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VSA award winners announced. (Items of Interest).(Young Soloists Award)(Brief Article)
The annual VSA arts--formerly Very Special Arts--Young Soloists Award Competition, now in its eighteenth year, helps launch the careers of exceptionally talented young musicians with disabilities by providing scholarship funds and the opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center. This year's VSA arts Panasonic Young Soloists Award recipients, announced in March, include Anthony Hearn, a vocalist from Eden, North Carolina, and Missa Haas, a pianist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hearn, a senior at John Motley Morehead High School, has a learning disability and has been studying voice for six years. Haas, a twenty-one-year-old pianist, is in her senior year at the University of Pittsburgh. Living with a respiratory condition inspired Haas to pursue music therapy studies.
The Rosemary Kennedy International Young Soloist Award recipients are violinist Adrian Anantawan from Mississaugua, Ontario, and Catriona Hetherington from Dunfermline, Scotland. Born without his right hand, Anantawan started studying violin when he was 9. He currently studies under Ida Kavafian and Yumi Nomoiya Scott at the Curtis Institute of ...
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 27, 2006 700+ words
...musicians of all styles for its 2007 International Young Soloists Award. A committee of distinguished music professionals...must have a disability. The VSA arts International Young Soloists Award annually recognizes outstanding young musicians...
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 7, 2007 700+ words
...of the 2007 International Young Soloists Award. They are violinist Niv...information on the International Young Soloists Award recipients, visit http...2007 VSA arts International Young Soloists Award Recipients: -- Niv Ashkenazi...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 16, 2006 700+ words
...recipients of the VSA arts 2006 Young Soloists Award. The awardees, pianist...said. The 2006 VSA arts Young Soloists Award Recipients: * Jacquelyn...Rosemary Kennedy International Young Soloists Award is presented to a young musician...
- VSA arts Panasonic Young Soloists Concert, Kennedy Center May 16th.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 13, 2005 700+ words
...named the recipient of the VSA arts of Kentucky Young Soloists Award since 2001. He is a junior at Atherton High School...several distinguished awards for each. The VSA arts Young Soloists Award is sponsored by Panasonic and annually recognizes...
- VSA arts International Young Soloists Program Celebrates 25th Anniversary.
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter May 5, 2009 700+ words
...25th anniversary of its International Young Soloists Program, VSA arts would like to recognize...Arts. This year's International Young Soloists Concert will take place at the Kennedy...also VSA arts). "The International Young Soloists Program has encouraged young artists...
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire May 16, 2006 700+ words
...2800 ext. 3883 News Advisory: VSA arts International Young Soloists Concert May 23 at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C...the Universidade de Sao Paulo. The VSA arts International Young Soloists Program founded in 1974 to identify talented young musicians...
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- Newspaper article from: WI State Journal (Madison, WI) March 29, 2006 700+ words
...as one of four $5,000 winners of the national Young Soloists Award from VSA arts (formerly Very Special Arts), a...Sanders plans to use his $5,000 prize from the Young Soloists Award to travel the U.S. and Europe next year, scouting...
- VSA arts Celebrates 30th Year Serving Nearly 5 Million People Worldwide.
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 21, 2004 700+ words
...of work by VSA arts International Fellows. -- Young Soloists Award--Sponsored by Panasonic and the John F. Kennedy...the Rosemary Kennedy Education Fund, the VSA arts Young Soloists Award annually recognizes outstanding young musicians...
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire April 1, 2003 700+ words
...a 13-year-old genius pianist from Taiwan who was born blind, receives the Rosemary Kennedy International Young Soloists Award for 2000 at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. 2000: U.S. President Bill...
- VSA arts International Young Soloist Makes Debut at Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 10, 2005 700+ words
...began violin training at the age of nine, is the winner of many national music honors and considers the VSA arts Young Soloists award a "crowning achievement." His awards include: the Roy Thomson Hall 1st Prize in the 2005 National Piano Concerto...
Source: HighBeam Research, VSA award winners announced. (Items of Interest).(Young Soloists...