We are excited to announce this year's BYSO Concerto Winner! Check out the press release on Dong Hee Lee below:
THE BELLEVUE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES LOCAL STUDENT WINNER IN CONCERTO COMPOSITION CONTEST.
The Concerto Composition Contest is an annual composition contest the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) hosts. Each year a young composer is selected to perform their solo piece at a Showcase Concert held in March. This year Dong Hee Lee, a freshman in the Bellevue School District, won the honor to perform her work at the BYSO Showcase concert on March 7, 2010 at the Eastlake Performing Arts Center.
Dong Hee started the violin at age 8. As an elementary school student, she was awarded a top prize in the junior high division of the 2007 Michigan State Concerto Competition. She won a scholarship to the Interlochen Summer Arts Academy. The University of Michigan invited her to perform two solo recitals at the Lloyd Hall. She was invited through an audition by the American Fine Arts Festival to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. In 2009, she was awarded the alternate prize at the MTNA State Competition. She was the concertmistress of the Bellevue School District Honors Middle School Orchestra. Currently, she is a first-violin player of the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Interlake High Chamber Orchestra. Dong Hee has studied with Simon James and Jan Coleman. Prior to moving the Bellevue area in 2008, she had studied with Professor Dmitri Berlinsky of the Michigan State University. In addition to playing the violin, Lee is interested in nanotechnology. She will soon start to work as an intern for a company specializing in the field. Lee shares, “I chose to play the Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Saint-Saens because this piece really fit me. I take French at school, and this piece, also French, really swept me away.” Lee continues, “Although this piece is like a war horse in terms of technique and level of emotion, it captures the delicate and ‘elevated’ essence that defines most French music.” Although it is challenging and requires a lot of thought and work, she is very happy that she can serve the piece with the type of dynamism that comes from collaborating with an orchestra.
The Concerto Composition Contest is an annual composition contest the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) hosts. Each year a young composer is selected to perform their solo piece at a Showcase Concert held in March. This year Dong Hee Lee, a freshman in the Bellevue School District, won the honor to perform her work at the BYSO Showcase concert on March 7, 2010 at the Eastlake Performing Arts Center.
Dong Hee started the violin at age 8. As an elementary school student, she was awarded a top prize in the junior high division of the 2007 Michigan State Concerto Competition. She won a scholarship to the Interlochen Summer Arts Academy. The University of Michigan invited her to perform two solo recitals at the Lloyd Hall. She was invited through an audition by the American Fine Arts Festival to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. In 2009, she was awarded the alternate prize at the MTNA State Competition. She was the concertmistress of the Bellevue School District Honors Middle School Orchestra. Currently, she is a first-violin player of the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Interlake High Chamber Orchestra. Dong Hee has studied with Simon James and Jan Coleman. Prior to moving the Bellevue area in 2008, she had studied with Professor Dmitri Berlinsky of the Michigan State University. In addition to playing the violin, Lee is interested in nanotechnology. She will soon start to work as an intern for a company specializing in the field. Lee shares, “I chose to play the Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Saint-Saens because this piece really fit me. I take French at school, and this piece, also French, really swept me away.” Lee continues, “Although this piece is like a war horse in terms of technique and level of emotion, it captures the delicate and ‘elevated’ essence that defines most French music.” Although it is challenging and requires a lot of thought and work, she is very happy that she can serve the piece with the type of dynamism that comes from collaborating with an orchestra.
Lee enjoys being a member of the BYSO because it helps her realize that she is not the only one playing music in the world! “The violin is a very lonely instrument, and sometimes, I wish that I could make music together with other people. There is so much energy in the BYSO that the weekly rehearsals charge me up with the motivation to produce more and more music,” shares Lee. “I am lucky to live so close to an institution that provides me both motivation and a sense of belonging.”
The Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra is a non-profit organization established to provide a positive and stimulating musical environment for students. BYSO uniquely complements and builds upon both school music programs and private instruction. BYSO encourages the development of musical skills and self-confidence, as participants in all ensembles rehearse orchestral literature which appropriately challenges their skills. For over 45 years our program has provided instrumental music experience to match the ability levels of talented youth from early elementary grades through their college years.
Please go to http://www.byso.org/ for ticket information and additional details.
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Please go to http://www.byso.org/ for ticket information and additional details.
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