Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Exam Award

Congratulations to Emma Cigich for receiving her 2026 ABRSM certificate and award for successfully passing her level 2 practical examination.

MSMTA Distinguished Music Achievement Award

Congratulations to Jaxon Garcia, Emery Hargrove and Roy Prather for being awarded the 2026 MSMTA Distinguished Music Achievement Award at the Elementary level.

Piano Guild Awards

Congratulations to RSM’s students that participated in the 2026 Howard County Chapter of Piano Guild. Our students received Special Plaques, Superior Plus, Superior, and Superior Minus ratings:

• Superior Plus: Amulya Pappu, Parnika Madabathula, David Garcia, Roy Prather, Taylor Jackson, Allison Sabo Danielle Choi
• Superior: Lucy Annichiarico, Vishwajith Panjamurthy, Shyla Sellappan, Veena Sellappan, Elinah Opaigbeogu, Xylia Wheat, Nicholas Kane, Asha Patel, Thea Kalihari, Vidit Kalihari, Miles Prather and Roy Prather (duet), Jaxon Garcia, Roman Garcia, Benjamin Falodun, Gabriel Roberson, Anisa Jackson, Isabelle Webber, Jack Webber
• Superior Minus: Susanna Babatunde

Congratulations to the following student that received a special plaque this year:

• Founder’s Plaque: Veena Sellappan

MTNA Studio Festival Awards

Congratulations to RSM students that participated in the 2026 Howard County Chapter MTNA Studio Festival. Our students received Superior Plus, Superior, Superior Minus and Excellent Minus ratings:

• Superior Plus: Miles Prather
• Superior: Aanya Sinha, Gabriel Roberson
• Superior Minus: Neha Pappu
• Excellent Minus: Susanna Babatunde, Nidish Panjamurthy

MSMTA Piano Solo Competition

Congratulations to RSM students that participated in the 2026 MSMTA piano solo competition and received superior, excellent and very good ratings:

• Emma Cigich
• Jaxon Garcia
• Roman Garcia
• Emery Hargrove
• Stone Hargrove
• Parnika Madabathula
• Roy Prather
• Gabriel Roberson
• Shyla Sellappan
• Veena Sellappan

MSMTA Musicianship Exam – Student Achievement

Congratulations to RSM students that participated in the 2026 Maryland State Music Teacher Association (MSMTA) Musicianship Exam. Our students received superior ratings:

• Danielle Choi
• Emily Choi
• Emma Cigich
• Jaxon Garcia
• Emery Hargrove
• Stone Hargrove
• Roy Prather
• Jack Webber

MSMTA Theory Exam – Student Achievement

Congratulations to RSM students that participated in the 2026 Maryland State Music Teacher Association (MSMTA) Theory Exam. Our students received superior and excellent ratings:

• Danielle Choi
• Emery Hargrove
• Emily Choi
• Emma Cigich
• Jack Webber
• Jaxon Garcia
• Roy Prather
• Stone Hargrove

MSMTA Distinguished Music Achievement Award

Congratulations to Stone Hargrove for being awarded the 2025 MSMTA Distinguished Music Achievement Award at the Elementary level.

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Exam Award

Congratulations to Emma Cigich for receiving her 2025 ABRSM certificate and award for successfully passing her level 1 practical examination.

Piano Guild Awards

Congratulations to RSM’s students that participated in the 2025 Howard County Chapter of Piano Guild. Our students received Special Plaques, Superior Plus, Superior, Superior Minus and Excellent ratings:

• Superior Plus: Anisa Jackson, Allison Sabo, Xylia Wheat, David Garcia, Jaxon Garcia, Emery Hargrove, Stone Hargrove, Benjamin Falodun, Taylor Jackson, Amulya Pappu, Nicholas Kane
• Superior: Roy Prather, Gabriel Roberson, Elinah Opaigbeogu, Parnika Madabathula, Roman Garcia, Madison Holbert, Valentina Rosa, Emily Choi, Danielle Choi, Emma Cigich, Lucas Rosa, Vidit Kalihari, Jack Webber
• Superior Minus: Kaleb Graham, Lucas Fabian, Miles Prather, Thea Kalihari, Isabelle Webber
• Excellent: Asha Patel

Congratulations to the following students that received special plaques this year:

• Founder’s Plaque: Valentina Rosa

MTNA Studio Festival Awards

Congratulations to RSM students that participated in the 2025 Howard County Chapter MTNA Studio Festival. Our students received Superior Plus and Superior ratings:

• Superior Plus: Susanna Babatunde, Aanya Sinha, Miles Prather
• Superior: Kim Burson, Neha Pappu, Gabriel Roberson, Kaitlynn Hotrabhavanand

MSMTA Piano Solo Competition

Congratulations to RSM students that participated in the MSMTA piano solo competition and received superior, excellent and very good ratings:

• Danielle Choi
• Emily Choi
• Emma Cigich
• Jaxon Garcia
• Emery Hargrove
• Stone Hargrove
• Parnika Madabathula
• Roy Prather
• Gabriel Roberson
• Jack Webber

Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA) 

Congratulations to Aanya Sinha who received the highest rating of Superior I from the Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA) for State Solo & Ensemble Festival for voice. Aanya also received the award for ‘Most Improved’ in her Chorus class at her middle school.

MSMTA Music Theory Exam – Student Achievement

Congratulations to RSM students that participated in the 2025 MSMTA Music Theory testing exam. Our Students received superior ratings:

MSMTA Musicianship Exam – Student Achievement

Congratulations to RSM students that participated in the 2025 Maryland State Music Teacher Association (MSMTA) Musicianship Exam. Our students received superior ratings:

• Danielle Choi
• Emily Choi
• Jaxon Garcia
• Emery Hargrove
• Stone Hargrove
• Roy Prather
• Jack Webber