FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5-6-03 
Contacts: Mark Laycock, CIS conductor, (515) 294-3978, mlaycock@iastate.edu; or
Laura Miller, CIS publicity, (515) 233-3731, lwmiller@iastate.edu 

CENTRAL IOWA SYMPHONY SPOTLIGHTS FIVE YOUNG ARTISTS 
Annual Young Artists Concert 
Sunday, May 18 - 3 p.m. 
Ames City Auditorium, 515 Clark Avenue 

AMES, Iowa - Five student soloists will be featured in the Central Iowa
Symphony's annual Young Artists Concert Sunday, May 18, 3 p.m., at Ames City
Auditorium. Music Director Mark Laycock will lead the program. 

Selected by audition in January, the young artists will perform selections from
standard concerto repertoire. Laycock will lead Concert Conversations, an
informal preview of the program, beginning at 2:15 p.m. 

Blake Hinson, 14, of West Des Moines, will perform the first movement of
Dragonetti's Concerto in G Major for String Bass and Orchestra; Kevin Judge,
16, of Des Moines, will perform the first movement of Mozart's Bassoon Concerto
in Bb Major; Hangyul Kim, 16, of Ames, will perform the final movement of
Saint-Saens' Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor; Hannah Park, 16, of Ames, will
perform the first movement of Kabalevsky's Violin Concerto in C Major; and
Jonathan Park, 17, of Ames, will perform the first movement of Creston's
Concertino for marimba and orchestra. 

"We have an outstanding array of soloists this year," Laycock said. "The
program features a wonderful variety of instruments and compositions, performed
by five of central Iowa's most accomplished young virtuosi. You will be amazed
at their professionalism, technical prowess, and mature musicianship." 

Admission is $12 for adults, $11 for seniors (age 65 and older), and $5 for
students. Advance tickets may be purchased at Big Table Books and Rieman Music.
Tickets will also be available at the door (telephone orders taken at 515-239-
5360) 

The Central Iowa Symphony is a 65-member community orchestra comprised of
professional musicians, music educators, exceptional student performers, and
accomplished amateurs from Ames and central Iowa. The Young Artists concert
will conclude the symphony's 16th season.  Free summer pops concerts are
planned June 28 in Ames, June 29 in Boone, and August 16 in Marshalltown. The
summer program, "Give My Regards to Hollywood," will feature favorites from
stage and screen. 

About Our Young Artists 
Blake Hinson, 14, started playing string bass in the fourth grade public school
music program. He began private instruction with Phil Peters in fifth grade and
has attended several music camps. In seventh and eighth grade, he participated
in the Junior High All-State Orchestra. Now a freshman at West Des Moines
Valley High School, he was second chair in the Iowa All-State Orchestra.
Currently, he plays string bass in his school orchestra, double bass in the
school jazz band and tuba in concert band. He also has studied guitar under
private instruction since he was six years old. 

Kevin Judge, 16, began his study of music in second grade, taking private
lessons in piano. In fifth grade he added alto saxophone, and in sixth grade
started private lessons in bassoon with Susan Beach, with whom he has been
studying the past five years. As a seventh grader he performed with the Iowa
Youth Philharmonic and Iowa Youth Chamber Orchestra. Now a sophomore at Dowling
High School, he still performs with the two orchestras, is a member of his
school's marching, concert and jazz bands, plays for various church ensembles
and the Des Moines Community Jazz Band, and gives private music lessons for
children. The past two years he has been selected for the Iowa All-State
Orchestra where he was first chair. This past summer he studied under Frank
Battasti at Tanglewood academy in Massachusetts. 

Hangyul Kim, 16, most recently was the featured youth soloist with the Des
Moines Symphony. As grand prize winner of the Des Moines orchestra's young
artists competition, she will receive a full scholarship to attend the
Interlochen summer music camp. In 2001, she performed with the Fort Dodge Area
Symphony as the winner of its young artists competition. She has studied violin
for a number of years, at Yale University when she was living in Connecticut,
and currently a student of Mahlon Darlington at Iowa State University. A junior
at Ames High School, she has been selected for the Iowa All-State Orchestra the
past three years. 

Hannah Park, 16, has played violin with the Central Iowa Symphony the past two
years. Born in New Jersey, she moved to Korea when she was three years old and
began piano lessons at age six and violin lessons at age 10. When she moved to
Ames in 1998, she had stopped taking music lessons, but has been studying
violin with Jonathan Sturm the past two years. A junior at Ames High School,
she has been selected for the Iowa All-State Orchestra the past two years. She
also participates in the school orchestra, church, and many other events in a
trio with her siblings. Not only does she play violin, she enjoys playing
flute, piano and harp. 

Jonathan Park, 17, started percussion four years ago when he joined the school
band. He began private instruction a year later with Barry Larkin at Iowa State
University and is a third-year student. His music study, however, started in
Korea where he studied cello for eight months. He also has studied piano with
his mother, Helen Park, for four years. A junior at Ames High School, he
participates in concert band, orchestra, a percussion ensemble, and a church
band. This year he was selected for the Iowa All-State Orchestra where he
played timpani. The past three years he has received top ratings for marimba
performances at solo and small group ensemble competitions. 

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