Past Student’sEa commodo exercitation commodo, proident cillum, do reprehenderit consequat et eu anim voluptate. Ut cupidatat reprehenderit in dolor labore.Wendy Zhao - graduated from high school and studied with Mr. C for 4 years. She is currently Majoring in Finance and Operations Information Management (OPIM) at the University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School, Class of 2011/rising Senior. This summer she serves as an Analyst at Citi-Risk Management in New York City. She plans to obtain a full time offer at the end of the summer and being in New York city for the next few years. Some of her most memorable moments while at the Solosoli studios was performing in all the recitals and some of her achievements was being appointed Principal 2nd Violinist for the San Diego Youth Symphony for 2 years. She feels very lucky to have taken lessons with Mr. Constantino..........................................................................................................................................................Michael Viscardi - graduated from high school from Josan Academy in 2006 and had studied with Mr. C for 4 years. He is currently attending Harvard University; A.B. In Mathematics and New England Conservatory; M.M. In Violin Performance (2011). He graduated from Harvard in 2010, Summa Cum Laude, Highest Honors in Mathematics. His memorable moments while in Solosoli studios: “I don't remember a particular moment very well, but I definitely remember Hernan's musical and gentle teaching.” Some of Michael's achievements while with Mr. C was appearing as soloist with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, now Orchestra Nova, in 2006, and in August and September of 2005; Concertmaster, SDYS International Music Camp, 2005, 2006; Concertmaster San Diego Youth Symphony (SDYS) and Philharmonia, 60th season, 2006-06; recipient of the Jefferey Dan Sollender Concertmaster’s Chair Scholarship, 2005; Winner of Keyboard Division of Musical Merit Scholarship Auditions; Fenstermaker scholar, 2005; 1st place, H.B. Goodlin Foundation Scholarship Competition, Senior Piano Division, 2005; Winner of the Chet and June Schmidt Piano Scholarship Award, 2005; Soloist on violin with the San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra, Copley Symphony Hall, 2005; 1st place on violin, MTAC Concerto Competition, 2005; 1st place on violin, VOCE Competition, 2004; Assistant Concertmaster, SDYS, 2003-2005. He is pursuing an M.M. in Violin Performance at New England Conservatory (NEC) until 2011, and will start his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Fall 2011.Some of his achievements from his time at Harvard: Co-concertmaster, Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), 2007-2010; Associate concertmaster, HRO, 2006-2007; David Mumford Undergraduate Mathematics Prize, given annually to the most promising senior concentrator in mathematics, Harvard University, 2010; Hoopes Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Work and Research, Harvard University, 2010; Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University, 2009; Visiting Researcher, Morningside Center of Mathematics, Beijing, and Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008; Herchel Smith Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Harvard University, 2008; John Harvard Scholar, Harvard University, 2007, 2008, 2009; Detur Prize for top academic achievement during the freshman year at Harvard, 2007.Michael’s Publications and Preprints:- Alternate compactifications of the moduli space of genus one maps, arXiv:1005.1431v1 (2010)- (with P. Ebenfelt) An explicit solution to the Dirichlet problem with rational holomorphic data in terms of a Riemann mapping, Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 7 (2007), 127-140- (with P. Ebenfelt) On the solution of the Dirichlet problem with rational holomorphic boundary data, Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 5 (2005), 445-457Michael plans to become a mathematics professor and prove great theorems!..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Michael Shen - graduated from high school in 2008 and studied with Mr. C for 3 years. He is currently attending Harvard University, a junior and majoring in economics. Some of his most memorable moments while at the Solosoli studios was learning the Prokofiev Violin Concerto and memorable achievements was being appointed Concertmaster of SDYAS and Philharmonia Orchestra. He is currently serving as an Investment Analyst with MIT Investment management Co. His goal are to graduate and to go to wall street..........................................................................................................................................................Shion Kiguchi - studied with Mr. C for 2 years before moving back to Japan. He is currently in High School. Some of her memorable moments while at the Solosoli studios was having her regular lessons and playing the