Sylvia Shoon's Studio

Feeling immensely grateful and overwhelmed with joy to share that 12 of my students received a total of 19 first-place awards 🏆🥇🏅🎖️and 4 scholarships at this year’s piano competition at the North York Music Festival. 🎼🎶🎵

I am especially delighted that a student was invited to perform at the award ceremony — such a meaningful and memorable experience 🎹

A heartfelt thank you to the North York Music Festival for providing such a wonderful platform for young musicians to grow, shine, and share their love of music 🌟✨💫

To all the parents, thank you for your years of trust, support, encouragement, and dedication. It is through your partnership and commitment that the students are able to flourish and achieve such wonderful results. 😍🥰

As a teacher, my heart is full of gratitude and pride seeing my students’ hard work bear fruit. Glory be to God for His grace and blessings. ❤️💞💖💝

I felt truly honoured and grateful to attend Yip's Music Festival Gala last night 🎹🎼 😍. Although three students were unable to attend the award ceremony, six students joined the celebration. Altogether, my students achieved an outstanding result - 16 First Places 🥇🥇and four Best of Grade awards in Grades 2, 3, 4 and 6 🏆🏆🏆🏆!!

I am also delighted that they have been invited to perform in the showcase concert. 🤩🥳We are all looking forward to their wonderful performances. Seeing their hard work and passion, shine through makes this journey so rewarding. So proud of every one of them!

All the glory to God, the Creator of heaven and earth!!

This year's local competitions have come to a successful close.

We had 16 students participate, and they all received awards. Together, they bought home a total of 65 awards:

🥇 35 First Places
🥈 19 Second Places
🥉 11 Third Places

As their teacher, I am incredibly proud of their hard work and achievements.

I'm incredibly proud of my four students for their outstanding achievement in their very first piano competitions.🎹

Together, they were awarded: 9 First Place prizes 🏆, 3 Second Place🥈, and 4 Third Place🥉. Moreover, all of them were nominated to Provincial Finals 2026🎖🎖🎖🎖.

This is a wonderful milestone in their musical journey, and I look forward to seeing their continued growth and success.🎼🎵🎶🎹

May all the Glory be to God!!🙏🙏

Looking forward to a great performance! 🎼 🎹 🎶 🎵

So happy to share that my student, Natalie, has successfully passed her ARCT performer diploma after years of hard work 🎼🎹! Over the years, she has won numerous competition awards🏆🎖, received scholarships, and has been invited to perform on Gala Concerts.🎵🎶
As her teacher, I couldn't be prouder 💝!!

🎹 Celebrating an Incredible Achievement! 🎉

After an inspiring round of local piano competitions, I'm thrilled to announce that 7 of my talented students were nominated to represent our area at the Provincial Finals, competing against top musicians from 52 cities across Ontario! 🌟

Their hard work and dedication truly paid off:

🏆 2 students earned First Place, and one of them was awarded the Best in Class
🥈 1 student received Second Place
🏅 1 student earned an Honourable Mention with Distinction
👏 2 students received an Honourable Mention

I couldn't be more proud of each and every one of them! Your commitment, passion, and musical excellence continue to inspire. Bravo to all! 🎶❤️

I am proud to share that 8 of my outstanding students were recognized at North York Music Festival's award ceremony for their remarkable achievements!

Even more exciting, 4 of them were awarded scholarships for their academic excellence and commitment to growth.

A special congratulations to Van, who was also invited to perform at the event — what an incredible honor!

As a teacher, I couldn't be more proud of each of you for your perseverance, passion, and talent. Keep shining!