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Benjamin Lash is 16 years old and is a junior at Evanston Township High School. He has studied cello since he was six years old and is a student of Tanya Carey at the DePaul University Community Music Division.
Ben’s first place awards include the Society of American Musicians, Music Teachers National Association State and Regional Junior String Divisions, the North Suburban Symphony, the Oak Park and River Forest Symphony, Kishwaukee Symphony, 2007 Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra competitions and Sejong Music Competition. He has received honors in the Chicago Symphony Youth Auditions, the Stulberg International Competition, and the Illinois American String Teachers Association Competition.
Ben has performed on From the Top, the Skokie Library Young Steinway Series, and on the WFTM "Introductions" series. In 2007-2008, he will perform Bloch's Schelmo with the Chicago Youth Symphony and the Haydn D Major Concerto with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra. Ben is a member of the Chicago Youth Symphony and the Evanston Township High School Symphony. Ben's other interests include baseball and politics.
Bio as of October 16, 2007
Susie Koh, student of Almita Vamos and Marko Dreher, began her violin studies at the Rubin Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem, Israel. Susie was the grand prize winner in the YeHang International Youth Piano and String Hymn Competition, and she has won first place in the SAI String Scholarship Competition, the Illinois Music Teachers National Association String Competition, the Huntington University Annual Concerto Competition, and the Society of American Musicians Competition. She has twice been the recipient of the Keren Sherett Music Competition and the Max Varon Music Foundation Awards in Israel.
She has appeared as a soloist in Carnegie Hall, and she performed with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra when she was seven years old, in addition to performing on Israeli national television. At the Music Institute of Chicago, she is a member of a chamber ensemble quartet as well as the Academy Chamber Strings. Susie is a 14-year old homeschooled student in the 8th grade who loves ballet and swimming.
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Benjamin Lash Sonata No. 6 in A major Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805) Polonaise Brillante, Opus 3 Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Capriccio for Cello and Piano by Lukas Foss (1922 - ) ________________________________ Susie Koh 1. Brahms - Sonatensatz in C Minor: Scherzo (6 minutes) |