Love My Violin: photos

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Goofing off

Ayanna used me and Mira to practice her photo taking skills. What do you think?

Why is my violin upside down?

OK, so what's so funny?

Just strumming my banjo eee hah!

Fierce jump for joy!

Hope we don't land on our instruments!

About Me

Adé Williams, 13, is 1st violinist for SugarStrings (www.sugarstrings. com). She holds prizes from several competitions, including First Place in the 2011 DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Performers; First Place/Best Interpretation at the 2010 Senior and 2009 Junior Divisions of the Sejong Cultural Society’s Music Competition. Her 2004 orchestral debut at age six was with the Chicago Sinfonietta as that orchestra’s youngest ever performer. Her 2006 radio debut was on WFMT’s Young Artist Showcase. Adé is MIC’s first William Warfield Scholar and a Academy member where she studies privately with artist faculty Almita Vamos and Marko Dreher. Adé performs on a violin by Jan van Rooyen, 2008, after the “Comte de Villares” Stradivarius, 1720, on generous loan from the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation.