One younger Colorado Springs musician will spend her summer time with an elite group of music makers.
Trumpet participant Sophie City was chosen for the 2021 Carnegie Corridor Nationwide Youth Orchestra of america of America.
“I used to be tremendous excited,” mentioned City, 16, who was capable of skip eighth grade and graduate early from Coronado Excessive Faculty this month. “This has been a dream of mine for a very long time. I’m excited to play with a bunch of individuals I’ve labored with previously and a few I’ll be working with at school subsequent 12 months.”
She’ll spend the month of July in a residence at Buy Faculty, State College of New York, the place she’ll play in grasp courses, rehearse with a full orchestra and work with visitor conductors. Attributable to COVID-19, the orchestra is not going to tour or play at Carnegie Corridor.
City’s affair with the trumpet started early, at 5, when she pulled her mom’s previous trumpet out of a closet and began to play. At 7, she began taking classes from trumpet participant Thomas Wilson, the affiliate conductor of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and music director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs. These classes will proceed till she leaves for The Shepherd Faculty of Music at Rice College in Houston within the fall.
For the final 4 years, she’s additionally studied with Philip Hembree, a trumpet participant for the Colorado Symphony in Denver.
City’s lengthy resume consists of 5 years with the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony and three years with the Denver Younger Artists Orchestra. She additionally was chosen as principal chair to the Colorado All State Orchestra, Colorado All State Band, College of Colorado Honor Band and Colorado Springs All Metropolis Band.
“It’s my outlet for expression,” City mentioned. “It’s a variety of enjoyable. I’ve such an incredible neighborhood by way of music. I’ve completed it for therefore lengthy it’s simply part of me. I can’t think about life with out it.”
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