2 years

Janice Frehlauer, violin (piano at 4 years)  

 

3 years

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, clavier

Stirling Trent, violin

 

4 years

Shannon Lee, violin

 

5 years

Elena Dorozhkina, piano

Christina Kim, piano

Anton Mordazov, piano

John-Henry Crawford, cello

Rick Wu, piano

Anna McDonald, piano

Alison Chang, piano

 

6 Years

Sihyung Kim, violin

Wyndham Tsai, cello

 

8 years

Grace Ho, piano, (cello at 9 years)

 

Its never too late to start.  Alfredo Arjona, who performed in one of our earlier International Chamber Series concerts, did not begin playing the piano until he was twenty.  He was studying chemical engineering at the University of Veracruz in México and found he was more hooked on notes than molecules.  He has gone on to a distinguished career as a pianist after graduating from UNT's College of Music.

 

A while back we were contacted by a Dallas Morning News staffer who wanted to start her son on a piano before he was three.  Her husband, who played for a well known NFL team didn't want his son wimping around  with musical instruments.  What to do?  We consulted with members of the Symphony who said that five or was a good age to start piano.  Earlier for more compact instruments.  However, we advised that if her son tended to put his head down and charge the piano, Dad might be on to something.