“I always interview them as a teacher for my own son. Pavlovic personally conducts a series of interviews to select instructors. That’s when I had the idea of creating a school that’s on par with the best music schools.

“It was sad for me to see that many lessons were being taught at the back of a guitar store. He was searching for a music academy for his son and couldn’t find one that met his standards. Pavlovic, a Houston dad and violinist, started the school in 2013. We could not be more proud,” says her mom Tammy Tran Nguyen. “Watching our daughter perform on that stage was surreal. Her parents and younger brother were in the audience. The experience made playing piano more exciting,” she said. “I will remember the performance for the rest of my life. Many students traveled with their families including 10-year-old Julia Nguyen of Bellaire who played a piece on the piano by the composer Frederic Chopin. Everyone came home full of life,” he says. “It makes a huge difference in their practicing. Pavlovic says the Carnegie Hall event was open to all of the academy’s students and served to inspire them. It teaches them that anything is possible, not just musically, anything is possible in life,” says owner and director Zeljko Pavlovic. We created an opportunity to see and play at this incredible hall and really dream big.

“We took kids and adults of all skill levels, some were beginners. They are students at Vivaldi Music Academy and they filled the hall with music, playing pieces on the piano, violin and cello. Forty children from the Houston area performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City. Classes focus on narrow age ranges: 9 month – 2 years, 2 – 3 years, 3 – 4 years and 4 – 5 years. *Note to Parents: Vivaldi Music Academy recently developed and launched its own Early Childhood Music Classes called VIVALDI SEASONS. Vivaldi Music Academy Students Perform at Carnegie Hall FIRST STOP: NYC, NEXT STOP: VENICE, ITALY

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