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Teenaged Violin
Virtuoso Shannon Lee Performs With Reno Chamber
Orchestra January 30 and 31
Reno,
NV - January 19, 2010
Teenaged violin
virtuoso Shannon Lee will perform with the Reno Chamber
Orchestra on Saturday, January 30 at 8:00 p.m. and
Sunday, January 31 at 2:00 p.m. at Nightingale Concert
Hall on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. Ms. Lee
will perform Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 with
Maestro Theodore Kuchar and the Orchestra, in concerts
that will also feature Mozart's Symphony No. 31,
"Paris," and the Sinfonietta La Jolla by Czech composer
Bohuslav Martinu.
Tickets and
more information are available by calling (775) 348-9413
or at RenoChamberOrchestra.org. Discounted
tickets are available for seniors and groups of four or
more, and everyone eighteen and younger can attend for
$5.
Canadian-born
violinist Shannon Lee made a stunning orchestral debut
at the age of twelve with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
in the summer of 2005. In November 2007, she made her
European debut with the Nuremberg Philharmonic, and has
since performed concerts throughout the United States
and abroad. At the age of 14, she made her acclaimed
debut recording, a collection of nineteenth and
twentieth century violin showpieces, for Telarc
International. Ms. Lee began studying the violin at the
age of four. Multiple local awards and prizes followed,
and at the age of eleven she won her first national
award: top prize among bowed instruments in the American
String Teachers Association (ASTA) Biennial National
Solo Competition's junior division. Subsequent awards
have included first place in the Lynn Harrell Concerto
Competition and Silver Medal in the Stulberg
International String Competition. She is currently a
freshman at Columbia College in New York. More
information on Ms. Lee is available at her website, shannonleeviolin.com.
Theodore Kuchar is one of
the most prolifically recorded conductors of his
generation, with over 100 CDs to his credit. Along with
his positions as Music Director and Conductor of the
Reno Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director of the
RCO's Nevada Chamber Music Festival, he also serves as
Music Director and Conductor of the Fresno Philharmonic,
Principal Conductor of the Janacek Philharmonic (of
Ostrava, Czech Republic), and Resident Conductor at the
Kent Blossom Music Festival, the educational institution
and summer home of The Cleveland Orchestra.
The Reno Chamber
Orchestra, founded in 1974, provides the highest quality
performances of repertoire written for smaller
orchestra. It works to instill and promote the
appreciation of music among audiences diverse in age,
backgrounds and interests throughout the region. Along
with its regular season of concerts, the RCO presents
the annual Nevada Chamber Music Festival in December.
More information on the RCO can be found at RenoChamberOrchestra.org.
[Images of
Shannon Lee are available at her website. Images of Theodore
Kuchar and the Reno Chamber Orchestra are available from
Chris Morrison, RCO Operations Manager, at 775-348-9413
or info@RenoChamberOrchestra.org.] | 
