Recent Student Success
TMTA State Runner Up 2024
Freshman Division Rosalyn
Beethoven Club 2023 and 2024 (Winners Collegiate and Pre-College)
Second Place Winner-precollege Jaslyn
Winner- Piano Intermediate Yuka
Prize Winners-Cora Haslett, Ian Greer
TMTA State Winner 2023
Senior Division Yuka Yang
Germantown Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition 2021
Winner: Diego Parra, Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major op. 102
TN Cleveland Orchestra Concerto Competition 2019
Prizewinner: Jeriel Jorguenson, Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 in c minor op. 37
TNMTA State Competition 2020
Senior Piano
Honorable Mention Daniel Gottschalk
Beethoven Club 2021
Junior A
Third Place-Jaslyn Macon
Junior B
First Place-Emily Zhang
Senior
First Place-Carmen Lemos
Second Place-Jeriel Jorguenson
National Association of Negro Musicians Southeast Region 2021
2nd Place Jeriel Jorguenson
Students say...
So many things in my practice come naturally now…thank you for everything you've taught me these past years. You are a true mentor, in friendship and music.
-Carmen Lemos
Dr. McCain
You woke up a little musician in me this past fall!! Can't wati to grow in music these next few years….I think you are actually superwoman.
-Kat Williams
Dr. McCain is a truly inspiring musical mentor. I came to her with a weak sense of rhythm and I wasn’t really tuned in to hearing myself critically. She diagnosed my rhythm issues immediately and really helped me hone in on a practical way to solve it. Now I’m experiencing rhythm and pulse in my body and it’s made a huge difference.
— Rose Murray
She pushes me to do my best and excel … even when I haven't believed in myself she always believes in me.
— Marcus Browning
My entire musical outlook changed when I began my lessons with Dr. McCain. She opened up a new world for me of sound colors, nuances, and dimensions of tone. Our work together has transformed my playing.
-Jeriel Jorguenson