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High School Junior FELIX CHEN, a student of Kevin Lawrence, won first place in the senior division of the NC Symphony Youth Concerto Competition. He will perform the Tchaikovsky concerto with the orchestra in May.
In March, 2009, baritone JOSHUA CONYERS (C3) was declared the winner in Atlanta, Georgia at the Regional Emerging Artists Showcase competition. Mr. Conyers traveled to Atlanta via funds provided by the Greensboro Club of The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Incorporated, who were co-sponsors of the project. He will compete for the National Prize in July, 2009 in Buffalo, NY. Joshua was the youngest competitor in the Heafner/Williams Vocal competition held in Lincolnton, NC in March, 2009, and placed 2nd. His prize was $1,000 and encouragement to return next year.
Graduating violist MATT DARSEY has been awarded a full scholarship to Louisiana State University, where he will be pursuing a Masters degree in viola performance.
JIE FANG, HS 10 piano student of Eric Larsen, will attend the International Piano Festival hosted by the Beijing Conservatory of Music in August.
BARON FENWICK, a student of Clifton Matthews, participated in the NC Symphony Competition in Raleigh and was promoted to the finals.
CHRISTIAN GRAY has been selected as a semi-finalist in the International Society of Bassists Solo Competition in the 14-18 year old division. This competition occurs once every two years, and semi-finalists are chosen by recording internationally to compete. The competition will take place during the second week of June in State College, PA during the International Society of Bassists biennial convention. Christian has also been awarded substantial scholarships to study at Domaine-Forget and the Tanglewood Institute this summer.
SASSAN HAGHIGHI and LOUISE GREVIN won first and second prize respectively in the adult division of the 10th Annual Cello and String Competition at the Music Academy of North Carolina in March. In addition, the cellists of the studio this year have been accepted into undergraduate and graduate programs at New England Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, Cincinnati Conservatory, UC Boulder, Queens College, U. Mass Amherst, LSU, and University of Maryland, where DEVREE LEWIS was awarded the Graduate Orchestral Fellowship.
LUCAS HAUSRATH will attend the Music X Festival in Blonay, Switzerland to work with members of the performing group Eighth Blackbird and composers Frederick Rzewski, Chen Yi, and Joel Hoffman.
Graduating violist EMILY HORNBAKE has been awarded an $80,000 merit scholarship to attend New York University in the Fall, where she will continue to study with Sheila Browne, majoring in both viola performance and journalism in pursuit of her undergraduate degree.
After a national audition, GREG LLOYD has been offered and accepted the position of Second Trumpet with the Synergy Brass Quintet.
Graduating violist LAURA MANKO has been awarded a full scholarship to Boston University to pursue a Masters degree- an offer which she has decided to accept. She was also accepted to the Manhattan School of Music. She will be attending Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival as well as EuroArts in Leipzig, Germany studying with Sheila Browne this summer.
Graduating violist CHRISTOPHER B. MCCLAIN has been accepted to Indiana University and was awarded a scholarship to attend Boston University, where he will be pursuing a masters degree in viola performance. He will be attending California Summer Music on full scholarship studying with Sheila Browne.
This summer sophomore college violist ELIZABETH MOORE has been chosen to participate in Bay Chamber Concerts Next Generation Chamber Music Program in Rockland, Maine. She will be a member of the program's student resident quartet and will be coached by the St. Lawrence String Quartet. At the end of the week the quartet will be performing for a Gala fundraising event for Bay Chamber Concerts where Elizabeth will also perform as a jazz vocalist. Elizabeth Moore will also spend a week assisting the conductor of Bay Chamber's Odeon Youth Orchestra.
This summer, composer JESSE BLAIR will be studying TV commercial scoring with UNCSA alumna Elizabeth Myers of Trivers/Myers Music based in Los Angeles, CA.
The School of Music Complex, designed by Calloway, Johnson, Moore & West of Winston-Salem, features a 300-seat chamber music/recital hall, administrative offices, and rehearsal spaces.
Watson Chamber Music Hall was designed by renowned acoustician Rein Pirn, whose credits include Spivey Hall in Atlanta. The hall is complemented by a lobby, box office, green room and dressing rooms.
The academic wing houses administrative offices for the School of Music and includes teaching studios, a conference room, an orchestral rehearsal room, and an opera/choral rehearsal room.
Funding for the complex came from the $42.5 million higher education bonds, passed by N.C. voters in the fall of 2000.
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