Viennese ball with the Young Artist Symphony. Her goal is to be able to go back to the United States and continue her lessons with Mr. Constantino..........................................................................................................................................................Miren Edelstein - graduated from high school in 2007and studied with Mr. C for over 2 years. She is going to be a senior at UC Berkeley, majoring in Psychology and minor in music. Her most memorable moments while at the Solosoli studios was performing in all the recitals and just the lessons overall. She enjoys having talks with Mr. C during her lessons. Some of her achievements was being appointed Concertmistress of the San Diego Youth Symphony in her senior year of high school and winning 3rd place in the SDYS concerto competition. Currently she is conducting research on attention/perception with regards to synesthesia in the Cognitive Neuropsychology lab at UC Berkeley as well as devising an honors thesis on absolute pitch which she will complete her senior year. This summer of 2010, she is back in San Diego playing violin as a musician intern at the La Jolla Playhouse in their upcoming production of A Midsummer Night's Dream..........................................................................................................................................................Lisa Kim - graduated from high school in 2007 and studied with Mr. Constantino for 7 years. She is currently attending the Julliard School of Music with Mr. C’s former teacher, Hyo Kang and David Chan. She will be a senior next school year. Her memorable moments while in Solosoli studios: “I can't pinpoint a specific memorable moment, but one important thing I remember that helped me as a player was that you were always helping us play better through constant encouragement. It helped players like me to be confident with our playing.” Some of Lisa’s achievements while with Mr. Constantino was: “When I won the San Diego Symphony Concerto competition and got to play on stage with you and finally got to shake your hand as a soloist. That performance really sparked my interest to go into music. Never felt so alive on stage before then.” This summer of 2010, she will be attending the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut. She is currently in the process of learning different ways to improve her violin playing, and hopes to perform more throughout the next years.
Past Students - Where are they now?Solosoli Violin Studios 2011
Past Student’s
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Wendy Zhao - graduated from high school and studied with Mr. C for 4 years. She is currently Majoring in
Finance and Operations Information Management (OPIM) at the University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton
School, Class of 2011/rising Senior. This summer she serves as an Analyst at Citi-Risk Management in New
York City. She plans to obtain a full time offer at the end of the summer and being in New York city for the next
few years. Some of her most memorable moments while at the Solosoli studios was performing in all the
recitals and some of her achievements was being appointed Principal 2nd Violinist for the San Diego Youth
Symphony for 2 years. She feels very lucky to have taken lessons with Mr. Constantino.
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Michael Viscardi - graduated from high school from Josan Academy in 2006 and had studied with Mr. C for 4 years.
He is currently attending Harvard University; A.B. In Mathematics and New England Conservatory; M.M. In Violin
Performance (2011). He graduated from Harvard in 2010, Summa Cum Laude, Highest Honors in Mathematics. His
memorable moments while in Solosoli studios: “I don't remember a particular moment very well, but I definitely
remember Hernan's musical and gentle teaching.” Some of Michael's achievements while with Mr. C was appearing as
soloist with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, now Orchestra Nova, in 2006, and in August and September of 2005;
Concertmaster, SDYS International Music Camp, 2005, 2006; Concertmaster San Diego Youth Symphony (SDYS) and
Philharmonia, 60th season, 2006-06; recipient of the Jefferey Dan Sollender Concertmaster’s Chair Scholarship, 2005;
Winner of Keyboard Division of Musical Merit Scholarship Auditions; Fenstermaker scholar, 2005; 1st place, H.B. Goodlin Foundation
Scholarship Competition, Senior Piano Division, 2005; Winner of the Chet and June Schmidt Piano Scholarship Award, 2005; Soloist on violin
with the San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra, Copley Symphony Hall, 2005; 1st place on violin, MTAC Concerto Competition, 2005; 1st place on
violin, VOCE Competition, 2004; Assistant Concertmaster, SDYS, 2003-2005. He is pursuing an M.M. in Violin Performance at New England
Conservatory (NEC) until 2011, and will start his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Fall 2011.
