Zion Piano Studio

Friday, March 22, 2019 by Jose Quesada | Students

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. 

(Proverbs 16:3, NIV)

Amelia Willey, student of the Zion Piano Studio in Benbrook, won a gold medal in the 2019 Spring Theory Test organized by the Texas Music Teachers Association. Ms. Willey scored a grade of 99.50 in an examination that covers fundamental concepts in music theory and ear training. The event took place on Saturday, February 02 of 2019 at 9:00 am at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth and the results became available in mid-March. Ms. Willey studied music theory for a year before taking the examination. This award represents the first gold medal of the Zion Piano Studio in the Grade 9 category of the TMTA Theory Test.

A resident of Fort Worth, Amelia Willey is a student of the High Point Academy in White Settlement. She has been taking piano and theory lessons for four years from Dr. Won Yong Lee in the Zion Piano Studio in Benbrook. Ms. Willey has performed in piano recitals in churches and retirement centers in Fort Worth and Benbrook.  

The TMTA Theory Test is offered twice every academic year to students in grades 1-12, in affiliation with Texas Music Teachers Association.  Students may take these tests on either the Fall or Spring test day, and are required to pass the appropriate grade level in order to participate in specified Student. Affiliate events. The purpose of the Test is to evaluate participants’ musical knowledge of and the ability to apply theory, aural, and musicianship concepts across a broad musical spectrum.

The Zion Piano Studio is a Christ-centered piano academy, founded and directed by Dr. José Pablo Quesada and Dr. Won Yong Lee, with main operations in the city of Benbrook, Texas. We offer private lessons all year around in piano, music theory, and music history. Lessons are combined with performance opportunities for our families and our local community. We support the City of Benbrook through local organizations and our own ministry. We foster Christianity worldwide through our home church, Jews for Jesus, the Assemblies of God World Missions, and other outreach programs.

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Monday, March 11, 2019 by Jose Quesada | Students

For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

(Philippians 4:13, NLT)

  Lan Jefferies, a retired computer engineer currently studying piano with Dr. José Pablo Quesada and Dr. Won Yong Lee at the Zion Piano Studio in Benbrook, won Honorable Mention in the Senior category of the 2019 “Paris and London” Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition. Ms. Jefferies competed with a recording of her performance of two compositions: Estudio No. 17 by the Costa Rican composer Mario Alfagüell and The Small Prelude and The Ballad by the Lithuanian composer Raminta Šerkšnytė. The submission deadline for the contest happened in the month of January and the Organizing Committee announced the results on Thursday, February 21 of 2019.

The International Music Competition "Grand Prize Virtuoso" is open to all nationalities and ages in strings, piano, wind, vocal and chamber music, each discipline is divided into different age categories: Young Musician (8 years old and younger), Junior (9 to 12 years old), Intermediate (13 to 15 years old), Advanced (16 to 18 years old) and Senior (no age limit). Participants are required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition. Multiple winners will be chosen in each age category.

After earning several degrees in mathematics, law, and engineering, Lan Jefferies worked for major high-tech companies in the US. As an amateur pianist, she won Third Prize in the 2018 Spring Music Talent Competition resulting in a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York. She has performed recitals in New York, Lithuania (The National M. K. Ciurlionis Art School and The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater), at TCU, and in several retirement centers in North Texas. Future projects include her participation as an Active Observer in the 2019 PianoTexas Festival.

The Zion Piano Studio is a Christ-centered piano academy, founded and directed by Dr. José Pablo Quesada and Dr. Won Yong Lee, with main operations in the City of Benbrook, Texas. We offer private lessons all year around in piano, music theory, and music history. Lessons are combined with performance opportunities for our families and our local community. We support the City of Benbrook through local organizations and our own ministry. We foster Christianity worldwide through our home church, Jews for Jesus, the Assemblies of God World Missions, and other outreach programs.

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