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Third-place winner in 2006 of the Jefferson Symphony Young Artists Competition, Patrick Laird, of Newton, NJ, graduated last spring with a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY) as a pupil of Steven Doane. A recipient of the Howard Hanson and Frank Scholarships at Eastman, Patrick, now 22, served as Principal Cellist of the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra for his first two years. Former teachers include Clive Greensmith (Tokyo String Quartet), Amir Eldan, and Qiang Tu (New York Philharmonic Orchestra). He studied with Orlando Cole and Richard Aaron during two summers at ENCORE School for Strings (Cleveland Institute of Music) and participated in the Intensive String Quartet Seminar with the Cavani String Quartet. Patrick was a member of the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program for two years, and performed in numerous master classes. He has played twice at Weill Recital Hall (NYC), including a performance of the Brahms Sextet with Ida Kavafian. In past summers, Patrick studied with Joel Krosnick, Jerry Grossman, and George Sopkin at the Kneisel Hall Summer Music Festival in Maine. He has recently been awarded the Performers Certificate from the Eastman School. Besides having a passion for chamber music, Patrick is also an avid composer. He founded the fusion cello ensemble, Break of Reality, and is now working full time with the group giving concerts and educational workshops around the country. On January 12th, he performed Robert Schumann’s
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in a minor, Opus 129.
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