Hello and welcome to the official website of the Deborah White-Bondhus School of Music. Deborah is an established piano and music theory teacher with over 40 years experience in the Baltimore/Washington area. The studio is conveniently located in Columbia, Maryland in Howard County.
Isabeau, Trent, Ms Debbie, Samantha,Grace
Caroline, Ms Debbie Katherine
Winter recital 2017
APL Laurel
MSMTA Composer's Circle Winners 2017
College Park, MD
L-R Sumit, Dia, Ms Debbie, Caroline, Samantha
1st place Sunaya
and Isabeau
Catalina with Ms Debbie
CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!
SAMANTHA TURNER
GLMTA
1ST PLACE FRENCH SENIOR DIVISION
BEST IN FRENCH FOR ENTIRE COMPETITION
Congratulations to Mariana Lennon
2020 Graduate
Student of Dr Gowan Univ of MD Fall 2020
MSMTA Scholarship for music Majors 2020
Howard County Arts Council Scholarship
Mare Lennon- Hired by Montgomery County Schools as a Music and Band Teacher
Amanda GCMTA Superior rating Judged Recital
Amanda Prokofiev Prelude op. 12 # 7
Congratulations to the following students who Performed for Brian Ganz in our in-house
Master Class - Advik Rai, Ava Pham, Caitlin Liu
Congratulations
Spring 2025
Congratulations to the following students
Elementary Distinguished Music Award – Maryland State Music Teachers
Aarohi Sarkar
Anna Singalla
Junior Distinguished Music Award – Maryland State Music Teachers
Joshua Liu
Aadya Rai
Senior Distinguished Music Award – Maryland State Music Teachers
Simryn Pandya
Lillian Robinson-Cheung
MSMTA Keyboard Awards:
Musicianship – Raaga Seshadri
Intermediate:
Simryn Pandya
Ella Pham
High Honors
Ava Pham
Raffaella Galati
Advanced Honors
Advik Rai
Caitlin Liu
MSMTA Theory Awards:
Intermediate:
Ella Pham
Senior:
Caitlin Liu
Ava Pham
Seher Puthawala
MSMTA Ensemble
3rd Place Advik and Aadya Rai- Superior
Superior Abel and Anna Singalla
Excellent
Ava Pham and Seher Puthawala, Caitlin and Joshua Liu
Young Musicians Competition Greater Laurel Music teachers
Orchestra Concerto
Ava Pham – Honorable Mention
Aadya Rai – honorable Mention
Jolina Pang – Superior rating
Piano Concerto – Jolina Pang – 1st Place
GLMTA Ensemble:
2nd Place: Aarohi and Ayushi Sarkar
Evaluation
Superior:
Lillian Robinson-Cheung
Excellent:
Caitlin Liu
Joshua Liu
Seher Puthwala
Anna Singalla
Solo Competition
2nd - Jolina Pang
Ava Pham – Excellent
James Pang - Excellent
Kirchoff Competition
James Pang – Honorable Mention
Ava Pham – Excellent
Jolina Pang - Excellent
National Reflections contest
Howard County
1st Place Primary Jolina Pang
1st Place Middle School Aadya Rai
1st Place High School Advik Rai
Maryland State
1st Place Primary- Jolina Pang
2nd Place Middle School - Aadya Rai
National merit winner
3rd Place Primary- Jolina Pang
Congratulations to the Following Graduates:
2026
Advik Rai University of Illinois -Urbana
AnnBeth Tsai-Turton University Mary Washington
2025
Lillian Robinson-Cheung – Emerson University – Boston Theater Performance BFA
Raffaella Galati – The Catholic University of America - Music Major – Clarinet
MSMTA Scholarship winner
Ella Pham University of Pittsburgh
Simryn Pandya - Northeastern University - Biomedical Engineering
Raaga Seshadri- University of Md Baltimore Campus - Computer Science
Aadya Rai GLMTA 2026 Concerto winner with the Composer Dr. Alexander Peskanov.
Aarohi Sarkar
