Elfentanz by David Popper
Benjamin Lash, cello
Shirley Trissell, piano
(Cello Senior division 1st Place, 1/13/2008)
Ganz Hall, Chicago Jan 13, 2008
Benjamin Lash is 16 years old and is a junior at Evanston Township High School. He has studied cello since he was six years old and is a student of Tanya Carey at the DePaul University Community Music Division. Ben’s first place awards include the Society of American Musicians, Music Teachers National Association State and Regional Junior String Divisions, the North Suburban Symphony, the Oak Park and River Forest Symphony, Kishwaukee Symphony, and 2007 Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra competitions. He has received honors in the Chicago Symphony Youth Auditions, the Stulberg International Competition, and the Illinois American String Teachers Association Competition. Ben has performed on From the Top, the Skokie Library Young Steinway Series, and on the WFTM "Introductions" series. In 2007-2008, he will perform Schelomo with the Chicago Youth Symphony and the Haydn D Major Concerto with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra. Ben is a member of the Evanston Township High School Symphony and the Chicago Youth Symphony.