Spencer Rubin is a student at The Juilliard School Pre-College Division. He made his Carnegie Hall solo debut in 2015 at the age of 10. Spencer received numerous first place awards in international competitions including Great Composers Competition (Music of the 19th Century), American Protégé International Competition, Grand Prize Virtuoso International Competition where he was invited to perform at Royal Albert Hall in London, Rondo Young Artist (Vanguard) Competition, American Fine Arts Festival, National Young Maestro Competition where he also won the best overall performance award, National League of Performing Arts Competition and American Association for Development of the Gifted and Talented International Young Gifted Musicians Festival. In addition, Spencer performed with the Gemini Youth Orchestras Symphony Orchestra as the grand prize winner of its concerto competition. As a chamber musician, he was a winner of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Young Ensembles Program and the New York International Music Competition. Spencer was Principal Oboist of the Gemini Youth Orchestra Symphony. He attended the Interlochen Arts Camp for two summers as Principal Oboist of both the Orchestra and Wind Symphony and was the runner-up winner of its concerto competition. He will attend the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra program during the summer of 2018.
