The 2016 Piano Ensemble Festival and Competition was held on April 30 – May 1, 2016 at First Christian Church, Falls Church, Virginia. Thirteen teachers entered 72 ensembles with 66 teams performing.
Thank you to all participating teachers who cheerfully helped in many ways to make this event a success!
Anne Beamer and Adrienne Cleary, Co-Chairs
| LEVEL 1 | ||
| First Place | Danielle Carr and Anna Bray | Marjorie Lee |
| Second Place | Cameron Hoang and Raelyn Hoang | Silva Blazquez |
| Third Place | Yulania Wang and Anna Bray | Marjorie Lee |
| LEVEL 2 | ||
| First Place | Tongtong Ye and Oscar Paz-Suaznabar | Marjorie Lee |
| Second Place | Jacqui Go and Sophia Go | Silva Blazquez |
| Third Place | Lucas Wu and Kalan Warusa | Marjorie Lee |
| LEVEL 3A | ||
| First Place (tie) | Marcella Chang and Grace Ko | MiHyang Joo |
| First Place (tie) | Nicole Chin and Rolina Qu | Marjorie Lee |
| Second Place | Harrison Benford and Bryan Zhang | Nancy Breth |
| Third Place | Noah Cha and John Rhee | Victoria Wyatt |
| Honorable Mention | William Gellenthien, Oliver Meek, | Diane Perett |
| Nate St. Pierre | ||
| Honorable Mention | Maura Sammis and Helena Dobbs | Diane Perett |
| LEVEL 3B | ||
| First Place | James Bennett and Andrew Zhang | Marjorie Lee |
| Second Place | Grace Wang and Jessica Wang | Marjorie Lee |
| Third Place (tie) | Annabel Lee and Allison Oh | Nancy Breth/Rebecca Salt |
| Third Place (tie) | Raelyn Hoang and Kayleigh Hoang | Silva Blazquez |
| LEVEL 4A | ||
| First Place | Ashley Ondoua and Jialin Tso | Nancy Breth |
| Second Place (tie) | Ashley Lee and Emily Quan | Marjorie Lee |
| Second Place (tie) | Alison Wan and Joanna Cheng | Marjorie Lee |
| Third Place (tie) | Jeffery Yu and Evan Hu | Marjorie Lee |
| Third Place (tie) | David Cha, Nathan Chan, Julian Lee, | Victoria Wyatt |
| Alyssa Kim | ||
| LEVEL 4B | ||
| First Place | Allison Oh and Eliane Chang | Rebecca Salt |
| Second Place (tie) | Justin Han and Philip Cho | Rebecca Salt |
| Second Place (tie) | Irina Lee and Ame Tsou | Rebecca Salt |
| Third Place | Katherine Wang and Lucy Blazquez | Silva Blazquez |
| LEVEL 5B | ||
| First Place | Virginia Sun and Brian Le | Nancy Breth |
| Second Place | Emily Quan and Lynne Bai | Marjorie Lee |
| Third Place | Ethan Liu and Alex Peng | Nancy Breth |
| Honorable Mention | Caroline Kim and Isabelle Maricar | Victoria Wyatt |
| LEVEL 5A | ||
| First Place (tie) | Philip Cho and Ethan Evans | Rebecca Salt |
| First Place (tie) | Emily He and Celine Chen | Nancy Breth |
| Honorable Mention | Lucy Banks and Erin Claeys | Diane Perett |
| Honorable Mention | Chloe Fauvel and Roya Lajmiri | Douglas Harrington |