Vancouver siblings win in music competition
Shumway: Michael Siess, 17, second from left, and Lauren Siess, 16, third from right, won a chance to perform at MetroArts' annual Young Artists Debut! concert April 9 in Portland. The Vancouver classical musicians also will receive three months of coaching from Niel DePonte of the Oregon Ballet Theatre.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Shumway — Two Vancouver teen violinists — who are siblings — were chosen to perform in MetroArts Inc.'s Young Artists Debut! concert April 9 in Portland. Vancouver School of Arts and Academics sophomore Lauren Siess, 16, and Skyview High School senior Michael Siess, 17, were two of eight classical musicians from the Northwest to win the 19th annual Young Artists Debut! The Van Buren Concerto Concert Competition. They'll spend the next three months getting coaching from Niel DePonte, conductor and music director for the Oregon Ballet Theatre. During the April concert at Portland's Newmark Theatre, Lauren will perform the first movement of Hindemith's "Der Schwanendreher," and Michael will play the first movement of Tchaikovsky's "Violin Concerto."
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