Jaclyn Freshman is currently a sophomore high honors student at Newton South High School. She began playing violin at age five and is presently a first violinist at the New England Conservatory’s Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Benjamin Zander. She is a student of Jin-Kyung Joen at the New England Conservatory Preparatory Division and is an accomplished chamber music player.
Jaclyn is the first to have ever won all three age groups of the Newton Symphony Orchestra’s Young Soloist Competition. Jaclyn is also a decorated performer across the entire Bay State, performing as a soloist with several orchestras. She is a prizewinner for the Metrowest Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition, the Bay State Music Teachers Association Strings Competition, the New England Philharmonic’s Young Artist Competition, the Lowell Philharmonic’s Jeanne Selander Memorial Concerto Competition, and the Concord Orchestra’s Ehlers Young Artist Concerto Competition. She was also a finalist for the NEC Preparatory School Concerto Competition, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Concerto Competition, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition.
In her free time, Jaclyn spends her summers at the Greenwood Music Camp in Cummington Massachusetts, participating in both chamber music and orchestra. She shares an avid interest as well in piano, guitar, voice and theatre.
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