PVSA Updates:

Music Starz Studios has coordinated more than 1173 free hospice concerts from 2015 – present.

Congratulations to our music students for medaling and receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA), certificates and letters of recognition from the President of the United States in June 2024. The students are:

Anh Nguyen, piano (3rd grade) earned a BRONZE medal.
Samadhi Basnayake, piano (9th grade) earned a BRONZE medal. 

Congratulations to our music students for medaling and receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA), certificates and letters of recognition from President Donald Trump on Aug. 31, 2019.  The students are:

Sanjana Gokul, piano (5th grade) volunteered 576 hours.
John Christian Dacunos, piano (7th grade) volunteered 114 hours.
Chelsea Heredia, piano (11th grade) volunteered 369 hours.
Ellie Heredia, piano (11th grade) volunteered 370 hours.

Congratulations to our music students for medaling and receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA), certificates and letters of recognition from President Donald Trump on Aug. 31, 2018.  The students are:

John Christian Dacunos, piano (6th grade) volunteered 76.5 hours.
JC snagged a SILVER PVSA medal.

Congratulations to our music students for medaling and receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA), certificates and letters of recognition from President Donald Trump during National Volunteer Week (April 15 – 21, 2018).  The students are:

Sanjana Gokul, piano (4th grade) volunteered 424.5 hours.
Sanjana snagged THREE GOLD PVSA medals and ONE Martin Luther King Drum Major Service Award.

Chelsea Heredia, piano (10th grade) volunteered 341.5 hours.
Chelsea snagged THREE GOLD PVSA medals and ONE Martin Luther King Drum Major Service Award.

Ellie Heredia, piano (10th grade) volunteered 342.5 hours.
Ellie snagged THREE GOLD PVSA medals and ONE Martin Luther King Drum Major Service Award.

Congratulations to our music students for medaling and receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA), certificates and letters of recognition from former President Barack Obama in 2017.  The students are:

Victoria Dulemba (sophomore college) volunteered 102 hours and medaled BRONZE.

Congratulations to our music students for medaling and receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA), certificates and letters of recognition from former President Barack Obama during National Volunteer Week (April 23 – 29, 2017).  The students are:

Sanjana Gokul, piano (4th grade) volunteered 156.50 hours.
Sanjana snagged TWO GOLD PVSA medals and ONE Martin Luther King Drum Major Service Award.

Chelsea Heredia, piano (10th grade) volunteered 206 hours.
Chelsea snagged TWO GOLD PVSA medals and ONE Martin Luther King Drum Major Service Award

Ellie Heredia, piano (10th grade) volunteered 207 hours.
Ellie snagged TWO GOLD PVSA medals and ONE Martin Luther King Drum Major Service Award.

Congratulations to our music students for medaling and receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA), certificates and letters of recognition from President Barack Obama in 2016.  The students are:

Sanjana Gokul, piano (3rd grade) volunteered 78 hours and medaled GOLD.
Tarun Senthil Kumar, piano (6th grade) volunteered 52.5 hours and medaled SILVER.
Chelsea Heredia, piano (9th grade) volunteered 104 hours and medaled GOLD.
Ellie Heredia, piano (9th grade) volunteered 106 hours and medaled GOLD.
Taewon Lee, violin (12th grade) volunteered 107.5 hours and medaled GOLD.

Coverage of our music students on The Cross Timbers Gazette:
http://www.crosstimbersgazette.com/2017/01/16/young-musicians-awarded-for-service/

Congratulations to our music students for receiving the Martin Luther King Drum Major Service Awards and letters of recognition from President Barack Obama for their commitment to volunteerism.  The students are:

Samadhi Basnayake, piano (2nd grade)
Sanjana Gokul, piano (3rd grade)
Justine Langran, violin (3rd grade)
Chelsea Heredia, piano (9th grade)
Ellie Heredia, piano (9th grade)
Jacqueline Hubbell, piano (9th grade)
Christina Valentine, violin (11th grade)
Taewon Lee, violin (12th grade)
Cristina Mendez (Junior at Fordham University, New York)