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Student Recital

Join us for a live concert from a trio of student musicians!

Join us for a live concert from a trio of excellent student musicians!

Today's musicians are Mina Hu, Cuewon Kim, and Carley Newman 

Mina Hu is a 15-year-old rising junior at Vestavia Hills High School. She has been playing violin since she was 4 years old and loves every moment of making music with others. Under Jeffrey Flaniken of Samford University’s instruction, she has been the associate concertmaster of the Alabama All-State Orchestra. If she's not playing violin, you can find her preparing for a debate tournament or experimenting with ideas on the piano or flute. She's looking forward to sharing the trio's music with everyone!

Cuewon Kim is a rising senior at Vestavia Hills High School and plays viola. As the winner of the Lois Pickard Concerto Competition for strings division and the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, Cuewon will be performing as a soloist in the fall for the youth orchestra. He began playing violin at the age of five and has studied under Angela Flaniken of Samford University for the past six years. Aside from music, he enjoys doing mathematical research on topics like Number Theory.

Carley Newman is a sixteen-year-old rising junior and is homeschooled through Evangel Christian School. She began her violin studies at the age of three and has studied with Jeffrey Flaniken of Samford University for the past eight years. She was the first-prize winner of the string division of the 2023 Lois Pickard Scholarship Competition and the Concertmaster of the 2024 Alabama All-State Festival Orchestra. When she is away from her violin, she enjoys ballet and is an apprentice in Ballet Exaltation, a performing company of Briarwood Ballet.

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