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Encore Students Achieve Gold

Sunehri Verma, age 16, of Franklin has won the National Gold Medal of Excellence with the Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program

It is with great pride and excitement that Encore Music Academy and Recording Studios
announces that Sunehri Verma, age 16, of Franklin, who is a voice and piano student of Lisa Ostrow, has won the National Gold Medal of Excellence with the Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program for Level 7 Voice for the 2023-2024 academic year! To achieve this, Sunehri attained the single highest score for her level of voice in the entire country during academic year 2023-2024 and, as a result, will perform at Carnegie Hall at the US National Celebration of Excellence this coming January, where she will be presented with her gold medal. This will be Sunehri’s third appearance at Carnegie Hall.
Three Encore students have been awarded Regional Gold Medals of Excellence for academic year 2023-2024 with the Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program. These students attained the single highest score for their level of voice in the region, which includes the following states: MA, RI, CT, ME, VT, NH, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, and WV.
Congratulations go out to: 
• Alice Val, student of Lisa Ostrow, age 9 of Franklin, Preparatory Voice, 
• Ananya Sharma, student of Lisa Ostrow, age 11 of Franklin, Level 1 Voice
• Rishita Phanse, student of Rebecca Abalutzk, age 17 of Mansfield, Level 6 Voice
In addition, we would like to extend special congratulations to the following students for having achieved the highest score in Massachusetts for academic year 2023-2024 on their instrument or voice:
• Anisha Vipul, student of Lisa Ostrow, age 10 of Hopkinton, Level 2 Voice
• AJ Trull, student of Rebecca Abalutzk, age 16 of Franklin, Level 4 Voice
• Patrick O’Toole, student of Joyce Harrington, age 17 of Franklin, Level 4 Saxophone
As a result of their tremendous achievements, our Regional Gold Medal winners will be performing at the annual Northeast Celebration of Excellence in New York City in January, 2025.
Our heartfelt congratulations go out to all the winners, their instructors, and families for all the hard work, dedication, support, and practice that it takes to attain such levels of success.