Crescendo Academy was established in 1989. It has been offering private lessons of piano, violin, flute, clarinet, saxophone and voice. It has also been providing academic tutoring in mathematics, science, and SAT preparation.

For the past six years Crescendo Academy has kept a record of having more than 20 trophy winners each year at the music competitions such as Southwestern Youth Music Festival and MTAC Bach Festival. The academy has also kept a 100% passing rate each year at the Certificate of Merit examination by the Music Teachers' Association of California. The students make great achievements within short learning period because of the academy's strong faculty and professional training . The stage performance is always an enjoyable experience to the students, parents, and the management of this academy has been a very important factor to the student's success.

All the instructors at this academy come from concert performance background, have all earned Bachelor, Master, or Ph.D. degrees from accredited music schools or conservatories, and have all accumulated ample experiences in teaching.

Following are a list of recent music competition winner students from Crescendo Academy :

at 1995 Southwestern Youth Music Festival -

Piano

1st place winners2nd place winners3rd place winners4th place winners
Doris Yang Terry ShiaoAngie LaiVirginia Yuan
Jane Vuong Vanessa KuoDiana LeePriscilla Lin
Kevin PengBrian HuJennifer WangCarol Huang
Helen Chen Faye Teng(duet)Edward LeeRobert LeeLinda Fu
Zenas ThamTerry Hu
Wei-Jiun Chang Wei-Han Chang (duet)Angie Lai Doris Yang (duet)
Michael Wong Karen Wong(duet)Wan-Yin Tang Terry Hu (duet)

Flute

4th place winner
Faye Teng

Clarinet

4th place winner
Faye Teng

The winners' picture

1996 Music Festival Winners

at 1996 Bach Festival of the Music Teachers Association of California --

winnersalternatehonorable mentions
Wei-Jiun ChangCarol HuangTed Chen
Virginia YuanPriscilla Lin
Vanessa KuoJane Chen
Zenas ThamJennifer Wang
Diana Lee
Doris Yang