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The Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra's 49th Season

Season Opener

Sunday, October 31, 2010

3:00 p.m.

Join us at 1:45 pm for an informative preconcert lecture, presented by Michael Vaughn.

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Zachary Spontak, Young Artist Competition 1st Prize Winner

Zachary Spontak is a 17-year-old violinist from Fairbanks, Alaska. He studies with Almita and Roland Vamos through the Music Institute of Chicago and is a composer in the Composer’s Lab instructed by Mischa Zupko. Zach is a violinist in the esteemed Quartet Danae, which was awarded a bronze medal at the 2009 International Fischoff Competition. For the past two years, he won the concertmaster position for Alaska All-State Honors Orchestra and is a three-time winner of the Fairbanks Symphony Association’s Concerto Competition. He has played in master classes for Elisa Barston, Paul Rosenthal, Midori, Pamela Frank, Giora Schmidt, and David Kim. In January 2009, as a finalist, he won second prize in the Coeur D’Alene Symphony Concerto Competition. He has spent the past four summers in New York studying with some of the foremost violin teachers in the United States. He has performed recitals in Minneapolis, Chicago, Germany, and New York, where he played on the stage of the prestigious Meadowmount School of Music. Zach has also earned a black belt in Shudokan karate and enjoys running, reading, and composing in his spare time. Future plans include pursuing a career in music: violin performance and composition.

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