Alexa Brinton, 10, won first prize in the 2024 International Best Performance Competition Series for the Best of Haydn for the 8-10 year old group and also was awarded third prize winner in the Enkor International Piano Competition.  She has received numerous superior rankings at the Missouri Music Teachers Association state competitions, St. Louis Sonatina/Sonata festivals, and the 2024 and 2023 National Piano Playing Auditions (Guild). She has been accepted to the Manhattan School of Music summer program for classical piano in New York City in July 2024. She was a featured performer for a piano concert series in Berlin and Frankfurt von Oder, Germany in 2022 and for a sell-out crowd of 1,000 in St. Louis, MO in March 2024.  Alexa enjoys competitive dive and ballet.  She studies with Laureen DiBisceglie in University City, MO.