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Clare Semes is a senior at Kolbe Academy. She has been studying the
violin since she was 3 years old and is currently a student of Choong-Jin
Chang, Principal Viola of The Philadelphia Orchestra. She is a
recipient of a Starling Violin Scholarship at Temple Music Prep, where
she is Concertmaster of The Youth Chamber Orchestra. She is also a
recipient of a Snitzer Advanced Studies Scholarship at Settlement
Music School. For the past six summers,
Clare has attended the Aspen Music Festival and School, receiving a Fellowship for The American Academy of
Conducting at Aspen in 2009.
Clare has performed as soloist with many local symphony orchestras and The Strings International Music Festival. This past
September, Clare appeared as a soloist with The Shanghai Philharmonic.
With her three sisters, she was an invited soloists for a
performance at The Shanghai Concert Hall and on “The Weekly Radio
Broadcast.” In 2007 Clare and her sisters were the soloists with The
Macau Youth Orchestra for their 10th Anniversary Concert.
Clare performed the Barber Concerto live from Atlanta on NPR’s popular radio show, “From the Top." She has also been heard
on Philadelphia’s WRTI, live, as part of their fund-raising and in
Hong Kong on RTHK’s “Children’s Corner.”
David Brown is a junior at West Chester University, pursuing a
dual-degree in violin performances and music composition. He is
a current student of Sylvia Ahramjian and a former student of Heifetz'
pupil, Charles Ponall. David is Concertmaster of the WCU Chamber
Orchestra, and a violinist of "Finesse" (with Jamie Chimchirian, last
year's NSO College division winner), West Chester's premier string
quartet.
A
commissioned composer, David's works have been performed and recorded
by such esteemed artists and ensembles as members of the Philadelphia
Orchestra, Philadelphia's Network for New Music (twice) and New York
City's LINK Ensemble. His most recent composition, the "Abbots
Bromley Horn Dance" for tuba, timpani and piano was premiered and
recorded in collaboration with choreographer Mollie Force at West
Chester's avant-garde Danza Symbiotica exhibition. His song,
"Another Break of Morning" for soprano, piccolo, glockenspiel and
piano was the 2008 winning piece of the Roz Patton Composition
Scholarship.
David is an avid tuba player and is principal of both WCU's Symphony
Orchestra and Chamber Winds emsembles. He is also an active
Irish folk musician, directing the locally acclaimed Stonehaven
Minstrels band and teaching Irish fiddle.
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