Music

Ben participated in these two days ago. I thought he played the best he’d ever played his piece (the last movement of the Brahms Violin Concerto) but he didn’t make it to the finals or honorable mention list. He was presumably competing against the best 13-16 year old string players in the state –...
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Ben participated in the regional finals of the North Suburban Math League competition today. He tied first for individual, came first for calculator round and was second in the two person round. So he will go onto the state competition in April for individual and calculator. Ben’s judges’ comments from the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra...
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Ben played the last movement of the Brahm’s Violin Concerto in the Elmhurst Symphony Concerto Competition yesterday. He played well but evidently didn”t win any of the prizes since they were calling the winners this afternoon and we didn’t hear anything. (Update: when Ben’s comments from the judges arrived we were pleased to find...
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