2021!
They did an outstanding job! We’re looking forward to the next 100-day Challenge in 2022!
April 2021
Congratulations to Forte Piano Student, Briana!
Briana was selected and featured as a Classical Student Musician on WMHT!
View the video
November 2020
Congratulations to these four Forte Piano Students for their recent wins at the
Hudson Valley Catskills Music Teachers Association's Piano Competition!
Briana Poon (1st Prize), Christopher Lee (2nd prize), Veronica Klein (Honorable Mention), and Sofia Kelly (Honors).
We are so proud of you!
Summer 2020
This past summer, a handful of Forte Piano Studio students participated in the Chopin Sawka project, a collaborative project presented by Department of Music at SUNY New Paltz and the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. The students performed works by Chopin against a backdrop of the exhibition, “Jan Sawka: The Place of Memory (The Memory of Place). The musicians were to consider Sawka’s artwork through the lens of Chopin’s music and vice versa, while also sharing a bit about their own life experiences. Although an in-person performance was not possible, it was great to see how the videos turned out. You can view the full project at https://sites.newpaltz.edu/news/2020/11/chopin-and-sawka/
Here's Qingxi performing Chopin's Prelude Op.28, No.4
