By Lyn Bronson

Sixteen-year-old Ashley Hsu appeared at Santa Catalina School yesterday afternoon in a piano recital presented by the Monterey County Branch of the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC). Ms. Hsu is a member of the MTAC’s “Young Artist Guild,” the highest achievement that a Certificate of Merit student can achieve. Election to the Young Artist Guild offers semi-professional paid performance opportunities through MTAC branch-sponsored concerts.

Ms. Hsu comes from a musical family in which both her younger brothers, age 13 and 10, are also accomplished young pianists. Her own musical accomplishments consist of first prize awards in several important piano competitions in the State of California.

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