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Biography |
1st Place Junior Division Winner of the 4th Annual Junior Division Sphinx Organization Competition 2001, violinist Melissa White performs as part of the Sphinx/DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Professional Development Program. Melissa White is a student at the Curtis Institute of Music under the direction of Ida Kavafian. As the 1st Place Junior Division Laureate of the 4th Annual Sphinx Competition, she has been a guest of many of the nation's leading orchestras, including the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, San Antonio symphonies, and the Boston Pops. Her 2006-2007 season opened in appearances with the Chicago Sinfonietta and a return to Carnegie Hall as a guest soloist on the Sphinx 10th Anniversary Gala Concert. In addition to her frequent solo appearances, Ms. White is also an active chamber musician. She is also a member of the Ritz Chamber Players in Jacksonville, Florida, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Musicians in New York, New York, and the Harlem String Quartet which made its debut at Carnegie Hall in October. As a member of the Ritz Chamber Players, White performed live at the 2006 NAACP Image Awards on national TV. In May 2004 and 2005 she was a featured performer at the Hilton Head International Young Musician's Festival, a chamber music series hosted by noted pianist Chris O'Riley. White has already begun her recording career. At the age of 14, she made her debut with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and internationally-acclaimed Paul Freeman. Her recording of "An American Concerto" by Gwenyth Walker on Albany Records is now in record stores worldwide. Along with Melissa White's concert activity, in the summer she serves on the faculty of the Sphinx Performance Academy on Walnut Hill's high school campus. She coaches chamber groups, conducts master classes, and gives private instruction to minority musicians. An important part of Ms. White's career is sharing her music with young audiences and inner city school children. She does outreach around the country when she travels to perform with major symphonies. This school year she will do extensive work with the Reading, Pennsylvania public school system and community music programs and finish the year by soloing with the Reading Youth Symphony.
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