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Area Students Win ASO Performance

December 13, 2010
  • Who: Austin Symphony Orchestra
  • What: Austin Youth Awards Announced

The Austin Symphony Orchestra (Austin, TX) is proud to announce the winners of the annual Austin Symphony Youth Awards, held November 14th & 15th, 2010. This annual competition is sponsored by the Austin Area Music Teachers Association. The competition is open to students up to age 18. Recipients of the awards are chosen by preliminary and final auditions, competing in five instrumental divisions (strings, piano, harp, percussion and winds.) Winners are given the opportunity to perform for their peers with the Austin Symphony during its annual AT&T High School Concerts Tour in January.

Boys took top honors this year. The winners included Danny Chen, violin, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor; Eric Wei, piano, playing the Piano Concerto No. 2 of Camille Saint-Saëns; David Robinson, clarinet, with his performance of the Concertino for Clarinet in E-flat Major of Carl Maria von Weber; and Edward Wang, piano, performing George Gershwin’s Concert in F.

These young gentlemen are all high school students. Mr. Chen and Mr. Wei are students at Westwood High School in Round Rock ISD. Mr. Robinson attends Leander High School in Leander ISD. Mr. Wang is a student at Cedar Valley Middle School in Round Rock.

The Austin Symphony’s AT&T High School Concerts Tour will take place January 19-21, with concerts at Anderson High School, Crockett High School, Bowie High School, Stephen F. Austin High School, LBJ High School and the Round Rock Performing Arts Center.