I live in sunny California and I am in 11th grade. I started learning Violin in 2008 and switched to the Viola in 2015. My teacher is Mr. Peter Thompson. I am currently the principal violist for the advanced level at San Jose Youth Chamber Orchestra and the principal bassist for my high school chamber orchestra. I have been invited by the Intermediate level San Jose Youth Chamber Orchestra to fill in as their Bass player for their concerts. I regularly play music for patients at the Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA.
I have had the opportunity to play viola with the Klein Competition winner, Mr. Coleman Itzkoff and have also worked with Mr. Jeremy Cohen, a student of Itzhak Perlman. I like Math and Physics at school and enjoy playing basketball.
Awards
1) Selected by the Carnegie Hall’s Honors Performance Series (HPS) to play viola in the strings orchestra. Several thousand students are nominated each year and 100 students are selected for the orchestra. I performed at Carnegie Hall in Feb’ 2018.
2) American Protege International Strings Competition, Honorable mention, performed at Carnegie hall in April 2018.
3) Completed Level 9 Certificate of Merit exam conducted by the Music teachers Association of California (MTAC). Awarded Branch Honors and was selected to play at the Annual Convention of MTAC (2017, 2018).