Some of his achievements from his time at Harvard: Co-concertmaster, Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), 2007-2010; Associate
concertmaster, HRO, 2006-2007; David Mumford Undergraduate Mathematics Prize, given annually to the most promising senior concentrator
in mathematics, Harvard University, 2010; Hoopes Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Work and Research, Harvard University, 2010; Elected to
Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University, 2009; Visiting Researcher, Morningside Center of Mathematics, Beijing, and Institute of Mathematical
Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008; Herchel Smith Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Harvard University, 2008; John
Harvard Scholar, Harvard University, 2007, 2008, 2009; Detur Prize for top academic achievement during the freshman year at Harvard, 2007.
Michael’s Publications and Preprints:
- Alternate compactifications of the moduli space of genus one maps, arXiv:1005.1431v1 (2010)
- (with P. Ebenfelt) An explicit solution to the Dirichlet problem with rational holomorphic data in terms of a Riemann mapping, Comput. Methods
Funct. Theory 7 (2007), 127-140
- (with P. Ebenfelt) On the solution of the Dirichlet problem with rational holomorphic boundary data, Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 5 (2005),
445-457
Michael plans to become a mathematics professor and prove great theorems!
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Michael Shen - graduated from high school in 2008 and studied with Mr. C for 3 years. He is currently attending
Harvard University, a junior and majoring in economics. Some of his most memorable moments while at the
Solosoli studios was learning the Prokofiev Violin Concerto and memorable achievements was being appointed
Concertmaster of SDYAS and Philharmonia Orchestra. He is currently serving as an Investment Analyst with MIT
Investment management Co. His goal are to graduate and to go to wall street.
.........................................................................................................................................................
Shion Kiguchi - studied with Mr. C for 2 years before moving back to Japan. He is currently in High
School. Some of her memorable moments while at the Solosoli studios was having her regular lessons
and playing the Viennese ball with the Young Artist Symphony. Her goal is to be able to go back to the
United States and continue her lessons with Mr. Constantino.
.........................................................................................................................................................
Miren Edelstein - graduated from high school in 2007and studied with Mr. C for over 2 years. She is
going to be a senior at UC Berkeley, majoring in Psychology and minor in music. Her most memorable
moments while at the Solosoli studios was performing in all the recitals and just the lessons overall. She
enjoys having talks with Mr. C during her lessons. Some of her achievements was being appointed
Concertmistress of the San Diego Youth Symphony in her senior year of high school and winning 3rd
place in the SDYS concerto competition. Currently she is conducting research on attention/perception
with regards to synesthesia in the Cognitive Neuropsychology lab at UC Berkeley as well as devising an
honors thesis on absolute pitch which she will complete her senior year. This summer of 2010, she is
back in San Diego playing violin as a musician intern at the La Jolla Playhouse in their upcoming
production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
.........................................................................................................................................................
Lisa Kim - graduated from high school in 2007 and studied with Mr. Constantino for 7 years. She is currently
attending the Julliard School of Music with Mr. C’s former teacher, Hyo Kang and David Chan. She will be a
senior next school year. Her memorable moments while in Solosoli studios: “I can't pinpoint a specific
memorable moment, but one important thing I remember that helped me as a player was that you were always
helping us play better through constant encouragement. It helped players like me to be confident with our
playing.” Some of Lisa’s achievements while with Mr. Constantino was: “When I won the San Diego Symphony
Concerto competition and got to play on stage with you and finally got to shake your hand as a soloist. That
performance really sparked my interest to go into music. Never felt so alive on stage before then.” This summer
of 2010, she will be attending the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut. She is currently in the
process of learning different ways to improve her violin playing, and hopes to perform more throughout the next
years.
Solosoli Violin Studios 2011
