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Brian Kim was recently chosen as the only high school student from MD to be invited to the National High School Honors Orchestra. Brian Studies with Matthew Horwitz Lee and is a member of PCVP under the direction of Rebecca Henry.
National High School Honors Orchestra
February 16-20, 2010
Santa Clara, California
Brian Choo, Rayna Qian and Idil Tuncali after an IPC Master Class with Klara Berkovich:
Violinist Karyne Beverly (age 12), a student of Matthew Horwitz-Lee, won the Young Artist Orchestra Concerto competition at the Peabody Preparatory on Jan 24th and will perform Allegro from J S Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor with the orchestra in May.
Karyne at the Prep:
Violinist Lauren Song, 16, has been named a finalist for the National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists' Competition. She will perform the first movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in e minor in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Sunday, February 15 at 6:00 p.m. The concert is free. Lauren is a member of the Preparatory's Pre-Conservatory Violin Program and studies with Rebecca Henry
Violinist Brian Kim, A student of Matthew Horwitz-Lee won first prize in the Frederick Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition as well as a place in the Preparatory Honors Recital at the Peabody. Brian is a member of the Preparatory's Pre-Conservatory Violin Program . He will be perforing the first and second movements of the Dvorak Violin Concerto in A minor Op.53, Allegro ma non troppo and the Adagio ma non troppo, with the Frederick Symphony Orchestra Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Three Prep students placed in the 2009 Columbia Symphony Orchestra Jr. Concerto Competition
Kenneth Naito was named the alternate, and Skye Kinlaw and Kelley Jo Wallace received Honorable Mention. Kenneth studies with Elizabeth Faidley, and Skye and Kelley Jo study with Rebecca Henry.
Congratulations!!
http://www.gazette.net/stories/12082008/montnew161646_32503.shtml
Kelly Jo Wallace visited Luray Caverns over Thanksgiving and she convinced them to let her try playing her violin down in the caverns. She was really inspired by the sound and her mom says the tourists loved it.
Concerto Competition Winner Announced
The winner of the 2007-2008 Concerto Competition is violinist Patricia Wnek. Patricia, a student of Rebecca Henry, will be featured with the Sinfonietta on Saturday May 10, 2008 performing Weiniawski's violin concerto no. 2 in d minor.
Preparatory String Ensemble Competition
The Winner of the 2007-2008 Preparatory String Ensemble Competition is violinist Karyne Beverly. Karyne, a student of Mr. Matt Horwitz-Lee, will be featured with the Preparatory String Ensemble on the afternoon of Saturday May 10, 2008.
Annie Im, a student of Rebecca Henry, and Jeffrey Zhang, a student of Elizabeth Faidley, received honorable mentions and placed first alternate and second alternate respectively.
Jeffrey Zhang in performance
- Lauren Song, Patricia Wnek and Stephen Tavani after performing at the Kennedy Center as finalists in the National Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition. Stephen received an Honorable Mention.
Dean Stewart, Lauren, Patricia, and Stephen, left to right.
Peabody Preparatory violinists Alan Zhang and Brian Kim won both the Junior and Senior divisions of the Columbia Symphony Orchestra's Young Artist Competition, which was held January 5 and 6 and is open to instrumentalists who live or study in Howard County. They will both perform with the CSO on Saturday May 31, 2008 at the James T. Rouse Theater in Columbia, MD. They study with Rebecca Henry and Matthew Horwitz-Lee respectively, and Brian is a member of the Pre-Conservatory Violin Program.
Brian Kim Warms up
Alan Zhang tries a new fiddle
Patricia Wnek was invited to perform all of Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor for the Friday Morning Music Club of Chevy Chase, MD on January 22, 2008.
