Eric Simpson
2006 Mildred Gaddis Competition For Young Musicians -
High School Division Winner, violin
Sixteen year-old Eric began studying violin at the age of four as a
student of Louis Jaffe. He has studied with Lee Snyder at the
Settlement Music School since 1997, where he also plays with the Myer
Schwartz Advanced Study Piano Trio. Eric made is first appearance as a
soloist with a professional orchestra in 2001, with the Ocean City (NJ)
Pops, playing Mozart's Violin concerto No. 3. He is in the 11th grade
at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr (PA). When not playing violin, he
enjoys Shakespearean acting, computers, and playing squash.
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