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 MAURA SHAWN SCANLIN is currently attending high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, where she studies violin with Sarah Johnson and plays in various chamber groups and the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra. Maura Shawn has been a finalist or award winner in several regional, state and national competitions. She won the US National Scottish Fiddling Championship in the Junior Division in 2008 and Open Division in 2010 and 2012. In 2010 she was also the Junior Division 1st place winner of the Charlotte, NC Young Artist’s Competition and appeared as a soloist with the Charlotte Youth Symphony. In 2011 she was the strings category winner in the Senior Division of the Charlotte Young Artist’s Competition and received an honorable mention in the Senior Division of the NC Music Teacher’s National Association Strings Competition. In 2012 she was a finalist in the NC MTNA Strings Competition, the Hilton Head Youth Concerto Competition and the NC Symphony Youth Concerto Competition. In addition she was selected to be Concertmaster of the NC All-State Honors Orchestra and the NC Regional Honors Orchestra. Maura Shawn also enjoys writing music, playing piano and guitar, as well
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 WILLA FINCK, a rising high school junior, has played the violin since the age of two when she began taking lessons with “Miss Nan” Stricklen. More recently, she has studied with Dr. Nancy Bargerstock of Appalachian State University. Willa’s primary emphasis through the years has been on classical music. She won first place in the Junior Division of the 2010 Music Academy of North Carolina Strings Competition (Greensboro), and received an honorable mention at the Charlotte Symphony Guild’s Young Artists Competition, Senior Division, in 2012. Willa has been a first violinist in the North Carolina Regional Honors orchestra since the 7th grade, was a first violinist in the North Carolina All-State Orchestra in 2011, and has been a first violinist with the Appalachian (State) Symphony Orchestra since 2009. Willa enjoys reading, listening to music, and writing original fiddle tunes. She is learning to play mandolin and banjo. |
LEDAH FINCK will attend UNC Chapel Hill beginning in Fall 2012 as a recipient of the Kenan Music Scholars Award. She will pursue a degree in music performance (violin). She spent the 2011-2012 school year as a senior at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, where she studied with Mr. Kevin Lawrence. Former teachers have also included Dr. Nancy Bargerstock of Appalachian State University, Mr. Jacob Dakon, and Mrs. Nan Stricklen, with whom she began classical music studies at the age of four. A two-time winner of the Strings Category of the Charlotte Symphony Concerto Competition, she has also been a finalist in the Hilton Head and North Carolina Symphony concerto competitions. In 2011, Finck won first place in the collegiate division of the University of Delaware National Strings Competition. A former principal cellist in her high school honors orchestra, Ledah enjoys playing piano and guitar; her other interests include jazz, reading, Spanish, and soccer. |
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David Finck found
a renewed interest in guitar playing in 2002 when he started to play
back-up guitar with The Forget-Me-Nots. David has been building
acoustic guitars since 1984 (visit his web site,
www.davidfinck.com for more information). |
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