Awards Archive

2026

ASTA National Orchestra Festival

• 1st Place and Grand Champion: Mustang Strings (Philharmonic Orchestra)

WMEA All-State Orchestra

Alice Chen, Yunshang Chen, Seungmin Ka, Sophia Li, Victoria Son

W-ASTA/WWU Orchestra Festival

• 1st Place: Redmond Chamber Orchestra

WIAA-WMEA State Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 2nd Place: Mustang Strings (Large Strings Category)

WMEA Northlake Region Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 1st Place: Mustang Strings 

2025

ASTA National Orchestra Festival

• 2nd Place: Mustang Strings (Philharmonic Orchestra)

WMEA All-Northwest Orchestra
Yunshang Chen, Sophie Zhang

WMEA All-State Orchestra

Eunchan Hwang, Kenta Leung, Maxwell Shi, Leo Wang, Catherine Xie, Yunshang Chen, Sophie Zhang

W-ASTA/WWU Orchestra Festival

• 1st Place: Redmond Chamber Orchestra

WMEA Northlake Region Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 1st Place: Mustang Strings 

2024

WMEA All-State Orchestra
Kenneth Hashimoto, Sophia Hsu, Sebastian Knapp, Mimi Leung, Abigail Li, Yushen Li, Maxwell Shi, Leo Wang, Catherine Xie, Sophie Zhang

W-ASTA/WWU Orchestra Festival

• 1st Place: Redmond Chamber Orchestra

• Gold Performance Award: Redmond Philharmonic Orchestra

WIAA-WMEA State Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 2nd Place: Ravel in the Moment — Small String Ensemble

WMEA Northlake Region Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 1st Place: Ravel in the Moment — Small String Ensemble

2023

WMEA All-State Orchestra
Kenneth Hashimoto, Sophia Hsu, Sebastian Knapp, Mimi Leung, Abigail Li, Yushen Li, Maxwell Shi, Leo Wang, Catherine Xie, Sophie Zhang

WIAA-WMEA State Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 1st Place: Mustang Strings — Large String Ensemble

WMEA Northlake Region Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 1st Place: Mustang Strings — Large String Ensemble

2022

WMEA Northlake Region Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 1st Place: Lily Jonsson — Viola

2020

WMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Butler, Ashley Chiu, Aaron Hong, Rowan Kloss, Ashley Luty, Kai Slesarev-Nogami, Catherine Zheng

WMEA All-State Chamber Orchestra
Phoebe Jenkins, Lily Jonsson, Zephyr Tao

WMEA All-State Wind Ensemble
Abigail McClure

2019

NAfME All-Northwest Orchestra
Lily Jonsson, Meghna Shankar, Zephyr Tao

WMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Butler, Ashley Chiu, David Dias, Ashley Luty, Kai Slesarev-Nogami, Mira Roth, Mathangi Venkatesh

WMEA Northlake Region Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 1st Place: Lily Jonsson — Viola

• 1st Place: Ryan Butler — String Bass

• 1st Place: Peachy Dmitri — Small String Ensemble

• 1st Alternate: Round About Redmond — Large String Ensemble

• 1st Alternate: Grieg String Quartet — Small String Ensemble

2018

WMEA All-State Chamber Orchestra
Ashley Chiu, Melissa Lin, Sophia Hwang, Meghna Shankar, Zephyr Tao

WMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Butler, Aaron Hong, Erica Li, Ashley Luty, Mira Roth, Jasmine Zhang

2017

WMEA/NAfME All-State & All-Northwest Honor Programs
NAfME All-Northwest Orchestra: Sophia Hwang, Melissa Lin, Emiri Morita, Meghna Shankar
WMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra: Ryan Butler, Jaime Cantwell, Christina Chou, Erica Li, Zephyr Tao

W-ASTA/WWU Orchestra Festival

• 2nd Place: Chamber Orchestra Division

• 2nd Place: Ravel String Alliance — Chamber Ensemble Division

• Gold Rating: String Orchestra and Amurikan String Quartet

WMEA High School State Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 1st Place: Emiri Morita — Violin

• 1st Place: Ravel String Alliance — Small String Ensemble

• 2nd Place: Akutagawa — Large String Ensemble

Northlake Region Solo & Ensemble Contest

• State Qualifier: Emiri Morita — Violin

• State Qualifier: Ravel Alliance — Small String Ensemble

• State Qualifier: Atomic Brahms — Large String Ensemble

2016

WMEA All-State Music Ensembles
All-State Chamber Orchestra: Jaime Cantwell, Prajwala Mantha, Kyungyoon Yoo
All-State Symphony Orchestra: Meghna Shankar, Jasmine Zhang, Sophia Hwang, Christina Chou, Chanson Kuo

WMEA/WIAA State Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 3rd Place: Shostakatfish — Small String Ensemble

2015

WMEA/NAfME All-State & All-Northwest Honor Programs
NAfME All-Northwest Orchestra: Sophia Hwang, Siri Mellem, Kyungyoon Yoo
WMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra: Jaime Cantwell, Grace Chen, Christina Chou, Chanson Kuo, Prajwala Mantha

W-ASTA/WWU Orchestra Festival

• 1st Place: Chamber Orchestra Division (Large Schools)

• 3rd Place: String Orchestra Division (Large Schools)

• 3rd Place: Unravel Quartet — Ensemble Division

• Gold Rating: Martinerds Duet

Northlake Region Solo & Ensemble Contest

• Winner: Prajwala Mantha — Viola

• 1st Alternate: RHS Janacek Ensemble — Large String Ensemble

• 1st Alternate: Martinerds — Small String Ensemble

2014

WMEA All-State Music Ensembles
All-State Chamber Orchestra: Christina Chou, Amanda Pang, Kyungyoon Yoo
All-State Symphony Orchestra: Jaime Cantwell, Chanson Kuo, Atticus Liu

NW Orchestra Festival

• 1st Place: The Dumplings Rise — String Quartet

• 2nd Place: Chamber Orchestra Division

Northlake Region Solo & Ensemble Contest

• 1st Alternate: Amanda Pang — Viola

• 1st Alternate: The Dumplings Rise — Small String Ensemble

• 2nd Alternate: NYK Ensemble — Large String Ensemble

RHS Reflections Competition

• RHS Competition Finalists: Inbo Shim, “Life Saver” Picture, (Senior, Chamber Orchestra) Alonna Mitz, “Smiles that Inspire” Photographic college (Senior, String Orchestra) Lauren Martini, “Where the Belief Lies” poem, (Senior, Chamber Orchestra) Makoto Emura, “The Vertical Chamber Apparatus” short animated film, (ex. String Orchestra) Amanda Pang, “Change” musical composition for piano, harp, viola and violin (senior, Chamber Orchestra)