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Johnson String Instrument
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| The Walden Chamber Players Young Artist Competition is held annually to promote and encourage young musicians from the greater Boston area interested in the performance and study of chamber music. The winner will perform in a public concert with the Walden Chamber Players and receive a cash prize. |
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2009 Young Artist |
| Malinda McPherson, 17, is currently a junior at Belmont High School. She began violin studies at age 8 with Marta Zurad, and currently studies viola with Patricia McCarty. Malinda is a member of the New England Conservatory’s Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. Her quartets at NEC’s Preparatory Division have performed in master classes with William Bolcom and Sebastian Currier, and in the 2008 NEC Preparatory School Chamber Music Gala in Jordan Hall. As a member of the The Greenmeadow Quartet, she has won an honorable mention in the collegiate division of the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition. Malinda also won the New York Viola Society’s Rosemary Glyde Scholarship in 2008. In May 2009 she will perform as a guest artist with the Alcyon Chamber Ensemble. As a diversion from the classical repertoire, Malinda has performed with the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players. This coming summer will be her third at the Meadowmount School of Music. During previous summers, she has attended the Apple Hill Chamber Music Festival and the Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts, where she studied Cape Breton fiddle and step dance. When she is not holding a textbook or viola, Malinda enjoys teaching violin, playing on her school’s Ultimate Frisbee team, and arguing on her school’s Mock Trial team, of which she is the captain. Runner-up: Miki Nagahara, violin |
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Malinda will perform the String Quintet in G Major by Johannes Brahms on November 8th, 2009 at 4pm, with the Walden Chamber Players at: The First Unitarian Society in Newton Parish Hall 1326 Washington Street West Newton, MA 02465. Tickets are only: $15 for adults $5 for students Free admission for children under 12! Visit the Walden Chamber Players website for more information. |
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